policyd crashing unexpectedly

[Tom Riley]

I'm using "1.2: JULY 25, 2013" under Ubuntu 14.04, setup as per this page: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Postfix/SPF.

I've noticed the following exceptions...

Mar 3 11:24:28 ubuntu postfix/smtpd[22974]: connect from rodan.LastPass.com[38.127.167.2]
Mar 3 11:26:08 ubuntu postfix/smtpd[22974]: warning: problem talking to server private/policy-spf: Connection timed out
Mar 3 11:26:36 ubuntu policyd-spf[22979]: Temperror; identity=helo; client-ip=38.127.167.2; helo=rodan.lastpass.com; <email address hidden>; <email address hidden>
Mar 3 11:26:36 ubuntu policyd-spf[22979]: Pass; identity=mailfrom; client-ip=38.127.167.2; helo=rodan.lastpass.com; <email address hidden>; <email address hidden>
Mar 3 11:26:36 ubuntu policyd-spf[22979]: Traceback (most recent call last):
Mar 3 11:26:36 ubuntu policyd-spf[22979]: File "/usr/bin/policyd-spf", line 690, in <module>
Mar 3 11:26:36 ubuntu policyd-spf[22979]: sys.stdout.flush()
Mar 3 11:26:36 ubuntu policyd-spf[22979]: BrokenPipeError: [Errno 32] Broken pipe
Mar 3 11:26:36 ubuntu postfix/spawn[22978]: warning: command /usr/bin/policyd-spf exit status 1
Mar 3 11:27:49 ubuntu postfix/smtpd[22974]: warning: problem talking to server private/policy-spf: Connection timed out
Mar 3 11:27:49 ubuntu postfix/smtpd[22974]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from rodan.LastPass.com[38.127.167.2]: 451 4.3.5 Server configuration problem; from=<email address hidden> to=<email address hidden> proto=ESMTP helo=<rodan.lastpass.com>
Mar 3 11:27:50 ubuntu postfix/smtpd[22974]: disconnect from rodan.LastPass.com[38.127.167.2]

Mar 3 13:58:17 ubuntu policyd-spf[2594]: Temperror; identity=helo; client-ip=38.127.167.2; helo=rodan.lastpass.com; <email address hidden>; <email address hidden>
Mar 3 13:58:18 ubuntu policyd-spf[2594]: Pass; identity=mailfrom; client-ip=38.127.167.2; helo=rodan.lastpass.com; <email address hidden>; <email address hidden>
Mar 3 13:58:18 ubuntu policyd-spf[2594]: Traceback (most recent call last):
Mar 3 13:58:18 ubuntu policyd-spf[2594]: File "/usr/bin/policyd-spf", line 645, in <module>
Mar 3 13:58:18 ubuntu policyd-spf[2594]: line = sys.stdin.readline()
Mar 3 13:58:18 ubuntu policyd-spf[2594]: ConnectionResetError: [Errno 104] Connection reset by peer
Mar 3 13:58:18 ubuntu postfix/spawn[2593]: warning: command /usr/bin/policyd-spf killed by signal 13

[Scott Kitterman (kitterman)]

That's an odd one. Based on the logs you provide, the policy server is producing results, but also timing out. The two points where it times out are both lines related to logging. Is there a chance there's a problem with your syslog service? The warning that postfix/spawn killed it is normal when something is taking too long.

[Scott Kitterman (kitterman)]

Closing after two+ years of no response.