diff --git a/bridge/src/main/scala/protocbridge/frontend/MacPluginFrontend.scala b/bridge/src/main/scala/protocbridge/frontend/MacPluginFrontend.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd2a686
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bridge/src/main/scala/protocbridge/frontend/MacPluginFrontend.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+package protocbridge.frontend
+
+import org.newsclub.net.unix.AFUNIXServerSocket
+import protocbridge.{ExtraEnv, ProtocCodeGenerator}
+
+import java.net.ServerSocket
+import java.nio.file.attribute.PosixFilePermission
+import java.nio.file.{Files, Path}
+import java.{util => ju}
+
+/** PluginFrontend for macOS.
+  *
+  * Creates a server socket and uses `nc` to communicate with the socket. We use
+  * a server socket instead of named pipes because named pipes are unreliable on
+  * macOS: https://github.com/scalapb/protoc-bridge/issues/366
+  *
+  * Since `nc` is widely available on macOS, this is the simplest alternative
+  * for macOS. However, raw `nc` is also not very reliable on macOS:
+  * https://github.com/scalapb/protoc-bridge/issues/379
+  *
+  * The most reliable way to communicate is found to be with a domain socket and
+  * a server-side read timeout, which are implemented here.
+  */
+object MacPluginFrontend extends SocketBasedPluginFrontend {
+  case class InternalState(
+      shellScript: Path,
+      tempDirPath: Path,
+      socketPath: Path,
+      serverSocket: ServerSocket
+  )
+
+  override def prepare(
+      plugin: ProtocCodeGenerator,
+      env: ExtraEnv
+  ): (Path, InternalState) = {
+    val tempDirPath = Files.createTempDirectory("protocbridge")
+    val socketPath = tempDirPath.resolve("socket")
+    val serverSocket = AFUNIXServerSocket.bindOn(socketPath, true)
+    val sh = createShellScript(socketPath)
+
+    runWithSocket(plugin, env, serverSocket)
+
+    (sh, InternalState(sh, tempDirPath, socketPath, serverSocket))
+  }
+
+  override def cleanup(state: InternalState): Unit = {
+    state.serverSocket.close()
+    if (sys.props.get("protocbridge.debug") != Some("1")) {
+      Files.delete(state.tempDirPath)
+      Files.delete(state.shellScript)
+    }
+  }
+
+  private def createShellScript(socketPath: Path): Path = {
+    val shell = sys.env.getOrElse("PROTOCBRIDGE_SHELL", "/bin/sh")
+    val scriptName = PluginFrontend.createTempFile(
+      "",
+      s"""|#!$shell
+          |set -e
+          |nc -U "$socketPath"
+      """.stripMargin
+    )
+    val perms = new ju.HashSet[PosixFilePermission]
+    perms.add(PosixFilePermission.OWNER_EXECUTE)
+    perms.add(PosixFilePermission.OWNER_READ)
+    Files.setPosixFilePermissions(
+      scriptName,
+      perms
+    )
+    scriptName
+  }
+}
diff --git a/bridge/src/main/scala/protocbridge/frontend/PluginFrontend.scala b/bridge/src/main/scala/protocbridge/frontend/PluginFrontend.scala
index 7415f06..3b83cfa 100644
--- a/bridge/src/main/scala/protocbridge/frontend/PluginFrontend.scala
+++ b/bridge/src/main/scala/protocbridge/frontend/PluginFrontend.scala
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ import java.nio.file.{Files, Path}
 
 import protocbridge.{ProtocCodeGenerator, ExtraEnv}
 
-import scala.util.Try
-
 /** A PluginFrontend instance provides a platform-dependent way for protoc to
   * communicate with a JVM based ProtocCodeGenerator.
   *
@@ -47,13 +45,7 @@ object PluginFrontend {
       gen: ProtocCodeGenerator,
       request: Array[Byte]
   ): Array[Byte] = {
-    Try {
-      gen.run(request)
-    }.recover { case throwable =>
-      createCodeGeneratorResponseWithError(
-        throwable.toString + "\n" + getStackTrace(throwable)
-      )
-    }.get
+    gen.run(request)
   }
 
