# [IFS_RTS_CLOSE_FAILURE](https://apps.juniper.net/syslog-explorer/?msg=IFS_RTS_CLOSE_FAILURE)

## SYSLOG Details
- **Message**: Unable to close rtsock (<variable>error-message</variable>)
- **Help**: ifstraced could not close the routing socket
- **Description**: The ifstrace process (ifstraced) could not successfully close the routing socket opened previously to the kernel, for the indicated reason.
- **Type**: SNO: Should Not Occur
- **Severity**: emergency
- **Cause**: -
- **Action**: -
- **Attributes**: error-message
- **Facility**: ANY

## Found this message in the following releases:
- [Junos OS 24.2R1](https://apps.juniper.net/syslog-explorer/?msg=IFS_RTS_CLOSE_FAILURE&sw=Junos%20OS&rel=24.2R1)
- [Junos OS 23.4R1](https://apps.juniper.net/syslog-explorer/?msg=IFS_RTS_CLOSE_FAILURE&sw=Junos%20OS&rel=23.4R1)