CancellableStream returned by docker_client.api.exec_start does not adequately release resources when closed, causing "I/O operation on closed file" errors

[TTimo]

CancellableStream returned by docker_client.api.exec_start does not adequately release resources when closed, this leads to errors during python shutdown such as this:

  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/urllib3/response.py", line 1113, in close
    self._fp.close()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/http/client.py", line 432, in close
    super().close() # set "closed" flag
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/http/client.py", line 445, in flush
    self.fp.flush()
ValueError: I/O operation on closed file.

I believe this is related, if not the same issue, as: https://github.com/docker/docker-py/issues/3282

urllib3 Response objects need to be explicitly closed or they risk causing the problems above on exit.

(I will propose a patch shortly)

[TTimo]

More context about this problem:

> pip freeze | grep docker && python --version && docker version
docker==7.1.0
Python 3.13.5
Client:
 Version:           28.3.0
 API version:       1.51
 Go version:        go1.24.4
 Git commit:        38b7060a21
 Built:             Wed Jun 25 15:40:54 2025
 OS/Arch:           linux/amd64
 Context:           default

Server:
 Engine:
  Version:          28.3.0
  API version:      1.51 (minimum version 1.24)
  Go version:       go1.24.4
  Git commit:       265f709647
  Built:            Wed Jun 25 15:40:54 2025
  OS/Arch:          linux/amd64
  Experimental:     false
 containerd:
  Version:          v2.1.3
  GitCommit:        c787fb98911740dd3ff2d0e45ce88cdf01410486.m
 runc:
  Version:          1.3.0
  GitCommit:        
 docker-init:
  Version:          0.19.0
  GitCommit:        de40ad0

The exception doesn't reproduce reliably. I've seen it happen on and off for months now, but I only now got what looked like a stable reproduction. Probably just lucky.

Slightly edited extract from our code that was triggering this:

    exec_instance = docker_client.api.exec_create(
        docker_container.id,
        conf.command,
        workdir=start_dir,
        privileged=True,
        tty=False,
        environment=environment,
        user='root' if conf.root else None
    )
    exec_output = docker_client.api.exec_start(
        exec_instance['Id'],
        tty=False,
        stream=True,
        demux=True,
    )
    try:
        [..]
        for (stdout_out, stderr_out) in exec_output:
            [..]
    finally:
        exec_output.close()
        # Workaround for https://github.com/docker/docker-py/issues/3345
        exec_output._response.close()