Fix Issue8797 - Reset the basic auth retry count when response code is not 401.
diff --git a/Lib/urllib/request.py b/Lib/urllib/request.py
index 68a8cab..16d8125 100644
--- a/Lib/urllib/request.py
+++ b/Lib/urllib/request.py
@@ -799,7 +799,10 @@
if mo:
scheme, quote, realm = mo.groups()
if scheme.lower() == 'basic':
- return self.retry_http_basic_auth(host, req, realm)
+ response = self.retry_http_basic_auth(host, req, realm)
+ if response and response.code != 401:
+ self.retried = 0
+ return response
def retry_http_basic_auth(self, host, req, realm):
user, pw = self.passwd.find_user_password(realm, host)