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HTTPError wraps the temporary file holding the response body. When a container's HTTP endpoint answered with an error status while the HttpWaitStrategy was still polling, the exception was discarded without closing it, leaking a file descriptor (and a ResourceWarning under -Werror) on every failed attempt. Use the caught HTTPError as a context manager so the response file is released on every path. URLError carries no file object and keeps the existing handling. Closes testcontainers#1115
The split except clause for HTTPError/URLError in _try_http_request was missing coverage for a bare URLError.
The assertion returned False both with and without the HTTPError close fix, so it did not lock in the leak change.
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HttpWaitStrategyleaks a file descriptor per failed request. A wait strategy polls, so a containerthat takes a while to become healthy leaks one descriptor per attempt, and a suite waiting on several
containers can exhaust the limit.
urlopenis used in awith, so the success path closes.HTTPErroris the leak: it is both anexception and a response file object, so raising it hands back an open descriptor that the
exceptclause discards without closing.
src/testcontainers/core/wait_strategies.pynow splits the handler.HTTPErroris handled insidewith e:, which closes the wrapped response on the way out, andURLError, which carries no fileobject, keeps the plain path.
Behaviour is otherwise unchanged: both still go to
_handle_http_errorand the strategy retries asbefore.
The test asserts no descriptors are left open across repeated failing probes.
Fixes #1115