From 360c731a191a81e39f901a58bb9b724e4d1eb120 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Whitlock <c-lightning@mattwhitlock.name>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 11:37:15 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] tests/test_misc.py: fix another "AF_UNIX path too long"

Also, avoid resource leak by explicitly closing socket.

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---
 tests/test_misc.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tests/test_misc.py b/tests/test_misc.py
index 31a9c3c9e600..b6c6a0a47465 100644
--- a/tests/test_misc.py
+++ b/tests/test_misc.py
@@ -970,8 +970,8 @@ def test_malformed_rpc(node_factory):
     obj, _ = l1.rpc._readobj(sock, b'')
     assert obj['error']['code'] == -32600
 
-    sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
-    sock.connect(l1.rpc.socket_path)
+    sock.close()
+    sock = connect_unix(l1.rpc.socket_path)
 
     # Bad ID
     sock.sendall(b'{"id":{}, "jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"getinfo","params":[]}')