How to catch ECONNRESET?

[xl-yang]

• Node.js Version: 7.10
• OS: win32
• Scope (install, code, runtime, meta, other?): code
• Module (and version) (if relevant): https

I use https.request to read from server, and the response is fine. But after several minutes, ECONNRESET error crash the application. My question is, besides process.on('uncaughtException') (not recommended by Nodejs), is there a proper way to catch and handle ECONNRESET for https.request?

{ Error: read ECONNRESET at exports._errnoException (util.js:1050:11) at TCP.onread (net.js:582:26) code: 'ECONNRESET', errno: 'ECONNRESET', syscall: 'read' }

Below is my code.
` var options = {
method: 'GET',
hostname: hostname,
path: url,
auth: username + ':' + password,
ca: [fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, '../common/cer.cer'))],
}

const req = https.request(options, function (res) {

  res.on('data', (resdata) => {
    console.log('data');
  });

  res.on('end', () => {
    console.log('end');
  });
})

req.on('error', (e) => {
  console.log(e);
});

req.end();

[bnoordhuis]

req.on('error', ...) is the right way to do it. Your example looks correct to me.

[xl-yang]

@bnoordhuis
Thanks for the reply. But sadly req.on('error', ...) doesn't get triggered. The request is fine and get correct resonse from server . The ECONNRESET happened several minutes later, so I guess by then the request is over and its event can't be triggered. Possibly I'm facing similar problems as nodejs/node#3595

BTW, I tried using with or without keep-alive agent, and even listened socket event 'error'/'close' when req.on('socket') and did socket.close() and socket.emit('agentRemove'). But none of this helps, the error occured over and over again.

Please suggest.

[bnoordhuis]

Does it happen with the latest node.js 8? What you describe sounds like a bug that was fixed some time ago.

[xl-yang]

@bnoordhuis
I see this issue in docker(Linux) with Node 6.x and my local Windows 7 with Node 7.10.
I'll try Node 8 and let you know the result.

[xl-yang]

Close by mistake

[xl-yang]

@bnoordhuis I tried NodeJS 8, and got error again.
current time: 22:51:2.750 http.request complete
current time: 23:6:1.770 Error: read ECONNRESET
C:\nodejs>node -v
v8.1.3
`

[xl-yang]

@bnoordhuis please suggest if I need to open an issue in nodejs/node.

[bnoordhuis]

Do you get 'error' and 'end' events? If yes, which one comes first? If no, file a bug but please include a ready-to-run test case.

[xl-yang]

@bnoordhuis I added event for res.on('end') and req.on('error'). 'end' got triggered, but 'error' never get triggered as I mentioned above. I'll fire a bug but not sure if I can find a proper URL to reappear this issue as the current URL is in my Intranet.

[josephrocca]

I'm experiencing something similar (see my comment in this issue). This may also be related to this issue. I've posted code that reproduces the error (albeit, after a 5 or 10 minute wait) in the linked comment above.

Edit: Oh, just realised that this isn't the request repo! I think the issue may have the same source in any case.

[xl-yang]

nodejs/node#14102
I created issue under nodejs/node/issues, will use that to track this problem. Therefore close this. @josephrocca thanks for reproducing this error.