adding HttpClient tests (#785)

Add comprehensive `HttpClient` test suite. Covers:

- **HTTP verbs** -- GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, HEAD dispatch correctly
- **GET/POST/PUT/Upload/Download** -- payload round-trips (IoBuffer, CbObject, CompositeBuffer), content types, large payloads, file-spill downloads
- **Status codes** -- 2xx/4xx/5xx classification, exact code matching
- **Response API** -- IsSuccess, AsText, AsObject, ToText, ErrorMessage, ThrowError
- **Error handling** -- connection refused, request timeout, nonexistent endpoints
- **Session management** -- default ID, SetSessionId, reset to zero
- **Authentication** -- token provider, expired tokens, bearer verification
- **Content type detection** -- text, JSON, binary, CbObject
- **Request metadata** -- elapsed time, upload/download byte counts
- **Retry logic** -- retry after transient 503s, no-retry baseline
- **Latency measurement** -- MeasureLatency against live and unreachable servers
- **KeyValueMap** -- construction from pairs, string_views, initializer lists
- **Transport-level faults (GET)** -- connection reset/close before response, partial headers, truncated body, mid-body reset, stalled response timeout, retry after RST
- **Transport-level faults (POST)** -- server reset/close before consuming body, mid-body reset, early 503 without consuming upload, stalled upload timeout, retry with large body after transient failures

Also adds zenhttp-test to the xmake test runner (xmake test --run=http).

4 files changed, 1367 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/zenhttp/httpclient_test.cpp b/src/zenhttp/httpclient_test.cpp
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+// Copyright Epic Games, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+
+#include <zenhttp/httpclient.h>
+#include <zenhttp/httpserver.h>
+
+#if ZEN_WITH_TESTS
+
+#	include <zencore/compactbinarybuilder.h>
+#	include <zencore/compactbinaryutil.h>
+#	include <zencore/compositebuffer.h>
+#	include <zencore/iobuffer.h>
+#	include <zencore/logging.h>
+#	include <zencore/scopeguard.h>
+#	include <zencore/session.h>
+#	include <zencore/testing.h>
+#	include <zencore/testutils.h>
+
+#	include "servers/httpasio.h"
+
+#	include <atomic>
+#	include <thread>
+
+ZEN_THIRD_PARTY_INCLUDES_START
+#	include <asio.hpp>
+ZEN_THIRD_PARTY_INCLUDES_END
+
+namespace zen {
+
+using namespace std::literals;
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Test service
+
+class HttpClientTestService : public HttpService
+{
+public:
+	HttpClientTestService()
+	{
+		m_Router.AddMatcher("statuscode", [](std::string_view Str) -> bool {
+			for (char C : Str)
+			{
+				if (C < '0' || C > '9')
+				{
+					return false;
+				}
+			}
+			return !Str.empty();
+		});
+
+		m_Router.RegisterRoute(
+			"hello",
+			[](HttpRouterRequest& Req) { Req.ServerRequest().WriteResponse(HttpResponseCode::OK, HttpContentType::kText, "hello world"); },
+			HttpVerb::kGet);
+
+		m_Router.RegisterRoute(
+			"echo",
+			[](HttpRouterRequest& Req) {
+				HttpServerRequest& HttpReq = Req.ServerRequest();
+				IoBuffer		   Body	   = HttpReq.ReadPayload();
+				HttpContentType	   CT	   = HttpReq.RequestContentType();
+				HttpReq.WriteResponse(HttpResponseCode::OK, CT, Body);
+			},
+			HttpVerb::kPost | HttpVerb::kPut);
+
+		m_Router.RegisterRoute(
+			"echo/headers",
+			[](HttpRouterRequest& Req) {
+				HttpServerRequest& HttpReq = Req.ServerRequest();
+				std::string_view   Auth	   = HttpReq.GetAuthorizationHeader();
+				CbObjectWriter	   Writer;
+				if (!Auth.empty())
+				{
+					Writer.AddString("Authorization", Auth);
+				}
+				HttpReq.WriteResponse(HttpResponseCode::OK, Writer.Save());
+			},
+			HttpVerb::kGet | HttpVerb::kPost);
+
+		m_Router.RegisterRoute(
+			"echo/method",
+			[](HttpRouterRequest& Req) {
+				HttpServerRequest& HttpReq = Req.ServerRequest();
+				std::string_view   Method  = ToString(HttpReq.RequestVerb());
+				HttpReq.WriteResponse(HttpResponseCode::OK, HttpContentType::kText, Method);
+			},
+			HttpVerb::kGet | HttpVerb::kPost | HttpVerb::kPut | HttpVerb::kDelete | HttpVerb::kHead);
+
+		m_Router.RegisterRoute(
+			"json",
+			[](HttpRouterRequest& Req) {
+				CbObjectWriter Obj;
+				Obj.AddBool("ok", true);
+				Obj.AddString("message", "test");
+				Req.ServerRequest().WriteResponse(HttpResponseCode::OK, Obj.Save());
+			},
+			HttpVerb::kGet);
+
+		m_Router.RegisterRoute(
+			"nocontent",
+			[](HttpRouterRequest& Req) { Req.ServerRequest().WriteResponse(HttpResponseCode::NoContent); },
+			HttpVerb::kGet | HttpVerb::kPost | HttpVerb::kPut | HttpVerb::kDelete);
+
+		m_Router.RegisterRoute(
+			"created",
+			[](HttpRouterRequest& Req) {
+				Req.ServerRequest().WriteResponse(HttpResponseCode::Created, HttpContentType::kText, "resource created");
+			},
+			HttpVerb::kPost | HttpVerb::kPut);
+
+		m_Router.RegisterRoute(
+			"content-type/text",
+			[](HttpRouterRequest& Req) { Req.ServerRequest().WriteResponse(HttpResponseCode::OK, HttpContentType::kText, "plain text"); },
+			HttpVerb::kGet);
+
+		m_Router.RegisterRoute(
+			"content-type/json",
+			[](HttpRouterRequest& Req) {
+				Req.ServerRequest().WriteResponse(HttpResponseCode::OK, HttpContentType::kJSON, "{\"key\":\"value\"}");
+			},
+			HttpVerb::kGet);
+
+		m_Router.RegisterRoute(
+			"content-type/binary",
+			[](HttpRouterRequest& Req) {
+				uint8_t	 Data[] = {0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF};
+				IoBuffer Buf(IoBuffer::Clone, Data, sizeof(Data));
+				Req.ServerRequest().WriteResponse(HttpResponseCode::OK, HttpContentType::kBinary, Buf);
+			},
+			HttpVerb::kGet);
+
+		m_Router.RegisterRoute(
+			"content-type/cbobject",
+			[](HttpRouterRequest& Req) {
+				CbObjectWriter Obj;
+				Obj.AddString("type", "cbobject");
+				Req.ServerRequest().WriteResponse(HttpResponseCode::OK, Obj.Save());
+			},
+			HttpVerb::kGet);
+
+		m_Router.RegisterRoute(
+			"auth/bearer",
+			[](HttpRouterRequest& Req) {
+				HttpServerRequest& HttpReq = Req.ServerRequest();
+				std::string_view   Auth	   = HttpReq.GetAuthorizationHeader();
+				if (Auth.starts_with("Bearer ") && Auth.size() > 7)
