zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw · error

HTTP CONNECT proxy response too large

Error message

HTTP CONNECT proxy response too large

What it means

Error "HTTP CONNECT proxy response too large" thrown in zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw.

Source

Thrown at crates/zeroclaw-config/src/schema.rs:10974

                    anyhow::bail!("HTTP CONNECT proxy closed connection before response");
                }
                total += n;
                // Look for end of HTTP headers.
                if let Some(pos) = find_header_end(&buf[..total]) {
                    let status_line = std::str::from_utf8(&buf[..pos])
                        .unwrap_or("")
                        .lines()
                        .next()
                        .unwrap_or("");
                    if !status_line.contains("200") {
                        anyhow::bail!(
                            "HTTP CONNECT proxy returned non-200 response: {status_line}"
                        );
                    }
                    break;
                }
                if total >= buf.len() {
                    anyhow::bail!("HTTP CONNECT proxy response too large");
                }
            }

            BoxedIo(Box::new(tcp))
        }
        scheme => {
            anyhow::bail!("Unsupported proxy scheme '{scheme}' for WebSocket connections");
        }
    };

    // If the target is wss://, wrap in TLS.
    let is_secure = target.scheme() == "wss";
    let stream: BoxedIo = if is_secure {
        let mut root_store = rustls::RootCertStore::empty();
        root_store.extend(webpki_roots::TLS_SERVER_ROOTS.iter().cloned());
        let tls_config = std::sync::Arc::new(
            rustls::ClientConfig::builder()
                .with_root_certificates(root_store)

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Solutions

1. The proxy sent an oversized CONNECT response; verify you are talking to a real HTTP CONNECT proxy.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at crates/zeroclaw-config/src/schema.rs:10974 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw@88bb9c8533 (2026-08-23). Data as JSON: /api/errors/43e0a9e3405ddc4a. Report an issue: GitHub.