   def createCodeGeneratorResponseWithError(error: String): Array[Byte] = {
@@ -116,9 +108,17 @@ object PluginFrontend {
       gen: ProtocCodeGenerator,
       fsin: InputStream,
       env: ExtraEnv
-  ): Array[Byte] = {
+  ): Array[Byte] = try {
     val bytes = readInputStreamToByteArrayWithEnv(fsin, env)
     runWithBytes(gen, bytes)
+  } catch {
+    // This covers all Throwable including OutOfMemoryError, StackOverflowError, etc.
+    // We need to make a best effort to return a response to protoc,
+    // otherwise protoc can hang indefinitely.
+    case throwable: Throwable =>
+      createCodeGeneratorResponseWithError(
+        throwable.toString + "\n" + getStackTrace(throwable)
+      )
   }
 
   def createTempFile(extension: String, content: String): Path = {
@@ -131,8 +131,13 @@ object PluginFrontend {
 
   def isWindows: Boolean = sys.props("os.name").startsWith("Windows")
 
+  def isMac: Boolean = sys.props("os.name").startsWith("Mac") || sys
+    .props("os.name")
+    .startsWith("Darwin")
+
   def newInstance: PluginFrontend = {
     if (isWindows) WindowsPluginFrontend
+    else if (isMac) MacPluginFrontend
     else PosixPluginFrontend
   }
 }
diff --git a/bridge/src/main/scala/protocbridge/frontend/PosixPluginFrontend.scala b/bridge/src/main/scala/protocbridge/frontend/PosixPluginFrontend.scala
index 5f70120..65935e0 100644
--- a/bridge/src/main/scala/protocbridge/frontend/PosixPluginFrontend.scala
+++ b/bridge/src/main/scala/protocbridge/frontend/PosixPluginFrontend.scala
@@ -12,10 +12,13 @@ import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext.Implicits.global
 import scala.sys.process._
 import java.{util => ju}
 
-/** PluginFrontend for Unix-like systems (Linux, Mac, etc)
+/** PluginFrontend for Unix-like systems <b>except macOS</b> (Linux, FreeBSD,
+  * etc)
   *
   * Creates a pair of named pipes for input/output and a shell script that
-  * communicates with them.
+  * communicates with them. Compared with `SocketBasedPluginFrontend`, this
+  * frontend doesn't rely on `nc` that might not be available in some
+  * distributions.
   */
 object PosixPluginFrontend extends PluginFrontend {
   case class InternalState(
@@ -40,6 +43,11 @@ object PosixPluginFrontend extends PluginFrontend {
         val response = PluginFrontend.runWithInputStream(plugin, fsin, env)
         fsin.close()
 
+        // Note that the output pipe must be opened after the input pipe is consumed.
+        // Otherwise, there might be a deadlock that
+        // - The shell script is stuck writing to the input pipe (which has a full buffer),
+        //   and doesn't open the write end of the output pipe.
+        // - This thread is stuck waiting for the write end of the output pipe to be opened.
         val fsout = Files.newOutputStream(outputPipe)
         fsout.write(response)
         fsout.close()
diff --git a/bridge/src/main/scala/protocbridge/frontend/SocketBasedPluginFrontend.scala b/bridge/src/main/scala/protocbridge/frontend/SocketBasedPluginFrontend.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f65cb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bridge/src/main/scala/protocbridge/frontend/SocketBasedPluginFrontend.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package protocbridge.frontend
+
+import protocbridge.{ExtraEnv, ProtocCodeGenerator}
+
+import java.net.ServerSocket
+import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext.Implicits.global
+import scala.concurrent.{Future, blocking}
+
+/** PluginFrontend for Windows and macOS where a server socket is used.
+  */
+abstract class SocketBasedPluginFrontend extends PluginFrontend {
+
+  protected def runWithSocket(
+      plugin: ProtocCodeGenerator,
+      env: ExtraEnv,
+      serverSocket: ServerSocket
+  ): Unit = {
+    Future {
+      blocking {
+        // Accept a single client connection from the shell script.
+        val client = serverSocket.accept()
+        // It's found on macOS that a `junixsocket` domain socket server
+        // might not receive the EOF sent by the other end, leading to a hang:
+        // https://github.com/scalapb/protoc-bridge/issues/379
+        // However, confusingly, adding an arbitrary read timeout resolves the issue.
+        // We thus add a read timeout of 1 minute here, which should be more than enough.
+        // It also helps to prevent an infinite hang on both Windows and macOS due to
+        // unexpected issues.
+        // client.setSoTimeout(60000)
+        try {
+          val response =
+            PluginFrontend.runWithInputStream(
+              plugin,
+              client.getInputStream,
+              env
+            )
+          client.getOutputStream.write(response)
+        } finally {
+          client.close()
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/bridge/src/main/scala/protocbridge/frontend/WindowsPluginFrontend.scala b/bridge/src/main/scala/protocbridge/frontend/WindowsPluginFrontend.scala
index 490211d..0f82cca 100644
--- a/bridge/src/main/scala/protocbridge/frontend/WindowsPluginFrontend.scala
+++ b/bridge/src/main/scala/protocbridge/frontend/WindowsPluginFrontend.scala
@@ -1,53 +1,38 @@
 package protocbridge.frontend
 
