Index: modules/http2/h2_session.c =================================================================== --- a/modules/http2/h2_session.c (revision 1916778) +++ b/modules/http2/h2_session.c (revision 1916779) @@ -319,9 +319,13 @@ status = h2_stream_add_header(stream, (const char *)name, namelen, (const char *)value, valuelen); - if (status != APR_SUCCESS - && (!stream->rtmp - || stream->rtmp->http_status == H2_HTTP_STATUS_UNSET)) { + if (status != APR_SUCCESS && + (!stream->rtmp || + stream->rtmp->http_status == H2_HTTP_STATUS_UNSET || + /* We accept a certain amount of failures in order to reply + * with an informative HTTP error response like 413. But if the + * client is too wrong, we fail the request a RESET of the stream */ + stream->request_headers_failed > 100)) { return NGHTTP2_ERR_TEMPORAL_CALLBACK_FAILURE; } return 0; Index: modules/http2/h2_stream.c =================================================================== --- a/modules/http2/h2_stream.c (revision 1916778) +++ b/modules/http2/h2_stream.c (revision 1916779) @@ -813,6 +813,7 @@ cleanup: if (error) { + ++stream->request_headers_failed; set_error_response(stream, error); return APR_EINVAL; } Index: modules/http2/h2_stream.h =================================================================== --- a/modules/http2/h2_stream.h (revision 1916778) +++ b/modules/http2/h2_stream.h (revision 1916779) @@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ struct h2_request *rtmp; /* request being assembled */ apr_table_t *trailers_in; /* optional, incoming trailers */ int request_headers_added; /* number of request headers added */ + int request_headers_failed; /* number of request headers failed to add */ #if AP_HAS_RESPONSE_BUCKETS ap_bucket_response *response; /* the final, non-interim response or NULL */