There are a number of Jenkins Reboots in this log. It seems to succeed and then continue to try to connect. Aug 08, 2014 11:51:51 AM hudson.remoting.Engine waitForServerToBack INFO: Failed to connect to the master. Will retry again java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.waitForConnect(Native Method) at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Unknown Source) at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(Unknown Source) at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(Unknown Source) at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source) at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source) at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source) at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source) at sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.<init>(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getNewHttpClient(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect0(Unknown Sou rce) at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(Unknown Sour ce) at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.connect(Unknown Source) at hudson.remoting.Engine.waitForServerToBack(Engine.java:389) at hudson.remoting.Engine.run(Engine.java:296) Aug 08, 2014 11:52:02 AM hudson.remoting.Engine waitForServerToBack INFO: Failed to connect to the master. Will retry again java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.waitForConnect(Native Method) at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Unknown Source) at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(Unknown Source) at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(Unknown Source) at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source) at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source) at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source) at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source) at sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.<init>(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getNewHttpClient(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect0(Unknown Sou rce) at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(Unknown Sour ce) at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.connect(Unknown Source) at hudson.remoting.Engine.waitForServerToBack(Engine.java:389) at hudson.remoting.Engine.run(Engine.java:296) Aug 08, 2014 11:52:13 AM hudson.remoting.Engine waitForServerToBack INFO: Failed to connect to the master. Will retry again java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.waitForConnect(Native Method) at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Unknown Source) at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(Unknown Source) at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(Unknown Source) at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source) at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source) at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source) at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source) at sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.<init>(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getNewHttpClient(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect0(Unknown Sou rce) at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(Unknown Sour ce) at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.connect(Unknown Source) at hudson.remoting.Engine.waitForServerToBack(Engine.java:389) at hudson.remoting.Engine.run(Engine.java:296) Aug 08, 2014 11:52:24 AM hudson.remoting.Engine waitForServerToBack INFO: Failed to connect to the master. Will retry again java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.waitForConnect(Native Method) at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Unknown Source) at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(Unknown Source) at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(Unknown Source) at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source) at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source) at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source) at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source) at sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.<init>(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getNewHttpClient(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect0(Unknown Sou rce) at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(Unknown Sour ce) at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.connect(Unknown Source) at hudson.remoting.Engine.waitForServerToBack(Engine.java:389) at hudson.remoting.Engine.run(Engine.java:296) Aug 08, 2014 11:52:35 AM hudson.remoting.Engine waitForServerToBack INFO: Failed to connect to the master. Will retry again java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.waitForConnect(Native Method) at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Unknown Source) at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(Unknown Source) at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(Unknown Source) at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source) at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source) at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source) at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source) at sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.<init>(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getNewHttpClient(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect0(Unknown Sou rce) at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(Unknown Sour ce) at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.connect(Unknown Source) at hudson.remoting.Engine.waitForServerToBack(Engine.java:389) at hudson.remoting.Engine.run(Engine.java:296) Aug 08, 2014 11:52:46 AM hudson.remoting.Engine waitForServerToBack INFO: Master isn't ready to talk to us. Will retry again: response code=503 Aug 08, 2014 11:52:59 AM hudson.remoting.Engine waitForServerToBack INFO: Master isn't ready to talk to us. Will retry again: response code=503 Aug 08, 2014 11:53:09 AM hudson.remoting.jnlp.Main$CuiListener status INFO: Locating server among http://product-ci.cisco.com:8080/ Aug 08, 2014 11:53:09 AM hudson.remoting.jnlp.Main$CuiListener status INFO: Connecting to product-ci.cisco.com:62680 Aug 08, 2014 11:53:09 AM hudson.remoting.jnlp.Main$CuiListener status INFO: Handshaking Aug 08, 2014 11:53:09 AM hudson.remoting.jnlp.Main$CuiListener status INFO: