If you encounter similar problems on recent versions of Jenkins and up to date slave.jar on agents, please file a new bug instead of reopening this one. It's too old to be useful. Provide as much information about your configuration as possible.

Hi John,
I had the same problem one year ago with an older version.
Try to launch the slave with a batch instead of a service and redirect the standard output to a file to check what happens.
Honestly I solved disabling the service and leaving the slave running with a scheduled batch.
Graz

Any resolution for connection timeout issues ?

Ubuntu 14.04 server 64-bit
oracle-java7: 1.7.0_80
Jenkins: 1.651.1 LTS

The build sometimes randomly failed with this kind of error.

This time happened in the post-build actions:
FATAL: channel is already closed
hudson.remoting.ChannelClosedException: channel is already closed
at hudson.remoting.Channel.send(Channel.java:578)
at hudson.remoting.Request.call(Request.java:130)
at hudson.remoting.Channel.call(Channel.java:780)
at hudson.Launcher$RemoteLauncher.kill(Launcher.java:953)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.run(AbstractBuild.java:540)
at hudson.model.Run.execute(Run.java:1738)
at hudson.matrix.MatrixBuild.run(MatrixBuild.java:313)
at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:98)
at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:410)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Unexpected termination of the channel
at hudson.remoting.SynchronousCommandTransport$ReaderThread.run(SynchronousCommandTransport.java:50)
Caused by: java.io.EOFException
at java.io.ObjectInputStream$PeekInputStream.readFully(ObjectInputStream.java:2325)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream$BlockDataInputStream.readShort(ObjectInputStream.java:2794)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readStreamHeader(ObjectInputStream.java:801)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.<init>(ObjectInputStream.java:299)
at hudson.remoting.ObjectInputStreamEx.<init>(ObjectInputStreamEx.java:48)
at hudson.remoting.AbstractSynchronousByteArrayCommandTransport.read(AbstractSynchronousByteArrayCommandTransport.java:34)
at hudson.remoting.SynchronousCommandTransport$ReaderThread.run(SynchronousCommandTransport.java:48)

I got similar issues as below

FATAL: hudson.remoting.Channel$OrderlyShutdown: java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException: Ping started on 1467229478054 hasn't completed at 1467229718378
hudson.remoting.RequestAbortedException: hudson.remoting.Channel$OrderlyShutdown: java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException: Ping started on 1467229478054 hasn't completed at 1467229718378
	at hudson.remoting.Request.abort(Request.java:295)
	at hudson.remoting.Channel.terminate(Channel.java:814)
	at hudson.remoting.Channel$CloseCommand.execute(Channel.java:1029)
	at hudson.remoting.Channel$2.handle(Channel.java:483)
	at hudson.remoting.SynchronousCommandTransport$ReaderThread.run(SynchronousCommandTransport.java:60)
	at ......remote call to 10.79.17.177(Native Method)
	at hudson.remoting.Channel.attachCallSiteStackTrace(Channel.java:1356)
	at hudson.remoting.Request.call(Request.java:171)
	at hudson.remoting.Channel.call(Channel.java:751)
	at hudson.remoting.RemoteInvocationHandler.invoke(RemoteInvocationHandler.java:173)
	at $Proxy36.join(Unknown Source)
	at hudson.Launcher$RemoteLauncher$ProcImpl.join(Launcher.java:979)
	at hudson.tasks.CommandInterpreter.join(CommandInterpreter.java:137)
	at hudson.tasks.CommandInterpreter.perform(CommandInterpreter.java:97)
	at hudson.tasks.CommandInterpreter.perform(CommandInterpreter.java:66)
	at hudson.tasks.BuildStepMonitor$1.perform(BuildStepMonitor.java:20)
	at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.perform(AbstractBuild.java:770)
	at hudson.model.Build$BuildExecution.build(Build.java:199)
	at hudson.model.Build$BuildExecution.doRun(Build.java:160)
	at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.run(AbstractBuild.java:533)
	at hudson.model.Run.execute(Run.java:1745)
	at hudson.model.FreeStyleBuild.run(FreeStyleBuild.java:43)
	at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:89)
	at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:240)
Caused by: hudson.remoting.Channel$OrderlyShutdown: java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException: Ping started on 1467229478054 hasn't completed at 1467229718378
	at hudson.remoting.Channel$CloseCommand.execute(Channel.java:1029)
	at hudson.remoting.Channel$2.handle(Channel.java:483)
	at hudson.remoting.SynchronousCommandTransport$ReaderThread.run(SynchronousCommandTransport.java:60)
Caused by: Command close created at
	at hudson.remoting.Command.<init>(Command.java:56)
	at hudson.remoting.Channel$CloseCommand.<init>(Channel.java:1023)
	at hudson.remoting.Channel$CloseCommand.<init>(Channel.java:1021)
	at hudson.remoting.Channel.close(Channel.java:1104)
	at hudson.slaves.ChannelPinger$1.onDead(ChannelPinger.java:110)
	at hudson.remoting.PingThread.ping(PingThread.java:125)
	at hudson.remoting.PingThread.run(PingThread.java:86)
Caused by: java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException: Ping started on 1467229478054 hasn't completed at 1467229718378
	... 2 more    

My environment:
jenkins master runs on CentOS release 6.4 (Final). jenkins version is : 1.580.3
jenkins slave in which am facing issue is a solaris vm. This started recently and I could'nt think of any environment changes happened. When, this happened initially, I thought that swap space is not enough and I have increased the swap space of the slave. Any suggestions is much appreciated. When I hit this issue, I just reboot the slave and then one or two build works fine. Have not seen this problem after three builds, but not sure, when I will hit this.

