Thanks so much! 

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From: "Christopher Schultz" <[email protected]> 
To: "Tomcat Users List" <[email protected]> 
Sent: Friday, October 17, 2014 5:01:49 PM 
Subject: Re: mod-jk reports errors when downloading files above 4 MB, but runs 
fine for smaller file sizes 

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To whom it may concern, 

On 10/17/14 4:51 PM, [email protected] wrote: 
> Hi, I'm using mod-jk (v1.2.40) on CentOS Linux server to pass 
> requests from Apache web server (v2.4.9) to GlassFish (v3.1.2) 
> application server. I'm using a java 7 servlet (shown below) on my 
> application server to enable a client to download a PDF file via 
> HTTPS. 
> 
> Things work fine when this file size is less than about 4 MB. When 
> the file is larger than 4 MB, I see the following errors in the 
> mod_jk.log file: 
> 
> [info] init_jk::mod_jk.c (3383): mod_jk/1.2.40 initialized [error] 
> ajp_connection_tcp_get_message::jk_ajp_common.c (1313): wrong 
> message format 0xcad5 from ::1:8009 [error] 
> ajp_get_reply::jk_ajp_common.c (2204): (worker1) Tomcat is down or 
> network problems. Part of the response has already been sent to the 
> client [info] ajp_service::jk_ajp_common.c (2673): (worker1) 
> sending request to tomcat failed (recoverable), because of protocol 
> error (attempt=1) [info] ajp_process_callback::jk_ajp_common.c 
> (2000): Writing to client aborted or client network problems [info] 
> ajp_service::jk_ajp_common.c (2673): (worker1) sending request to 
> tomcat failed (unrecoverable), because of client write error 
> (attempt=2) [info] jk_handler::mod_jk.c (2799): Aborting connection 
> for worker=worker1 
> 
> I'm not an expert here, and wondered if anyone could decode this to 
> find root cause and solution. There are no errors in Apache or 
> GlassFish log files. When I run the client Google Chrome browser 
> (for example), it appears to download the first 4 MB and then 
> report "network error". Other browsers behave similarly. Mod_jk 
> appears to have the only log file reporting an error. 
> 
> Other miscellaneous thoughts: 
> 
> 1. My server doesn't have a firewall limiting file size. 
> 
> 2. My client router/modem doesn't limit file download size (I 
> download much larger files often). 
> 
> 3. As far as I'm aware, the Java code below doesn't restrict the 
> file size download (can anyone confirm? perhaps mod-jk is 
> complaining about the header or content type?). 
> 
> 4. GlassFish timeout is 15 minutes, and the browser stops 
> downloading after perhaps 10 seconds. 
> 
> I'm running out of things to check. What could it be? Any help is 
> MUCH appreciated. Thanks. 

Looks like it's an old GlassFish bug: 

https://java.net/jira/browse/GLASSFISH-18446 

and 

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9770529/glassfish-jk-large-file-strange-response
 

Funny how Googling for "mod_jk message format 0xcad5" can find exactly 
what you were looking for. 

- -chris 
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