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Fluentd 1.16 Socket Leak — Ephemeral Ports Exhausted on Arch Linux

Fluentd 1.16 has a socket leak causing ephemeral port exhaustion. Cannot create new outbound connections. TIME_WAIT count critical.

Pattern
CONNECTION_REFUSED
Severity
CRITICAL
Confidence
68%
Remediation
Auto-Heal

Test Results

MetricExpectedActualResult
Pattern RecognitionCONNECTION_REFUSEDCONNECTION_REFUSED
Severity AssessmentHIGHCRITICAL
Incident CorrelationN/ANone
Cascade EscalationN/ANo
RemediationAuto-Heal — Corax resolves autonomously

Scenario Conditions

Arch Linux. Fluentd 1.16 with 19528 sockets in TIME_WAIT. Ephemeral port range exhausted (32768-60999). New connections failing with EADDRNOTAVAIL.

Injected Error Messages (1)

Fluentd 1.16 on Arch Linux — ephemeral ports exhausted, connection refused on new outbound connections, 19528 sockets in TIME_WAIT, ECONNREFUSED, fluentd socket leak detected

Neural Engine Root Cause Analysis

Connection refused — service is likely crashed or not listening on the expected port.

Remediation Plan

Restart the target service. If recurring, check for memory leaks or crash loops.

Improvements Applied

  • Severity: CRITICAL (expected HIGH)
Tested: 2026-04-02Monitors: 1 | Incidents: 1Test ID: cmnhnw2br03j7lijg0alvahf2