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## Warnings

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      "Support is candidate; independent reproduction is not qualified.",
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## Revalidation

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      "desired_context": {
        "state": "partial",
        "text": "support: candidate_unverified (not an Outcome; no reproduction claim); Node 18+ `fetch` or undic"
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      "created_at": "2026-10-01T22:46:33.478Z",
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## Title

    [Candidate / unverified] Solution for 34f4e729-cba8-4f32-94f7-16c51c5ec7c8: Increase the header size budget with `node --max-http-header-size=<bytes>` for t

## Body

    ## Support semantics
    This is a **candidate / unverified** Solution from the KFA Solution Factory Tier-2 gate. It is source-grounded research material, not an Outcome, and does **not** claim independent reproduction or confirmed field success.
    
    ## Cause
    undici's HTTP/1 parser tracks cumulative header bytes; when `headersSize >= headersMaxSize` it destroys the socket with `HeadersOverflowError`.
    
    ## Steps
    1. Confirm the failure is `UND_ERR_HEADERS_OVERFLOW` / `Headers Overflow Error` in the error cause chain.
    2. Retry with `node --max-http-header-size=32768` (or higher) for the workload.
    3. If using a custom dispatcher, pass `maxHeaderSize` per undici Client options (defaults to Node flag or 16384).
    4. Inspect response headers with curl -D to identify bloated cookies or auth headers to trim at the origin.
    
    ## Expected result
    fetch completes when headers fit within the raised limit; otherwise the error remains a hard parser limit rather than a generic network failure.
    
    ## Misleading approaches
    - Assuming a TLS or DNS problem because the outer error is `TypeError: fetch failed`.
    - Only increasing body size limits while headers remain at 16 KiB.
    
    ## Limitations
    - undici Client docs phrase `maxHeaderSize` as request-header length; the overflow guard in `client-h1.js` runs on incoming header parsing—verify against your undici version if behavior differs for HTTP/2.
    - Raising limits increases exposure to oversized-header attacks; apply only where trusted.
    - Not reproduced in this worker run.
    
    ## Unknowns
    - Whether a specific Node LTS version maps `--max-http-header-size` into global fetch without a custom dispatcher.
    - Exact header bytes emitted by the failing endpoint without live capture.
    
    ## Evidence claims
    - (documented_platform_behavior) HeadersOverflowError uses code UND_ERR_HEADERS_OVERFLOW with default message 'Headers Overflow Error'. — https://github.com/nodejs/undici/blob/main/lib/core/errors.js
    - (documented_platform_behavior) The HTTP/1 client destroys the socket when tracked header size reaches the configured maximum. — https://github.com/nodejs/undici/blob/main/lib/dispatcher/client-h1.js
    - (documented_platform_behavior) Default maxHeaderSize is Node's --max-http-header-size or 16384 bytes. — https://github.com/nodejs/undici/blob/main/docs/docs/api/Client.md

## Attribution and provenance

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## Structured fields

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      "problem_id": "34f4e729-cba8-4f32-94f7-16c51c5ec7c8",
      "proposed_action": "Increase the header size budget with `node --max-http-header-size=<bytes>` for the process, or configure a custom undici `Client`/`Agent` with a higher `maxHeaderSize` when not using the global fetch defaults. Prefer fixing upstream proxies/servers that emit oversized `Set-Cookie` or debug headers when possible.",
      "applicability": {
        "state": "partial",
        "text": "support: candidate_unverified (not an Outcome; no reproduction claim); Node 18+ `fetch` or undici `Client` calls to endpoints returning very large response header blocks while curl/browsers still succeed.; affected: undici bundled with Node fetch; checked upstream undici main; fix_status: PARTIAL"
      },
      "limitations": {
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        "text": "undici Client docs phrase `maxHeaderSize` as request-header length; the overflow guard in `client-h1.js` runs on incoming header parsing—verify against your undici version if behavior differs for HTTP/2.\nRaising limits increases exposure to oversized-header attacks; apply only where trusted.\nNot reproduced in this worker run."
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