# Node-red crash-zlib.js

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-crash-zlib-js/25024>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [17 April 2020 17:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-crash-zlib-js/25024 "2020-04-17T17:30:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![trinitry](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/trinitry/32/9652_2.png) [@trinitry](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/trinitry)\
**Post date:** [17 April 2020 17:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-crash-zlib-js/25024/1 "2020-04-17T17:30:58Z")

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Dear all,

recently i am getting my node-red crashing with the following error

```auto
TypeError: Cannot read property 'write' of null
    at Zlib.callback (zlib.js:499:33)

```

How i should tackle this issue?  
Thank you all

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [17 April 2020 17:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-crash-zlib-js/25024/2 "2020-04-17T17:54:14Z")

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Stop node red then restart using node-red-start, then copy/paste the full log here up to the error.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [16 June 2020 17:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-crash-zlib-js/25024/3 "2020-06-16T17:54:30Z")

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