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title: Dashboard log messages
description: The following table lists the critical log messages from the dashboard.log file.
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# Dashboard log messages

The following table lists the critical log messages from the `dashboard.log` file.

The `dashboard.log` file is rotated every 24 hours.

| Log messages                                                                                | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `error - fatal protocol violation`                                                          | This message is logged in `dashboard.log` when there is an HTTP/(S) protocol error while connecting to API Behavioral Security (ABS) or Elasticsearch.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| `error - fatal transport error`                                                             | This message is logged in `dashboard.log` when there is an unknown host for ABS or Elasticsearch.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| `error - error while sending message to syslog`                                             | This message is logged in `dashboard.log` when the `syslog` server is not reachable, or there is an error in configuration of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) *(tooltip: \<div class="paragraph">&#xA;\<p>A protocol for authenticated and encrypted links between networked machines, typically over HTTPS. SSL was deprecated in 1999 in favor of Transport Layer Security (TLS).\</p>&#xA;\</div>)* or non-SSL connections. |
| `error - capacity full in syslog consumer worker, retries exhausted, ignoring this message` | This message is logged in `dashboard.log` when the `syslog` server is not reachable, or there is an error in the configuration of SSL or non-SSL connections.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| `error - error while closing response stream`                                               | This message is logged in `dashboard.log` when ABS, or Elasticsearch socket is not closed properly.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| `error - error while flushing file stream`                                                  | This message is logged in `dashboard.log` when there is a failure in the storage disk, or the storage disk is full.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| `error - error while closing file stream`                                                   | This message is logged in `dashboard.log` when there is a failure in the storage disk, or the storage disk is full.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| `error - error while parsing access_time from file`                                         | This message is logged in `dashboard.log` when ABS returns an invalid `access_time`, or the time format is not consistent.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| `error - error while parsing api_key name from file`                                        | This message is logged in `dashboard.log` when ABS returns an empty API key in the API key metrics or attack report.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| `error - error while parsing cookie name from file`                                         | This message is logged in `dashboard.log` when ABS returns an empty cookie name in the metrics or attack report.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| `warn - http request " + <URL> + ", response status: " + <Response status>`                 | This message is logged in `dashboard.log` when ABS or Elasticsearch returns an HTTP status code that is greater than or equal to 300.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| `Dashboard stopped`                                                                         | This message is logged in `dashboard.log` when the Dashboard is shut down.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
