1 files changed, 21 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_httplib.py b/Lib/test/test_httplib.py
index e693f8c8b3..ddeabe186b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_httplib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_httplib.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ class FakeSocket:
         self.fileclass = fileclass
         self.data = b''
         self.sendall_calls = 0
+        self.file_closed = False
         self.host = host
         self.port = port
 
@@ -60,9 +61,12 @@ class FakeSocket:
             raise client.UnimplementedFileMode()
         # keep the file around so we can check how much was read from it
         self.file = self.fileclass(self.text)
-        self.file.close = lambda:None #nerf close ()
+        self.file.close = self.file_close #nerf close ()
         return self.file
 
+    def file_close(self):
+        self.file_closed = True
+
     def close(self):
         pass
 
@@ -676,6 +680,22 @@ class BasicTest(TestCase):
         conn.request('POST', '/', body)
         self.assertGreater(sock.sendall_calls, 1)
 
+    def test_error_leak(self):
+        # Test that the socket is not leaked if getresponse() fails
+        conn = client.HTTPConnection('example.com')
+        response = None
+        class Response(client.HTTPResponse):
+            def __init__(self, *pos, **kw):
+                nonlocal response
+                response = self  # Avoid garbage collector closing the socket
+                client.HTTPResponse.__init__(self, *pos, **kw)
+        conn.response_class = Response
+        conn.sock = FakeSocket('')  # Emulate server dropping connection
+        conn.request('GET', '/')
+        self.assertRaises(client.BadStatusLine, conn.getresponse)
+        self.assertTrue(response.closed)
+        self.assertTrue(conn.sock.file_closed)
+
     def test_chunked_extension(self):
         extra = '3;foo=bar\r\n' + 'abc\r\n'
         expected = chunked_expected + b'abc'