WLS-On SocketTimeoutException connection.getResponseCode() Making Errant Second Call to Service (Doc ID 1464857.1)

Last updated on MARCH 12, 2021

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Symptoms

 A webservice call that uses weblogic.net.http.HttpURLConnection has a 2nd call automatically tried when connection.getResponseCode() used in the code when there is a SocketTimeoutException.  This occurs in the customer's code in a finally statement.
   
Issue discovered for a customer who has an application deployed in Weblogic container, in which, there is a client that sends Http POST requests to a REST type Web Service hosted by a third party. The client uses weblogic.net.http.HttpsURLConnection to make a http POST (same result with weblogic.net.http.HttpURLConnection).  When a socket timeout is encountered, the http request is retried automatically after the specified ReadTimedOut param.

From testing it was discovered that this occurs because of connection.getResponseCode() in the finally statement.   

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