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 - Issue #15381: Optimized line reading in io.BytesIO.
 
+- Issue #8797: Raise HTTPError on failed Basic Authentication immediately.
+  Initial patch by Sam Bull.
+
 - Issue #20729: Restored the use of lazy iterkeys()/itervalues()/iteritems()
   in the mailbox module.