Connected Aug 08, 2014 11:58:35 AM hudson.remoting.SynchronousCommandTransport$ReaderThrea d run SEVERE: I/O error in channel channel java.net.SocketException: Connection reset at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(Unknown Source) at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(Unknown Source) at java.io.BufferedInputStream.fill(Unknown Source) at java.io.BufferedInputStream.read(Unknown Source) at hudson.remoting.FlightRecorderInputStream.read(FlightRecorderInputStr eam.java:82) at hudson.remoting.ChunkedInputStream.readHeader(ChunkedInputStream.java :67) at hudson.remoting.ChunkedInputStream.readUntilBreak(ChunkedInputStream. java:93) at hudson.remoting.ChunkedCommandTransport.readBlock(ChunkedCommandTrans port.java:33) at hudson.remoting.AbstractSynchronousByteArrayCommandTransport.read(Abs tractSynchronousByteArrayCommandTransport.java:34) at hudson.remoting.SynchronousCommandTransport$ReaderThread.run(Synchron ousCommandTransport.java:48) Aug 08, 2014 11:58:35 AM hudson.remoting.jnlp.Main$CuiListener status INFO: Terminated Aug 08, 2014 11:58:49 AM hudson.remoting.Engine waitForServerToBack INFO: Master isn't ready to talk to us. Will retry again: response code=503 Aug 08, 2014 11:58:59 AM hudson.remoting.jnlp.Main$CuiListener status INFO: Locating server among http://product-ci.cisco.com:8080/ Aug 08, 2014 11:58:59 AM hudson.remoting.jnlp.Main$CuiListener status INFO: Connecting to product-ci.cisco.com:62827 Aug 08, 2014 11:58:59 AM hudson.remoting.jnlp.Main$CuiListener status INFO: Handshaking Aug 08, 2014 11:59:00 AM hudson.remoting.jnlp.Main$CuiListener status INFO: Connected Aug 08, 2014 12:09:01 PM hudson.remoting.SynchronousCommandTransport$ReaderThrea d run SEVERE: I/O error in channel channel java.net.SocketException: Connection reset at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(Unknown Source) at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(Unknown Source) at java.io.BufferedInputStream.fill(Unknown Source) at java.io.BufferedInputStream.read(Unknown Source) at hudson.remoting.FlightRecorderInputStream.read(FlightRecorderInputStr eam.java:82) at hudson.remoting.ChunkedInputStream.readHeader(ChunkedInputStream.java :67) at hudson.remoting.ChunkedInputStream.readUntilBreak(ChunkedInputStream. java:93) at hudson.remoting.ChunkedCommandTransport.readBlock(ChunkedCommandTrans port.java:33) at hudson.remoting.AbstractSynchronousByteArrayCommandTransport.read(Abs tractSynchronousByteArrayCommandTransport.java:34) at hudson.remoting.SynchronousCommandTransport$ReaderThread.run(Synchron ousCommandTransport.java:48) Aug 08, 2014 12:09:01 PM hudson.remoting.jnlp.Main$CuiListener status INFO: Terminated Aug 08, 2014 12:09:11 PM hudson.remoting.jnlp.Main$CuiListener status INFO: Locating server among http://product-ci.cisco.com:8080/ Aug 08, 2014 12:09:11 PM hudson.remoting.jnlp.Main$CuiListener status INFO: Connecting to product-ci.cisco.com:49183 Aug 08, 2014 12:09:11 PM hudson.remoting.jnlp.Main$CuiListener status INFO: Handshaking Aug 08, 2014 12:09:11 PM hudson.remoting.jnlp.Main$CuiListener status INFO: Connected Aug 08, 2014 12:18:12 PM hudson.slaves.ChannelPinger$1 onDead INFO: Ping failed. Terminating the channel. java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException: Ping started on 1407496452799 hasn't comp leted at 1407496692806 at hudson.remoting.PingThread.ping(PingThread.java:120) at hudson.remoting.PingThread.run(PingThread.java:81) Aug 08, 2014 12:18:12 PM hudson.remoting.SynchronousCommandTransport$ReaderThrea d run SEVERE: I/O error in channel channel java.net.SocketException: Socket Closed at java.net.SocketInputStream.socketRead0(Native Method) at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(Unknown Source) at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(Unknown Source) at java.io.BufferedInputStream.fill(Unknown Source) at java.io.BufferedInputStream.read(Unknown Source) at hudson.remoting.FlightRecorderInputStream.read(FlightRecorderInputStr eam.java:82) at hudson.remoting.ChunkedInputStream.readHeader(ChunkedInputStream.java :67) at hudson.remoting.ChunkedInputStream.readUntilBreak(ChunkedInputStream. java:93) at hudson.remoting.ChunkedCommandTransport.readBlock(ChunkedCommandTrans port.java:33) at hudson.remoting.AbstractSynchronousByteArrayCommandTransport.read(Abs tractSynchronousByteArrayCommandTransport.java:34) at hudson.remoting.SynchronousCommandTransport$ReaderThread.run(Synchron ousCommandTransport.java:48) Aug 08, 2014 12:18:12 PM hudson.remoting.jnlp.Main$CuiListener status INFO: Terminated Aug 08, 2014 12:18:22 PM hudson.remoting.jnlp.Main$CuiListener status INFO: Locating server among http://product-ci.cisco.com:8080/ Aug 08, 2014 12:18:22 PM hudson.remoting.jnlp.Main$CuiListener status INFO: Connecting to product-ci.cisco.com:49183 Aug 08, 2014 12:18:22 PM hudson.remoting.jnlp.Main$CuiListener status INFO: Handshaking Aug 08, 2014 12:18:22 PM hudson.remoting.jnlp.Main$CuiListener status INFO: Connected Aug 08, 2014 12:48:22 PM hudson.remoting.SynchronousCommandTransport$ReaderThrea d run SEVERE: I/O error in channel channel java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Read timed out at java.net.SocketInputStream.socketRead0(Native Method) at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(Unknown Source) at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(Unknown Source) at java.io.BufferedInputStream.fill(Unknown Source) at java.io.BufferedInputStream.read(Unknown Source) at hudson.remoting.FlightRecorderInputStream.read(FlightRecorderInputStr eam.java:82) at hudson.remoting.ChunkedInputStream.readHeader(ChunkedInputStream.java :67) at hudson.remoting.ChunkedInputStream.readUntilBreak(ChunkedInputStream. java:93) at hudson.remoting.ChunkedCommandTransport.readBlock(ChunkedCommandTrans port.java:33) at hudson.remoting.AbstractSynchronousByteArrayCommandTransport.read(Abs tractSynchronousByteArrayCommandTransport.java:34) at hudson.remoting.SynchronousCommandTransport$ReaderThread.run(Synchron ousCommandTransport.java:48) Aug 08, 2014 12:48:22 PM hudson.remoting.jnlp.Main$CuiListener status INFO: Terminated Aug 08, 2014 12:48:33 PM hudson.remoting.jnlp.Main$CuiListener status INFO: Locating server among http://product-ci.cisco.com:8080/ Aug 08, 2014 12:48:33 PM hudson.remoting.jnlp.Main$CuiListener status INFO: Connecting to product-ci.cisco.com:49183 Aug 08, 2014 12:48:33 PM hudson.remoting.jnlp.Main$CuiListener status INFO: Handshaking Aug 08, 2014 12:48:33 PM hudson.remoting.jnlp.Main$CuiListener status INFO: Connected1