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HPE_UNEXPECTED_CONTENT_LENGTH

Server is sending both a Content-Length header and Transfer-Encoding: chunked. Transfer-Encoding: chunked allows the server to maintain an HTTP persistent connection for dynamically generated content.

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The error message

Node.js documentation lists the code HPE_UNEXPECTED_CONTENT_LENGTH without the printed message text.

Details

Category
Node.js error codes
Severity
error
Runtime
node

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Source: Node.js documentation. Data fetched 2026-09-25T01:43:12.380Z.