Each bot's status changes to 'Disabled' immediately after showing 'Online'.

[ha1yang]

I use http://localhost:1242/bots to check the status and run commands for each bot. However, recently, after I start ASF, each bot's status changes to "Disabled" shortly after showing "Online." After that, I'm unable to perform any further actions. Each time, I only have about one minute to execute operations.

What should I do?

Below is the status of the bots:

And here is the error message from terminal:

2025-08-05 23:34:00|ArchiSteamFarm-77460|INFO|ASF|Start() Starting IPC server...
2025-08-05 23:34:00|ArchiSteamFarm-77460|ERROR|Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Internal.Host|Hosting failed to start System.IO.IOException: Failed to bind to address http://127.0.0.1:1242: address already in use.
---> Microsoft.AspNetCore.Connections.AddressInUseException: Address already in use
---> System.Net.Sockets.SocketException (48): Address already in use
at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.UpdateStatusAfterSocketErrorAndThrowException(SocketError, Boolean , String )
at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.DoBind(EndPoint, SocketAddress)
at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.Bind(EndPoint)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Sockets.SocketTransportOptions.CreateDefaultBoundListenSocket(EndPoint endpoint)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Sockets.SocketConnectionListener.Bind()
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Sockets.SocketConnectionListener.Bind()
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Sockets.SocketTransportFactory.BindAsync(EndPoint, CancellationToken )
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.Internal.Infrastructure.TransportManager.BindAsync(EndPoint, ConnectionDelegate, EndpointConfig , CancellationToken)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.KestrelServerImpl.<>c__DisplayClass28_01.<<StartAsync>g__OnBind|0>d.MoveNext() --- End of stack trace from previous location --- at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.Internal.AddressBinder.BindEndpointAsync(ListenOptions, AddressBindContext, CancellationToken) --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.Internal.AddressBinder.BindEndpointAsync(ListenOptions, AddressBindContext, CancellationToken) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.LocalhostListenOptions.BindAsync(AddressBindContext, CancellationToken) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.Internal.AddressBinder.EndpointsStrategy.BindAsync(AddressBindContext, CancellationToken) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.KestrelServerImpl.BindAsync(CancellationToken) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.KestrelServerImpl.StartAsync[TContext](IHttpApplication1, CancellationToken)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.GenericWebHostService.StartAsync(CancellationToken)
at Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Internal.Host.b__14_1(IHostedService service, CancellationToken token)
at Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Internal.Host.ForeachService[T](IEnumerable1, CancellationToken, Boolean, Boolean, List1, Func3) 2025-08-05 23:34:00|ArchiSteamFarm-77460|ERROR|ASF|Start() System.IO.IOException: Failed to bind to address http://127.0.0.1:1242: address already in use. ---> Microsoft.AspNetCore.Connections.AddressInUseException: Address already in use ---> System.Net.Sockets.SocketException (48): Address already in use at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.UpdateStatusAfterSocketErrorAndThrowException(SocketError, Boolean , String ) at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.DoBind(EndPoint, SocketAddress) at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.Bind(EndPoint) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Sockets.SocketTransportOptions.CreateDefaultBoundListenSocket(EndPoint endpoint) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Sockets.SocketConnectionListener.Bind() --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Sockets.SocketConnectionListener.Bind() at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Sockets.SocketTransportFactory.BindAsync(EndPoint, CancellationToken ) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.Internal.Infrastructure.TransportManager.BindAsync(EndPoint, ConnectionDelegate, EndpointConfig , CancellationToken) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.KestrelServerImpl.<>c__DisplayClass28_01.<g__OnBind|0>d.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location ---
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.Internal.AddressBinder.BindEndpointAsync(ListenOptions, AddressBindContext, CancellationToken)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.Internal.AddressBinder.BindEndpointAsync(ListenOptions, AddressBindContext, CancellationToken)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.LocalhostListenOptions.BindAsync(AddressBindContext, CancellationToken)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.Internal.AddressBinder.EndpointsStrategy.BindAsync(AddressBindContext, CancellationToken)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.KestrelServerImpl.BindAsync(CancellationToken)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.KestrelServerImpl.StartAsync[TContext](IHttpApplication1, CancellationToken) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.GenericWebHostService.StartAsync(CancellationToken) at Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Internal.Host.<StartAsync>b__14_1(IHostedService service, CancellationToken token) at Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Internal.Host.ForeachService[T](IEnumerable1, CancellationToken, Boolean, Boolean, List1, Func3)
at Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Internal.Host.g__LogAndRethrow|14_3(<>c__DisplayClass14_0&)
at Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Internal.Host.StartAsync(CancellationToken )
at ArchiSteamFarm.IPC.ArchiKestrel.Start()

[Rudokhvist]

It looks like you have more than one ASF instance running. If you fail to locate and stop it - at least reboot your PC.

[ha1yang]

Yes, I was unable to locate the duplicate ASF instance that was running, but after I rebooted my PC, the issue was resolved. Thank you very much for your help.