[squid-users] Squid 5 service stops after assertion failure

[Alex Rousskov]

On 1/24/21 4:42 PM, Vieri wrote:

> 2021/01/24 13:18:13 kid1| helperHandleRead: unexpected reply on channel 0 from bllookup #Hlpr21 '43 ERR message=[...]
>     current master transaction: master65
> 2021/01/24 13:18:13 kid1| assertion failed: helper.cc:1066: "skip == 0 && eom == NULL"
>     current master transaction: master65

> The external script "bllookup" is probably responsible for bad
> output, but maybe Squid could handle it without crashing.

You are right. The corresponding code needs some work, hopefully driven
by some well-established error handling principles rather than
semi-random ad hoc decisions. Filing a bug report with Squid Bugzilla
may increase chances of this problem getting fixed.

Alex.