+import protocbridge.{ExtraEnv, ProtocCodeGenerator}
+
 import java.net.ServerSocket
 import java.nio.file.{Files, Path, Paths}
 
-import protocbridge.ExtraEnv
-import protocbridge.ProtocCodeGenerator
-
-import scala.concurrent.blocking
-
-import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext.Implicits.global
-import scala.concurrent.Future
-
 /** A PluginFrontend that binds a server socket to a local interface. The plugin
   * is a batch script that invokes BridgeApp.main() method, in a new JVM with
   * the same parameters as the currently running JVM. The plugin will
   * communicate its stdin and stdout to this socket.
   */
-object WindowsPluginFrontend extends PluginFrontend {
-
-  case class InternalState(batFile: Path)
+object WindowsPluginFrontend extends SocketBasedPluginFrontend {
+  case class InternalState(shellScript: Path, serverSocket: ServerSocket)
 
   override def prepare(
       plugin: ProtocCodeGenerator,
       env: ExtraEnv
   ): (Path, InternalState) = {
-    val ss = new ServerSocket(0)
-    val state = createWindowsScript(ss.getLocalPort)
+    val ss = new ServerSocket(0) // Bind to any available port.
+    val sh = createShellScript(ss.getLocalPort)
 
-    Future {
-      blocking {
-        val client = ss.accept()
-        val response =
-          PluginFrontend.runWithInputStream(plugin, client.getInputStream, env)
-        client.getOutputStream.write(response)
-        client.close()
-        ss.close()
-      }
-    }
+    runWithSocket(plugin, env, ss)
 
-    (state.batFile, state)
+    (sh, InternalState(sh, ss))
   }
 
   override def cleanup(state: InternalState): Unit = {
+    state.serverSocket.close()
     if (sys.props.get("protocbridge.debug") != Some("1")) {
-      Files.delete(state.batFile)
+      Files.delete(state.shellScript)
     }
   }
 
