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"java.sql.SQLException: Io exception: Connection reset" Due to Firewall (Doc ID 875582.1)

Last updated on AUGUST 09, 2023

Applies to:

JDBC - Version 11.1.0.6 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

In a JDBC application, intermittently but frequently, new physical connections fail with "Io exception: Connection reset".
This may happen with later versions of the JDBC driver.

The top of the stack trace is application specific. The bottom of the stack trace showing "Caused by" is:

Caused by: java.sql.SQLException: Io exception: Connection reset
at oracle.jdbc.driver.SQLStateMapping.newSQLException(SQLStateMapping.java:74)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.DatabaseError.newSQLException(DatabaseError.java:131)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.DatabaseError.throwSqlException(DatabaseError.java:197)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.DatabaseError.throwSqlException(DatabaseError.java:261)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.DatabaseError.throwSqlException(DatabaseError.java:566)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CConnection.logon(T4CConnection.java:418)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.PhysicalConnection.<init>(PhysicalConnection.java:508)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CConnection.<init>(T4CConnection.java:203)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CDriverExtension.getConnection(T4CDriverExtension.java:33)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver.connect(OracleDriver.java:510)
at oracle.jdbc.pool.OracleDataSource.getPhysicalConnection(OracleDataSource.java:275)
at oracle.jdbc.pool.OracleDataSource.getConnection(OracleDataSource.java:206)
at oracle.jdbc.pool.OracleConnectionPoolDataSource.getPhysicalConnection(OracleConnectionPoolDataSource.java:139)
at oracle.jdbc.pool.OracleConnectionPoolDataSource.getPooledConnection(OracleConnectionPoolDataSource.java:88)
at oracle.jdbc.pool.OracleConnectionPoolDataSource.getPooledConnection(OracleConnectionPoolDataSource.java:70)
at com.sun.gjc.spi.CPManagedConnectionFactory.createManagedConnection(CPManagedConnectionFactory.java:124)
... 78 more
Caused by: java.net.SocketException: Connection reset
at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(SocketInputStream.java:168)
at oracle.net.ns.Packet.receive(Packet.java:240)
at oracle.net.ns.DataPacket.receive(DataPacket.java:92)
at oracle.net.ns.NetInputStream.getNextPacket(NetInputStream.java:172)
at oracle.net.ns.NetInputStream.read(NetInputStream.java:117)
at oracle.net.ns.NetInputStream.read(NetInputStream.java:92)
at oracle.net.ns.NetInputStream.read(NetInputStream.java:77)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CMAREngine.unmarshalUB1(T4CMAREngine.java:1034)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CMAREngine.unmarshalSB1(T4CMAREngine.java:1010)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4C8TTIdty.receive(T4C8TTIdty.java:516)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CConnection.logon(T4CConnection.java:332)
... 88 more


The issue does not occur when connecting to a local database.

Connections that do succeed are slow (5 to 7 seconds). Connections to a local database are instantaneous.

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