From fdbf322ca8c67f5bf41745732e3cca1de4374215 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: unkin-agent <unkin-agent@unkin.net>
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2026 01:10:07 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] Treat a clean EOF with unknown total as the whole asset

---
 internal/provider/syncretry.go      |  7 +++++--
 internal/provider/syncretry_test.go | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++------
 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/internal/provider/syncretry.go b/internal/provider/syncretry.go
index cec262e..1a2eb47 100644
--- a/internal/provider/syncretry.go
+++ b/internal/provider/syncretry.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func AssetStatusError(url string, resp *http.Response) error {
 
 // ReadPrefix reads up to n bytes of a 200 or 206 asset response. full reports
 // that the body is the whole object (per Content-Length or the Content-Range
-// total); a body ending before n bytes that is not the whole object is a
+// total, or a clean EOF before n when the total is unknown); a body ending before n bytes that is not the whole object is a
 // transient short read.
 func ReadPrefix(resp *http.Response, n int64) (body []byte, full bool, err error) {
 	body, err = io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(resp.Body, n))
@@ -70,15 +70,18 @@ func ReadPrefix(resp *http.Response, n int64) (body []byte, full bool, err error
 		return nil, false, err
 	}
 	total := resp.ContentLength
+	unknown := resp.StatusCode == http.StatusOK && total == -1
 	if resp.StatusCode == http.StatusPartialContent {
 		total = -1
 		if _, t, ok := strings.Cut(resp.Header.Get("Content-Range"), "/"); ok {
 			if v, perr := strconv.ParseInt(t, 10, 64); perr == nil {
 				total = v
 			}
+			unknown = t == "*"
 		}
 	}
-	full = total == int64(len(body))
+	// net/http errors on a premature close, so a clean EOF before n with an unknown total is the whole object.
+	full = total == int64(len(body)) || (unknown && int64(len(body)) < n)
 	if !full && int64(len(body)) < n {
 		return nil, false, fmt.Errorf("short read: got %d of %d bytes", len(body), n)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/provider/syncretry_test.go b/internal/provider/syncretry_test.go
index 4feab63..906b9e3 100644
--- a/internal/provider/syncretry_test.go
+++ b/internal/provider/syncretry_test.go
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
 	"strconv"
-	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -88,18 +88,37 @@ func TestReadPrefix(t *testing.T) {
 		wantErr  bool
 	}{
 		{name: "200 whole object", status: 200, cl: 5, body: "hello", n: 32, wantFull: true},
-		{name: "200 larger than n", status: 200, cl: 100, body: "hello", n: 4},
-		{name: "200 unknown length short", status: 200, cl: -1, body: "hello", n: 32, wantErr: true},
+		{name: "200 larger than n", status: 200, cl: 5, body: "hello", n: 4},
+		{name: "200 chunked shorter than n", status: 200, cl: -1, body: "hello", n: 32, wantFull: true},
+		{name: "200 chunked larger than n", status: 200, cl: -1, body: "hello", n: 4},
 		{name: "206 whole object", status: 206, crange: "bytes 0-4/5", body: "hello", n: 32, wantFull: true},
 		{name: "206 prefix", status: 206, crange: "bytes 0-3/100", body: "hell", n: 4},
 		{name: "206 short read", status: 206, crange: "bytes 0-31/100", body: "hello", n: 32, wantErr: true},
 		{name: "206 no content-range short", status: 206, body: "hello", n: 32, wantErr: true},
+		{name: "206 unknown total shorter than n", status: 206, cl: -1, crange: "bytes 0-4/*", body: "hello", n: 32, wantFull: true},
+		{name: "206 unknown total prefix", status: 206, cl: -1, crange: "bytes 0-3/*", body: "hell", n: 4},
 	}
 	for _, tc := range cases {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			resp := &http.Response{StatusCode: tc.status, ContentLength: tc.cl, Header: http.Header{}, Body: io.NopCloser(strings.NewReader(tc.body))}
-			if tc.crange != "" {
-				resp.Header.Set("Content-Range", tc.crange)
+			srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
+				if tc.cl > 0 {
+					w.Header().Set("Content-Length", strconv.FormatInt(tc.cl, 10))
+				}
+				if tc.crange != "" {
+					w.Header().Set("Content-Range", tc.crange)
+				}
+				w.WriteHeader(tc.status)
+				_, _ = io.WriteString(w, tc.body)
+				w.(http.Flusher).Flush()
+			}))
+			defer srv.Close()
+			resp, err := http.Get(srv.URL)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			defer resp.Body.Close()
+			if tc.cl == -1 && resp.ContentLength != -1 {
+				t.Fatalf("response not chunked: ContentLength=%d", resp.ContentLength)
 			}
 			body, full, err := ReadPrefix(resp, tc.n)
 			if (err != nil) != tc.wantErr {