HTTP 444 Connection: Close Error - Causes & Resolution

The HTTP 444 Connection: Close error indicates that nginx terminated the connection without sending a response. In web scraping, this can occur when the server silently rejects requests, often due to anti-bot measures. To resolve this, adjust request headers, use proxies, or mimic human-like behavior.

What induces the error?

  • Malformed request syntax that nginx cannot parse or process.

  • Requests that fail to meet specific security rules set in nginx configurations.

  • Suspicious patterns in requests that suggest potential security threats like SQL injection or cross-site scripting.

  • Excessive request rate (rate limiting) that triggers nginx to drop further requests from a client.

# Request example 
curl -X GET https://sandbox.oxylabs.io/ -H 'Accept: text/html' -H 'Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate' -H 'User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0'

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Common solutions

  • Review the API documentation to identify all required precondition headers for your request.

  • Match header with the correct entity tag (ETag) in your request to ensure data consistency.

  • Ensure that all headers are correctly formatted and values are properly quoted as per the HTTP specification.

  • Use tools like Postman or cURL to test and verify that the headers are being sent correctly in your requests.

# Response example 
HTTP/1.1 444 Connection Closed
Connection: close
Content-Length: 0

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