diff -r 42b52e579690 -r 929309bbf6ae src/server/test/httpclient.c
--- a/src/server/test/httpclient.c	Mon Mar 02 22:00:26 2026 +0100
+++ b/src/server/test/httpclient.c	Tue Mar 03 22:01:27 2026 +0100
@@ -318,3 +318,17 @@
     }
 }
 
+CX_TEST(test_http_client_broken_response) {
+    CX_TEST_DO {
+        cxstring response = cx_str(
+                "broken response\r\n"
+                "Content-length: 5\r\n"
+                "\r\n"
+                "Hello World!\n");
+        CxBuffer *out = cxBufferCreate(NULL, NULL, 256, CX_BUFFER_AUTO_EXTEND|CX_BUFFER_FREE_CONTENTS);
+        
+        CX_TEST_CALL_SUBROUTINE(test_httpclient, cx_str(NULL), FALSE, &response, 1, out);
+        CX_TEST_ASSERT(out->size == 0);
+        cxBufferFree(out);
+    }
+}