[HTTPCLIENT-1168] HTTPClient doesn't send authentication header in threaded environment

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 4.1.3, 4.2 Beta1
• Fix Version/s: 4.2 Final
• Component/s: Documentation
• Labels: auth authentication basic multithread thread
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Lennart Diedrich
• Created: 27/Feb/12 17:51
• Updated: 05/Oct/13 19:41
• Resolved: 03/Mar/12 13:44

Description

Using HTTPClient with multiple threads and basic authentication seems to create a race condition. The request headers sometimes don't contain the authorization entry, which results in a 401 (although the username and password credentials are correctly set).