Index: src/java/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/plugins/DefaultGrailsPlugin.java
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--- src/java/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/plugins/DefaultGrailsPlugin.java	(revision 7f05581de87aad054f7e661d0c754e16780c1eb2)
+++ src/java/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/plugins/DefaultGrailsPlugin.java	Wed Dec 23 09:04:23 CST 2009
@@ -508,12 +508,27 @@
         modifiedTimes = new long[watchedResources.length];
         for (int i = 0; i < watchedResources.length; i++) {
             Resource r = watchedResources[i];
-            URLConnection c = r.getURL().openConnection();
+            URLConnection c = null;
+            try {
+                c = r.getURL().openConnection();
-            c.setDoInput(false);
-            c.setDoOutput(false);
-            modifiedTimes[i] = c.getLastModified();
+                c.setDoInput(false);
+                c.setDoOutput(false);
+                modifiedTimes[i] = c.getLastModified();
+            } finally {
+                if (c != null) {
+                    try {
+                        InputStream is = c.getInputStream();
+                        if (is != null) {
+                            is.close();
-        }
-    }
+                        }
+                    }
+                    catch (IOException e) {
+                        // ignore
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
 
     public void doWithApplicationContext(ApplicationContext applicationContext) {
         try {