I face the problem, that Apache restarts itself unexpecteldy without obvious reason. -> (OS 6)The handle is invalid. : AH00356: Child: WAIT_FAILED -- shutting down server -> (OS 10038)An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket. : AH00344: accept() failed. Apache Version: * Problem occurs on 2.4.9, both VC10 and VC11 compiled ones * Problem does NOT occur on 2.4.4 Operating System: * Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Standard The problem occurs since the Apache upgrade from 2.4.4 to 2.4.9. At this moment I reverted to 2.4.4 again because the random restarts cause downtimes. Relevant configuration settings: ThreadsPerChild 300 AcceptFilter http none AcceptFilter https none EnableSendfile off EnableMMAP off Apache works as a caching reverse proxy (mod_cache_disk) Typical logfile fragment: [log] [Fri May 23 07:53:58.344457 2014] [mpm_winnt:crit] [pid 42540:tid 380] (OS 6)The handle is invalid. : AH00356: Child: WAIT_FAILED -- shutting down server [Fri May 23 07:54:03.757607 2014] [mpm_winnt:warn] [pid 42540:tid 4212] (OS 10038)An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket. : AH00344: accept() failed. [Fri May 23 07:54:30.288807 2014] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 42540:tid 380] AH00362: Child: Waiting 270 more seconds for 5 worker threads to finish. [Fri May 23 07:55:00.329552 2014] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 42540:tid 380] AH00362: Child: Waiting 240 more seconds for 1 worker threads to finish. [Fri May 23 07:55:30.370221 2014] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 42540:tid 380] AH00362: Child: Waiting 210 more seconds for 1 worker threads to finish. [Fri May 23 07:55:47.893020 2014] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 42540:tid 380] AH00364: Child: All worker threads have exited. [Fri May 23 07:55:48.010131 2014] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 36544:tid 516] AH00428: Parent: child process 42540 exited with status 0 -- Restarting. [Fri May 23 07:55:48.801890 2014] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 36544:tid 516] AH00455: Apache/2.4.9 (Win64) OpenSSL/1.0.1g configured -- resuming normal operations [Fri May 23 07:55:48.801890 2014] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 36544:tid 516] AH00456: Apache Lounge VC10 Server built: Mar 17 2014 12:11:31 [Fri May 23 07:55:48.801890 2014] [core:notice] [pid 36544:tid 516] AH00094: Command line: 'C:\\Apache24\\bin\\httpd.exe -d C:/Apache24' [Fri May 23 07:55:48.802891 2014] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 36544:tid 516] AH00418: Parent: Created child process 33888 [Fri May 23 07:55:50.263291 2014] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 33888:tid 380] AH00354: Child: Starting 300 worker threads. [Fri May 23 11:58:09.232804 2014] [mpm_winnt:crit] [pid 33888:tid 380] (OS 6)The handle is invalid. : AH00356: Child: WAIT_FAILED -- shutting down server [Fri May 23 11:58:10.710220 2014] [mpm_winnt:warn] [pid 33888:tid 5008] (OS 10038)An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket. : AH00344: accept() failed. [Fri May 23 11:58:28.546422 2014] [mpm_winnt:warn] [pid 33888:tid 3320] (OS 10038)An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket. : AH00344: accept() failed. [Fri May 23 11:58:41.169814 2014] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 33888:tid 380] AH00362: Child: Waiting 270 more seconds for 8 worker threads to finish. [Fri May 23 11:59:11.208219 2014] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 33888:tid 380] AH00362: Child: Waiting 240 more seconds for 3 worker threads to finish. [Fri May 23 11:59:41.245781 2014] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 33888:tid 380] AH00362: Child: Waiting 210 more seconds for 1 worker threads to finish. [Fri May 23 12:00:11.277011 2014] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 33888:tid 380] AH00362: Child: Waiting 180 more seconds for 1 worker threads to finish. [Fri May 23 12:00:41.305795 2014] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 33888:tid 380] AH00362: Child: Waiting 150 more seconds for 1 worker threads to finish. [Fri May 23 12:01:11.335526 2014] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 33888:tid 380] AH00362: Child: Waiting 120 more seconds for 1 worker threads to finish. [Fri May 23 12:01:15.840009 2014] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 33888:tid 380] AH00364: Child: All worker threads have exited. [Fri May 23 12:01:15.953118 2014] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 36544:tid 516] AH00428: Parent: child process 33888 exited with status 0 -- Restarting. [Fri May 23 12:01:16.820952 2014] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 36544:tid 516] AH00455: Apache/2.4.9 (Win64) OpenSSL/1.0.1g configured -- resuming normal operations [Fri May 23 12:01:16.820952 2014] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 36544:tid 516] AH00456: Apache Lounge VC10 Server built: Mar 17 2014 12:11:31 [Fri May 23 12:01:16.820952 2014] [core:notice] [pid 36544:tid 516] AH00094: Command line: 'C:\\Apache24\\bin\\httpd.exe -d C:/Apache24' [Fri May 23 12:01:16.820952 2014] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 36544:tid 516] AH00418: Parent: Created child process 24388 [Fri May 23 12:01:18.308375 2014] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 24388:tid 376] AH00354: Child: Starting 300 worker threads. [/log] Have you got any idea, why this can happen? In the windows eventlog I can't find any relevant entries at the time that apache restarts. Please help if you can Kind Regards Maria Imp --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx