HAProxy reports backend as down even if they are alive with a status as L4TOUT in 2001ms (Stats page)
Version 1.5.2-2.el6 The backend is healthy for about 14-15 hours and then goes down stating the error L4TOUT Below is the configuration mode http option httpchk GET /abc/__status server APP_ELB internal-ELB.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com:80 maxconn 150 check I can successfuly do a GET on the backend from the HAProxy instance # wget internal-ELB.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com/abc/__status --2015-08-15 13:29:47-- http://internal-ELB.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com/abc/__status Resolving internal-ELB.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com... 10.x.x.x, 10.x.x.x Connecting to internal-ELB.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com|10.x.x.x|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 1239 (1.2K) [text/plain] Saving to: “__status.2” 100%[====================================================================>] 1,239 --.-K/s in 0s 2015-08-15 13:29:47 (155 MB/s) - “__status.2” saved [1239/1239] Any known issues or bugs. HAProxy reload is enough to get it back alive

