content-length header dropped on HTTP/3 requests

[alukach]

What versions & operating system are you using?

  System:
    OS: macOS 26.5
    CPU: (11) arm64 Apple M3 Pro
    Memory: 115.63 MB / 18.00 GB
    Shell: 5.9 - /bin/zsh
  Binaries:
    Node: 20.19.1 - /Users/alukach/.nvm/versions/node/v20.19.1/bin/node
    npm: 10.8.2 - /Users/alukach/.nvm/versions/node/v20.19.1/bin/npm
    pnpm: 8.15.5 - /Users/alukach/.nvm/versions/node/v20.19.1/bin/pnpm
  npmPackages:
    @cloudflare/workers-types: ^4.20250601.0 => 4.20260606.1
    wrangler: ^4.20.0 => 4.86.0

Please provide a link to a minimal reproduction

https://github.com/alukach/cf-workers-head-content-length-bug

Describe the Bug

When a HEAD request is sent over HTTP/3, the response comes back missing a content-length header. The header is present for the same request/server over HTTP/2 or HTTP1.

The worker logic is very simple:

const BODY = "Hello from a Cloudflare Worker.\n";
const CONTENT_LENGTH = String(new TextEncoder().encode(BODY).byteLength);

export default {
  async fetch(request: Request): Promise<Response> {
    const headers = {
      "content-type": "text/plain; charset=utf-8",
      "content-length": CONTENT_LENGTH,
    };

    // HEAD carries no body but still advertises the size.
    if (request.method === "HEAD") {
      return new Response(null, { headers });
    }

    return new Response(BODY, { headers });
  },
};

(copy/paste from https://community.cloudflare.com/t/content-length-header-missing-on-http-3-head-requests/932208)

Please provide any relevant error logs

# content-length present on HTTP/2 requests
▶ docker run --rm --platform linux/amd64 ymuski/curl-http3 \
    curl --http2 -sI https://cf-missing-content-length.alukach.workers.dev
HTTP/2 200
date: Sat, 06 Jun 2026 20:38:48 GMT
content-type: application/octet-stream
content-length: 4873129725
cf-ray: a07a390a8a245c9d-YVR
cf-cache-status: DYNAMIC
accept-ranges: bytes
etag: "96aef95a001f80149b0d5a8eb7e77932-581"
last-modified: Wed, 04 Dec 2024 22:00:18 GMT
server: cloudflare
x-amz-id-2: lXOphchlNx386l8+V1wOCipadOjDWQ1/0xQbqwf1yidbsJmknXVL7G1qpOA4eTwFayuGRdXxcL0=
x-amz-request-id: PDP4HFSRYF3RP219
x-amz-server-side-encryption: AES256
x-amz-version-id: Kh_uXM_g91CtDHmqwiWhvZfKhiCQQu6u
report-to: {"group":"cf-nel","max_age":604800,"endpoints":[{"url":"https://a.nel.cloudflare.com/report/v4?s=1I3CWAL%2Fyi8U70%2Fyhn%2BvSpNvqhkuSSEbDKK8bzUR3lasA2%2FFBHaCL6mh77Jnj6vol0sUaYRlb1m0yS%2FtRei8Sog7fm73ZB6uQLsA0lSB%2FAKoiaWOYAhl4XoGLWXlPLUqRF1iQlAodOGtpFVXTd67HKMa9d6V1s1KnZAbPQ%3D%3D"}]}
nel: {"report_to":"cf-nel","success_fraction":0.0,"max_age":604800}
alt-svc: h3=":443"; ma=86400

# content-length missing on HTTP/3 requests
▶ docker run --rm --platform linux/amd64 ymuski/curl-http3 \
    curl --http3 -sI https://cf-missing-content-length.alukach.workers.dev
HTTP/3 200
nel: {"report_to":"cf-nel","success_fraction":0.0,"max_age":604800}
report-to: {"group":"cf-nel","max_age":604800,"endpoints":[{"url":"https://a.nel.cloudflare.com/report/v4?s=ba0e3PqQNnKl5ajNVFNcPHUzqp8aAA2XItRCTS9KFiBrdTYPnuPrYpWjijsDTjPvKWufM4Gz8Koje%2Birkkzm9ypKxnsP9G5YfhAVcaPWimUoJj4jkKxbd1jgB8hq1Ue4%2FW0ul5WWKU9%2B5BQuWYhU9ku1Zhzprb22Vrtjog%3D%3D"}]}
date: Sat, 06 Jun 2026 20:38:56 GMT
content-type: application/octet-stream
priority: u=3,i=?0
cf-ray: a07a39382bf25c9d-YVR
cf-cache-status: DYNAMIC
accept-ranges: bytes
etag: "96aef95a001f80149b0d5a8eb7e77932-581"
last-modified: Wed, 04 Dec 2024 22:00:18 GMT
server: cloudflare
x-amz-id-2: rWw37E7d3fWg4sa8x7iYu6wzEO/WNnHf3CpYtXk9aKcPf+4tyP13wturActexQrczrIrxTQaMhw=
x-amz-request-id: 6ZM87ZC2SXT58AMJ
x-amz-server-side-encryption: AES256
x-amz-version-id: Kh_uXM_g91CtDHmqwiWhvZfKhiCQQu6u
alt-svc: h3=":443"; ma=86400
server-timing: cfExtPri