-  private def createWindowsScript(port: Int): InternalState = {
+  private def createShellScript(port: Int): Path = {
     val classPath =
       Paths.get(getClass.getProtectionDomain.getCodeSource.getLocation.toURI)
     val classPathBatchString = classPath.toString.replace("%", "%%")
@@ -62,6 +47,6 @@ object WindowsPluginFrontend extends PluginFrontend {
         ].getName} $port
         """.stripMargin
     )
-    InternalState(batchFile)
+    batchFile
   }
 }
diff --git a/bridge/src/test/scala/protocbridge/frontend/MacPluginFrontendSpec.scala b/bridge/src/test/scala/protocbridge/frontend/MacPluginFrontendSpec.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e8b972
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bridge/src/test/scala/protocbridge/frontend/MacPluginFrontendSpec.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package protocbridge.frontend
+
+class MacPluginFrontendSpec extends OsSpecificFrontendSpec {
+  if (PluginFrontend.isMac) {
+    it must "execute a program that forwards input and output to given stream" in {
+      val state = testSuccess(MacPluginFrontend)
+      state.serverSocket.isClosed mustBe true
+    }
+
+    it must "not hang if there is an error in generator" in {
+      val state = testFailure(MacPluginFrontend)
+      state.serverSocket.isClosed mustBe true
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/bridge/src/test/scala/protocbridge/frontend/OsSpecificFrontendSpec.scala b/bridge/src/test/scala/protocbridge/frontend/OsSpecificFrontendSpec.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de79098
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bridge/src/test/scala/protocbridge/frontend/OsSpecificFrontendSpec.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+package protocbridge.frontend
+
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils
+import org.scalatest.exceptions.TestFailedException
+import org.scalatest.flatspec.AnyFlatSpec
+import org.scalatest.matchers.must.Matchers
+import protocbridge.{ExtraEnv, ProtocCodeGenerator}
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream
+import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext.Implicits.global
+import scala.concurrent.duration.DurationInt
+import scala.concurrent.{Await, Future, TimeoutException}
+import scala.sys.process.ProcessIO
+import scala.util.Random
+
+class OsSpecificFrontendSpec extends AnyFlatSpec with Matchers {
+
+  protected def testPluginFrontend(
+      frontend: PluginFrontend,
+      generator: ProtocCodeGenerator,
+      env: ExtraEnv,
+      request: Array[Byte]
+  ): (frontend.InternalState, Array[Byte]) = {
+    val (path, state) = frontend.prepare(
+      generator,
+      env
+    )
+    val actualOutput = new ByteArrayOutputStream()
+    val process = sys.process
+      .Process(path.toAbsolutePath.toString)
+      .run(
+        new ProcessIO(
+          writeInput => {
+            writeInput.write(request)
+            writeInput.close()
+          },
+          processOutput => {
+            IOUtils.copy(processOutput, actualOutput)
+            processOutput.close()
+          },
+          processError => {
+            IOUtils.copy(processError, System.err)
+            processError.close()
+          }
+        )
+      )
+    try {
+      Await.result(Future { process.exitValue() }, 5.seconds)
+    } catch {
+      case _: TimeoutException =>
+        System.err.println(s"Timeout")
+        process.destroy()
+    }
+    frontend.cleanup(state)
+    (state, actualOutput.toByteArray)
+  }
+
+  protected def testSuccess(
+      frontend: PluginFrontend
+  ): frontend.InternalState = {
+    val random = new Random()
+    val toSend = Array.fill(100000)(random.nextInt(256).toByte)
+    val toReceive = Array.fill(100000)(random.nextInt(256).toByte)
+    val env = new ExtraEnv(secondaryOutputDir = "tmp")
+
+    val fakeGenerator = new ProtocCodeGenerator {
+      override def run(request: Array[Byte]): Array[Byte] = {
+        request mustBe (toSend ++ env.toByteArrayAsField)
+        toReceive
+      }
+    }
+    // Repeat 100,000 times since named pipes on macOS are flaky.
+    val repeatCount = 100000
+    for (i <- 1 until repeatCount) {
+      if (i % 100 == 1) println(s"Running iteration $i of $repeatCount")
+      val (state, response) =
+        testPluginFrontend(frontend, fakeGenerator, env, toSend)
+      if (!(response sameElements toReceive)) {
+        System.err.println(
+          s"Failed on iteration $i of $repeatCount ($state): ${response.length} != ${toReceive.length}"
+        )
+      }
+    }
+    val (state, response) =
+      testPluginFrontend(frontend, fakeGenerator, env, toSend)
+    if (!(response sameElements toReceive)) {
+      System.err.println(
+        s"Failed on iteration $repeatCount of $repeatCount ($state): ${response.length} != ${toReceive.length}"
+      )
+    }
+    state
+  }
+
+  protected def testFailure(
+      frontend: PluginFrontend
+  ): frontend.InternalState = {
+    val random = new Random()
+    val toSend = Array.fill(123)(random.nextInt(256).toByte)
+    val env = new ExtraEnv(secondaryOutputDir = "tmp")
+
+    val fakeGenerator = new ProtocCodeGenerator {
+      override def run(request: Array[Byte]): Array[Byte] = {
+        throw new OutOfMemoryError("test error")
+      }
+    }
+    val (state, response) =
+      testPluginFrontend(frontend, fakeGenerator, env, toSend)
+    response.length must be > 0
+    state
+  }
+}
diff --git a/bridge/src/test/scala/protocbridge/frontend/PosixPluginFrontendSpec.scala b/bridge/src/test/scala/protocbridge/frontend/PosixPluginFrontendSpec.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c615d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bridge/src/test/scala/protocbridge/frontend/PosixPluginFrontendSpec.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package protocbridge.frontend
+
+class PosixPluginFrontendSpec extends OsSpecificFrontendSpec {
+  if (!PluginFrontend.isWindows && !PluginFrontend.isMac) {
+    it must "execute a program that forwards input and output to given stream" in {
+      testSuccess(MacPluginFrontend)
+    }
+
+    it must "not hang if there is an OOM in generator" in {
+      testFailure(MacPluginFrontend)
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/bridge/src/test/scala/protocbridge/frontend/WindowsPluginFrontendSpec.scala b/bridge/src/test/scala/protocbridge/frontend/WindowsPluginFrontendSpec.scala
index 6385ad7..db0bc65 100644
--- a/bridge/src/test/scala/protocbridge/frontend/WindowsPluginFrontendSpec.scala
+++ b/bridge/src/test/scala/protocbridge/frontend/WindowsPluginFrontendSpec.scala
@@ -1,38 +1,15 @@
 package protocbridge.frontend
 
