Github user raghavgautam commented on the issue: https://github.com/apache/storm/pull/2643 @ghajos We can bind to the port then close the port and then bind to the same port again. We have unit tests that can be used as a starting point. https://github.com/apache/storm/blob/dd16ff2956c17707ab5637dd21a695daff7301cc/storm-core/test/clj/org/apache/storm/messaging/netty_unit_test.clj#L71
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