So if you can try on a clean workspace, or reset that preference, it might fix your issue (or might not).

Another possibility is that your remote server is not actually exposing its management port. You'll have to ensure that the remote server was launched with args

I think the best solution for you guys is to catch the credentialing exception, open the credential dialog, and then re-post your management command.

No indication that management authentication fails -------------------------------------------------- Key: JBIDE-16133 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-16133 Project: Tools (JBoss Tools) Issue Type: Quality Risk Components: server Reporter: Steven Hawkins Assignee: Rob Stryker Priority: Critical Fix For: 4.1.1.CR1 Running Developer Studio 7.1.0.CR1 and using either the server auto-detection or manually defining a server and using an incorrect management password results in a console log entry: 14:00:54,966 ERROR [org.jboss.remoting.remote.connection] (Remoting "..." read-1) JBREM000200: Remote connection failed: java.io.IOException: Connection reset by peer On server startup without any indication of what it means.