From e45fa235e083314cb69f508181a4ea4e60baf815 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nils2525 <nilslehb@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2026 04:39:50 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed socket cleanup after connection failures (#301)

---
 CryptoExchange.Net/Clients/SocketApiClient.cs | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CryptoExchange.Net/Clients/SocketApiClient.cs b/CryptoExchange.Net/Clients/SocketApiClient.cs
index 493cf010..de972eba 100644
--- a/CryptoExchange.Net/Clients/SocketApiClient.cs
+++ b/CryptoExchange.Net/Clients/SocketApiClient.cs
@@ -899,6 +899,8 @@ namespace CryptoExchange.Net.Clients
                 return connectResult;
             }
 
+            // Remove the connection and stop any reconnect processing before disposing it.
+            await socketConnection.CloseAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
             socketConnection.Dispose();
             return connectResult;
         }