Re: /dev/random blocking causing i2p router to crash

afaik /dev/random doesn't block in OpenBSD.

your log says:

Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: /dev/random (Too many open
files)

maybe you can try increasing open files limit for your process

On Tue, Jun 30, 2026 at 7:37 AM diaphragmwp <[email protected]> wrote:

> > after 1 hour of uptime on the i2p router /dev/random will block
>
> That is expected behavior by standard, /dev/urandom should be used for
> this. This is more of an i2p problem than an OpenBSD one, you should
> probably mail i2p developers instead. Or a "gnu.crypto" problem according
> to the stack trace you've shared. Either way, there's i2pd in ports, you
> could try that.
>
>