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The latter is what I wonder about. There was nothing unusual about the container until a while later I noticed at some places the plastic (normal white plastic jug you buy solvents and such in) was getting what looked like blisters or bubbles on the outside of it. Not all over the place, just every now and again, but I'd never seen a container go like that before. By that time it was outside and away from anything important but it did make me wonder if the plastic itself was somehow not holding up like it should. I suppose it could happen.
I have noticed that blistering on older jugs as well, In fact, I just checked my jug and it has blisters on the lower portion which is below the liquid level. The jug is made from HDPE and according to all the chemical resistance charts, it has an excellent rating but my jug has been around for multiple years so....
It would be a good idea to transfer the acid to a glass jug with a good cap, not metal. It's probably not that easy to find one any more though since plastic has pretty well replaced glass.