ECONNRESET connection drops

“inside VS code claude code, I keep getting "API Error: Connection dropped (ECONNRESET)" messages.”

Is this your bug? What gets counted gets fixed. Pile on.

Paste this into your agent. It files your report, with your error and version.

I hit this bug: rapsheet.dev/sheets/claude-code/issues/3363/file
Follow it to file my report. Show me the text before you send.

No install. No account. Public and anonymous. The link asks your agent for one report, nothing else. What it sends

Quiet. No reports and thumbs-up in the last two weeks, down from 3 a week at the late-September peak. A workaround is known.

Sessions fail with API Error: Connection dropped (ECONNRESET). Sessions show the error while generating responses or keeping a session active, even as other network applications on the same machine work normally.

Is this your bug?

File my report

Where: API connection
Error text: API Error: Connection dropped (ECONNRESET)Pasted in 2 reports
Versions: 2.1.272 to 2.1.278
Platforms: Linux, macOS
How bad: Breaks a normal workflow. Some reports say it used to work. Some reports say it blocks them completely.

Part of: API connection errors in sessions3 bugs

API response wait and retries4 people
Every request fails with ECONNREFUSED2 people

Not quite your bug?

API connection EPROTO errors2 people
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Original reports3, newest first

Sep 22, 2026Persistent "API Error: Connection dropped (ECONNRESET)" messages#96070
Sep 19, 2026Frequent ECONNRESET Disconnections While Other Network Applications Work Normally#95616
Sep 14, 2026Anthropic API Error: ECONNRESET - Connection dropped in every session#94422