From f9eee6ba6252ea7924d2afcc27da4fd99c4dae3f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: doe1080 <98906116+doe1080@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2026 02:54:19 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] [rh:urllib] Eagerly release `BytesIO` responses (#17717)

Authored by: doe1080
---
 yt_dlp/networking/_urllib.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/yt_dlp/networking/_urllib.py b/yt_dlp/networking/_urllib.py
index 5e6167dd7a..c3f16c99af 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/networking/_urllib.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/networking/_urllib.py
@@ -313,7 +313,9 @@ class UrllibResponseAdapter(Response):
                 # urllib's addinfourl does not close the underlying fp automatically when fully read
                 if isinstance(underlying, io.BytesIO):
                     # data URLs or in-memory responses (e.g. gzip/deflate/brotli decoded)
-                    if underlying.tell() >= len(underlying.getbuffer()):
+                    with underlying.getbuffer() as view:
+                        fully_read = underlying.tell() >= len(view)
+                    if fully_read:
                         self.close()
                 elif isinstance(underlying, io.BufferedReader) and amt is None:
                     # file URLs.