OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError: SSL_connect SYSCALL returned=5 errno=0 state=SSLv3 read server hello A

Question

The code below yields the following error: OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError: SSL_connect SYSCALL returned=5 errno=0 state=SSLv3 read server hello A

require \'net/https         


        

Answer 1

Solution is to upgrade to openssl 1.0.2g-1​ubuntu4.6 (from 1.0.1f-1​ubuntu2.21) (e.g. from cedar-14 to heroku-16 stack).

heroku stack:set heroku-16 -a your-app

And in app.json:

{
  ...
  "stack": "heroku-16",
  ...
}