I think that the firewall in Windows 10 simply ignores the connection
attempt and does not send a TCP_RESET while your Windows 11 setup does
which is why CuRL on the one can detect that there exists no listening
application on that port and ip and on the other system it have to time out
the connection first (which though by default should take 300s and not just
3s).

/HH

Den fre 22 aug. 2025 kl 09:57 skrev Lars Sunde via curl-library <
curl-library@lists.haxx.se>:

> Hello,
>
> We are running C++ software that uses libCurl 8.5 on Windows 10 and 11
> that perform HTTP operations.
>
> During testing I notice a difference in some rare situations when running
> the software in Window 11 and in a virtual machine. The virtual machine is
> Oracle Virtual Box with Windows 11 host and Windows 10 guest OS).
>
> We enabled CURLOPT_VERBOSE to debug the issue when the software attempts
> to perform a HTTP post operation.
>
> Here is the output from Windows 11;
>
>    1. Host localhost:8010 was resolved
>    2. IPv6: ::1
>    3. IPv4: 127.0.0.1
>    4. Trying [::1]:8010...
>    5. Trying 127.0.0.1:8010...
>    6. Connect to localhost (127.0.0.1) port 8010
>
>
> *Step 4 in the above list uses approximately 200ms *to execute before
> moving on to trying 127.0.0.1.
>
> Here is the output from Windows 10 inside Oracle Virtual Box;
>
>    1. Host localhost:8010 was resolved
>    2. IPv6: ::1
>    3. IPv4: 127.0.0.1
>    4. Trying [::1]:8010...
>    5. ipv6 connect timeout after 2985ms, move on
>    6. Connection timeout after 3378 ms
>    7. Close connection
>
>
> *Step 4 in the above list uses approximately 2985ms* to execute before
> moving on ...
>
> Windows 11 has the following interfaces (according to "route print"
> command)
>
>    - Intel(R) Ethernet Connection
>    - VirtalBox Host-only Ethernet Adpter
>    - Software Loopback Interface
>
>
> Windows 10 inside VirtualBox has the following interfaces (according to
> "route print" command)
>
>    - Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT
>    - Software Loopback Interface
>
>
>
> Why does Windows 10 inside a virtual machine use 15 times as much time to
> try IPv6 before moving on? How can I possible reduce or remove this
> difference? I have read above CURLOPT_IPRESOVE but really need to
> understand the problem before considering this solution.
>
> Appreciate any input
>
> Regards, Lars
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