RFR: 8340182: Java HttpClient does not follow default retry limit of 3 retries [v4]

[p-nima]

On Thu, 12 Jun 2025 14:56:28 GMT, p-nima <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Agreed. And it's very good to have a test now to verify the expected behavior. So I would change the test to test the behaviour we want. Then double check that it fails with the current proposed changes, and pass if we revert those changes. Then I would clarify the documentation of the system property, in order to remove the confusion.
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> Thanks all for your inputs, I will update the AuthenticationFilter and test accordingly and update the documentation to clarify the confusion.

The changes have been made in 9e8f29ee3ab03f26bbd39b70a6d829ffee2aaa11 - and java docs has been updated accordingly to reflect the behaviour.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25490#discussion_r2143079910