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"The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a receive" when launching Controller client, caused by disabling some SSL/TLS protocols

Troubleshooting


Problem

User launches Controller client. User receives an error.

Symptom

An error occurred while trying to access the server

Details:

The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a receive.
at System.Web.Services.Protocols.WebClientProtocol.GetWebResponse(WebRequest request)
at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol.Invoke(String methodName, Object[] parameters)
at Cognos.Controller.ControllerSoapHttpClientProtocol.Invoke(String methodname, Object[] parameters)
at Cognos.Controller.Proxy.Light.WSLight.CheckServerConnection(String sGuid, String sUser)
at Cognos.Controller.Direct.ServerInfoD.CheckServerConnection()
at CCR.AppContext.CheckConnectionToServer()

[{"Product":{"code":"SS9S6B","label":"IBM Cognos Controller"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":"Controller","Platform":[{"code":"PF033","label":"Windows"}],"Version":"10.3","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB76","label":"Data Platform"}},{"Product":{"code":"SSMRTZ","label":"IBM Cognos Controller on Cloud"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":" ","Platform":[{"code":"","label":""}],"Version":"","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB76","label":"Data Platform"}}]

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Modified date:
09 May 2025

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swg22015415

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