-import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream
-
-import protocbridge.{ProtocCodeGenerator, ExtraEnv}
-
-import scala.sys.process.ProcessLogger
-import org.scalatest.flatspec.AnyFlatSpec
-import org.scalatest.matchers.must.Matchers
-
-class WindowsPluginFrontendSpec extends AnyFlatSpec with Matchers {
+class WindowsPluginFrontendSpec extends OsSpecificFrontendSpec {
   if (PluginFrontend.isWindows) {
     it must "execute a program that forwards input and output to given stream" in {
-      val toSend = "ping"
-      val toReceive = "pong"
-      val env = new ExtraEnv(secondaryOutputDir = "tmp")
+      val state = testSuccess(WindowsPluginFrontend)
+      state.serverSocket.isClosed mustBe true
+    }
 
-      val fakeGenerator = new ProtocCodeGenerator {
-        override def run(request: Array[Byte]): Array[Byte] = {
-          request mustBe (toSend.getBytes ++ env.toByteArrayAsField)
-          toReceive.getBytes
-        }
-      }
-      val (path, state) = WindowsPluginFrontend.prepare(
-        fakeGenerator,
-        env
-      )
-      val actualOutput = scala.collection.mutable.Buffer.empty[String]
-      val process = sys.process
-        .Process(path.toAbsolutePath.toString)
-        .#<(new ByteArrayInputStream(toSend.getBytes))
-        .run(ProcessLogger(o => actualOutput.append(o)))
-      process.exitValue()
-      actualOutput.mkString mustBe toReceive
-      WindowsPluginFrontend.cleanup(state)
+    it must "not hang if there is an OOM in generator" in {
+      val state = testFailure(WindowsPluginFrontend)
+      state.serverSocket.isClosed mustBe true
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 568684d..6498eb2 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ lazy val bridge: Project = project
       "org.scalatest" %% "scalatest" % "3.2.17" % "test",
       "org.scalacheck" %% "scalacheck" % "1.17.0" % "test",
       "org.scala-lang.modules" %% "scala-collection-compat" % "2.11.0" % "test",
-      "io.get-coursier" %% "coursier" % coursierVersion % "test"
+      "io.get-coursier" %% "coursier" % coursierVersion % "test",
+      "com.kohlschutter.junixsocket" % "junixsocket-core" % "2.10.0"
     ),
     scalacOptions ++= (if (scalaVersion.value.startsWith("2.13."))
                          Seq("-Wconf:origin=.*JavaConverters.*:s")
diff --git a/domain_socket_stress_test.sh b/domain_socket_stress_test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0747233
--- /dev/null
+++ b/domain_socket_stress_test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+BYTE_LENGTH="$1"
+SERVER_MODE="${2:-nc-save}"
+CLIENT_MODE="${3:-nc}"
+
+TEST_FILE_PATH="/tmp/domain_socket_test_file"
+SOCKET_PATH="/tmp/domain_socket_test.sck"
+SERVER_RESULT_PATH="$TEST_FILE_PATH.server"
+CLIENT_RESULT_PATH="$TEST_FILE_PATH.client"
+dd if=/dev/urandom of="$TEST_FILE_PATH" bs=1 count="$BYTE_LENGTH" 2>/dev/null
+
+if [[ "$SERVER_MODE" == *"-save" ]]; then
+  TEST_RESULT_PATH="$SERVER_RESULT_PATH"
