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Common Timeouts effecting Web Services, HTTP and SOAP clients

Troubleshooting


Problem

IOException,SocketTimeoutException results from Intermediary Server timeouts, Network Problems and Configuration Tuning problems on Client and Server ends.

Symptom

HttpOutboundC 1   WSWS3228E: Error: Exception: java.io.IOException: Connection close: Read failed.  Possible end of stream encountered.

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Document Information

More support for:
WebSphere Application Server

Software version:
9.0, 8.5.5, 8.5, 8.0, 7.0

Operating system(s):
AIX, Linux, Solaris, Windows

Document number:
82269

Modified date:
03 March 2025

UID

swg21233894

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