RFR: 8340182: Java HttpClient does not follow default retry limit of 3 retries [v5]

[Daniel Fuchs]

On Thu, 12 Jun 2025 15:33:50 GMT, p-nima <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> The AuthenticationFilter did not respect the default retry limit of 3 retries in case of invalid credentials supplied.
>> 
>> This PR helps to resolve the bug and tests it with default and updated retry limit set via `jdk.httpclient.auth.retrylimit=1`.
>> 
>> The test is green with tiers 1, 2, 3 and the test is stable.
>
> p-nima has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   apply review feedback and update java docs to clarify authentication retry behaviour

Marked as reviewed by dfuchs (Reviewer).

Changes requested by dfuchs (Reviewer).

test/jdk/java/net/httpclient/HttpClientAuthRetryLimitTest.java line 9:

> 7:  * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
> 8:  * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
> 9:  * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.

This is the wrong Copyright for a test file. Tests shouldn't have the Classpath exception. Please copy the copyright from a nearby test.

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PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25490#pullrequestreview-2922013950
PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25490#pullrequestreview-2922019491
PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25490#discussion_r2143255094