+				{
+					HttpReq.WriteResponse(HttpResponseCode::OK, HttpContentType::kText, "authenticated");
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					HttpReq.WriteResponse(HttpResponseCode::Unauthorized, HttpContentType::kText, "unauthorized");
+				}
+			},
+			HttpVerb::kGet);
+
+		m_Router.RegisterRoute(
+			"slow",
+			[](HttpRouterRequest& Req) {
+				Req.ServerRequest().WriteResponseAsync([](HttpServerRequest& Request) {
+					Sleep(2000);
+					Request.WriteResponse(HttpResponseCode::OK, HttpContentType::kText, "slow response");
+				});
+			},
+			HttpVerb::kGet);
+
+		m_Router.RegisterRoute(
+			"large",
+			[](HttpRouterRequest& Req) {
+				constexpr size_t Size = 64 * 1024;
+				IoBuffer		 Buf(Size);
+				uint8_t*		 Ptr = static_cast<uint8_t*>(Buf.MutableData());
+				for (size_t i = 0; i < Size; ++i)
+				{
+					Ptr[i] = static_cast<uint8_t>(i & 0xFF);
+				}
+				Req.ServerRequest().WriteResponse(HttpResponseCode::OK, HttpContentType::kBinary, Buf);
+			},
+			HttpVerb::kGet);
+
+		m_Router.RegisterRoute(
+			"status/{statuscode}",
+			[](HttpRouterRequest& Req) {
+				std::string_view	   CodeStr		= Req.GetCapture(1);
+				int					   Code			= std::stoi(std::string{CodeStr});
+				const HttpResponseCode ResponseCode = static_cast<HttpResponseCode>(Code);
+				Req.ServerRequest().WriteResponse(ResponseCode);
+			},
+			HttpVerb::kGet | HttpVerb::kPost | HttpVerb::kPut | HttpVerb::kDelete | HttpVerb::kHead);
+
+		m_Router.RegisterRoute(
+			"attempt-counter",
+			[this](HttpRouterRequest& Req) {
+				uint32_t Count = m_AttemptCounter.fetch_add(1);
+				if (Count < m_FailCount)
+				{
+					Req.ServerRequest().WriteResponse(HttpResponseCode::ServiceUnavailable);
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					Req.ServerRequest().WriteResponse(HttpResponseCode::OK, HttpContentType::kText, "success after retries");
+				}
+			},
+			HttpVerb::kGet);
+	}
+
+	virtual const char* BaseUri() const override { return "/api/test/"; }
+	virtual void		HandleRequest(HttpServerRequest& Request) override { m_Router.HandleRequest(Request); }
+
+	void ResetAttemptCounter(uint32_t FailCount)
+	{
+		m_AttemptCounter.store(0);
+		m_FailCount = FailCount;
+	}
+
+private:
+	HttpRequestRouter	  m_Router;
+	std::atomic<uint32_t> m_AttemptCounter{0};
+	uint32_t			  m_FailCount = 2;
+};
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Test server fixture
+
+struct TestServerFixture
+{
+	HttpClientTestService	 TestService;
+	ScopedTemporaryDirectory TmpDir;
+	Ref<HttpServer>			 Server;
+	std::thread				 ServerThread;
+	int						 Port = -1;
+
+	TestServerFixture()
+	{
+		Server = CreateHttpAsioServer(AsioConfig{});
+		Port   = Server->Initialize(7600, TmpDir.Path());
+		ZEN_ASSERT(Port != -1);
+		Server->RegisterService(TestService);
+		ServerThread = std::thread([this]() { Server->Run(false); });
+	}
+
+	~TestServerFixture()
+	{
+		Server->RequestExit();
+		if (ServerThread.joinable())
+		{
+			ServerThread.join();
+		}
+		Server->Close();
+	}
+
+	HttpClient MakeClient(HttpClientSettings Settings = {})
+	{
+		return HttpClient(fmt::format("127.0.0.1:{}", Port), Settings, /*CheckIfAbortFunction*/ {});
+	}
+};
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Tests
+
+TEST_CASE("httpclient.verbs")
+{
+	TestServerFixture Fixture;
+	HttpClient		  Client = Fixture.MakeClient();
+
+	SUBCASE("GET returns 200 with expected body")
+	{
+		HttpClient::Response Resp = Client.Get("/api/test/echo/method");
+		CHECK(Resp.IsSuccess());
+		CHECK_EQ(Resp.AsText(), "GET");
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("POST dispatches correctly")
+	{
+		HttpClient::Response Resp = Client.Post("/api/test/echo/method");
+		CHECK(Resp.IsSuccess());
+		CHECK_EQ(Resp.AsText(), "POST");
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("PUT dispatches correctly")
+	{
+		HttpClient::Response Resp = Client.Put("/api/test/echo/method");
+		CHECK(Resp.IsSuccess());
+		CHECK_EQ(Resp.AsText(), "PUT");
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("DELETE dispatches correctly")
+	{
+		HttpClient::Response Resp = Client.Delete("/api/test/echo/method");
+		CHECK(Resp.IsSuccess());
+		CHECK_EQ(Resp.AsText(), "DELETE");
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("HEAD returns 200 with empty body")
+	{
+		HttpClient::Response Resp = Client.Head("/api/test/echo/method");
+		CHECK(Resp.IsSuccess());
+		CHECK_EQ(Resp.AsText(), ""sv);
+	}
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("httpclient.get")
+{
+	TestServerFixture Fixture;
+	HttpClient		  Client = Fixture.MakeClient();
+
+	SUBCASE("simple GET with text response")
+	{
+		HttpClient::Response Resp = Client.Get("/api/test/hello");
+		CHECK(Resp.IsSuccess());
+		CHECK_EQ(Resp.StatusCode, HttpResponseCode::OK);
+		CHECK_EQ(Resp.AsText(), "hello world");
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("GET with auth header via echo")
+	{
+		HttpClient::Response Resp =
+			Client.Get("/api/test/echo/headers", std::pair<std::string, std::string>("Authorization", "Bearer test-token-123"));
+		CHECK(Resp.IsSuccess());
+		CbObject Obj = Resp.AsObject();
+		CHECK_EQ(Obj["Authorization"].AsString(), "Bearer test-token-123");
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("GET returning CbObject")
+	{
+		HttpClient::Response Resp = Client.Get("/api/test/json");
+		CHECK(Resp.IsSuccess());
+		CbObject Obj = Resp.AsObject();
+		CHECK(Obj["ok"].AsBool() == true);
+		CHECK_EQ(Obj["message"].AsString(), "test");
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("GET large payload")
+	{
+		HttpClient::Response Resp = Client.Get("/api/test/large");
+		CHECK(Resp.IsSuccess());
+		CHECK_EQ(Resp.ResponsePayload.GetSize(), 64u * 1024u);
+
+		const uint8_t* Data	 = static_cast<const uint8_t*>(Resp.ResponsePayload.GetData());
+		bool		   Valid = true;
+		for (size_t i = 0; i < 64 * 1024; ++i)
+		{
+			if (Data[i] != static_cast<uint8_t>(i & 0xFF))
+			{
+				Valid = false;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		CHECK(Valid);
+	}
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("httpclient.post")
+{
