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               &ldquo;accept() failed (53: Software caused connection abort)
               while accepting new connection on 0.0.0.0:80&rdquo;?"
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<initial>Q:</initial>
What does the following error mean in the log file: "accept() failed (53:
Software caused connection abort) while accepting new
connection on 0.0.0.0:80"?
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<initial>A:</initial>
Such errors stem from the connections that the clients managed
to close before nginx was able to process them. For instance, this can
happen in a situation when the user didn’t wait for a page
heavily populated with images to load fully, and clicked on a
different link. In this case user’s browser would close all of
the prior connections which aren’t longer necessary.
It is a non-critical error.
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