# Piece request to announcer provider failed, Unxepected end of File **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Tags:** gemini, nodes, error, farmer\ **Created:** [March 1, 2023, 4:55pm UTC](https://forum.autonomys.xyz/t/piece-request-to-announcer-provider-failed-unxepected-end-of-file/1206 "2023-03-01T16:55:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ImmaZoni](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.autonomys.xyz/immazoni/32/7_2.png) [@ImmaZoni](https://forum.autonomys.xyz/u/ImmaZoni)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 4:55pm UTC](https://forum.autonomys.xyz/t/piece-request-to-announcer-provider-failed-unxepected-end-of-file/1206/1 "2023-03-01T16:55:03Z")
## Issue Report Users running on the new version are facing an error while attempting to sync. ### Environment - **Operating System:** Ubuntu - **CPU Architecture:** x86 - **RAM:** 16GB - **Storage:** 512GB SSD - **Plot Size:** 50GB - **Subspace Deployment Method:** Docker ### Problem #### Steps to reproduce 1. Start node & farmer 2. Let attempt to sync 3. after 10-15 min this error will arrive #### Expected result - Sync farmer and node with no major errors #### What happens instead - We get an error which keeps repeating as syncing is attempted ```auto subspace-farmer-1 | 2023-03-01T16:38:39.770028Z ERROR yamux::connection: 93a71c3b: socket error: decode error: i/o error: unexpected end of file subspace-farmer-1 | 2023-03-01T16:38:39.913900Z WARN subspace_farmer::utils::farmer_provider_record_processor: Piece request to announcer provider failed. provider=12D3KooWNjYtDoqsRXZuwdVWXNBSWY16rgLjuwhaHNX1AqUyPrAm piece_index_hash=PieceIndexHash([213, 229, 45, 138, 213, 68, 203, 135, 31, 249, 189, 10, 111, 156, 141, 233, 42, 246, 151, 47, 181, 225, 220, 126, 212, 11, 161, 179, 3, 66, 221, 37]) error=ProtocolFailure(Refused) subspace-farmer-1 | 2023-03-01T16:38:40.152169Z WARN subspace_farmer::utils::farmer_provider_record_processor: Piece request to announcer provider failed. provider=12D3KooWNjYtDoqsRXZuwdVWXNBSWY16rgLjuwhaHNX1AqUyPrAm piece_index_hash=PieceIndexHash([139, 214, 14, 190, 150, 72, 201, 8, 215, 93, 230, 67, 213, 145, 33, 155, 241, 216, 52, 192, 162, 192, 243, 180, 0, 169, 23, 0, 13, 161, 70, 69]) error=ProtocolFailure(Refused) subspace-node-1 | 2023-03-01 16:38:40 Accepting new connection 1/100 subspace-farmer-1 | 2023-03-01T16:38:40.597686Z WARN subspace_farmer::utils::farmer_provider_record_processor: Piece request to announcer provider failed. provider=12D3KooWNjYtDoqsRXZuwdVWXNBSWY16rgLjuwhaHNX1AqUyPrAm piece_index_hash=PieceIndexHash([88, 195, 52, 42, 137, 109, 244, 169, 27, 185, 70, 128, 39, 131, 55, 126, 172, 9, 89, 129, 204, 181, 117, 122, 75, 144, 34, 192, 98, 4, 94, 71]) error=ProtocolFailure(Refused) subspace-farmer-1 | 2023-03-01T16:38:41.019036Z WARN subspace_farmer::utils::farmer_provider_record_processor: Piece request to announcer provider failed. provider=12D3KooWNjYtDoqsRXZuwdVWXNBSWY16rgLjuwhaHNX1AqUyPrAm piece_index_hash=PieceIndexHash([206, 41, 87, 155, 156, 178, 13, 138, 105, 235, 132, 75, 186, 182, 251, 96, 210, 252, 209, 79, 178, 128, 119, 186, 161, 101, 153, 152, 42, 252, 230, 103]) error=ProtocolFailure(Refused) ``` It worth noting these nodes are syncing as far as telemetry shows. We have had this issue reported by 3 users so far. ---
**Author:** ![ImmaZoni](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.autonomys.xyz/immazoni/32/7_2.png) [@ImmaZoni](https://forum.autonomys.xyz/u/ImmaZoni)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.autonomys.xyz/t/piece-request-to-announcer-provider-failed-unxepected-end-of-file/1206/2 "2023-03-01T17:01:13Z")
I have also seen this issue from @xorinox who builds from source aswell. ---
**Author:** ![nazar-pc](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.autonomys.xyz/nazar-pc/32/6_2.png) [@nazar-pc](https://forum.autonomys.xyz/u/nazar-pc)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.autonomys.xyz/t/piece-request-to-announcer-provider-failed-unxepected-end-of-file/1206/3 "2023-03-01T17:05:51Z")
This is annoying, but it is a non-fatal error and shouldn’t really break anything. cc @shamil for potential investigation on why this may happen and how to resolve it in the future. ---
