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The work around is to use the setReuseAddress(false) on the SelectChannelConnector. By default, this value is set to [true], and enables the socket option [SO_REUSEADDRESS]. This means that a socket may be opened, even if there is previous close (ie the port is in [TIME_WAIT] state) still pending on that socket. Setting it to [false] does not permit the socket to be re-opened in that state, but it also allows an Exception to be thrown if the socket is in use, eg by another Jetty instance.