3257500 - CI-DS task is hanging at step "JOB:Returning task to agent (/agent_request)" - SAP Cloud Integration for Data Services

• CI-DS task gets stuck and stops proceeding after the below trace log entry:
  
  
  JOB:Returning task to agent (/agent_request)
   
• The DSonPremiseAgent shows the error below:
  

  <timestamp> UTC SEVERE: Error getting status, jobserver <job server name>:<port number> error:Socket Closed
  java.net.SocketException: Socket Closed
  at com.acta.rw.ActaJobServerBaseInterface.getJobServerStatus(ActaJobServerBaseInterface.java:1595)
  at com.sap.im.ds.jobserverutils.JobServerConnectionPool.createJobServerConnection(JobServerConnectionPool.java:165)
  at com.sap.im.ds.jobserverutils.JobServerConnectionPool.<init>(JobServerConnectionPool.java:63)
  at com.sap.im.ds.onpremiseagent.SCPIntegrationService.<init>(SCPIntegrationService.java:148)
  at com.sap.im.ds.onpremiseagent.DSOnPremiseAgent.initAgent(DSOnPremiseAgent.java:85)
  at com.sap.im.ds.onpremiseagent.DSOnPremiseContainer.init(DSOnPremiseContainer.java:30)
  at com.sap.im.ds.onpremiseapp.InitAppThread.run(InitAppThread.java:31)

• The server_eventlog shows the error below:
  
  [<timestamp>]  cannot start server for E:\Program Files\SAP\DataServicesAgent\bin\al_jobserver.exe -S<name of the job server> -P<port number for the server> -R<repository section to read in DSConfig.txt> -L<log directory for the server> -M -KDSODop.GetLastError() = 193

SAP Cloud Integration for data services

LOD-HCI-DS, CPI-DS, CI-DS, HCI, hanging, stuck, jobserver , KBA , LOD-HCI-DS-AGNT , On-Premise Agent, Connectivity, Task Run errors , EIM-DS , Data Services , Bug Filed