diff --git a/docs/ingester.md b/docs/ingester.md
index 891f0667..1aa187ae 100644
--- a/docs/ingester.md
+++ b/docs/ingester.md
@@ -155,6 +155,24 @@ Bearer-token auth can replace HTTP Basic via the standard `headers` map:
         Authorization: Bearer ${KDRIVE_TOKEN}
 ```
 
+### File size limits
+
+Any source can set `max_file_size` (bytes) to reject oversized files
+before they are read into memory. Files exceeding the limit go
+straight to the DLQ without retrying.
+
+```yaml
+    - type: fs
+      root: /data/docs
+      max_file_size: 104857600        # 100 MB
+```
+
+FS and S3 sources know the size before downloading (`stat`, object
+metadata), so the limit is always enforced. For HTTP and WebDAV the check
+relies on a `Content-Length` response header; a server that omits it (for
+example a chunked response) is fetched in full and the limit does not
+apply.
+
 ## Workers and retry
 
 ```yaml
diff --git a/haiku_rag_slim/haiku/rag/config/models.py b/haiku_rag_slim/haiku/rag/config/models.py
index b6102143..b4ed9010 100644
--- a/haiku_rag_slim/haiku/rag/config/models.py
+++ b/haiku_rag_slim/haiku/rag/config/models.py
@@ -356,6 +356,11 @@ class _SourceBase(BaseModel):
         "this source. None = inherit from WorkerConfig.retry.",
     )
     circuit_breaker: CircuitBreakerConfig = Field(default_factory=CircuitBreakerConfig)
+    max_file_size: int | None = Field(
+        default=None,
+        description="Maximum file size in bytes to fetch. Files larger than "
+        "this are rejected with a PermanentError. None = no limit.",
+    )
 
 
 class FSSourceConfig(_SourceBase):
diff --git a/haiku_rag_slim/haiku/rag/ingester/pollers/factory.py b/haiku_rag_slim/haiku/rag/ingester/pollers/factory.py
index 91984a9d..09a9e721 100644
--- a/haiku_rag_slim/haiku/rag/ingester/pollers/factory.py
+++ b/haiku_rag_slim/haiku/rag/ingester/pollers/factory.py
@@ -32,9 +32,15 @@ def build_source(
             include_patterns=cfg.include_patterns or None,
             supported_extensions=supported_extensions,
             source_id=cfg.id,
+            max_file_size=cfg.max_file_size,
         )
     if isinstance(cfg, HTTPSourceConfig):
-        return HTTPSource(source_id=cfg.id, urls=cfg.urls, headers=cfg.headers)
+        return HTTPSource(
+            source_id=cfg.id,
+            urls=cfg.urls,
+            headers=cfg.headers,
+            max_file_size=cfg.max_file_size,
+        )
     if isinstance(cfg, S3SourceConfig):
         return S3Source(
             uri=cfg.uri,
@@ -43,6 +49,7 @@ def build_source(
             include_patterns=cfg.include_patterns or None,
             supported_extensions=supported_extensions,
             source_id=cfg.id,
+            max_file_size=cfg.max_file_size,
         )
     if isinstance(cfg, WebDAVSourceConfig):
         return WebDAVSource(
@@ -54,6 +61,7 @@ def build_source(
             ignore_patterns=cfg.ignore_patterns or None,
             include_patterns=cfg.include_patterns or None,
             supported_extensions=supported_extensions,
+            max_file_size=cfg.max_file_size,
         )
     raise TypeError(  # pragma: no cover - discriminator union exhausts all cases
         f"Unsupported source config: {type(cfg).__name__}"
diff --git a/haiku_rag_slim/haiku/rag/ingester/sources/base.py b/haiku_rag_slim/haiku/rag/ingester/sources/base.py
index c282ece9..5c0b6a23 100644
--- a/haiku_rag_slim/haiku/rag/ingester/sources/base.py
+++ b/haiku_rag_slim/haiku/rag/ingester/sources/base.py
@@ -47,6 +47,18 @@ class FetchResult(BaseModel):
     disk_path: Path | None = None
 
