Connection reset message from JMeter

Question

When i ran my test I got the below error no the response section of View Result Tree.

I was testing a IIS server.

Is this Connection reset created by JMeter of was it done IIS server.

How do you interpret this error message.

java.net.SocketException: Connection reset
    at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(Unknown Source)
    at org.apache.http.impl.io.AbstractSessionInputBuffer.fillBuffer(AbstractSessionInputBuffer.java:166)
    at org.apache.http.impl.io.SocketInputBuffer.fillBuffer(SocketInputBuffer.java:90)
    at org.apache.http.impl.io.AbstractSessionInputBuffer.readLine(AbstractSessionInputBuffer.java:281)
    at org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultHttpResponseParser.parseHead(DefaultHttpResponseParser.java:92)
    at org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultHttpResponseParser.parseHead(DefaultHttpResponseParser.java:61)
    at org.apache.http.impl.io.AbstractMessageParser.parse(AbstractMessageParser.java:254)
    at org.apache.http.impl.AbstractHttpClientConnection.receiveResponseHeader(AbstractHttpClientConnection.java:289)
    at org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultClientConnection.receiveResponseHeader(DefaultClientConnection.java:252)
    at org.apache.http.impl.conn.ManagedClientConnectionImpl.receiveResponseHeader(ManagedClientConnectionImpl.java:191)
    at org.apache.http.protocol.HttpRequestExecutor.doReceiveResponse(HttpRequestExecutor.java:300)
    at org.apache.http.protocol.HttpRequestExecutor.execute(HttpRequestExecutor.java:127)
    at org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultRequestDirector.tryExecute(DefaultRequestDirector.java:715)
    at org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultRequestDirector.execute(DefaultRequestDirector.java:520)
    at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:906)
    at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:805)
    at org.apache.jmeter.protocol.http.sampler.HTTPHC4Impl.executeRequest(HTTPHC4Impl.java:475)
    at org.apache.jmeter.protocol.http.sampler.HTTPHC4Impl.sample(HTTPHC4Impl.java:295)
    at org.apache.jmeter.protocol.http.sampler.HTTPSamplerProxy.sample(HTTPSamplerProxy.java:74)
    at org.apache.jmeter.protocol.http.sampler.HTTPSamplerBase.sample(HTTPSamplerBase.java:1105)
    at org.apache.jmeter.protocol.http.sampler.HTTPSamplerBase.sample(HTTPSamplerBase.java:1094)
    at org.apache.jmeter.threads.JMeterThread.process_sampler(JMeterThread.java:429)
    at org.apache.jmeter.threads.JMeterThread.run(JMeterThread.java:257)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

How many threads (users) in your test plan? Did you set 'keep alive' in you http sampler? — olyv
it is single thread and it ran for 3hours and during that time the message happened only twice. and Keep alive is turned on. the system from which jmeter runs is a quad core 4 gb ram — kumar
I supposed it happens because server can't handle large load. By some reason server resets connection but it is not fail of JMeter. — olyv

UBIK LOAD PACK UBIK LOAD PACK · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-13T19:47:23

There are at least 3 possibles reasons:

Most probable cause : Your server (meaning web servers handling request and any components after them) is not handling the load correctly and slowing down, monitor the system and check
You have exhausted your injector ephemeral ports , you need to adjust your OS TCP settings to increase port range
You're running load test in GUI mode with a View Results Tree in test, this is bad practice as GC will happen frequently possibly triggering Stop The World leading to this. As per best-practices use NON GUI mode:
- https://jmeter.apache.org/usermanual/best-practices.html
- https://www.ubik-ingenierie.com/blog/jmeter_performance_tuning_tips/

Connection reset message from JMeter

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