I just started using Postman. I had this error «Error: socket hang up» when I was executing a collection runner. I’ve read a few post regarding socket hang up and it mention about sending a request and there’s no response from the server side and probably timeout. How do I extend the length of time of the request in Postman Collection Runner?
karel
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asked Jun 8, 2017 at 4:17
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For me it was because my application was switched to https and my postman requests still had http in them. Changing postman to https fixed it.
answered Jun 20, 2022 at 13:04
BrianKBrianK
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Socket hang up, error is port related error. I am sharing my experience. When you use same port for connecting database, which port is already in use for other service, then «Socket Hang up» error comes out.
eg:- port 6455 is dedicated port for some other service or connection. You cannot use same port (6455) for making a database connection on same server.
answered May 7, 2019 at 13:20
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Sometimes, this error rises when a client waits for a response for a very long time. This can be resolved using the 202 (Accepted) Http code. This basically means that you will tell the server to start the job you want it to do, and then, every some-time-period check if it has finished the job.
If you are the one who wrote the server, this is relatively easy to implement. If not, check the documentation of the server you’re using.
answered May 9, 2020 at 14:27
Koby 27Koby 27
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Postman was giving «Could not get response» «Error: socket hang up».
I solved this problem by adding the Content-Length http header to my request
answered Aug 19, 2020 at 14:45
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Are you using nodemon, or some other file-watcher? In my case, I was generating some local files, uploading them, then sending the URL back to my user. Unfortunately nodemon would see the «changes» to the project, and trigger a restart before a response was sent. I ignored the build directories from my file-watcher and solved this issue.
Here is the Nodemon readme on ignoring files: https://github.com/remy/nodemon#ignoring-files
answered Aug 6, 2020 at 15:02
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I have just faced the same problem and I fixed it by close my VPN. So I guess that’s a network agent problem. You can check if you have some network proxy is on.
answered Sep 8, 2020 at 2:11
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I defined Authenticate method to generate a token and mentioned its return type as nullable string as:
public string? Authenticate(string username, string password)
{
if(!users.Any(u => u.Key==username && u.Value == password))
{
return null;
}
var tokenHandler = new JwtSecurityTokenHandler();
var tokenKey = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(key);
var tokenDescriptor = new SecurityTokenDescriptor()
{
Subject = new ClaimsIdentity(new Claim[]
{
new Claim(ClaimTypes.Name, username)
}),
Expires = DateTime.UtcNow.AddHours(1),
SigningCredentials = new SigningCredentials(new
SymmetricSecurityKey(tokenKey),
SecurityAlgorithms.HmacSha256Signature)
};
var token = tokenHandler.CreateToken(tokenDescriptor);
return tokenHandler.WriteToken(token);
}
Changing nullable string to simply string fixed «Socket Hang Up» issue for me!
answered Oct 4, 2022 at 6:14
this happaned when client wait for response for long time
try to sync your API requests from postman
then make login post and your are done
answered Oct 21, 2020 at 6:52
In my case, I had to provide --ssl-client-key
and --ssl-client-cert
files to overcome these errors.
answered Sep 22, 2022 at 9:29
If Postman doesn’t get response within a specified time it will throw the error «socket hang up».
I was doing something like below to achieve 60 minutes of delay between each scenario in a collection:
get https://postman-echo.com/delay/10
pre request script :-
setTimeout(function(){}, [50000]);
I reduced time duration to 30 seconds:
setTimeout(function(){}, [20000]);
After that I stopped getting this error.
Druckles
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answered Aug 27, 2019 at 13:01
I solved this problem with disconnection my vpn. you should check if there is vpn connected.
answered Jun 13, 2020 at 6:45
moslemmoslem
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What helped for me was replacing ‘localhost’ in the url to http://127.0.0.1 or whatever other address your local machine has assigned localhost to.
answered Jun 23, 2020 at 11:27
Socket hang up error could be due to the wrong URL of the API you are trying to access in the postman. please check the URL once carefully.
answered Nov 5, 2020 at 3:41
It’s possible there are 2 things, happening at the same time.
- The url contains a port which is not commonly used AND
- you are using a VPN or proxy that does not support that port.
