calabash-ios unexpected ECONNREFUSED error after touch - cucumber

Question

xcode install
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
calabash version
➜ calabash.framework git:(master) ✗ Resources/version
0.9.169
Calabash Server Version
{
"outcome" => "SUCCESS",
"app_id" => "<removed>",
"simulator_device" => "iPhone",
"version" => "0.9.169",
"app_name" => "iPhone-cal",
"iphone_app_emulated_on_ipad" => false,
"4inch" => true,
"git" => {
"remote_origin" => "git#github.com:calabash/calabash-ios-server.git",
"branch" => "master",
"revision" => "ca62f6e"
},
"app_version" => "1.0",
" iOS_version" => "7.1",
"system" => "x86_64",
"simulator" => "iPhone Simulator 463.9.41, iPhone OS 7.1 (iPhone Retina (4-inch)/11D167)"
}
Target Etc.
export DEBUG=1 DEVICE_TARGET='iPhone Retina (4-inch) - Simulator - iOS 7.1'
The problem is that when I run cucumber I get the following random failures (which will also cause the build to fail and have caused me to remove functional testing from our CI/CD stack).
0.9.169/features/step_definitions/calabash_steps.rb:161
Then I touch "Nationstar Bank" # calabash-cucumber-0.9.169/features/step_definitions/calabash_steps.rb:15
Retrying.. Errno::ECONNREFUSED: (Connection refused - connect(2) (http://localhost:37265))
Retrying.. Errno::ECONNREFUSED: (Connection refused - connect(2) (http://localhost:37265))
Failing... Errno::ECONNREFUSED
Retrying.. Errno::ECONNREFUSED: (Connection refused - connect(2) (http://localhost:37265))
Retrying.. Errno::ECONNREFUSED: (Connection refused - connect(2) (http://localhost:37265))
Failing... Errno::ECONNREFUSED
Then I wait to see "Choose Date" # calabash-cucumber-0.9.169/features/step_definitions/calabash_steps.rb:161
enter code here
Other info:
Apple OS : 10.9.3

Answer 1

I have been experiencing similar issues seeing lots of "ECONNREFUSED". When run on a local machine it worked fine but on Jenkins CI it failed.
It was caused by the build directory (APP_BUNDLE_PATH) not being removed when the job was started.
This is because "Wipe out repository and force clone" does not remove files that are not present in git i.e "./Build".