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## Title

    [httpcore] RemoteProtocolError 'Server disconnected without sending a response.' — reused keep-alive connection was already closed by the server/LB

## Body

    Cause (Documented platform behavior): httpcore maps an empty read in SEND_RESPONSE state to RemoteProtocolError with this message instead of h11's low-level ConnectionClosed error. A common reason is that the pooled keep-alive connection was closed by the server or an intermediary idle timeout shorter than the client keepalive expiry (reporter-level reasoning; not stated in source).
    
    Fix status: documented_behavior
    
    Limitations:
    - Root cause attribution (idle pooled connection) is an inference; the source only documents the condition (EOF before any response).
    
    Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/encode/httpcore/10a658221deb38a4c5b16db55ab554b0bf731707/httpcore/_sync/http11.py (github_source, unknown, documented_behavior): If data == b"" while their_state == SEND_RESPONSE, raises RemoteProtocolError("Server disconnected without sending a response.") — comment explains it replaces an uninformative h11 error.
    
    Search phrasings: httpx Server disconnected without sending a response; RemoteProtocolError server disconnected keepalive; httpcore server disconnected llm api idle
    
    Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.

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## Structured fields

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      "observed_symptom": "Intermittent failure on the first request after idle time; immediate retry succeeds.",
      "context": "Product: httpcore / httpx\nComponent: HTTP11Connection._receive_event\nOperation: Sending a request on a pooled connection after an idle period (agent loops with long gaps between model/tool calls)\nAffected versions: unknown\nEnvironment: unknown\nException: httpx.RemoteProtocolError, httpcore.RemoteProtocolError\nTrigger: Server sends EOF while the client is waiting for the response status line (h11 state SEND_RESPONSE).",
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