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Could not run the sketch. ERROR: transport error 202: bind failed: #1500
Description
Most appropriate sub-area of Processing 4?
PDE
Processing version
4.5.2 and previous versions
Operating system
Windows 10
Bug description
I sometimes get the following error:
ERROR: transport error 202: bind failed: Permission denied
ERROR: JDWP Transport dt_socket failed to initialize, TRANSPORT_INIT(510)
JDWP exit error AGENT_ERROR_TRANSPORT_INIT(197): No transports initialized [s\src\jdk.jdwp.agent\share\native\libjdwp\debugInit.c:734]
Using startup command: D:\Program_Portable\Processing-4.4.10\app\resources\jdk\bin\java.exe -agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,address=8053,server=y,suspend=y,quiet=y -Djna.nosys=true -Djava.library.path=;D:\Program_Portable\Processing-4.4.10\app\resources\core\library;D:\Program_Portable\Processing-4.4.10;
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Steps to reproduce this
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It happens occasionally, so I can't reproduce.
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Launch a sketch repeatedly, and it may eventually show up.
Additional context
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glvjr commentedon Apr 8, 2026
This is a simple solution to address this:
glvjr@1d7fb22#diff-4ac148a49ec5c30727b9c9dc68b17fa01281afc94824304eb7ed2e8179938d49R208
There is some clutter in my repository from experimenting, and that needs to be cleaned up.
New to using GitHub Desktop and working with a cloned repository, and it is a learning curve.
This was done out of necessity as I was getting these more frequently.
Only tested with Windows 10.
I have other solutions that work as well:
I went with KISS (Keep It Short and Simple) for now.