[HTTPCLIENT-1143] CachingHttpClient leaks connections with stale-if-error

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 4.1.2, 4.2 Alpha1
• Fix Version/s: 4.1.3, 4.2 Beta1
• Component/s: HttpCache
• Labels: cache stale-if-error
• Assignee: Jonathan Moore
• Reporter: James Miller
• Created: 07/Nov/11 19:26
• Updated: 05/Oct/13 19:41
• Resolved: 07/Nov/11 21:48

Description

If you are using the "stale-if-error" Cache-control header and CachingHttpClient decides to use a stale cached response it does not clean up the existing backend response.

This bug causes connections to leak from the connection pool each time the stale-if-error flow is executed.