In Viya 3.x, the Launcher Server is the process that starts the compute server process. This error message means that the Launcher service could not establish a connection to the Launcher server.
You should confirm the Launcher server is running (sas-viya-runlauncher-default) on the compute server host, and ensure your Viya deployment is up to date.
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Greg Wootton | Principal Systems Technical Support Engineer