 
+class FileTooLargeError(Exception):
+    """Raised when a file exceeds the configured max_file_size."""
+
+
+def check_file_size(size: int, max_file_size: int | None, uri: str) -> None:
+    """Raise FileTooLargeError if size exceeds the limit."""
+    if max_file_size is not None and size > max_file_size:
+        raise FileTooLargeError(
+            f"{uri}: file size {size} bytes exceeds limit of {max_file_size} bytes"
+        )
+
+
 @runtime_checkable
 class Source(Protocol):
     source_id: str
diff --git a/haiku_rag_slim/haiku/rag/ingester/sources/fs.py b/haiku_rag_slim/haiku/rag/ingester/sources/fs.py
index a76f17bc..1cf6a6c4 100644
--- a/haiku_rag_slim/haiku/rag/ingester/sources/fs.py
+++ b/haiku_rag_slim/haiku/rag/ingester/sources/fs.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from haiku.rag.ingester.sources.base import (
     RevisionSnapshot,
     SourceEvent,
     SourceEventKind,
+    check_file_size,
 )
 from haiku.rag.ingester.sources.filter import (
     FileFilter,
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ class FSSource:
         include_patterns: list[str] | None = None,
         supported_extensions: list[str] | None = None,
         source_id: str | None = None,
+        max_file_size: int | None = None,
     ) -> None:
         # Resolve so symlinks and relative paths collapse to one canonical
         # root. The queue uses source_id as a foreign key — two paths for
@@ -52,6 +54,7 @@ class FSSource:
             include_patterns=include_patterns,
             supported_extensions=self.supported_extensions,
         )
+        self._max_file_size = max_file_size
 
     def _resolve_within_root(self, uri: str) -> Path | None:
         """Resolve a URI to a real path guaranteed to live under ``self.root``.
@@ -88,6 +91,7 @@ class FSSource:
         path = self._resolve_within_root(uri)
         if path is None:
             raise UnsupportedSourceError(f"Path escapes FS root ({self.root}): {uri}")
+        check_file_size(path.stat().st_size, self._max_file_size, uri)
         body = path.read_bytes()
         content_type, _ = mimetypes.guess_type(path.name)
         if content_type is None:
diff --git a/haiku_rag_slim/haiku/rag/ingester/sources/http.py b/haiku_rag_slim/haiku/rag/ingester/sources/http.py
index 5ac20713..a54ce811 100644
--- a/haiku_rag_slim/haiku/rag/ingester/sources/http.py
+++ b/haiku_rag_slim/haiku/rag/ingester/sources/http.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from haiku.rag.ingester.sources.base import (
     RevisionSnapshot,
     SourceEvent,
     SourceEventKind,
+    check_file_size,
 )
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -38,11 +39,13 @@ class HTTPSource:
         urls: list[str] | None = None,
         headers: dict[str, str] | None = None,
         transport: httpx.AsyncBaseTransport | None = None,
+        max_file_size: int | None = None,
     ) -> None:
         self.source_id = source_id
         self.urls = list(urls or [])
         self.headers = dict(headers or {})
         self._http = httpx.AsyncClient(headers=self.headers, transport=transport)
+        self._max_file_size = max_file_size
 
     def supports(self, uri: str) -> bool:
         return urlparse(uri).scheme in ("http", "https")
@@ -62,6 +65,11 @@ class HTTPSource:
         return revision
 
     async def fetch(self, uri: str) -> FetchResult:
+        if self._max_file_size is not None:
+            head = await self._http.head(uri)
+            content_length = head.headers.get("content-length")
+            if content_length is not None:
+                check_file_size(int(content_length), self._max_file_size, uri)
         response = await self._http.get(uri)
         response.raise_for_status()
         body = response.content
diff --git a/haiku_rag_slim/haiku/rag/ingester/sources/s3.py b/haiku_rag_slim/haiku/rag/ingester/sources/s3.py
index 418dd62d..fc44474f 100644
--- a/haiku_rag_slim/haiku/rag/ingester/sources/s3.py
+++ b/haiku_rag_slim/haiku/rag/ingester/sources/s3.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from haiku.rag.ingester.sources.base import (
     RevisionSnapshot,
     SourceEvent,
     SourceEventKind,
+    check_file_size,
 )
 from haiku.rag.ingester.sources.filter import (
     FileFilter,
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ class S3Source:
         include_patterns: list[str] | None = None,
         supported_extensions: list[str] | None = None,
         source_id: str | None = None,
+        max_file_size: int | None = None,
     ) -> None:
         self.bucket, self.prefix = _parse_s3_uri(uri)
         # uri_prefix is the canonical "everything I own" — used by supports()
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ class S3Source:
             include_patterns=include_patterns,
             supported_extensions=self.supported_extensions,
         )
+        self._max_file_size = max_file_size
 
     def supports(self, uri: str) -> bool:
         return uri.startswith(self.uri_prefix)
@@ -86,6 +89,9 @@ class S3Source:
 
         head = await obstore.head_async(store, key)
         etag = (head.get("e_tag") or "").strip('"').strip() or None
+        size = head.get("size") or head.get("content_length")
+        if size is not None:
+            check_file_size(int(size), self._max_file_size, uri)
 
