From 2a333000030e07b1795f2a4e27efb147a453deac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Violet Hynes <violet.hynes@hashicorp.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2024 11:15:17 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] VAULT-20403 fix incorrectly deferred resource closure in
 debug command (#26167)

* VAULT-20403 fix incorrectly deferred resource closure in debug command

* VAULT-20403 changelog
---
 changelog/26167.txt | 3 +++
 command/debug.go    | 5 +++--
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 changelog/26167.txt

diff --git a/changelog/26167.txt b/changelog/26167.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f53d18c9fef6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/26167.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+cli/debug: Fix resource leak in CLI debug command.
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/command/debug.go b/command/debug.go
index 09df88fb4d60..8ad7466e5cc3 100644
--- a/command/debug.go
+++ b/command/debug.go
@@ -687,17 +687,18 @@ func (c *DebugCommand) collectHostInfo(ctx context.Context) {
 			return
 		}
 		if resp != nil {
-			defer resp.Body.Close()
-
 			secret, err := api.ParseSecret(resp.Body)
 			if err != nil {
 				c.captureError("host", err)
+				resp.Body.Close()
 				return
 			}
 			if secret != nil && secret.Data != nil {
 				hostEntry := secret.Data
 				c.hostInfoCollection = append(c.hostInfoCollection, hostEntry)
 			}
+
+			resp.Body.Close()
 		}
 	}
 }