X-Git-Url: https://git.arvados.org/arvados.git/blobdiff_plain/45f10d80d1b584808a6e375214b5be6bc7d2a730..013a5d60ce55b627f314ed05000e4a7fa6b1cae8:/sdk/python/arvados/api.py?ds=sidebyside

diff --git a/sdk/python/arvados/api.py b/sdk/python/arvados/api.py
index 086487aa09..5ec5ac2e8a 100644
--- a/sdk/python/arvados/api.py
+++ b/sdk/python/arvados/api.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import json
 import logging
 import os
 import re
+import socket
 import types
 
 import apiclient
@@ -60,6 +61,16 @@ def _intercept_http_request(self, uri, **kwargs):
         # previous call did not succeed, so this is slightly
         # risky.
         return self.orig_http_request(uri, **kwargs)
+    except socket.error:
+        # This is the one case where httplib2 doesn't close the
+        # underlying connection first.  Close all open connections,
+        # expecting this object only has the one connection to the API
+        # server.  This is safe because httplib2 reopens connections when
+        # needed.
+        _logger.debug("Retrying API request after socket error", exc_info=True)
+        for conn in self.connections.itervalues():
+            conn.close()
+        return self.orig_http_request(uri, **kwargs)
 
 def _patch_http_request(http, api_token):
     http.arvados_api_token = api_token