[GH-ISSUE #4680] [bug]: Excessive RAM Usage When Fetching Large Files Over HTTPS #1742

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opened 2026-03-16 21:35:00 +03:00 by kerem · 0 comments

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2026-03-16 21:35:00 +03:00

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Originally created by @exefer on GitHub (Jan 18, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/hoppscotch/hoppscotch/issues/4680

Is there an existing issue for this?

I have searched the existing issues

Current behavior

Using the desktop app on Windows, when I attempted to fetch a 500MB RAR archive over HTTPS, my system's RAM usage spiked dramatically in 5 seconds. It went from 5GB (total system usage) to 31GB, which is nearly the maximum capacity of my system (31.7GB).

I was not trying to download the file or anything, I was expecting to get something like the Content-Length and Content-Type headers

Edit: Also the response never completed and after a bit the app whited out

Steps to reproduce

Open the hoppscotch desktop client
Initiate a GET request to any large file
Monitor system resources

Environment

Production

Version

Local

Originally created by @exefer on GitHub (Jan 18, 2025). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/hoppscotch/hoppscotch/issues/4680 ### Is there an existing issue for this? - [x] I have searched the existing issues ### Current behavior Using the desktop app on Windows, when I attempted to fetch a 500MB RAR archive over HTTPS, my system's RAM usage spiked dramatically in 5 seconds. It went from 5GB (total system usage) to 31GB, which is nearly the maximum capacity of my system (31.7GB). I was not trying to download the file or anything, I was expecting to get something like the Content-Length and Content-Type headers Edit: Also the response never completed and after a bit the app whited out ![Image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a1f0c56f-a882-49a0-858d-da94bff57b08) ### Steps to reproduce - Open the hoppscotch desktop client - Initiate a GET request to any large file - Monitor system resources ### Environment Production ### Version Local