title: Storm Error: backtype.storm.multilang.NoOutputException: Pipe to subprocess seems to be broken! No output read
body: <p>I am running a storm topology on a local cluster and it works fine for about an hour and then it stops after throwing this error. </p>
  
  <pre><code>backtype.storm.multilang.NoOutputException: Pipe to subprocess seems to be broken! No output read.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The entire error trace is: </p>
  
  <pre><code>ERROR b.s.t.ShellBolt - Halting process: ShellBolt died. Command: [Rscript, stormtest_with_OR1.R], ProcessInfo pid:32381, name:RBolt exitCode:-1, errorString:
  java.lang.RuntimeException: backtype.storm.multilang.NoOutputException: Pipe to subprocess seems to be broken! No output read.
  Serializer Exception:
      at backtype.storm.utils.ShellProcess.readShellMsg(ShellProcess.java:101) ~[storm-core-0.10.0.jar:0.10.0]
      at backtype.storm.task.ShellBolt$BoltReaderRunnable.run(ShellBolt.java:321) [storm-core-0.10.0.jar:0.10.0]
      at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [?:1.7.0_67]
  2016-04-05 11:07:04,665 FATAL Unable to register shutdown hook because JVM is shutting down.
  51144 [Thread-14-RBolt] ERROR b.s.util - Halting process: ("Worker died")
  java.lang.RuntimeException: ("Worker died")
      at backtype.storm.util$exit_process_BANG_.doInvoke(util.clj:336) [storm-core-0.10.0.jar:0.10.0]
      at clojure.lang.RestFn.invoke(RestFn.java:423) [clojure-1.6.0.jar:?]
      at backtype.storm.daemon.worker$fn__7184$fn__7185.invoke(worker.clj:532) [storm-core-0.10.0.jar:0.10.0]
      at backtype.storm.daemon.executor$mk_executor_data$fn__5523$fn__5524.invoke(executor.clj:261) [storm-core-0.10.0.jar:0.10.0]
      at backtype.storm.util$async_loop$fn__545.invoke(util.clj:489) [storm-core-0.10.0.jar:0.10.0]
      at clojure.lang.AFn.run(AFn.java:22) [clojure-1.6.0.jar:?]
      at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [?:1.7.0_67]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The Bolt is written in R. In my topology code the cluster.shutdown() is commented which has been cited as the reason for this error in many <a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/STORM-531" rel="nofollow">threads</a> related to this error.</p>