+	TestServerFixture Fixture;
+	HttpClient		  Client = Fixture.MakeClient();
+
+	SUBCASE("POST with IoBuffer payload echo round-trip")
+	{
+		const char* Payload = "test payload data";
+		IoBuffer	Buf(IoBuffer::Clone, Payload, strlen(Payload));
+		Buf.SetContentType(ZenContentType::kText);
+
+		HttpClient::Response Resp = Client.Post("/api/test/echo", Buf);
+		CHECK(Resp.IsSuccess());
+		CHECK_EQ(Resp.AsText(), "test payload data");
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("POST with IoBuffer and explicit content type")
+	{
+		const char* Payload = "{\"key\":\"value\"}";
+		IoBuffer	Buf(IoBuffer::Clone, Payload, strlen(Payload));
+
+		HttpClient::Response Resp = Client.Post("/api/test/echo", Buf, ZenContentType::kJSON);
+		CHECK(Resp.IsSuccess());
+		CHECK_EQ(Resp.AsText(), "{\"key\":\"value\"}");
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("POST with CbObject payload round-trip")
+	{
+		CbObjectWriter Writer;
+		Writer.AddBool("enabled", true);
+		Writer.AddString("name", "testobj");
+		CbObject Obj = Writer.Save();
+
+		HttpClient::Response Resp = Client.Post("/api/test/echo", Obj);
+		CHECK(Resp.IsSuccess());
+		CbObject RoundTripped = Resp.AsObject();
+		CHECK(RoundTripped["enabled"].AsBool() == true);
+		CHECK_EQ(RoundTripped["name"].AsString(), "testobj");
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("POST with CompositeBuffer payload")
+	{
+		const char* Part1 = "hello ";
+		const char* Part2 = "composite";
+		IoBuffer	Buf1(IoBuffer::Clone, Part1, strlen(Part1));
+		IoBuffer	Buf2(IoBuffer::Clone, Part2, strlen(Part2));
+
+		SharedBuffer	Seg1{Buf1};
+		SharedBuffer	Seg2{Buf2};
+		CompositeBuffer Composite{std::move(Seg1), std::move(Seg2)};
+
+		HttpClient::Response Resp = Client.Post("/api/test/echo", Composite, ZenContentType::kText);
+		CHECK(Resp.IsSuccess());
+		CHECK_EQ(Resp.AsText(), "hello composite");
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("POST with custom headers")
+	{
+		HttpClient::Response Resp = Client.Post("/api/test/echo/headers", HttpClient::KeyValueMap{}, HttpClient::KeyValueMap{});
+		CHECK(Resp.IsSuccess());
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("POST with empty body to nocontent endpoint")
+	{
+		HttpClient::Response Resp = Client.Post("/api/test/nocontent");
+		CHECK(Resp.IsSuccess());
+		CHECK_EQ(Resp.StatusCode, HttpResponseCode::NoContent);
+	}
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("httpclient.put")
+{
+	TestServerFixture Fixture;
+	HttpClient		  Client = Fixture.MakeClient();
+
+	SUBCASE("PUT with IoBuffer payload echo round-trip")
+	{
+		const char* Payload = "put payload data";
+		IoBuffer	Buf(IoBuffer::Clone, Payload, strlen(Payload));
+		Buf.SetContentType(ZenContentType::kText);
+
+		HttpClient::Response Resp = Client.Put("/api/test/echo", Buf);
+		CHECK(Resp.IsSuccess());
+		CHECK_EQ(Resp.AsText(), "put payload data");
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("PUT with parameters only")
+	{
+		HttpClient::Response Resp = Client.Put("/api/test/nocontent");
+		CHECK(Resp.IsSuccess());
+		CHECK_EQ(Resp.StatusCode, HttpResponseCode::NoContent);
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("PUT to created endpoint")
+	{
+		const char* Payload = "new resource";
+		IoBuffer	Buf(IoBuffer::Clone, Payload, strlen(Payload));
+		Buf.SetContentType(ZenContentType::kText);
+
+		HttpClient::Response Resp = Client.Put("/api/test/created", Buf);
+		CHECK(Resp.IsSuccess());
+		CHECK_EQ(Resp.StatusCode, HttpResponseCode::Created);
+		CHECK_EQ(Resp.AsText(), "resource created");
+	}
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("httpclient.upload")
+{
+	TestServerFixture Fixture;
+	HttpClient		  Client = Fixture.MakeClient();
+
+	SUBCASE("Upload IoBuffer")
+	{
+		constexpr size_t Size = 128 * 1024;
+		IoBuffer		 Blob = CreateSemiRandomBlob(Size);
+
+		HttpClient::Response Resp = Client.Upload("/api/test/echo", Blob);
+		CHECK(Resp.IsSuccess());
+		CHECK_EQ(Resp.ResponsePayload.GetSize(), Size);
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("Upload CompositeBuffer")
+	{
+		IoBuffer Buf1 = CreateSemiRandomBlob(32 * 1024);
+		IoBuffer Buf2 = CreateSemiRandomBlob(32 * 1024);
+
+		SharedBuffer	Seg1{Buf1};
+		SharedBuffer	Seg2{Buf2};
+		CompositeBuffer Composite{std::move(Seg1), std::move(Seg2)};
+
+		HttpClient::Response Resp = Client.Upload("/api/test/echo", Composite, ZenContentType::kBinary);
+		CHECK(Resp.IsSuccess());
+		CHECK_EQ(Resp.ResponsePayload.GetSize(), 64u * 1024u);
+	}
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("httpclient.download")
+{
+	TestServerFixture		 Fixture;
+	ScopedTemporaryDirectory DownloadDir;
+
+	SUBCASE("Download small payload stays in memory")
+	{
+		HttpClient Client = Fixture.MakeClient();
+
+		HttpClient::Response Resp = Client.Download("/api/test/hello", DownloadDir.Path());
+		CHECK(Resp.IsSuccess());
+		CHECK_EQ(Resp.AsText(), "hello world");
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("Download with reduced MaximumInMemoryDownloadSize forces file spill")
+	{
+		HttpClientSettings Settings;
+		Settings.MaximumInMemoryDownloadSize = 4;
+		HttpClient Client					 = Fixture.MakeClient(Settings);
+
+		HttpClient::Response Resp = Client.Download("/api/test/large", DownloadDir.Path());
+		CHECK(Resp.IsSuccess());
+		CHECK_EQ(Resp.ResponsePayload.GetSize(), 64u * 1024u);
+	}
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("httpclient.status-codes")
+{
+	TestServerFixture Fixture;
+	HttpClient		  Client = Fixture.MakeClient();
+
+	SUBCASE("2xx are success")
+	{
+		CHECK(Client.Get("/api/test/status/200").IsSuccess());
+		CHECK(Client.Get("/api/test/status/201").IsSuccess());
+		CHECK(Client.Get("/api/test/status/204").IsSuccess());
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("4xx are not success")
+	{
+		CHECK(!Client.Get("/api/test/status/400").IsSuccess());
+		CHECK(!Client.Get("/api/test/status/401").IsSuccess());
+		CHECK(!Client.Get("/api/test/status/403").IsSuccess());
+		CHECK(!Client.Get("/api/test/status/404").IsSuccess());
+		CHECK(!Client.Get("/api/test/status/409").IsSuccess());
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("5xx are not success")
