The code giving that error is in LWP/Protocol/http.pm: 
...

      my $fbits = '';
      vec($fbits, fileno($socket), 1) = 1;

...

         my $rbits = $fbits;
         my $wbits = $write_wait ? undef : $fbits;
         my $nfound = select($rbits, $wbits, undef, $sel_timeout);

...

         if (defined($rbits) && $rbits =~ /[^\0]/) {
            # readable
            my $buf = $socket->_rbuf;
            my $n = $socket->sysread($buf, 1024, length($buf));
            unless ($n) {
               die "EOF";
            }

...

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It happens when select says the socket has data to read, but sysread is unable to read from the handle.

I have no idea what would cause that. I'm just refining the problem description.

In reply to Re: Why might LWP::UserAgent be failing with '500 EOF'? by ikegami
in thread Why might LWP::UserAgent be failing with '500 EOF'? by ff

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