Bind error 98 "Address in use" persists after application killed

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And I cannot start a new instance of the application I am debugging for a few minutes after it was killed or SEGFAULT-ed

possible duplicate of [Python: Binding Socket: "Address already in use"](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6380057/python-binding-socket-address-already-in-use) — frans, Mar 18 '15 at 12:44

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:12

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you have to set REUSEADDR for the socket:

E.g. in Python.

socket.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)

Please add more info to your question. What programming language do you use? Show some example code or error output.

Have a look at this post for a more complete answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/6380198/1668622

edited May 23 '17 at 12:12

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answered Mar 18 '15 at 12:41

frans

Thanks, I didn't realize the operating system doesn't free a socket immediately after an application crashes and I need to set the reuse flag. There seems to be some sort of a timeout for that in linux? – mambo_sun Mar 18 '15 at 13:01

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