- issue appears on unpredictable places in the middle of the run of a JUnit test - issue associated with the **`waitFor()`** function from the Remote-Robot framework in which the issue appears - issue seen many times on OS X and Windows, never on Linux - **ROOT CAUSE**: it is not clear where exactly the issue appear on deeper level - **WORKAROUND**: rerun the tests - error description: ``` java.net.ConnectException: Failed to connect to /127.0.0.1:8580 ... Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect ... ```