Index: HttpMultiClient.java =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvspublic/jakarta-commons/httpclient/src/java/org/apache/commons/httpclient/HttpMultiClient.java,v retrieving revision 1.17 diff -u -r1.17 HttpMultiClient.java --- HttpMultiClient.java 16 Oct 2002 16:58:26 -0000 1.17 +++ HttpMultiClient.java 28 Oct 2002 06:17:56 -0000 @@ -313,6 +335,7 @@ try { status = method.execute(getState(), connection); } catch (IOException ex) { + connection.close(); throw ex; // it might be IOException or HttpException instance. } finally { mgr.releaseConnection(connection);