etcher: The writer process ended unexpectedly

Etcher version: 1.5.109
Operating system and architecture: Linux pop-os 5.4.0-7642-generic #46~1598628707~20.04~040157c-Ubuntu SMP Fri Aug 28 18:02:16 UTC x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Image flashed: raspberry pi OS Lite
Do you see any meaningful error information in the DevTools?

Error: EIO: i/o error, write
code: "EUNPLUGGED"
device: "/dev/sdc"
errno: -5
name: "Error"
syscall: "write"
message: "EIO: i/o error, write"
stack: "Error: EIO: i/o error, write"

{"stack":"Error: The writer process ended unexpectedly\n    at createError (file:///tmp/.mount_balena4YyRoz/resources/app/generated/gui.js:63120:23)\n    at createUserError (file:///tmp/.mount_balena4YyRoz/resources/app/generated/gui.js:63131:16)\n    at Server.<anonymous> (file:///tmp/.mount_balena4YyRoz/resources/app/generated/gui.js:79338:28)","message":"The writer process ended unexpectedly","description":"Please try again, and contact the Etcher team if the problem persists","report":false,"image":"2020-08-20-raspios-buster-armhf-lite.zip"}

I also tried manually unzipping the archive and feeding the image to Etcher, with the same error result

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Created 4 years ago
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Comments: 22 (3 by maintainers)

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Good to hear! First person to bisect and find the actual version where it breaks gets this cookie -> 🍪 😁

Floppy on Oct 12, 2020

I rolled back a few versions, to 1.5.106, and had the same problem. Then I tried going way back, to 1.5.70, and it works! Something’s changed 😃

Confirmed this correct my issue as well. Every OS / card / USB port I tried failed. Rolled back to 1.5.70 and issue was fixed.

Running on macOS 10.14.6

michaelmcdonald on Oct 11, 2020

Same issue. Mac version of Etcher. with this Raspi Lite OS image.

christiantreutler-avi on Sep 22, 2020

I concur with MrPhil17 - interestingly, when Flash From File, i get certificate errors that probably can explain this bug everybody seems to have, i tried on windows, macos, same error: ❯ sudo /Applications/balenaEtcher.app/Contents/MacOS/balenaEtcher Password: (node:58460) Electron: Loading non-context-aware native module in renderer: ‘/Applications/balenaEtcher.app/Contents/Resources/app/generated/modules/xxhash/build/Release/hash.node’. This is deprecated, see https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/18397. (node:58460) Electron: Loading non-context-aware native module in renderer: ‘/Applications/balenaEtcher.app/Contents/Resources/app/generated/modules/ext2fs/build/Release/bindings.node’. This is deprecated, see https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/18397. (node:58460) Electron: Loading non-context-aware native module in renderer: ‘/Applications/balenaEtcher.app/Contents/Resources/app/generated/modules/drivelist/build/Release/drivelist.node’. This is deprecated, see https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/18397. (node:58460) Electron: Loading non-context-aware native module in renderer: ‘/Applications/balenaEtcher.app/Contents/Resources/app/generated/modules/@balena.io/usb/build/Release/usb_bindings.node’. This is deprecated, see https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/18397. Checking for update Generated new staging user ID: 64b49c0b-e67f-5c5b-ba38-604b07b627e7 ready-to-show: 619.027ms Error: Error: net::ERR_CERT_INVALID at SimpleURLLoaderWrapper.<anonymous> (electron/js2c/browser_init.js:93:6395) at SimpleURLLoaderWrapper.emit (events.js:223:5) {“stack”:“Error: net::ERR_CERT_INVALID\n at SimpleURLLoaderWrapper.<anonymous> (electron/js2c/browser_init.js:93:6395)\n at SimpleURLLoaderWrapper.emit (events.js:223:5)”,“message”:“net::ERR_CERT_INVALID”} {“stack”:“Error: net::ERR_CERT_INVALID\n at SimpleURLLoaderWrapper.<anonymous> (electron/js2c/browser_init.js:93:6395)\n at SimpleURLLoaderWrapper.emit (events.js:223:5)”,“message”:“net::ERR_CERT_INVALID”} Checking for update Error: Error: net::ERR_CERT_INVALID at SimpleURLLoaderWrapper.<anonymous> (electron/js2c/browser_init.js:93:6395) at SimpleURLLoaderWrapper.emit (events.js:223:5) {“stack”:“Error: net::ERR_CERT_INVALID\n at SimpleURLLoaderWrapper.<anonymous> (electron/js2c/browser_init.js:93:6395)\n at SimpleURLLoaderWrapper.emit (events.js:223:5)”,“message”:“net::ERR_CERT_INVALID”} {“stack”:“Error: net::ERR_CERT_INVALID\n at SimpleURLLoaderWrapper.<anonymous> (electron/js2c/browser_init.js:93:6395)\n at SimpleURLLoaderWrapper.emit (events.js:223:5)”,“message”:“net::ERR_CERT_INVALID”}

When then trying from URL (for example i tried to burn Kubuntu: https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/20.10/release/kubuntu-20.10-desktop-amd64.iso) it works.

If I then use ‘Flash Another’ but this time from file IT ALSO WORKS 😃

Hopefully this insight can help the devs.

rosselm on Nov 17, 2020

I rolled back a few versions, to 1.5.106, and had the same problem. Then I tried going way back, to 1.5.70, and it works! Something’s changed 😃

Floppy on Oct 10, 2020