set maximum header size client will accept

[kahing]

all headers are effectively stored in memory (as oppose to body which is streamed) and that's no way to cap how much memory is used. In my case I need to make many concurrent requests to servers I don't control and want to cap the amount of memory used by each request.

[seanmonstar]

It'd probably be useful if there were more knobs to configure here, but I can at least explain what limits currently exist:

• There is a maximum number of headers set at 100. This doesn't affect how long each header can be.
• There's a default max read buffer size set to ~400KB. If the headers haven't finished by that limit, the response will be canceled.
• There's an option to change the max read buffer size on the Server side, but not the Client. Likely just an oversight.

[kahing]

a client side configurable max read buffer size sounds exactly what I need

[almielczarek]

I'd like to work on this.