+else
+  TEST_RESULT_PATH="$CLIENT_RESULT_PATH"
+fi
+
+test_socket() {
+  # Start a process to consume the data from the socket
+  if [[ "$SERVER_MODE" == "nc-save" ]]; then
+    (nc -l -U "$SOCKET_PATH" > "$SERVER_RESULT_PATH" && echo "Completed saving random bytes from the socket") &
+  elif [[ "$SERVER_MODE" == "ncat-save" ]]; then
+    (ncat -l -U "$SOCKET_PATH" > "$SERVER_RESULT_PATH" && echo "Completed saving random bytes from the socket") &
+  elif [[ "$SERVER_MODE" == "socat-save" ]]; then
+    (socat UNIX-LISTEN:"$SOCKET_PATH" - > "$SERVER_RESULT_PATH" && echo "Completed saving random bytes from the socket") &
+  elif [[ "$SERVER_MODE" == "socat-echo" ]]; then
+    (socat UNIX-LISTEN:"$SOCKET_PATH" EXEC:"/bin/cat" && echo "Completed echoing random bytes from the socket") &
+  else
+    echo "Invalid server mode: $SERVER_MODE"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  SERVER_PID=$!
+  echo "Starting the server (PID: $SERVER_PID)"
+
+  # Wait for the socket file to be created so that the server has started
+  while [ ! -e "$SOCKET_PATH" ]; do
+    sleep 0.001
+  done
+  echo "The server has started and is listening to the socket (PID: $SERVER_PID)"
+
+  # `nc` can fail even if we wait for another second to ensure the server has started
+  # sleep 1
+
+  # Start dumping random bytes to the socket in the background
+  if [[ "$CLIENT_MODE" == "nc" ]]; then
+    (nc -U "$SOCKET_PATH" < "$TEST_FILE_PATH" > "$CLIENT_RESULT_PATH" && echo "Completed dumping random bytes to the socket") &
+  elif [[ "$CLIENT_MODE" == "ncat" ]]; then
+    (ncat -U "$SOCKET_PATH" < "$TEST_FILE_PATH" > "$CLIENT_RESULT_PATH" && echo "Completed dumping random bytes to the socket") &
+  elif [[ "$CLIENT_MODE" == "socat" ]]; then
+    (socat - UNIX-CONNECT:"$SOCKET_PATH" < "$TEST_FILE_PATH" > "$CLIENT_RESULT_PATH" && echo "Completed dumping random bytes to the socket") &
+  else
+    echo "Invalid client mode: $CLIENT_MODE"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  CLIENT_PID=$!
+  echo "Started dumping random bytes to the socket (PID: $CLIENT_PID)"
+
+  # Ensure the client process is killed
+  wait $CLIENT_PID 2>/dev/null
+  echo "The client process has stopped (PID: $CLIENT_PID)"
+
+  # Ensure the server process is killed
+  wait $SERVER_PID 2>/dev/null
+  echo "The server process has stopped (PID: $SERVER_PID)"
+
+  # Check the size of the data read from the socket
+  DATA_SIZE=$(wc -c < "$TEST_RESULT_PATH")
+  if [ "$DATA_SIZE" -ne "$BYTE_LENGTH" ]; then
+    echo "Error: Expected $BYTE_LENGTH bytes, but read $DATA_SIZE bytes"
+    exit 1
+  else
+    echo "Successfully read $BYTE_LENGTH bytes from the socket"
+  fi
+
+  rm -f "$SOCKET_PATH"
+  rm -f "$SERVER_RESULT_PATH"
+  rm -f "$CLIENT_RESULT_PATH"
+}
+
+rm -f "$SOCKET_PATH"
+
+# Repeat the process
+counter=0;
+while test_socket; do
+  ((counter++)); echo "Iterations completed: $counter";
+done
+echo "Command failed after $counter successful iterations."