What does "connection reset by peer" mean?

What does “connection reset by peer” mean?

Network Error: “Connection reset by peer” is a network error message that occurs when one end of a connection abruptly closes the connection, often due to a problem or misconfiguration on the remote server.

To add up the previous answer this message indicates that the connection was forcibly closed by the remote host. It’s like the remote server abruptly hanging up the call in a phone conversation.

The error “connection reset by peer” means that the connection attempt initiated by your computer was rejected by the remote host, possibly due to a firewall, network issue, or the remote server being overloaded.