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• add http_server.http1_max_header_size to the shared HTTP listener settings table
  (default 32KiB, binary units, 0 selects default)
• add HTTP/1 request header limits subsection: what the limit counts, early rejection
  conditions, 413 when buffer_max_size is reached first, HTTP/2 scope, invalid values and
  fractional truncation
• documents http_server: mitigate fragmented HTTP/1 header reparsing with configurable limits fluent-bit#12718

Signed-off-by: Eric D. Schabell eric@schabell.org

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The shared HTTP listener documentation adds http_server.http1_max_header_size and describes its default, accepted values, version availability, and HTTP/1 request handling outcomes.

Changes: HTTP/1 header limit

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Document the header limit and parsing behavior administration/configuring-fluent-bit/yaml/pipeline-section.md	The shared settings document the 32KiB default, binary size suffixes, and the http_server.buffer_max_size cap. The documentation also describes HTTP/1 rejection conditions, connection outcomes, supported protocols, and startup validation. It clarifies legacy aliases and shared-listener backpressure.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~3 minutes

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Merge Risk: Minimal · up to bc557

This documentation-only change adds the HTTP/1 header size setting and describes its limits and behavior. No actionable merge-blocking issue remains.

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@administration/configuring-fluent-bit/yaml/pipeline-section.md:
- Line 172: Update the `http_server.http1_max_header_size` documentation to
state the first Fluent Bit release that includes and enforces this setting, and
clarify that earlier releases do not enforce the 32 KiB default.
- Line 183: Move the shared-listener paragraphs about the legacy alias and
backpressure retry requirement before the “HTTP/1 request header limits”
heading, keeping them outside the HTTP/1 subsection so they apply to both HTTP/1
and HTTP/2 operators.

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