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Fixes #4484

CheckResponse substitutes r.Body with a re-readable NopCloser copy on every
non-2xx response (#1363). Since #1772, the error-path defer resp.Body.Close() in
bareDo is registered after that substitution, so the deferred close releases the
copy and the network body is never closed. CopilotService.fetchMetricsReport and RepositoriesService.downloadReleaseAssetFromURL have the same pattern.

Consequences of the unclosed network body:

  • With an http.Client that has Timeout set and a wrapped transport (which
    includes clients built via WithAuthToken), every non-2xx response parks one
    net/http.setRequestCancel.func4 goroutine for the remainder of the timeout.
    Bounded, but it intermittently fails goleak-checked test suites downstream.
  • Error bodies larger than maxErrorBodySize are only partially drained, so the
    connection is additionally lost. 1Mb seems generous so it can be a non-issue.

The fix captures the network body before calling CheckResponse and closes that
instead. The #1363 behavior (re-readable error bodies) is
unchanged: the substitute is left open for callers.

The regression test wraps the test client's transport to observe the network
body and asserts it is closed after an error response. It fails on master and
passes with this change; the full package test suite passes.

commit 1: a failing regression test
commit 2: the fix; capture the original body & close it
commit 3: similar regression tests for the other 2 call sites
commit 4: fix the 2 remaining callers & update the CheckResponse() godoc

CheckResponse substitutes r.Body with a re-readable NopCloser copy on
error responses, so asserting on resp.Body.Close alone cannot catch a
leak of the network body. Wrap the test client's transport and record
whether the body it returned is closed.

This test fails at this commit; the fix follows in the next one.
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`CheckResponse` substitutes `r.Body` with a re-readable `NopCloser` copy on every
non-2xx response (google#1363). Since google#1772, the error-path `defer resp.Body.Close()` in
`bareDo` is registered after that substitution, so the deferred close releases the
copy and the network body is never closed. `CopilotService.fetchMetricsReport` and
`RepositoriesService.downloadReleaseAssetFromURL` have the same pattern.

Consequences of the unclosed network body:

- With an `http.Client` that has `Timeout` set and a wrapped transport (which
  includes clients built via `WithAuthToken`), every non-2xx response parks one
  `net/http.setRequestCancel.func4` goroutine for the remainder of the timeout.
  Bounded, but it intermittently fails `goleak`-checked test suites downstream.
- Error bodies larger than `maxErrorBodySize` are only partially drained, so the
  connection is additionally lost.

The fix captures the network body before calling CheckResponse and closes that instead.
The google#1363 behavior (re-readable error bodies) is
unchanged: the substitute is left open for callers.
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yavorl force-pushed the fix-error-response-body-close branch from 5c52ef3 to 25b7434 Compare August 25, 2026 20:35
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✅ Project coverage is 98.51%. Comparing base (27beda9) to head (8c8468b).

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Comment thread github/github_test.go
type closeRecorder struct {
io.ReadCloser
closed *bool
}

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having this round tripper is also a precondition for the bug. Not a necessary precondition for the test because we're asserting that the underlying cause can't happen - Close() not being called.

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@yavorl yavorl changed the title fix: close the original response body on non-2xx responses fix: Close the original response body on non-2xx responses Aug 25, 2026
@gmlewis gmlewis added the NeedsReview PR is awaiting a review before merging. label Aug 25, 2026

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Ah, I see what you are saying, @yavorl.
I would like to cover all possible unclosed bodies, if possible, so that this issue can truly be recorded as solved. What are your thoughts as to what it would take to accomplish this?

LGTM.

cc: @stevehipwell - @alexandear - @Not-Dhananjay-Mishra

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Ah, I see what you are saying, @yavorl. I would like to cover all possible unclosed bodies, if possible, so that this issue can truly be recorded as solved. What are your thoughts as to what it would take to accomplish this?

LGTM.

cc: @stevehipwell - @alexandear - @Not-Dhananjay-Mishra

The fix is the same, I have to see whether the test pattern translates to the other invocations. Would you like me to try it in this PR or a separate follow-up?

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Well, I'm fine either way. If you want to keep it separate in a new PR, that is fine with me too. Thank you, @yavorl!

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Done it in the same PR. Added a comment as well to the godoc of CheckResponse()

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Thank you, @yavorl!
LGTM.

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