ESTRPIPE (errno 86)

errno 86

LINUX

Streams pipe error

Linux terminal running strace with the failing system call and errno highlighted
Linux errno: trace the exact failing system call before changing anything.

What it means

ESTRPIPE is a Linux error code reported by Linux and other POSIX systems. Its official message is: “Streams pipe error”

How to fix ESTRPIPE (errno 86)

  1. Reproduce with 'strace -f -e trace=<syscall> <cmd>' to see the exact failing call
  2. Confirm the errno with 'perror <code>' and correlate with 'dmesg' kernel messages
  3. Isolate the version — re-test on a clean shell or minimal container

Related errors

ERESTART (errno 85)EUSERS (errno 87)EILSEQ (errno 84)EROFS (errno 30)EPIPE (errno 32)EADDRINUSE (errno 98)ECONNRESET (errno 104)ETIMEDOUT (errno 110)

Source: Linux kernel errno.h

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