When is “java.io.IOException:Connection reset by peer” thrown?

Question

ERROR GServerHandler  - java.io.IOException: Connection reset by peer
java.io.IOException: Connection reset by peer
        at sun.nio.ch.FileDispatcher.read0(Native         


        

Answer 1

It can also mean that the server is completely inaccessible - I was getting this when trying to hit a server that was offline

My client was configured to connect to localhost:3000, but no server was running on that port.