Github user ivmaykov commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/zookeeper/pull/669#discussion_r226755668 --- Diff: zookeeper-common/src/main/java/org/apache/zookeeper/ClientCnxnSocketNetty.java --- @@ -184,7 +213,9 @@ void cleanup() { @Override void close() { - channelFactory.releaseExternalResources(); + if (!eventLoopGroup.isShuttingDown()) { --- End diff -- I'm not sure if calling `shutdownGracefully` more than once is allowed, which is why I added the check. It might not be necessary.
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