From 5cebc4d418fbc2d9b3db0344857e21f899a9109c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2025 21:25:15 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Reset socket exception before other operations for safety

Co-authored-by: Kvarkas <3611964+Kvarkas@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 mRemoteNG/Connection/Protocol/VNC/Connection.Protocol.VNC.cs | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mRemoteNG/Connection/Protocol/VNC/Connection.Protocol.VNC.cs b/mRemoteNG/Connection/Protocol/VNC/Connection.Protocol.VNC.cs
index 37ea2b7b..9eb12f0b 100644
--- a/mRemoteNG/Connection/Protocol/VNC/Connection.Protocol.VNC.cs
+++ b/mRemoteNG/Connection/Protocol/VNC/Connection.Protocol.VNC.cs
@@ -165,10 +165,10 @@ namespace mRemoteNG.Connection.Protocol.VNC
         {
             lock (_testConnectLock)
             {
+                _socketexception = null;
                 TcpClient tcpclient = new();
 
                 TimeoutObject.Reset();
-                _socketexception = null;
                 tcpclient.BeginConnect(hostName, port, CallBackMethod, tcpclient);
 
                 if (TimeoutObject.WaitOne(timeoutMSec, false))