title: conda Solving environment: failed
body: <p><strong>Any conda command returns this message</strong>
  also tried reinstalling anaconda. Any help is appreciated. 
  Any conda command generates the same output. </p>
  
  <pre><code>$ conda upgrade conda
  
  Solving environment: failed
  
  # &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; ERROR REPORT &lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;
  
      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "/Users/kireto/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/urllib3/contrib/pyopenssl.py", line 280, in recv_into
          return self.connection.recv_into(*args, **kwargs)
        File "/Users/kireto/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/OpenSSL/SSL.py", line 1715, in recv_into
          self._raise_ssl_error(self._ssl, result)
        File "/Users/kireto/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/OpenSSL/SSL.py", line 1521, in _raise_ssl_error
          raise WantReadError()
      OpenSSL.SSL.WantReadError
  
      During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
  
      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "/Users/kireto/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/urllib3/contrib/pyopenssl.py", line 280, in recv_into
          return self.connection.recv_into(*args, **kwargs)
        File "/Users/kireto/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/OpenSSL/SSL.py", line 1715, in recv_into
          self._raise_ssl_error(self._ssl, result)
        File "/Users/kireto/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/OpenSSL/SSL.py", line 1538, in _raise_ssl_error
          raise SysCallError(errno, errorcode.get(errno))
      OpenSSL.SSL.SysCallError: (54, 'ECONNRESET')
  
      During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
  
      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "/Users/kireto/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/urllib3/response.py", line 302, in _error_catcher
          yield
        File "/Users/kireto/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/urllib3/response.py", line 601, in read_chunked
          chunk = self._handle_chunk(amt)
        File "/Users/kireto/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/urllib3/response.py", line 557, in _handle_chunk
          value = self._fp._safe_read(amt)
        File "/Users/kireto/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/http/client.py", line 612, in _safe_read
          chunk = self.fp.read(min(amt, MAXAMOUNT))
        File "/Users/kireto/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/socket.py", line 586, in readinto
          return self._sock.recv_into(b)
        File "/Users/kireto/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/urllib3/contrib/pyopenssl.py", line 296, in recv_into
          return self.recv_into(*args, **kwargs)
        File "/Users/kireto/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/urllib3/contrib/pyopenssl.py", line 285, in recv_into
          raise SocketError(str(e))
      OSError: (54, 'ECONNRESET')
  
      During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
  
      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "/Users/kireto/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/models.py", line 745, in generate
          for chunk in self.raw.stream(chunk_size, decode_content=True):
        File "/Users/kireto/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/urllib3/response.py", line 432, in stream
          for line in self.read_chunked(amt, decode_content=decode_content):
        File "/Users/kireto/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/urllib3/response.py", line 626, in read_chunked
          self._original_response.close()
        File "/Users/kireto/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/contextlib.py", line 99, in __exit__
          self.gen.throw(type, value, traceback)
        File "/Users/kireto/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/urllib3/response.py", line 320, in _error_catcher
          raise ProtocolError('Connection broken: %r' % e, e)
      urllib3.exceptions.ProtocolError: ('Connection broken: OSError("(54, \'ECONNRESET\')",)', OSError("(54, 'ECONNRESET')",))
  
