[GRADLE-3518] HTTP requests block forever because of leaking pooled connections Created: 01/Aug/16  Updated: 29/Aug/16  Resolved: 29/Aug/16

Status: Resolved
Project: Gradle
Affects Version/s: 2.14.1
Fix Version/s: 3.1-rc-1

Type: Bug
Reporter: Lari Hotari Assignee: Stefan Wolf
Resolution: Fixed Votes: 0

Issue Links:
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 Description   

Forum issue: https://discuss.gradle.org/t/gradle-2-12-stalls-forever-trying-to-resolve-dependencies-if-anything-had-to-be-fetched-via-http/16448

It looks like Gradle doesn't properly use Apache HttpClient 4.3+ API that introduced CloseableHttpResponse.
It's recommended to use org.apache.http.client.utils.HttpClientUtils.closeQuietly(CloseableHttpResponse) in a try-finally clause to make sure the resources aren't leaked. HttpClientUtils.closeQuietly replaces the usage of EntityUtils.consume as well.

The Apache HttpClient quickstart states it clearly:

the user MUST call CloseableHttpResponse#close() from a finally clause.

 Comments   
Comment by Lari Hotari [ 01/Aug/16 ]

Apache HttpClient was upgraded from 4.2.x to 4.4.x while fixing GRADLE-3250 .

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