XTLS/Xray-core · error

read payload

Error message

read payload

What it means

Error "read payload" thrown in XTLS/Xray-core.

Source

Thrown at proxy/shadowsocks_2022/outbound.go:96

	serverDestination := o.server
	serverDestination.Network = network
	connection, err := dialer.Dial(ctx, serverDestination)
	if err != nil {
		return errors.New("failed to connect to server").Base(err)
	}

	if session.TimeoutOnlyFromContext(ctx) {
		ctx, _ = context.WithCancel(context.Background())
	}

	if network == net.Network_TCP {
		serverConn := o.method.DialEarlyConn(connection, singbridge.ToSocksaddr(destination))
		var handshake bool
		if timeoutReader, isTimeoutReader := link.Reader.(buf.TimeoutReader); isTimeoutReader {
			mb, err := timeoutReader.ReadMultiBufferTimeout(time.Millisecond * 100)
			if err != nil && err != buf.ErrNotTimeoutReader && err != buf.ErrReadTimeout {
				return errors.New("read payload").Base(err)
			}
			payload := B.New()
			for {
				payload.Reset()
				nb, n := buf.SplitBytes(mb, payload.FreeBytes())
				if n > 0 {
					payload.Truncate(n)
					_, err = serverConn.Write(payload.Bytes())
					if err != nil {
						payload.Release()
						return errors.New("write payload").Base(err)
					}
					handshake = true
				}
				if nb.IsEmpty() {
					break
				}
				mb = nb

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at proxy/shadowsocks_2022/outbound.go:96 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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