+	{
+		CHECK(!Client.Get("/api/test/status/500").IsSuccess());
+		CHECK(!Client.Get("/api/test/status/502").IsSuccess());
+		CHECK(!Client.Get("/api/test/status/503").IsSuccess());
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("status code values match")
+	{
+		CHECK_EQ(Client.Get("/api/test/status/200").StatusCode, HttpResponseCode::OK);
+		CHECK_EQ(Client.Get("/api/test/status/201").StatusCode, HttpResponseCode::Created);
+		CHECK_EQ(Client.Get("/api/test/status/204").StatusCode, HttpResponseCode::NoContent);
+		CHECK_EQ(Client.Get("/api/test/status/400").StatusCode, HttpResponseCode::BadRequest);
+		CHECK_EQ(Client.Get("/api/test/status/401").StatusCode, HttpResponseCode::Unauthorized);
+		CHECK_EQ(Client.Get("/api/test/status/403").StatusCode, HttpResponseCode::Forbidden);
+		CHECK_EQ(Client.Get("/api/test/status/404").StatusCode, HttpResponseCode::NotFound);
+		CHECK_EQ(Client.Get("/api/test/status/409").StatusCode, HttpResponseCode::Conflict);
+		CHECK_EQ(Client.Get("/api/test/status/500").StatusCode, HttpResponseCode::InternalServerError);
+		CHECK_EQ(Client.Get("/api/test/status/502").StatusCode, HttpResponseCode::BadGateway);
+		CHECK_EQ(Client.Get("/api/test/status/503").StatusCode, HttpResponseCode::ServiceUnavailable);
+	}
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("httpclient.response")
+{
+	TestServerFixture Fixture;
+	HttpClient		  Client = Fixture.MakeClient();
+
+	SUBCASE("IsSuccess and operator bool for success")
+	{
+		HttpClient::Response Resp = Client.Get("/api/test/hello");
+		CHECK(Resp.IsSuccess());
+		CHECK(static_cast<bool>(Resp));
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("IsSuccess and operator bool for failure")
+	{
+		HttpClient::Response Resp = Client.Get("/api/test/status/404");
+		CHECK(!Resp.IsSuccess());
+		CHECK(!static_cast<bool>(Resp));
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("AsText returns body")
+	{
+		HttpClient::Response Resp = Client.Get("/api/test/hello");
+		CHECK_EQ(Resp.AsText(), "hello world");
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("AsText returns empty for no-content")
+	{
+		HttpClient::Response Resp = Client.Get("/api/test/nocontent");
+		CHECK(Resp.AsText().empty());
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("AsObject parses CbObject")
+	{
+		HttpClient::Response Resp = Client.Get("/api/test/json");
+		CbObject			 Obj  = Resp.AsObject();
+		CHECK(Obj["ok"].AsBool() == true);
+		CHECK_EQ(Obj["message"].AsString(), "test");
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("AsObject returns empty for non-CB content")
+	{
+		HttpClient::Response Resp = Client.Get("/api/test/hello");
+		CbObject			 Obj  = Resp.AsObject();
+		CHECK(!Obj);
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("ToText for text content")
+	{
+		HttpClient::Response Resp = Client.Get("/api/test/content-type/text");
+		CHECK_EQ(Resp.ToText(), "plain text");
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("ToText for CbObject content")
+	{
+		HttpClient::Response Resp = Client.Get("/api/test/json");
+		std::string			 Text = Resp.ToText();
+		CHECK(!Text.empty());
+		// ToText for CbObject converts to JSON string representation
+		CHECK(Text.find("ok") != std::string::npos);
+		CHECK(Text.find("test") != std::string::npos);
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("ErrorMessage includes status code on failure")
+	{
+		HttpClient::Response Resp = Client.Get("/api/test/status/404");
+		std::string			 Msg  = Resp.ErrorMessage("test-prefix");
+		CHECK(Msg.find("test-prefix") != std::string::npos);
+		CHECK(Msg.find("404") != std::string::npos);
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("ThrowError throws on failure")
+	{
+		HttpClient::Response Resp = Client.Get("/api/test/status/500");
+		CHECK_THROWS_AS(Resp.ThrowError("test"), HttpClientError);
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("ThrowError does not throw on success")
+	{
+		HttpClient::Response Resp = Client.Get("/api/test/hello");
+		CHECK_NOTHROW(Resp.ThrowError("test"));
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("HttpClientError carries response code")
+	{
+		HttpClient::Response Resp = Client.Get("/api/test/status/403");
+		try
+		{
+			Resp.ThrowError("test");
+			CHECK(false);  // should not reach
+		}
+		catch (const HttpClientError& Err)
+		{
+			CHECK_EQ(Err.GetHttpResponseCode(), HttpResponseCode::Forbidden);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("httpclient.error-handling")
+{
+	SUBCASE("Connection refused")
+	{
+		HttpClient			 Client("127.0.0.1:19999", HttpClientSettings{}, /*CheckIfAbortFunction*/ {});
+		HttpClient::Response Resp = Client.Get("/api/test/hello");
+		CHECK(!Resp.IsSuccess());
+		CHECK(Resp.Error.has_value());
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("Request timeout")
+	{
+		TestServerFixture  Fixture;
+		HttpClientSettings Settings;
+		Settings.Timeout  = std::chrono::milliseconds(500);
+		HttpClient Client = Fixture.MakeClient(Settings);
+
+		HttpClient::Response Resp = Client.Get("/api/test/slow");
+		CHECK(!Resp.IsSuccess());
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("Nonexistent endpoint returns failure")
+	{
+		TestServerFixture Fixture;
+		HttpClient		  Client = Fixture.MakeClient();
+
+		HttpClient::Response Resp = Client.Get("/api/test/does-not-exist");
+		CHECK(!Resp.IsSuccess());
+	}
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("httpclient.session")
+{
+	TestServerFixture Fixture;
+
+	SUBCASE("Default session ID is non-empty")
+	{
+		HttpClient Client = Fixture.MakeClient();
+		CHECK(!Client.GetSessionId().empty());
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("SetSessionId changes ID")
+	{
+		HttpClient	Client = Fixture.MakeClient();
+		Oid			NewId  = Oid::NewOid();
+		std::string OldId  = std::string(Client.GetSessionId());
+		Client.SetSessionId(NewId);
+		CHECK_EQ(Client.GetSessionId(), NewId.ToString());
+		CHECK_NE(Client.GetSessionId(), OldId);
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("SetSessionId with Zero resets")
+	{
+		HttpClient Client = Fixture.MakeClient();
