}
                    
                    try {
                        managedConn = connRequest.getConnection(timeout, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
                    } catch(InterruptedException interrupted) {
                        InterruptedIOException iox = new InterruptedIOException();
                        iox.initCause(interrupted);
                        throw iox;
                    }
                    if (HttpConnectionParams.isStaleCheckingEnabled(params)) {
                        // validate connection