My impression is that it's a known issue, and in the priority queue, but probably still ranks right behind other more pressing issues like deciding what's for dinner.
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1049859
I mistook the RSTs for a socket without a listen so I thought the server was restarting, but the overflowing listen queue is more likely, especially in the light of riffers comment there. That means the server is still up but not accepting connections.
iirc the default is something like 5 outstanding connections, that is a thing you could fairly easily remedy.
It's bugging me because I see it happening more and more often.
edit: irony, I had to submit this three times to get through...
I see this about once/day (and I spend WAY too much time refreshing HN). Slightly surprised that you see it frequently enough to comment/inquire, guess it's just random luck :)
Errm, yes. I think I do too.
> Slightly surprised that you see it frequently enough to comment/inquire, guess it's just random luck :)
At least once per hour sometimes many more, at least 10 times per day.
Yet, we seem to have very different experiences.
What browser/OS are you using?
I am on OS X/Firefox.
It's only an uninvestigated theory of mine.