Description Leonardo 2011-11-30 09:13:47 EST

Build Identifier: 3.7

BIRT Throws java.io.IOException:
ClientAbortException:  java.net.SocketException: Broken pipe when trying to view a report from the BIRT Report Viewer

Full stacktrace:
2011-11-29 13:41:20,282 ERROR [org.apache.axis.Message] java.io.IOException:
ClientAbortException:  java.net.SocketException: Broken pipe
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.OutputBuffer.realWriteBytes(OutputBuffer.java:358)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.buf.ByteChunk.append(ByteChunk.java:325)
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.OutputBuffer.writeBytes(OutputBuffer.java:381)
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.OutputBuffer.write(OutputBuffer.java:370)
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteOutputStream.write(CoyoteOutputStream.java:89)
	at org.apache.axis.utils.ByteArray.writeTo(ByteArray.java:375)
	at org.apache.axis.SOAPPart.writeTo(SOAPPart.java:265)
	at org.apache.axis.Message.writeTo(Message.java:539)
	at org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServlet.sendResponse(AxisServlet.java:902)
	at org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServlet.doPost(AxisServlet.java:777)
	at org.eclipse.birt.report.servlet.BirtSoapMessageDispatcherServlet.doPost(BirtSoapMessageDispatcherServlet.java:265)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:710)
	at org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServletBase.service(AxisServletBase.java:327)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
	at org.eclipse.birt.report.servlet.BirtSoapMessageDispatcherServlet.service(BirtSoapMessageDispatcherServlet.java:122)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:687)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:469)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:403)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:301)
	at com.trintech.cms.web.servlet.common.BirtServlet.doPost(BirtServlet.java:93)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:710)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
	at com.trintech.cms.web.servlet.common.CharsetFilter.doFilter(CharsetFilter.java:42)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
	at org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(ReplyHeaderFilter.java:96)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:230)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:175)
	at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityAssociationValve.invoke(SecurityAssociationValve.java:179)
	at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.JaccContextValve.invoke(JaccContextValve.java:84)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:128)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:104)
	at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.jca.CachedConnectionValve.invoke(CachedConnectionValve.java:156)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:241)
	at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:844)
	at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:580)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:447)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
Caused by: java.net.SocketException: Broken pipe
	at java.net.SocketOutputStream.socketWrite0(Native Method)
	at java.net.SocketOutputStream.socketWrite(SocketOutputStream.java:92)
	at java.net.SocketOutputStream.write(SocketOutputStream.java:136)
	at org.apache.coyote.http11.InternalOutputBuffer$OutputStreamOutputBuffer.doWrite(InternalOutputBuffer.java:764)
	at org.apache.coyote.http11.filters.ChunkedOutputFilter.doWrite(ChunkedOutputFilter.java:129)
	at org.apache.coyote.http11.InternalOutputBuffer.doWrite(InternalOutputBuffer.java:570)
	at org.apache.coyote.Response.doWrite(Response.java:560)
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.OutputBuffer.realWriteBytes(OutputBuffer.java:353)
	... 44 more


This problem happened with BIRT 2.3.1 so we decided to upgrade to BIRT 3.7. The problem disappeared for a while. Sadly we are dealing again with the same problem.

Apparently it's data related cause that report loads lots of data. 

When we call the Report Viewer it goes to the blank page without showing the "Loading..." message.

Server: JBoss 4.2.0
OS: SunOS 5.10
BIRT: 3.7
Client: Internet Explorer 8

Note: The user was generating the report without problems, this problem started to happen recently, since that day we couldn view the report again. Only a blank page is displayed.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Deploy report into reports folder
2.Start JBoss
3.Call BIRT Report Viewer