JENKINS-1948?

Remoting logic has improved gradually in this area (especially on diagnostics fronts), but likely the issue still exists. Not sure if there is a way to fix such generic issue

also encountered the same problems:

16:23:20 FATAL: hudson.remoting.Channel$OrderlyShutdown
16:23:20 hudson.remoting.RequestAbortedException: hudson.remoting.Channel$OrderlyShutdown
16:23:20 at hudson.remoting.Request.abort(Request.java:303)
16:23:20 at hudson.remoting.Channel.terminate(Channel.java:847)
16:23:20 at hudson.remoting.Channel$CloseCommand.execute(Channel.java:1080)
16:23:20 at hudson.remoting.Channel$1.handle(Channel.java:501)
16:23:20 at hudson.remoting.AbstractByteArrayCommandTransport$1.handle(AbstractByteArrayCommandTransport.java:61)
16:23:20 at org.jenkinsci.remoting.nio.NioChannelHub$2.run(NioChannelHub.java:594)
16:23:20 at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:471)
16:23:20 at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:262)
16:23:20 at hudson.remoting.SingleLaneExecutorService$1.run(SingleLaneExecutorService.java:112)
16:23:20 at jenkins.util.ContextResettingExecutorService$1.run(ContextResettingExecutorService.java:28)
16:23:20 at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:471)
16:23:20 at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:262)
16:23:20 at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
16:23:20 at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
16:23:20 at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
16:23:20 at ......remote call to mesos-jenkins-58207071568048808fbd9396283fe305-jenkins-slave-ru(Native Method)
16:23:20 at hudson.remoting.Channel.attachCallSiteStackTrace(Channel.java:1416)
16:23:20 at hudson.remoting.Request.call(Request.java:172)
16:23:20 at hudson.remoting.Channel.call(Channel.java:780)
16:23:20 at org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.RemoteGitImpl$CommandInvocationHandler.execute(RemoteGitImpl.java:145)
16:23:20 at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor756.invoke(Unknown Source)
16:23:20 at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
16:23:20 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
16:23:20 at org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.RemoteGitImpl$CommandInvocationHandler.invoke(RemoteGitImpl.java:131)
16:23:20 at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy88.execute(Unknown Source)
16:23:20 at hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM.retrieveChanges(GitSCM.java:1042)
16:23:20 at hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM.checkout(GitSCM.java:1082)
16:23:20 at hudson.scm.SCM.checkout(SCM.java:495)
16:23:20 at hudson.model.AbstractProject.checkout(AbstractProject.java:1269)
16:23:20 at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.defaultCheckout(AbstractBuild.java:604)
16:23:20 at jenkins.scm.SCMCheckoutStrategy.checkout(SCMCheckoutStrategy.java:86)
16:23:20 at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.run(AbstractBuild.java:529)
16:23:20 at hudson.model.Run.execute(Run.java:1741)
16:23:20 at hudson.model.FreeStyleBuild.run(FreeStyleBuild.java:43)
16:23:20 at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:98)
16:23:20 at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:410)
16:23:20 Caused by: hudson.remoting.Channel$OrderlyShutdown
16:23:20 at hudson.remoting.Channel$CloseCommand.execute(Channel.java:1080)
16:23:20 at hudson.remoting.Channel$1.handle(Channel.java:501)
16:23:20 at hudson.remoting.AbstractByteArrayCommandTransport$1.handle(AbstractByteArrayCommandTransport.java:61)
16:23:20 at org.jenkinsci.remoting.nio.NioChannelHub$2.run(NioChannelHub.java:594)
16:23:20 at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:471)
16:23:20 at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:262)
16:23:20 at hudson.remoting.SingleLaneExecutorService$1.run(SingleLaneExecutorService.java:112)
16:23:20 at jenkins.util.ContextResettingExecutorService$1.run(ContextResettingExecutorService.java:28)
16:23:20 at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:471)
16:23:20 at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:262)
16:23:20 at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
16:23:20 at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
16:23:20 at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
16:23:20 Caused by: Command close created at
16:23:20 at hudson.remoting.Command.<init>(Command.java:56)
16:23:20 at hudson.remoting.Channel$CloseCommand.<init>(Channel.java:1074)
16:23:20 at hudson.remoting.Channel$CloseCommand.<init>(Channel.java:1072)
16:23:20 at hudson.remoting.Channel.close(Channel.java:1156)
16:23:20 at hudson.remoting.Channel.close(Channel.java:1138)
16:23:20 at hudson.remoting.Channel$CloseCommand.execute(Channel.java:1079)
16:23:20 at hudson.remoting.Channel$1.handle(Channel.java:501)
16:23:20 at hudson.remoting.SynchronousCommandTransport$ReaderThread.run(SynchronousCommandTransport.java:83)

xiazhang

also encountered the same problems

When commenting on a six years old issue, you need to mention what version of Jenkins you're running. If the problem was trivial to reproduce and fix, this wouldn't still be open after six years.

That said, no need to amend your comment: Based on line numbers, this is remoting 2.60 or older, a lot has changed since then, so you're on a Jenkins version nobody cares about anymore. Time to upgrade.

Hi all. As a Remoting maintainer, I am going to close it. In Remoting 3.x we significantly improved the diagnosability and stability of the channel. In the new versions you would need to...

1. Use JNLP4
2. Use Remoting 3.14+
3. Use -workDir mode with agent-side log collection
4. Use Jenkins 2.89.3+

If such generic issue happens on such configuration, let's follow-up in new tickets so that we can diagnose them on the case-by-case basis.

Closing to discourage new reports in this ticket