From 6fcdfd437e78b5f36c7f1df5238224721e46718e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christian Grothoff <christian@grothoff.org>
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2026 11:03:00 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix bogus assertion

---
 src/microhttpd/connection.c | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/microhttpd/connection.c b/src/microhttpd/connection.c
index 235cac98..b92351ae 100644
--- a/src/microhttpd/connection.c
+++ b/src/microhttpd/connection.c
@@ -6405,7 +6405,11 @@ get_req_header (struct MHD_Connection *c,
     else
     {
       /* Not a whitespace, not the end of the header line */
-      mhd_assert ('\r' != chr);
+      /* A bare CR reaches this point when it is kept as an ordinary
+         character ('bare_cr_keep', MHD_OPTION_CLIENT_DISCIPLINE_LVL -3);
+         in every other mode it is either replaced with a space or
+         rejected before. */
+      mhd_assert (('\r' != chr) || bare_cr_keep);
       mhd_assert ('\n' != chr);
       mhd_assert ('\0' != chr);
       if ( (! c->rq.hdrs.hdr.name_end_found) &&