+		Oid		   NewId  = Oid::NewOid();
+		Client.SetSessionId(NewId);
+		CHECK_EQ(Client.GetSessionId(), NewId.ToString());
+		Client.SetSessionId(Oid::Zero);
+		// After resetting, should get a session string (not empty, not the custom one)
+		CHECK(!Client.GetSessionId().empty());
+		CHECK_NE(Client.GetSessionId(), NewId.ToString());
+	}
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("httpclient.authentication")
+{
+	TestServerFixture Fixture;
+
+	SUBCASE("Authenticate returns false without provider")
+	{
+		HttpClient Client = Fixture.MakeClient();
+		CHECK(!Client.Authenticate());
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("Authenticate returns true with valid token")
+	{
+		HttpClientSettings Settings;
+		Settings.AccessTokenProvider = []() -> HttpClientAccessToken {
+			return HttpClientAccessToken{
+				.Value		= "valid-token",
+				.ExpireTime = HttpClientAccessToken::Clock::now() + std::chrono::hours(1),
+			};
+		};
+		HttpClient Client = Fixture.MakeClient(Settings);
+		CHECK(Client.Authenticate());
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("Authenticate returns false with expired token")
+	{
+		HttpClientSettings Settings;
+		Settings.AccessTokenProvider = []() -> HttpClientAccessToken {
+			return HttpClientAccessToken{
+				.Value		= "expired-token",
+				.ExpireTime = HttpClientAccessToken::Clock::now() - std::chrono::hours(1),
+			};
+		};
+		HttpClient Client = Fixture.MakeClient(Settings);
+		CHECK(!Client.Authenticate());
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("Bearer token verified by auth endpoint")
+	{
+		HttpClient Client = Fixture.MakeClient();
+
+		HttpClient::Response AuthResp =
+			Client.Get("/api/test/auth/bearer", std::pair<std::string, std::string>("Authorization", "Bearer my-secret-token"));
+		CHECK(AuthResp.IsSuccess());
+		CHECK_EQ(AuthResp.AsText(), "authenticated");
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("Request without token to auth endpoint gets 401")
+	{
+		HttpClient Client = Fixture.MakeClient();
+
+		HttpClient::Response Resp = Client.Get("/api/test/auth/bearer");
+		CHECK(!Resp.IsSuccess());
+		CHECK_EQ(Resp.StatusCode, HttpResponseCode::Unauthorized);
+	}
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("httpclient.content-types")
+{
+	TestServerFixture Fixture;
+	HttpClient		  Client = Fixture.MakeClient();
+
+	SUBCASE("text content type")
+	{
+		HttpClient::Response Resp = Client.Get("/api/test/content-type/text");
+		CHECK(Resp.IsSuccess());
+		CHECK_EQ(Resp.ResponsePayload.GetContentType(), ZenContentType::kText);
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("JSON content type")
+	{
+		HttpClient::Response Resp = Client.Get("/api/test/content-type/json");
+		CHECK(Resp.IsSuccess());
+		CHECK_EQ(Resp.ResponsePayload.GetContentType(), ZenContentType::kJSON);
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("binary content type")
+	{
+		HttpClient::Response Resp = Client.Get("/api/test/content-type/binary");
+		CHECK(Resp.IsSuccess());
+		CHECK_EQ(Resp.ResponsePayload.GetContentType(), ZenContentType::kBinary);
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("CbObject content type")
+	{
+		HttpClient::Response Resp = Client.Get("/api/test/content-type/cbobject");
+		CHECK(Resp.IsSuccess());
+		CHECK_EQ(Resp.ResponsePayload.GetContentType(), ZenContentType::kCbObject);
+	}
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("httpclient.metadata")
+{
+	TestServerFixture Fixture;
+	HttpClient		  Client = Fixture.MakeClient();
+
+	SUBCASE("ElapsedSeconds is positive")
+	{
+		HttpClient::Response Resp = Client.Get("/api/test/hello");
+		CHECK(Resp.IsSuccess());
+		CHECK(Resp.ElapsedSeconds > 0.0);
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("DownloadedBytes populated for GET")
+	{
+		HttpClient::Response Resp = Client.Get("/api/test/hello");
+		CHECK(Resp.IsSuccess());
+		CHECK(Resp.DownloadedBytes > 0);
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("UploadedBytes populated for POST with payload")
+	{
+		const char* Payload = "some upload data";
+		IoBuffer	Buf(IoBuffer::Clone, Payload, strlen(Payload));
+		Buf.SetContentType(ZenContentType::kText);
+
+		HttpClient::Response Resp = Client.Post("/api/test/echo", Buf);
+		CHECK(Resp.IsSuccess());
+		CHECK(Resp.UploadedBytes > 0);
+	}
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("httpclient.retry")
+{
+	TestServerFixture Fixture;
+
+	SUBCASE("Retry succeeds after transient failures")
+	{
+		Fixture.TestService.ResetAttemptCounter(2);
+
+		HttpClientSettings Settings;
+		Settings.RetryCount = 3;
+		HttpClient Client	= Fixture.MakeClient(Settings);
+
+		HttpClient::Response Resp = Client.Get("/api/test/attempt-counter");
+		CHECK(Resp.IsSuccess());
+		CHECK_EQ(Resp.AsText(), "success after retries");
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("No retry returns 503 immediately")
+	{
+		Fixture.TestService.ResetAttemptCounter(2);
+
+		HttpClientSettings Settings;
+		Settings.RetryCount = 0;
+		HttpClient Client	= Fixture.MakeClient(Settings);
+
+		HttpClient::Response Resp = Client.Get("/api/test/attempt-counter");
+		CHECK(!Resp.IsSuccess());
+		CHECK_EQ(Resp.StatusCode, HttpResponseCode::ServiceUnavailable);
+	}
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("httpclient.measurelatency")
+{
+	SUBCASE("Successful measurement against live server")
+	{
+		TestServerFixture Fixture;
+		HttpClient		  Client = Fixture.MakeClient();
+
+		LatencyTestResult Result = MeasureLatency(Client, "/api/test/hello");
+		CHECK(Result.Success);
+		CHECK(Result.LatencySeconds > 0.0);
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("Failed measurement against unreachable port")
+	{
+		HttpClient		  Client("127.0.0.1:19999", HttpClientSettings{}, /*CheckIfAbortFunction*/ {});
+		LatencyTestResult Result = MeasureLatency(Client, "/api/test/hello");
+		CHECK(!Result.Success);
+		CHECK(!Result.FailureReason.empty());
+	}
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("httpclient.keyvaluemap")
+{
+	SUBCASE("Default construction is empty")
+	{
+		HttpClient::KeyValueMap Map;
+		CHECK(Map->empty());
