8376031: HttpsURLConnection.getServerCertificates() throws "java.lang.IllegalStateException: connection not yet open" for the HEAD method

[johnyjose30]

Clean backport of openjdk/jdk@d7523ec except for copyright changes

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Issue

• JDK-8376031: HttpsURLConnection.getServerCertificates() throws "java.lang.IllegalStateException: connection not yet open" for the HEAD method (Bug - P3 - Approved) ⚠️ Issue is already resolved. Consider making this a "backport pull request" by setting the PR title to Backport <hash> with the hash of the original commit. See Backports.

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$ git checkout pull/47

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$ git checkout pull/47
$ git pull https://git.openjdk.org/jdk26u.git pull/47/head

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$ git pr checkout 47

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[openjdk]

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[johnyjose30]

/reviewer credit @jaikiran @coffeys

[openjdk]

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Webrevs

• 00: Full (75e02b11)

[coffeys]

Please consider using the Skara backport approach @johnyjose30
The bots should award you a clean label (even with Copyright year diffs) and you're good to integrate then once you have maintainer approval.