From 2776ea6d7426e1d024924df02d749d7021b2747f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jorik_Smith <100627853+JorikSmith@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2026 02:59:04 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] SS2022 outbound: Close connection to server on early returns
 (#6698)

https://github.com/XTLS/Xray-core/pull/6698#issuecomment-5468662565
---
 proxy/shadowsocks_2022/outbound.go | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/proxy/shadowsocks_2022/outbound.go b/proxy/shadowsocks_2022/outbound.go
index f1195950d..5d1b9c9fb 100644
--- a/proxy/shadowsocks_2022/outbound.go
+++ b/proxy/shadowsocks_2022/outbound.go
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ func (o *Outbound) Process(ctx context.Context, link *transport.Link, dialer int
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.New("failed to connect to server").Base(err)
 	}
+	defer connection.Close()
 
 	if session.TimeoutOnlyFromContext(ctx) {
 		ctx, _ = context.WithCancel(context.Background())