I had this problem. My server port was 45860 and I was using pSiphon anti-filter VPN. In that condition my Postman reported «connection hang-up» only when server’s reply was an error with status codes bigger than 0. (It was fine when some text was returning from server with no error code.)
When I changed my web service port to 8080 on my server, WOW, it worked! even though pSiphon VPN was connected.
Marc L.
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answered Sep 24, 2020 at 21:55
Following on Abhay’s answer: double check the scheme. A server that is secured may disconnect if you call an https
endpoint with http
.
This happened to me while debugging an ASP.NET Core API running on localhost using the local cert. Took me a while to figure out since it was inside a Postman environment and also it was a Monday.
answered May 11, 2021 at 12:25
Marc L.Marc L.
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In my case, adding in the header the «Content-length» parameter did the job.
My environment is
Mac:
[Terminal command: sw_vers
]
ProductName: macOS
ProductVersion: 12.0.1. (Monterey)
BuildVersion: 21A559
mysql:
[Terminal command: mysql --version
]
Ver 8.0.27 for macos11.6 on x86_64 (Homebrew)
Apache:
[Terminal command: httpd -v
]
Server version: Apache/2.4.48 (Unix)
Server built: Oct 1 2021 20:08:18.
*Laravel
[Terminal command: php artisan --version
]
Laravel Framework 8.76.2
Postman
Version 9.1.5 (9.1.5)
answered Dec 23, 2021 at 14:10
socket hang up error can also occur due to backend API handling logic.
For example — I was trying to create an Nginx config file and restart the service by using the incoming API request body. This resulted in temporary disconnection of the Nginx service while handling the API request and resulted in socket hang up.
If you have tried all the steps mentioned in other comments, and still face the issue. I suggest you check the API handler code thoroughly.
I handled the above-mentioned example by calling the Nginx reset method with delay and a separate API to check the status of the prev reset request.
answered Mar 21, 2022 at 11:12
For me it was giving Socket Hung Up
error only while running Collection Runner
not with single request.
Adding a small delay (100-300ms) in the collection Runner solved issue for me.
answered Aug 3, 2022 at 10:19
Shubham JainShubham Jain
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Great error, it is so general that for everyone something different helps.
In my case I was not able to fix it and what is really funny is fact that I am expecting to get multipart file on one endpoint. When I prepare request in postman I get «Error: socket hang up». If I change for other endpoint(even not existing) is exactly that same error. But when I call any endpoint without body that request works and after that all subsequent attempts works perfectly.
In my case this is purely postman issue. Any request using curl is never giving that error.
answered Sep 30, 2022 at 17:51
For me the issue was related to the mismatch of the http versions on the client and server.
Client was assuming http v2 while server (spring boot/ tomcat) in the case was http v1
When on the server I configured server to v2, the issue got resolved in a go.
In spring boot you can configure the http v2 as below:-
server.http2.enabled=true
Note — Also the scenario was related to using client auth mechanism (i.e. MTLS)
Without client auth/ MTLS it worked without issues but for client auth the version setting in spring boot was the important rescue point
answered Jan 1 at 6:48
kakabalikakabali
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in my case, it was Web postman client issue,
when i request GET on same condition on Postman App (not Web), it resolved
answered Apr 20 at 15:27
ImplermineImplermine
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Solution 1
Socket hang up, error is port related error. I am sharing my experience. When you use same port for connecting database, which port is already in use for other service, then «Socket Hang up» error comes out.
eg:- port 6455 is dedicated port for some other service or connection. You cannot use same port (6455) for making a database connection on same server.
Solution 2
Sometimes, this error rises when a client waits for a response for a very long time. This can be resolved using the 202 (Accepted) Http code. This basically means that you will tell the server to start the job you want it to do, and then, every some-time-period check if it has finished the job.
If you are the one who wrote the server, this is relatively easy to implement. If not, check the documentation of the server you’re using.
Solution 3
Postman was giving «Could not get response» «Error: socket hang up».
I solved this problem by adding the Content-Length http header to my request
Solution 4
I have just faced the same problem and I fixed it by close my VPN. So I guess that’s a network agent problem. You can check if you have some network proxy is on.
Solution 5
Are you using nodemon, or some other file-watcher? In my case, I was generating some local files, uploading them, then sending the URL back to my user. Unfortunately nodemon would see the «changes» to the project, and trigger a restart before a response was sent. I ignored the build directories from my file-watcher and solved this issue.
