This apparently reproduces issue described at https://github.com/kennethreitz/requests/issues/2887

requests_issue_2887.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
This apparently reproduces issue described at
https://github.com/kennethreitz/requests/issues/2887

Versions:
- Requests version: 2.9.1
- Bottle version: 0.12.9
- Waitress version: 0.8.10
"""

import bottle
import requests
import time

@bottle.post('/foobar')
def index():
    print "Called foobar"

from multiprocessing import Process as Process

def getServer():
    kwargs = {'host' : 'localhost',
              'port' : '50000',
              'server' : 'waitress'}
    proc = Process(target=bottle.run, kwargs=kwargs)

    return proc

def main():
    proc = getServer()
    proc.start()
    requests.post('http://localhost:50000/foobar')
    time.sleep(1)
    proc.terminate()
    proc.join()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()