linkcheck builder: close streamed HTTP response objects when no respo…

…nse-content reads are required
sphinx-doc · Apr 11, 2023 · f538440 · f538440
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commit f538440
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diff --git a/sphinx/builders/linkcheck.py b/sphinx/builders/linkcheck.py
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ def check_uri() -> tuple[str, str, int]:
                     # Read the whole document and see if #anchor exists
                     response = requests.get(req_url, stream=True, config=self.config,
                                             auth=auth_info, **kwargs)
+                    response.close()  # no HTTP body reads required; close the response
                     response.raise_for_status()
                     found = check_anchor(response, unquote(anchor))
 
@@ -341,6 +342,7 @@ def check_uri() -> tuple[str, str, int]:
                         response = requests.get(req_url, stream=True,
                                                 config=self.config,
                                                 auth=auth_info, **kwargs)
+                        response.close()  # no HTTP body reads required; close the response
                         response.raise_for_status()
             except HTTPError as err:
                 if err.response.status_code == 401: