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Published Sep. 10, 2025

Broken pipe message in the log when opening Liferay for the first time

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Solyom Nagy-Györkös

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Issue

  • Opening Liferay in the browser after removing the osgi/state folder (due to patching best practices) shows the following error message in the log:
2020-04-01 03:54:29.581 ERROR [http-nio-9080-exec-6][JDBCExceptionReporter:234] integrity constraint violation: unique constraint or index violation: IX_C7057FF7
2020-04-01 03:54:30.214 ERROR [http-nio-9080-exec-5][VirtualHostFilter:377] org.apache.catalina.connector.ClientAbortException: java.io.IOException: Broken pipe
org.apache.catalina.connector.ClientAbortException: java.io.IOException: Broken pipe
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.OutputBuffer.realWriteBytes(OutputBuffer.java:341)
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.OutputBuffer.appendByteArray(OutputBuffer.java:736)
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.OutputBuffer.append(OutputBuffer.java:665)
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.OutputBuffer.writeBytes(OutputBuffer.java:376)
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.OutputBuffer.write(OutputBuffer.java:354)
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteOutputStream.write(CoyoteOutputStream.java:96)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.internal.servlet.RestrictedByteArrayCacheOutputStream.flush(RestrictedByteArrayCacheOutputStream.java:67)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.RestrictedByteBufferCacheServletResponse.flushCache(RestrictedByteBufferCacheServletResponse.java:46)
	at com.liferay.portal.servlet.filters.etag.ETagFilter._postProcessETag(ETagFilter.java:120)
	at com.liferay.portal.servlet.filters.etag.ETagFilter.processFilter(ETagFilter.java:101)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:49)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.processDoFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:207)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.doFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:112)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.processFilter(BaseFilter.java:144)
	at com.liferay.portal.servlet.filters.autologin.AutoLoginFilter.processFilter(AutoLoginFilter.java:258)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:49)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.processDoFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:207)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.doFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:112)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.processFilter(BaseFilter.java:144)
	at com.liferay.portal.monitoring.internal.servlet.filter.MonitoringFilter.processFilter(MonitoringFilter.java:178)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:49)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.processDoFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:207)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.doFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:112)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilter.doFilter(InvokerFilter.java:101)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:712)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:459)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:384)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:312)
	at com.liferay.portal.servlet.filters.virtualhost.VirtualHostFilter.processFilter(VirtualHostFilter.java:374)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:49)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.processDoFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:207)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.doFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:112)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.processDirectCallFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:188)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.doFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:96)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.processDirectCallFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:188)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.doFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:96)
	at org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.RuleChain.handleRewrite(RuleChain.java:176)
	at org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.RuleChain.doRules(RuleChain.java:145)
	at org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.UrlRewriter.processRequest(UrlRewriter.java:92)
	at org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.UrlRewriteFilter.doFilter(UrlRewriteFilter.java:389)
	at com.liferay.portal.servlet.filters.urlrewrite.UrlRewriteFilter.processFilter(UrlRewriteFilter.java:65)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:49)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.processDoFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:207)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.doFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:112)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.processDirectCallFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:168)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.doFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:96)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.processDirectCallFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:168)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.doFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:96)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.processDirectCallFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:188)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.doFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:96)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilter.doFilter(InvokerFilter.java:101)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:200)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:96)
	at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:490)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:139)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:92)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:74)
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:343)
	at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.service(Http11Processor.java:408)
	at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessorLight.process(AbstractProcessorLight.java:66)
	at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$ConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:834)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1415)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:49)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Broken pipe
	at sun.nio.ch.FileDispatcherImpl.write0(Native Method)
	at sun.nio.ch.SocketDispatcher.write(SocketDispatcher.java:47)
	at sun.nio.ch.IOUtil.writeFromNativeBuffer(IOUtil.java:93)
	at sun.nio.ch.IOUtil.write(IOUtil.java:65)
	at sun.nio.ch.SocketChannelImpl.write(SocketChannelImpl.java:471)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioChannel.write(NioChannel.java:134)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioBlockingSelector.write(NioBlockingSelector.java:105)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioSelectorPool.write(NioSelectorPool.java:144)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$NioSocketWrapper.doWrite(NioEndpoint.java:1223)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketWrapperBase.doWrite(SocketWrapperBase.java:748)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketWrapperBase.writeBlocking(SocketWrapperBase.java:518)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketWrapperBase.write(SocketWrapperBase.java:456)
	at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11OutputBuffer$SocketOutputBuffer.doWrite(Http11OutputBuffer.java:530)
	at org.apache.coyote.http11.filters.IdentityOutputFilter.doWrite(IdentityOutputFilter.java:73)
	at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11OutputBuffer.doWrite(Http11OutputBuffer.java:189)
	at org.apache.coyote.Response.doWrite(Response.java:599)
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.OutputBuffer.realWriteBytes(OutputBuffer.java:329)
	... 70 more

Environment

  • DXP 7.1

Resolution

  • You do not have to take any precautions towards it, because it is a one time only case, and should not perceive any loss in functionality.
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