net/http/cgi: allow chunked body in request

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Description

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Research direction

Investigate the CGI handler in net/http/cgi to determine why chunked transfer encoding is rejected and trace the data corruption issue when using Content Type header with large payloads.

Tech stack

go

Domain

backend

Issue type

Bug

DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.

3

Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.

Half day

Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.

Stale

ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.

Clear

Prerequisites

GoHTTP

Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.

40