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("Construction from pair")
+	{
+		HttpClient::KeyValueMap Map(std::pair<std::string, std::string>("key", "value"));
+		CHECK_EQ(Map->size(), 1u);
+		CHECK_EQ(Map->at("key"), "value");
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("Construction from string_view pair")
+	{
+		HttpClient::KeyValueMap Map(std::pair<std::string_view, std::string_view>("key"sv, "value"sv));
+		CHECK_EQ(Map->size(), 1u);
+		CHECK_EQ(Map->at("key"), "value");
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("Construction from initializer list")
+	{
+		HttpClient::KeyValueMap Map({{"a"sv, "1"sv}, {"b"sv, "2"sv}});
+		CHECK_EQ(Map->size(), 2u);
+		CHECK_EQ(Map->at("a"), "1");
+		CHECK_EQ(Map->at("b"), "2");
+	}
+}
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Transport fault testing
+
+static std::string
+MakeRawHttpResponse(int StatusCode, std::string_view Body)
+{
+	return fmt::format(
+		"HTTP/1.1 {} OK\r\n"
+		"Content-Type: text/plain\r\n"
+		"Content-Length: {}\r\n"
+		"\r\n"
+		"{}",
+		StatusCode,
+		Body.size(),
+		Body);
+}
+
+static std::string
+MakeRawHttpHeaders(int StatusCode, size_t ContentLength)
+{
+	return fmt::format(
+		"HTTP/1.1 {} OK\r\n"
+		"Content-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n"
+		"Content-Length: {}\r\n"
+		"\r\n",
+		StatusCode,
+		ContentLength);
+}
+
+static void
+DrainHttpRequest(asio::ip::tcp::socket& Socket)
+{
+	asio::streambuf Buf;
+	std::error_code Ec;
+	asio::read_until(Socket, Buf, "\r\n\r\n", Ec);
+}
+
+static void
+DrainFullHttpRequest(asio::ip::tcp::socket& Socket)
+{
+	// Read until end of headers
+	asio::streambuf Buf;
+	std::error_code Ec;
+	asio::read_until(Socket, Buf, "\r\n\r\n", Ec);
+	if (Ec)
+	{
+		return;
+	}
+
+	// Extract headers to find Content-Length
+	std::string Headers(asio::buffers_begin(Buf.data()), asio::buffers_end(Buf.data()));
+
+	size_t ContentLength = 0;
+	auto   Pos			 = Headers.find("Content-Length: ");
+	if (Pos == std::string::npos)
+	{
+		Pos = Headers.find("content-length: ");
+	}
+	if (Pos != std::string::npos)
+	{
+		size_t ValStart = Pos + 16;	 // length of "Content-Length: "
+		size_t ValEnd	= Headers.find("\r\n", ValStart);
+		if (ValEnd != std::string::npos)
+		{
+			ContentLength = std::stoull(Headers.substr(ValStart, ValEnd - ValStart));
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Calculate how many body bytes were already read past the header boundary.
+	// asio::read_until may read past the delimiter, so Buf.data() contains everything read.
+	size_t HeaderEnd	  = Headers.find("\r\n\r\n") + 4;
+	size_t BodyBytesInBuf = Headers.size() > HeaderEnd ? Headers.size() - HeaderEnd : 0;
+	size_t Remaining	  = ContentLength > BodyBytesInBuf ? ContentLength - BodyBytesInBuf : 0;
+
+	if (Remaining > 0)
+	{
+		std::vector<char> BodyBuf(Remaining);
+		asio::read(Socket, asio::buffer(BodyBuf), Ec);
+	}
+}
+
+static void
+DrainPartialBody(asio::ip::tcp::socket& Socket, size_t BytesToRead)
+{
+	// Read headers first
+	asio::streambuf Buf;
+	std::error_code Ec;
+	asio::read_until(Socket, Buf, "\r\n\r\n", Ec);
+	if (Ec)
+	{
+		return;
+	}
+
+	// Determine how many body bytes were already buffered past headers
+	std::string All(asio::buffers_begin(Buf.data()), asio::buffers_end(Buf.data()));
+	size_t		HeaderEnd	   = All.find("\r\n\r\n") + 4;
+	size_t		BodyBytesInBuf = All.size() > HeaderEnd ? All.size() - HeaderEnd : 0;
+
+	if (BodyBytesInBuf < BytesToRead)
+	{
+		size_t			  Remaining = BytesToRead - BodyBytesInBuf;
+		std::vector<char> BodyBuf(Remaining);
+		asio::read(Socket, asio::buffer(BodyBuf), Ec);
+	}
+}
+
+struct FaultTcpServer
+{
+	using FaultHandler = std::function<void(asio::ip::tcp::socket&)>;
+
+	asio::io_context		m_IoContext;
+	asio::ip::tcp::acceptor m_Acceptor;
+	FaultHandler			m_Handler;
+	std::thread				m_Thread;
+	int						m_Port;
+
+	explicit FaultTcpServer(FaultHandler Handler)
+	: m_Acceptor(m_IoContext, asio::ip::tcp::endpoint(asio::ip::address_v4::loopback(), 0))
+	, m_Handler(std::move(Handler))
+	{
+		m_Port = m_Acceptor.local_endpoint().port();
+		StartAccept();
+		m_Thread = std::thread([this]() { m_IoContext.run(); });
+	}
+
+	~FaultTcpServer()
+	{
+		std::error_code Ec;
+		m_Acceptor.close(Ec);
+		m_IoContext.stop();
+		if (m_Thread.joinable())
+		{
+			m_Thread.join();
+		}
+	}
+
+	FaultTcpServer(const FaultTcpServer&) = delete;
+	FaultTcpServer& operator=(const FaultTcpServer&) = delete;
+
+	void StartAccept()
+	{
+		m_Acceptor.async_accept([this](std::error_code Ec, asio::ip::tcp::socket Socket) {
+			if (!Ec)
+			{
+				m_Handler(Socket);
+			}
+			if (m_Acceptor.is_open())
+			{
+				StartAccept();
+			}
+		});
+	}
+
+	HttpClient MakeClient(HttpClientSettings Settings = {})
+	{
+		return HttpClient(fmt::format("127.0.0.1:{}", m_Port), Settings, /*CheckIfAbortFunction*/ {});
+	}
+};
+
+TEST_CASE("httpclient.transport-faults")
+{
+	SUBCASE("connection reset before response")
+	{
+		FaultTcpServer		 Server([](asio::ip::tcp::socket& Socket) {
+			  DrainHttpRequest(Socket);
+			  std::error_code Ec;
+			  Socket.set_option(asio::socket_base::linger(true, 0), Ec);
+			  Socket.close(Ec);
+		  });
+		HttpClient			 Client = Server.MakeClient();
+		HttpClient::Response Resp	= Client.Get("/test");
+		CHECK(!Resp.IsSuccess());
+		CHECK(Resp.Error.has_value());
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("connection closed before response")
+	{
+		FaultTcpServer		 Server([](asio::ip::tcp::socket& Socket) {
+			  DrainHttpRequest(Socket);
+			  std::error_code Ec;
+			  Socket.shutdown(asio::ip::tcp::socket::shutdown_both, Ec);
+			  Socket.close(Ec);
+		  });
+		HttpClient			 Client = Server.MakeClient();
+		HttpClient::Response Resp	= Client.Get("/test");
+		CHECK(!Resp.IsSuccess());
+		CHECK(Resp.Error.has_value());
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("partial headers then close")
+	{
+		// libcurl parses the status line (200 OK) and accepts the response even though
+		// headers are truncated mid-field. It reports success with an empty body instead
+		// of an error. Ideally this should be detected as a transport failure.
