On Thu, Jan 08, 2026 at 10:28:11AM +0530, venugopal chinnakotla wrote:
OpenLDAP C SDK API ldap_search_ext_s is giving -4 : Decoding error when we are making a search call to LDAP server (with SSL and without SSL) under load with multi threading.
Here are few log messages related to -4: decoding error
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Could you please look into this and provide any solution available for this issue?
Hi, check the data that's being sent back to you is valid search entries/responses etc.
As you are writing your application, check that you are aligned with the API documentation (manpages) as well. If you can produce a set up that reliably recreates the condition and everything in the documentation and protocol specs leads you to believe it's an OpenLDAP library or server bug, open a ticket at bugs.openldap.org and help the project with investigation and fixing.
Thanks,