      During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
  
      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "/Users/kireto/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/conda/exceptions.py", line 789, in __call__
          return func(*args, **kwargs)
        File "/Users/kireto/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/conda/cli/main.py", line 78, in _main
          exit_code = do_call(args, p)
        File "/Users/kireto/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/conda/cli/conda_argparse.py", line 77, in do_call
          exit_code = getattr(module, func_name)(args, parser)
        File "/Users/kireto/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/conda/cli/main_update.py", line 14, in execute
          install(args, parser, 'update')
        File "/Users/kireto/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/conda/cli/install.py", line 236, in install
          force_reinstall=context.force,
        File "/Users/kireto/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/conda/core/solve.py", line 504, in solve_for_transaction
          force_remove, force_reinstall)
        File "/Users/kireto/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/conda/core/solve.py", line 437, in solve_for_diff
          final_precs = self.solve_final_state(deps_modifier, prune, ignore_pinned, force_remove)
        File "/Users/kireto/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/conda/core/solve.py", line 178, in solve_final_state
          index, r = self._prepare(prepared_specs)
        File "/Users/kireto/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/conda/core/solve.py", line 560, in _prepare
          self.subdirs, prepared_specs)
        File "/Users/kireto/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/conda/core/index.py", line 213, in get_reduced_index
          new_records = query_all(spec)
        File "/Users/kireto/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/conda/core/index.py", line 186, in query_all
          return tuple(concat(future.result() for future in as_completed(futures)))
        File "/Users/kireto/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/conda/core/repodata.py", line 90, in query
          self.load()
        File "/Users/kireto/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/conda/core/repodata.py", line 134, in load
          _internal_state = self._load()
        File "/Users/kireto/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/conda/core/repodata.py", line 202, in _load
          mod_etag_headers.get('_mod'))
        File "/Users/kireto/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/conda/core/repodata.py", line 402, in fetch_repodata_remote_request
          timeout=timeout)
        File "/Users/kireto/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/sessions.py", line 521, in get
          return self.request('GET', url, **kwargs)
        File "/Users/kireto/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/sessions.py", line 508, in request
          resp = self.send(prep, **send_kwargs)
        File "/Users/kireto/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/sessions.py", line 658, in send
          r.content
        File "/Users/kireto/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/models.py", line 823, in content
          self._content = bytes().join(self.iter_content(CONTENT_CHUNK_SIZE)) or bytes()
        File "/Users/kireto/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/models.py", line 748, in generate
          raise ChunkedEncodingError(e)
      requests.exceptions.ChunkedEncodingError: ('Connection broken: OSError("(54, \'ECONNRESET\')",)', OSError("(54, 'ECONNRESET')",))
  
  `$ /Users/kireto/anaconda3/bin/conda upgrade conda`
  
    environment variables:
                   CIO_TEST=&lt;not set&gt;
                 CONDA_ROOT=/Users/kireto/anaconda3
                       PATH=/Users/kireto/anaconda3/bin:/Users/kireto/anaconda3/bin:/Library/Frame
                            works/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/
                            usr/sbin:/sbin
         REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE=&lt;not set&gt;
              SSL_CERT_FILE=&lt;not set&gt;
  
       active environment : None
         user config file : /Users/kireto/.condarc
   populated config files : /Users/kireto/.condarc
            conda version : 4.4.10
      conda-build version : 3.4.1
           python version : 3.6.4.final.0
         base environment : /Users/kireto/anaconda3  (writable)
             channel URLs : https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/main/osx-64
                            https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/main/noarch
                            https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/free/osx-64
                            https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/free/noarch
                            https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/r/osx-64
                            https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/r/noarch
                            https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/pro/osx-64
                            https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/pro/noarch
                            https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/osx-64
                            https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/noarch
                            https://conda.anaconda.org/bioconda/osx-64
                            https://conda.anaconda.org/bioconda/noarch
            package cache : /Users/kireto/anaconda3/pkgs
                            /Users/kireto/.conda/pkgs
         envs directories : /Users/kireto/anaconda3/envs
                            /Users/kireto/.conda/envs
                 platform : osx-64
               user-agent : conda/4.4.10 requests/2.18.4 CPython/3.6.4 Darwin/17.7.0 OSX/10.13.6
                  UID:GID : 503:20
               netrc file : None
             offline mode : False
  
  
  An unexpected error has occurred. Conda has prepared the above report.
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  <p>I tried to look at my .condarc file and even removed it but it doesn't change the outcome. Do you know what I can do to go back to a working conda?</p>
  
  <pre><code>conda version : 4.4.10
  conda-build version : 3.4.1
  </code></pre>