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Similar to this question on the bugs in Minecraft, I would like a complete list of what error codes exist in Minecraft and how they occur, as well as how they can be resolved. More specifically, I want ones pertaining to only servers (multiplayer) such as the ones shown in my sample answer below. Also, I want this for vanilla and nothing else.

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There is no sample answer below. Besides, answers are for answers; if you have an example as part of your question, put it in the question using a blockquote or code block. – SevenSidedDie Dec 19 '12 at 0:52
I have added the sample answer, and it is an answer itself, I just want to know if there are more answers to it. – jeffreylin_ Dec 19 '12 at 0:54

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Taken from this post on the Yogscast forums, here are some, but probably not all, of the error codes found when connecting to servers.

Connection refused: connect
There is no server online on the IP:port you put in.

You are not whitelisted on this server
You are not whitelisted on the server in question.

User Not Premium
"Free" aka cracked Minecraft clients do not pass the minecraft.net authentication, if you want to play on the servers you have to buy the game.

java.io.IOException: Server returned HTTP response code: 503
Server cannot confirm who you are with minecraft.net because minecraft.net is down, try again later.

Failed to login: Bad Login
Logging in too quickly after last attempt. This may also apply to when a non-vanilla client attempts to connect to a vanilla server (or vice versa), but in this case generally indicates version number discrepancies.

This may also occur with unequal vanilla version numbers, though this has almost been entirely replaced with the Outdated Server or Outdated Client error messages.

End of stream
Server has stopped sending information back to the client.

Took to long to log in
minecraft.net wasn't responding so the server cannot authenticate you.

Outdated server!
If you use a pre-release version or a version that has just been released, servers are unlikely to support it until plugins have been updated for it.

java.net.SocketException: Connection reset
Either the server has shut down or is doing something very intensive, try logging in again later. This also occurs when the user's internet connection dies or something in between the user and the server gets disconnected. It is basically a very broad and common TCP/IP error. It means that something has happened to disconnect the connection in an abrupt and unexpected way.

Outdated client!
You're connecting to a server on a newer version than the minecraft you're using, this either means you didn't hit the update button or they are running a pre-release server.

This server responded with an invalid server key
This is actually a measure to stop an exploit with modified servers, but has a bug which causes it to have false positives in half of the connections.


The errors below this line can occur when logging into a server, but do not have to.

java.lang.NullPointerException
This is not an error message, but rather a crash message. Minecraft sometimes crashes on startup, even when you are playing vanilla. This typically means that one or more Block IDs conflict with each other. This normally occurs on heavily modded clients or modpacks, such as Tekkit or Feed The Beast.

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Failed to login: Bad Login is also an error thrown when a) a non-vanilla client attempts to connect to a vanilla server (and vice versa) (only happens in some situations) and b) used to show up when the client had a newer version than the server (this may be fixed up now). – Qix Dec 22 '12 at 22:04
I know when modding the client/server from scratch, I would get Bad Login all the time (even though the login systems were fine). The problems were version numbers; once they correlated with each other the user could connect fine. – Qix Dec 22 '12 at 22:05
Further, Connection Reset also occurs when the user's internet connection dies or something in between the user and the server gets disconnected (basically, Connection Reset [being a very broad and common TCP/IP error] means something happened to disconnect the connection in an abrupt and unexpected way). – Qix Dec 22 '12 at 22:07
Right, you have missed 1 as far as I know "Cannot have username longer than 16 characters" – Rik May 11 at 19:24
@Rik I don't seem to have that come up anywhere I search up. You should elaborate on that as an answer. – jeffreylin_ May 11 at 20:15

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