Github user neykov commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/brooklyn-server/pull/560#discussion_r101522786 --- Diff: launcher/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/launcher/BrooklynWebServer.java --- @@ -447,7 +450,15 @@ public synchronized void start() throws Exception { rootContext.setTempDirectory(Os.mkdirs(new File(webappTempDir, "war-root"))); server.setHandler(handlers); - server.start(); + try { + server.start(); + } catch (BindException e) { + // port discovery routines may take some time to clear, e.g. 250ms for SO_TIMEOUT + // tests fail because of this; see if adding a delay improves things + log.warn("Initial server start-up failed binding (retrying after a delay): "+e); + Time.sleep(Duration.millis(500)); + server.start(); --- End diff -- Another use case which would cause bind to fail is described in the comments of [isPortAvailable](https://github.com/apache/brooklyn-server/blob/master/utils/common/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/util/net/Networking.java#L96-L98). Again the solution is to remove `SO_REUSEADDR`. Will prepare a PR which does the change - let's see if it will go well with the PR build.
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