From c7b180fa4ca1b839916c2a8bf7f2fabbce6bf5dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Omur <omur@erciyes.edu.tr>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2026 14:15:25 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] another connection leak

---
 .../kotlin/org/evomaster/core/problem/httpws/auth/AuthUtils.kt | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/core/src/main/kotlin/org/evomaster/core/problem/httpws/auth/AuthUtils.kt b/core/src/main/kotlin/org/evomaster/core/problem/httpws/auth/AuthUtils.kt
index 9ab65c621e..cb8afa5e8d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/kotlin/org/evomaster/core/problem/httpws/auth/AuthUtils.kt
+++ b/core/src/main/kotlin/org/evomaster/core/problem/httpws/auth/AuthUtils.kt
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ object AuthUtils {
                 }
                 TokenHandling.ExtractFrom.HEADER -> {
                     val header = response.getHeaderString(data.extractSelector)
+                    response.close()
                     if(header == null || header.isEmpty()){
                         log.warn("Failed login. No token to extract from header '${data.extractSelector}'")
                         continue
@@ -266,4 +267,4 @@ object AuthUtils {
     }
 
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}