**Author:** ![Nirnaeth](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.autonomys.xyz/nirnaeth/32/555_2.png) [@Nirnaeth](https://forum.autonomys.xyz/u/Nirnaeth)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 5:16pm UTC](https://forum.autonomys.xyz/t/piece-request-to-announcer-provider-failed-unxepected-end-of-file/1206/4 "2023-03-01T17:16:20Z")
node belongs to me. warns and errors giving a fight in my log screen but it syncing slowly 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![zug](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.autonomys.xyz/zug/32/89_2.png) [@zug](https://forum.autonomys.xyz/u/zug)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.autonomys.xyz/t/piece-request-to-announcer-provider-failed-unxepected-end-of-file/1206/5 "2023-03-01T18:38:08Z")
maybe it can help Environment Operating System: Ubuntu 20.04 CPU Architecture: x86 RAM: 16GB Storage: 150GB SSD Plot Size: 50GB Subspace Deployment Method: cli-service ERROR messages in logs: ```auto 2023-03-01T17:17:01.191649Z INFO substrate: ⚙️ Syncing 1.6 bps, target=#248986 (32 peers), best: #5026 (0xc9ff…38fe), finalized #4926 (0xac06…0c9d), ⬇ 21.3kiB/s ⬆ 1.2kiB/s 2023-03-01T17:17:04.268190Z INFO subspace_service::dsn: Processing a segment. segment_index=17 2023-03-01T17:17:06.192152Z INFO substrate: ⚙️ Syncing 0.6 bps, target=#248988 (32 peers), best: #5029 (0xd1b9…f972), finalized #4929 (0x7729…006c), ⬇ 20.5kiB/s ⬆ 0.6kiB/s 2023-03-01T17:17:09.745140Z ERROR yamux::connection: 6bc6cc41: socket error: decode error: i/o error: unexpected end of file 2023-03-01T17:17:11.192718Z INFO substrate: ⚙️ Syncing 1.6 bps, target=#248989 (32 peers), best: #5037 (0xcbf7…73b7), finalized #4937 (0x7399…2717), ⬇ 22.1kiB/s ⬆ 2.5kiB/s 2023-03-01T17:17:16.193397Z INFO substrate: ⚙️ Syncing 1.2 bps, target=#248990 (32 peers), best: #5043 (0x4a42…1a0f), finalized #4943 (0xf05f…f6f2), ⬇ 17.4kiB/s ⬆ 1.3kiB/s 2023-03-01T17:17:21.193865Z INFO substrate: ⚙️ Syncing 0.8 bps, target=#248991 (32 peers), best: #5047 (0x0161…5db6), finalized #4947 (0xdde1…9e68), ⬇ 18.8kiB/s ⬆ 0.9kiB/s 2023-03-01T17:17:26.194260Z INFO substrate: ⚙️ Syncing 1.0 bps, target=#248993 (32 peers), best: #5052 (0x0eeb…e2ab), finalized #4952 (0x10b1…41c7), ⬇ 21.3kiB/s ⬆ 0.7kiB/s 2023-03-01T17:17:31.195745Z INFO substrate: ⚙️ Syncing 1.1 bps, target=#248995 (32 peers), best: #5058 (0x7265…258f), finalized #4958 (0xbf38…1f79), ⬇ 33.5kiB/s ⬆ 8.4kiB/s 2023-03-01T17:17:36.196274Z INFO substrate: ⚙️ Syncing 1.4 bps, target=#248996 (32 peers), best: #5065 (0xf77a…8c60), finalized #4964 (0x92e0…5836), ⬇ 20.6kiB/s ⬆ 1.5kiB/s 2023-03-01T17:17:39.465173Z INFO subspace_service::dsn: Segment publishing was successful. segment_index=17 2023-03-01T17:17:41.196862Z INFO substrate: ⚙️ Syncing 2.2 bps, target=#248996 (32 peers), best: #5076 (0x3876…4c09), finalized #4976 (0x181a…6b4e), ⬇ 19.0kiB/s ⬆ 0.8kiB/s 2023-03-01T17:17:46.197406Z INFO substrate: ⚙️ Syncing 1.0 bps, target=#248997 (32 peers), best: #5081 (0x9ba5…0225), finalized #4981 (0x62d8…725f), ⬇ 19.8kiB/s ⬆ 0.8kiB/s 2023-03-01T17:17:51.197948Z INFO substrate: ⚙️ Syncing 1.2 bps, target=#248998 (32 peers), best: #5087 (0x80c1…4dc7), finalized #4987 (0x4667…300c), ⬇ 18.6kiB/s ⬆ 1.0kiB/s 2023-03-01T17:17:56.198502Z INFO substrate: ⚙️ Syncing 1.2 bps, target=#249000 (32 peers), best: #5093 (0x2df6…4939), finalized #4993 (0x5e9a…865d), ⬇ 20.0kiB/s ⬆ 1.1kiB/s 2023-03-01T17:18:01.199015Z INFO substrate: ⚙️ Syncing 1.0 bps, target=#249002 (32 peers), best: #5098 (0x3650…9114), finalized #4998 (0x3eac…ab33), ⬇ 19.6kiB/s ⬆ 2.4kiB/s 2023-03-01T17:18:06.199641Z INFO substrate: ⚙️ Syncing 1.0 bps, target=#249003 (32 peers), best: #5103 (0x2e06…acc0), finalized #5003 (0xa3c8…4463), ⬇ 19.7kiB/s ⬆ 1.6kiB/s 2023-03-01T17:18:11.200135Z INFO substrate: ⚙️ Syncing 1.2 bps, target=#249005 (32 peers), best: #5109 (0x02ed…d69c), finalized #5009 (0x1533…1150), ⬇ 16.3kiB/s ⬆ 0.9kiB/s ``` but it keeps syncing OK after that ---
**Author:** ![Nirnaeth](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.autonomys.xyz/nirnaeth/32/555_2.png) [@Nirnaeth](https://forum.autonomys.xyz/u/Nirnaeth)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 9:40am UTC](https://forum.autonomys.xyz/t/piece-request-to-announcer-provider-failed-unxepected-end-of-file/1206/6 "2023-03-02T09:40:46Z")
for clear logs on docker, you may use this: docker compose logs --tail=1000 -f | grep ‘PrimaryChain|INFO’