Integrated: 8376290: SocketChannel.finishConnect() contains confusing "getsockopt" in exception message for a failed connect() on Windows

[Jaikiran Pai]

On Mon, 26 Jan 2026 09:54:41 GMT, Jaikiran Pai <jpai at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Can I please get a review of this change which proposes to remove the confusing "getsockopt" text from the exception reported on Windows when `SocketChannel.finishConnect()` raises an exception due to a failed `connect()`? 
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> This addresses https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8376290 and as noted in that issue, this looks like an oversight when changes were done for https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8317603. Prior to that, on older versions the exception reported on Windows was:
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> java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: no further information
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> With the current proposed changes in this PR, the exception will now be `java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused` which matches what we report on *nix platforms.
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> A new jtreg test has been added to reproduce the original text and verify the change. tier1, tier2 and tier3 continue to pass with this change.

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: 19c6fdf1
Author:    Jaikiran Pai <jpai at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/19c6fdf11b01308e9f99ce5666bfffcfbc453de3
Stats:     163 lines in 4 files changed: 141 ins; 10 del; 12 mod

8376290: SocketChannel.finishConnect() contains confusing "getsockopt" in exception message for a failed connect() on Windows

Reviewed-by: alanb

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/29409