Here is the Nodemon readme on ignoring files: https://github.com/remy/nodemon#ignoring-files
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I just started using Postman. I had this error «Error: socket hang up» when I was executing a collection runner. I’ve read a few post regarding socket hang up and it mention about sending a request and there’s no response from the server side and probably timeout. How do I extend the length of time of the request in Postman Collection Runner?
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You can change the timeout 0 in the settings to eliminate the timeout. but Socket hang up is not a timeout error. I’m facing the same thing on a form post.
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thank you, it worked for me. I copied the request from some other source and then changed the payload data in my POST request. so, there was a mismatch in Content-Length.
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Thank youuuu! I still often forget that VPNs are an all-source of problems! (when one works in IT)
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And what length should that be?
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I just started using Postman. I had this error «Error: socket hang up» when I was executing a collection runner. I’ve read a few post regarding socket hang up and it mention about sending a request and there’s no response from the server side and probably timeout. How do I extend the length of time of the request in Postman Collection Runner?
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Socket hang up, error is port related error. I am sharing my experience. When you use same port for connecting database, which port is already in use for other service, then «Socket Hang up» error comes out.
eg:- port 6455 is dedicated port for some other service or connection. You cannot use same port (6455) for making a database connection on same server.
Sometimes, this error rises when a client waits for a response for a very long time. This can be resolved using the 202 (Accepted) Http code. This basically means that you will tell the server to start the job you want it to do, and then, every some-time-period check if it has finished the job.
If you are the one who wrote the server, this is relatively easy to implement. If not, check the documentation of the server you’re using.
Postman was giving «Could not get response» «Error: socket hang up».
I solved this problem by adding the Content-Length http header to my request
Are you using nodemon, or some other file-watcher? In my case, I was generating some local files, uploading them, then sending the URL back to my user. Unfortunately nodemon would see the «changes» to the project, and trigger a restart before a response was sent. I ignored the build directories from my file-watcher and solved this issue.
Here is the Nodemon readme on ignoring files: https://github.com/remy/nodemon#ignoring-files
I have just faced the same problem and I fixed it by close my VPN. So I guess that’s a network agent problem. You can check if you have some network proxy is on.
Socket hang up error could be due to the wrong URL of the API you are trying to access in the postman. please check the URL once carefully.
I solved this problem with disconnection my vpn. you should check if there is vpn connected.
this happaned when client wait for response for long time
try to sync your API requests from postman
then make login post and your are done
If Postman doesn’t get response within a specified time it will throw the error «socket hang up».
I was doing something like below to achieve 60 minutes of delay between each scenario in a collection:
get https://postman-echo.com/delay/10
pre request script :-
setTimeout(function(){}, [50000]);
I reduced time duration to 30 seconds:
setTimeout(function(){}, [20000]);
After that I stopped getting this error.
I had the same issue: «Error: socket hang up» when sending a request to store a file and backend logs mentioned a timeout as you described. In my case I was using mongoDB and the real problem was my collection’s array capacity was full. When I cleared the documents in that collection the error was dismissed. Hope this will help someone who faces a similar scenario.
It’s possible there are 2 things, happening at the same time.
- The url contains a port which is not commonly used AND
- you are using a VPN or proxy that does not support that port.
I had this problem. My server port was 45860 and I was using pSiphon anti-filter VPN. In that condition my Postman reported «connection hang-up» only when server’s reply was an error with status codes bigger than 0. (It was fine when some text was returning from server with no error code.)
When I changed my web service port to 8080 on my server, WOW, it worked! even though pSiphon VPN was connected.
Following on Abhay’s answer: double check the scheme. A server that is secured may disconnect if you call an https
endpoint with http
.
This happened to me while debugging an ASP.NET Core API running on localhost using the local cert. Took me a while to figure out since it was inside a Postman environment and also it was a Monday.
«Socket Hung Up» can be on-premise issue some time’s, because, of bottle neck in %temp% folder, try to free up the «temp» folder and give a try
I fixed this issue by disabling Postman token header.screenshot
What helped for me was replacing ‘localhost’ in the url to http://127.0.0.1 or whatever other address your local machine has assigned localhost to.