From f91d054a760ad78aeb9dc7e83435a2a954cb63eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Colm O hEigeartaigh <coheigea@apache.org>
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2026 14:54:42 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Set setReuseAddress on the test socket to try to reduce port
 conflicts

---
 .../src/main/java/org/apache/cxf/testutil/common/TestUtil.java  | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/testutils/src/main/java/org/apache/cxf/testutil/common/TestUtil.java b/testutils/src/main/java/org/apache/cxf/testutil/common/TestUtil.java
index fad15c17f5f..859d1208933 100644
--- a/testutils/src/main/java/org/apache/cxf/testutil/common/TestUtil.java
+++ b/testutils/src/main/java/org/apache/cxf/testutil/common/TestUtil.java
@@ -198,6 +198,8 @@ public static String getPortNumber(String fullName, String simpleName) {
         while (p == null) {
             int pn = portNum++;
             try (ServerSocket sock = new ServerSocket(pn)) {
+                // Enable SO_REUSEADDR to allow faster port reuse after socket closure
+                sock.setReuseAddress(true);
                 //make sure the port can be opened.   Something MIGHT be running on it.
                 p = Integer.toString(pn);
                 LOG.fine("Setting port for " + fullName + " to " + p);