{"version":"2.1.296","anchor":"web-fetch-head-requests-skip-the-content-length-size-refusa","canonical_anchor":"web-fetch-head-requests-skip-the-content-length-size-refusa","heading":"Web fetch no longer refuses HEAD requests to large files","tier":"notice","area":"Elsewhere","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.296\/e\/web-fetch-head-requests-skip-the-content-length-size-refusa","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.296","markdown":"### Web fetch no longer refuses HEAD requests to large files\n\nHEAD requests in web fetch are no longer refused when the server reports a large file size\n\n**What**\n\nWhen Claude Code fetches a web address, it refuses a response whose reported size is too large. This size check no longer applies to HEAD requests. A HEAD request asks a server only for information about a file, such as its size, and not for the file itself. Every other kind of request is still checked.\n\n**Why**\n\nA HEAD request for a large file downloads almost nothing, so it now succeeds instead of being turned away because of the file's size.\n\n- Area: Elsewhere\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}