+		FaultTcpServer		 Server([](asio::ip::tcp::socket& Socket) {
+			  DrainHttpRequest(Socket);
+			  std::string	  Partial = "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-";
+			  std::error_code Ec;
+			  asio::write(Socket, asio::buffer(Partial), Ec);
+			  Socket.close(Ec);
+		  });
+		HttpClient			 Client = Server.MakeClient();
+		HttpClient::Response Resp	= Client.Get("/test");
+		WARN(!Resp.IsSuccess());
+		WARN(Resp.Error.has_value());
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("truncated body")
+	{
+		FaultTcpServer		 Server([](asio::ip::tcp::socket& Socket) {
+			  DrainHttpRequest(Socket);
+			  std::string	  Headers = MakeRawHttpHeaders(200, 1000);
+			  std::error_code Ec;
+			  asio::write(Socket, asio::buffer(Headers), Ec);
+			  std::string PartialBody(100, 'x');
+			  asio::write(Socket, asio::buffer(PartialBody), Ec);
+			  Socket.close(Ec);
+		  });
+		HttpClient			 Client = Server.MakeClient();
+		HttpClient::Response Resp	= Client.Get("/test");
+		CHECK(!Resp.IsSuccess());
+		CHECK(Resp.Error.has_value());
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("connection reset mid-body")
+	{
+		FaultTcpServer		 Server([](asio::ip::tcp::socket& Socket) {
+			  DrainHttpRequest(Socket);
+			  std::string	  Headers = MakeRawHttpHeaders(200, 10000);
+			  std::error_code Ec;
+			  asio::write(Socket, asio::buffer(Headers), Ec);
+			  std::string PartialBody(1000, 'x');
+			  asio::write(Socket, asio::buffer(PartialBody), Ec);
+			  Socket.set_option(asio::socket_base::linger(true, 0), Ec);
+			  Socket.close(Ec);
+		  });
+		HttpClient			 Client = Server.MakeClient();
+		HttpClient::Response Resp	= Client.Get("/test");
+		CHECK(!Resp.IsSuccess());
+		CHECK(Resp.Error.has_value());
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("stalled response triggers timeout")
+	{
+		std::atomic<bool> StallActive{true};
+		FaultTcpServer	  Server([&StallActive](asio::ip::tcp::socket& Socket) {
+			   DrainHttpRequest(Socket);
+			   std::string	   Headers = MakeRawHttpHeaders(200, 1000);
+			   std::error_code Ec;
+			   asio::write(Socket, asio::buffer(Headers), Ec);
+			   while (StallActive.load())
+			   {
+				   std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(50));
+			   }
+		   });
+
+		HttpClientSettings Settings;
+		Settings.Timeout  = std::chrono::milliseconds(500);
+		HttpClient Client = Server.MakeClient(Settings);
+
+		HttpClient::Response Resp = Client.Get("/test");
+		CHECK(!Resp.IsSuccess());
+		CHECK(Resp.Error.has_value());
+		StallActive.store(false);
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("retry succeeds after transient failures")
+	{
+		std::atomic<int> ConnCount{0};
+		FaultTcpServer	 Server([&ConnCount](asio::ip::tcp::socket& Socket) {
+			  int N = ConnCount.fetch_add(1);
+			  DrainHttpRequest(Socket);
+			  if (N < 2)
+			  {
+				  // Connection reset produces NETWORK_SEND_FAILURE which is retryable
+				  std::error_code Ec;
+				  Socket.set_option(asio::socket_base::linger(true, 0), Ec);
+				  Socket.close(Ec);
+			  }
+			  else
+			  {
+				  std::string	  Response = MakeRawHttpResponse(200, "recovered");
+				  std::error_code Ec;
+				  asio::write(Socket, asio::buffer(Response), Ec);
+			  }
+		  });
+
+		HttpClientSettings Settings;
+		Settings.RetryCount = 3;
+		HttpClient Client	= Server.MakeClient(Settings);
+
+		HttpClient::Response Resp = Client.Get("/test");
+		CHECK(Resp.IsSuccess());
+		CHECK_EQ(Resp.AsText(), "recovered");
+	}
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("httpclient.transport-faults-post")
+{
+	constexpr size_t kPostBodySize = 256 * 1024;
+
+	auto MakePostBody = []() -> IoBuffer {
+		IoBuffer Buf(kPostBodySize);
+		uint8_t* Ptr = static_cast<uint8_t*>(Buf.MutableData());
+		for (size_t i = 0; i < kPostBodySize; ++i)
+		{
+			Ptr[i] = static_cast<uint8_t>(i & 0xFF);
+		}
+		Buf.SetContentType(ZenContentType::kBinary);
+		return Buf;
+	};
+
+	SUBCASE("POST: server resets before consuming body")
+	{
+		FaultTcpServer		 Server([](asio::ip::tcp::socket& Socket) {
+			  DrainHttpRequest(Socket);
+			  std::error_code Ec;
+			  Socket.set_option(asio::socket_base::linger(true, 0), Ec);
+			  Socket.close(Ec);
+		  });
+		HttpClient			 Client = Server.MakeClient();
+		IoBuffer			 Body	= MakePostBody();
+		HttpClient::Response Resp	= Client.Post("/test", Body);
+		CHECK(!Resp.IsSuccess());
+		CHECK(Resp.Error.has_value());
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("POST: server closes before consuming body")
+	{
+		FaultTcpServer		 Server([](asio::ip::tcp::socket& Socket) {
+			  DrainHttpRequest(Socket);
+			  std::error_code Ec;
+			  Socket.shutdown(asio::ip::tcp::socket::shutdown_both, Ec);
+			  Socket.close(Ec);
+		  });
+		HttpClient			 Client = Server.MakeClient();
+		IoBuffer			 Body	= MakePostBody();
+		HttpClient::Response Resp	= Client.Post("/test", Body);
+		CHECK(!Resp.IsSuccess());
+		CHECK(Resp.Error.has_value());
