} else if (!auth.isEmpty()) {
            // Somewhat mimics parts of QHttpNetworkConnectionChannel::handleStatus
            bool resend = false;
            const bool authenticateHandled = m_connection->d_func()->handleAuthenticateChallenge(
                    m_socket, httpReply, isProxy, resend);
            if (authenticateHandled && resend) {
                httpReply->d_func()->eraseData();
                // Add the request back in queue, we'll retry later now that
                // we've gotten some username/password set on it:
                httpRequest.d->needResendWithCredentials = true;
                m_channel->h2RequestsToSend.insert(httpRequest.priority(), stream.httpPair);
                httpReply->d_func()->clearHeaders();
                // If we have data we were uploading we need to reset it:
                if (stream.data()) {
                    stream.data()->reset();
                    httpReplyPrivate->totallyUploadedData = 0;
                }
                // We automatically try to send new requests when the stream is
                // closed, so we don't need to call sendRequest ourselves.
                return true;
            } // else: Authentication failed or was cancelled 

 } // else: Authentication failed or was cancelled