RFR: 8369313: java/net/httpclient/TimeoutBasic.java should accept that HttpTimeoutException should be somewhere down the cause chain

[Francesco Andreuzzi]

On Wed, 8 Oct 2025 15:07:17 GMT, Daniel Fuchs <dfuchs at openjdk.org> wrote:

> The TimeoutBasic.java test expects that HttpTimeoutException will be either the root cause, or the cause of the root cause of a CompletionException, while in fact it could be further down the cause chain. The test logic should be relaxed to allow that.
> 
> In addition I have logged a followup RFE ([JDK-8369315](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8369315)) to possibly revisit the wrapping of HttpTimeoutExceptions.

test/jdk/java/net/httpclient/TimeoutBasic.java line 153:

> 151:             }
> 152:         }
> 153:         assert x == null;

Is there a way to exit the loop without `x` being `null`?

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/27694#discussion_r2414255528