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("POST: server resets mid-body")
+	{
+		FaultTcpServer		 Server([](asio::ip::tcp::socket& Socket) {
+			  DrainPartialBody(Socket, 8 * 1024);
+			  std::error_code Ec;
+			  Socket.set_option(asio::socket_base::linger(true, 0), Ec);
+			  Socket.close(Ec);
+		  });
+		HttpClient			 Client = Server.MakeClient();
+		IoBuffer			 Body	= MakePostBody();
+		HttpClient::Response Resp	= Client.Post("/test", Body);
+		CHECK(!Resp.IsSuccess());
+		CHECK(Resp.Error.has_value());
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("POST: early error response before consuming body")
+	{
+		FaultTcpServer		 Server([](asio::ip::tcp::socket& Socket) {
+			  DrainHttpRequest(Socket);
+			  std::string	  Response = MakeRawHttpResponse(503, "service busy");
+			  std::error_code Ec;
+			  asio::write(Socket, asio::buffer(Response), Ec);
+			  Socket.shutdown(asio::ip::tcp::socket::shutdown_both, Ec);
+			  Socket.close(Ec);
+		  });
+		HttpClient			 Client = Server.MakeClient();
+		IoBuffer			 Body	= MakePostBody();
+		HttpClient::Response Resp	= Client.Post("/test", Body);
+		CHECK(!Resp.IsSuccess());
+		// With a large upload body, the server may RST the connection before the client
+		// reads the 503 response. Either outcome is valid: the client sees the HTTP 503
+		// status, or it sees a transport-level error from the RST.
+		CHECK((Resp.StatusCode == HttpResponseCode::ServiceUnavailable || Resp.Error.has_value()));
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("POST: stalled upload triggers timeout")
+	{
+		std::atomic<bool> StallActive{true};
+		FaultTcpServer	  Server([&StallActive](asio::ip::tcp::socket& Socket) {
+			   DrainHttpRequest(Socket);
+			   // Stop reading body — TCP window will fill and client send will stall
+			   while (StallActive.load())
+			   {
+				   std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(50));
+			   }
+		   });
+
+		HttpClientSettings Settings;
+		Settings.Timeout  = std::chrono::milliseconds(2000);
+		HttpClient Client = Server.MakeClient(Settings);
+
+		IoBuffer			 Body = MakePostBody();
+		HttpClient::Response Resp = Client.Post("/test", Body);
+		CHECK(!Resp.IsSuccess());
+		CHECK(Resp.Error.has_value());
+		StallActive.store(false);
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("POST: retry with large body after transient failure")
+	{
+		std::atomic<int> ConnCount{0};
+		FaultTcpServer	 Server([&ConnCount](asio::ip::tcp::socket& Socket) {
+			  int N = ConnCount.fetch_add(1);
+			  if (N < 2)
+			  {
+				  DrainHttpRequest(Socket);
+				  std::error_code Ec;
+				  Socket.set_option(asio::socket_base::linger(true, 0), Ec);
+				  Socket.close(Ec);
+			  }
+			  else
+			  {
+				  DrainFullHttpRequest(Socket);
+				  std::string	  Response = MakeRawHttpResponse(200, "upload-ok");
+				  std::error_code Ec;
+				  asio::write(Socket, asio::buffer(Response), Ec);
+			  }
+		  });
+
+		HttpClientSettings Settings;
+		Settings.RetryCount = 3;
+		HttpClient Client	= Server.MakeClient(Settings);
+
+		IoBuffer			 Body = MakePostBody();
+		HttpClient::Response Resp = Client.Post("/test", Body);
+		CHECK(Resp.IsSuccess());
+		CHECK_EQ(Resp.AsText(), "upload-ok");
+	}
+}
+
+void
+httpclient_test_forcelink()
+{
+}
+
+}  // namespace zen
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/zenhttp/include/zenhttp/httpclient.h b/src/zenhttp/include/zenhttp/httpclient.h
index 7a129a98c..336a3deee 100644
--- a/src/zenhttp/include/zenhttp/httpclient.h
+++ b/src/zenhttp/include/zenhttp/httpclient.h
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ struct LatencyTestResult
 
 LatencyTestResult MeasureLatency(HttpClient& Client, std::string_view Url);
 
-void httpclient_forcelink();  // internal
+void httpclient_forcelink();	   // internal
+void httpclient_test_forcelink();  // internal
 
 }  // namespace zen
diff --git a/src/zenhttp/zenhttp.cpp b/src/zenhttp/zenhttp.cpp
index 0b5408453..ad14ecb8d 100644
--- a/src/zenhttp/zenhttp.cpp
+++ b/src/zenhttp/zenhttp.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ zenhttp_forcelinktests()
 {
 	http_forcelink();
 	httpclient_forcelink();
+	httpclient_test_forcelink();
 	forcelink_packageformat();
 	passwordsecurity_forcelink();
 }
diff --git a/xmake.lua b/xmake.lua
index 3537c618d..d49743cb2 100644
--- a/xmake.lua
+++ b/xmake.lua
@@ -344,10 +344,10 @@ task("sln")
 
 task("test")
     set_menu {
-        usage = "xmake test --run=[core|store|server|integration|all]",
+        usage = "xmake test --run=[core|store|http|server|integration|all]",
         description = "Run Zen tests",
         options = {
-            {'r', "run", "kv", "all", "Run test(s)", " - all", " - core ", " - remotestore", " - store", " - server", " - integration"},
+            {'r', "run", "kv", "all", "Run test(s)", " - all", " - core ", " - remotestore", " - store", " - http", " - server", " - integration"},
             {'j', "junit", "k", nil, "Enable junit report output"}
         }
     }