diff --git a/supabase/functions/_shared/bounded-body.test.ts b/supabase/functions/_shared/bounded-body.test.ts
index 2fd69120c..ba5574d61 100644
--- a/supabase/functions/_shared/bounded-body.test.ts
+++ b/supabase/functions/_shared/bounded-body.test.ts
@@ -24,3 +24,38 @@ Deno.test("readBoundedBody counts bytes received, not the declared Content-Lengt
   await assertRejects(() => readBoundedBody(streamOf(8000, { "content-length": "10" }), 4096), BodyTooLargeError);
   await assertRejects(() => readBoundedBody(new Response("tiny", { headers: { "content-length": "4097" } }), 4096), BodyTooLargeError);
 });
+
+// The hosted runtime holds a response until the request body has been read, so
+// an oversized request must be drained, while an upstream response is cancelled.
+function trackedStream(bytes: number) {
+  const state = { sent: 0, cancelled: false };
+  const body = new ReadableStream<Uint8Array>({
+    pull(controller) {
+      if (state.sent >= bytes) return controller.close();
+      const size = Math.min(1000, bytes - state.sent);
+      state.sent += size;
+      controller.enqueue(new Uint8Array(size).fill(0x61));
+    },
+    cancel() {
+      state.cancelled = true;
+    },
+  });
+  return { body, state };
+}
+
+Deno.test("readBoundedBody reads an oversized request to the end before refusing it", async () => {
+  for (const contentLength of [undefined, "20000"]) {
+    const { body, state } = trackedStream(20_000);
+    const headers: HeadersInit = contentLength ? { "content-length": contentLength } : {};
+    const request = new Request("http://127.0.0.1/", { method: "POST", body, headers, duplex: "half" } as RequestInit);
+    await assertRejects(() => readBoundedBody(request, 4096), BodyTooLargeError);
+    assertEquals(state, { sent: 20_000, cancelled: false }, `content-length ${contentLength}`);
+  }
+});
+
+Deno.test("readBoundedBody cancels an oversized upstream response instead of reading it", async () => {
+  const { body, state } = trackedStream(20_000);
+  await assertRejects(() => readBoundedBody(new Response(body), 4096), BodyTooLargeError);
+  assertEquals(state.cancelled, true);
+  if (state.sent >= 20_000) throw new Error("the whole response was read");
+});
diff --git a/supabase/functions/_shared/bounded-body.ts b/supabase/functions/_shared/bounded-body.ts
index 3ab787567..49dfcc7bb 100644
--- a/supabase/functions/_shared/bounded-body.ts
+++ b/supabase/functions/_shared/bounded-body.ts
@@ -19,22 +19,53 @@ export function untilAborted<T>(promise: Promise<T>, signal?: AbortSignal): Prom
   });
 }
 
+// The hosted Edge runtime does not deliver a response until the function has
+// read the request body. An oversized request is therefore read to the end and
+// discarded, for at most this long, before the caller answers 413. An upstream
+// response is cancelled instead.
+const REQUEST_DRAIN_MS = 10_000;
+
+async function discardRest(reader: ReadableStreamDefaultReader<Uint8Array>, signal?: AbortSignal) {
+  const limit = AbortSignal.timeout(REQUEST_DRAIN_MS);
+  const until = signal ? AbortSignal.any([signal, limit]) : limit;
+  try {
+    while (!(await untilAborted(reader.read(), until)).done) {
+      // Discard.
+    }
+  } catch {
+    // Out of time or the sender went away; answer anyway.
+  }
+}
+
+/** Reads and drops a request body the caller is refusing, so the refusal reaches the client. */
+export async function discardRequestBody(req: Request, signal?: AbortSignal): Promise<void> {
+  if (!req.body || req.bodyUsed) return;
+  const reader = req.body.getReader();
+  try {
+    await discardRest(reader, signal);
+  } finally {
+    reader.cancel().catch(() => undefined);
+  }
+}
+
 export async function readBoundedBody(
   source: Request | Response,
   maxBytes: number,
   signal?: AbortSignal,
 ): Promise<string> {
+  const isRequest = source instanceof Request;
   const declaredLength = Number(source.headers.get("content-length"));
-  if (Number.isFinite(declaredLength) && declaredLength > maxBytes) {
-    await source.body?.cancel().catch(() => undefined);
-    throw new BodyTooLargeError(maxBytes);
+  const declaredTooLarge = Number.isFinite(declaredLength) && declaredLength > maxBytes;
+  if (!source.body) {
+    if (declaredTooLarge) throw new BodyTooLargeError(maxBytes);
+    return "";
   }
-  if (!source.body) return "";
   const reader = source.body.getReader();
   const decoder = new TextDecoder();
   let received = 0;
   let text = "";
   try {
+    if (declaredTooLarge) throw new BodyTooLargeError(maxBytes);
     while (true) {
       // A pending read is not guaranteed to reject when the fetch signal
       // aborts, so race each read against the signal directly.
@@ -45,6 +76,9 @@ export async function readBoundedBody(
       text += decoder.decode(value, { stream: true });
     }
     return text + decoder.decode();
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (isRequest && error instanceof BodyTooLargeError) await discardRest(reader, signal);
+    throw error;
   } finally {
     reader.cancel().catch(() => undefined);
   }
diff --git a/supabase/functions/import-source/index.ts b/supabase/functions/import-source/index.ts
index d4996834b..c15370773 100644
--- a/supabase/functions/import-source/index.ts
+++ b/supabase/functions/import-source/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { createClient, type User } from "https://esm.sh/@supabase/supabase-js@2";
 import { isPrivateIpv4, isPrivateIpv6, validatePublicHttpUrl, validateResolvedPublicHost } from "./url-validation.ts";
 import { readBoundedText } from "./resource-limits.ts";
-import { BodyTooLargeError, readBoundedBody, untilAborted } from "../_shared/bounded-body.ts";
+import { BodyTooLargeError, discardRequestBody, readBoundedBody, untilAborted } from "../_shared/bounded-body.ts";
 import { HttpError, jsonError, requireUser } from "../_shared/auth.ts";
 import { getCorsHeaders } from "../_shared/cors.ts";
 
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ export async function handleRequest(req: Request): Promise<Response> {
   } catch (error) {
     if (!(error instanceof HttpError)) throw error;
     console.warn("[IMPORT_SOURCE] Authentication rejected:", error.message);
+    await discardRequestBody(req);
     return jsonError(error, corsHeaders);
   }
 
diff --git a/supabase/functions/share/index.ts b/supabase/functions/share/index.ts
index 7de934906..e179a790c 100644
--- a/supabase/functions/share/index.ts
+++ b/supabase/functions/share/index.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import { createClient } from "https://esm.sh/@supabase/supabase-js@2";
 import { HttpError, jsonError, requireUser } from "../_shared/auth.ts";
 import { PUBLIC_WEB_APP_ORIGIN, getCorsHeaders } from "../_shared/cors.ts";
-import { BodyTooLargeError, readBoundedBody } from "../_shared/bounded-body.ts";
+import { BodyTooLargeError, discardRequestBody, readBoundedBody } from "../_shared/bounded-body.ts";
 
 // Shared items are saved text, so 512 KB of JSON leaves room for long cases and
 // chats while keeping one request from filling the table.
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ export async function handleRequest(req: Request): Promise<Response> {
     } catch (error) {
         if (!(error instanceof HttpError)) throw error;
         console.warn("[SHARE] Authentication rejected:", error.message);
+        await discardRequestBody(req);
         return jsonError(error, corsHeaders);
     }