         resp = await obstore.get_async(store, key)
         body = await resp.bytes_async()
diff --git a/haiku_rag_slim/haiku/rag/ingester/sources/webdav.py b/haiku_rag_slim/haiku/rag/ingester/sources/webdav.py
index 1b9bd27e..18282b76 100644
--- a/haiku_rag_slim/haiku/rag/ingester/sources/webdav.py
+++ b/haiku_rag_slim/haiku/rag/ingester/sources/webdav.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from haiku.rag.ingester.sources.base import (
     RevisionSnapshot,
     SourceEvent,
     SourceEventKind,
+    check_file_size,
 )
 from haiku.rag.ingester.sources.filter import (
     FileFilter,
@@ -170,6 +171,7 @@ class WebDAVSource:
         include_patterns: list[str] | None = None,
         supported_extensions: list[str] | None = None,
         transport: httpx.AsyncBaseTransport | None = None,
+        max_file_size: int | None = None,
     ) -> None:
         self.source_id = source_id
         # Trailing slash matters: urljoin treats path-without-slash as a sibling
@@ -189,6 +191,7 @@ class WebDAVSource:
             supported_extensions=self.supported_extensions,
         )
         # transport is for testing — production callers leave it None.
+        self._max_file_size = max_file_size
         auth = (
             (self.username, self.password)
             if self.username is not None and self.password is not None
@@ -219,6 +222,11 @@ class WebDAVSource:
         return entries[0].revision
 
     async def fetch(self, uri: str) -> FetchResult:
+        if self._max_file_size is not None:
+            head = await self._http.head(uri)
+            content_length = head.headers.get("content-length")
+            if content_length is not None:
+                check_file_size(int(content_length), self._max_file_size, uri)
         response = await self._http.get(uri)
         response.raise_for_status()
         body = response.content
diff --git a/haiku_rag_slim/haiku/rag/ingester/workers/pipeline.py b/haiku_rag_slim/haiku/rag/ingester/workers/pipeline.py
index 08acc2c5..105bc417 100644
--- a/haiku_rag_slim/haiku/rag/ingester/workers/pipeline.py
+++ b/haiku_rag_slim/haiku/rag/ingester/workers/pipeline.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from pydantic import BaseModel
 from haiku.rag.client.exceptions import UnsupportedSourceError
 from haiku.rag.ingester.exceptions import PermanentError, TransientError
 from haiku.rag.ingester.queue.models import Job, JobOp
+from haiku.rag.ingester.sources.base import FileTooLargeError
 from haiku.rag.telemetry import attach_context, logfire
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ def _classify(exc: BaseException) -> Exception:
     # UnsupportedSourceError is the typed signal from client/* that the
     # source will never ingest successfully on a retry (bad URI scheme,
     # missing file, unsupported extension, etc.).
-    if isinstance(exc, UnsupportedSourceError):
+    if isinstance(exc, UnsupportedSourceError | FileTooLargeError):
         return PermanentError(str(exc))
 
     if isinstance(exc, ValueError):
diff --git a/tests/ingester/test_fs_source.py b/tests/ingester/test_fs_source.py
index f5e088cf..10f57829 100644
--- a/tests/ingester/test_fs_source.py
+++ b/tests/ingester/test_fs_source.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 import pytest
 
 from haiku.rag.client.exceptions import UnsupportedSourceError
-from haiku.rag.ingester.sources.base import SourceEventKind
+from haiku.rag.ingester.sources.base import FileTooLargeError, SourceEventKind
 from haiku.rag.ingester.sources.fs import FSSource
 
 
@@ -279,3 +279,24 @@ async def test_fs_source_discover_skips_symlinked_directories(
     uris = {e.uri async for e in src.discover(since=None)}
     # No URI under /escape/* should appear.
     assert not any("escape" in u for u in uris)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_fs_source_fetch_rejects_file_exceeding_max_size(fs_root: Path):
+    src = FSSource(root=fs_root, max_file_size=3)
+    with pytest.raises(FileTooLargeError):
+        await src.fetch((fs_root / "a.md").as_uri())  # "alpha" = 5 bytes
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_fs_source_fetch_allows_file_within_max_size(fs_root: Path):
+    src = FSSource(root=fs_root, max_file_size=100)
+    result = await src.fetch((fs_root / "a.md").as_uri())
+    assert result.body == b"alpha"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_fs_source_fetch_no_limit_when_max_size_is_none(fs_root: Path):
+    src = FSSource(root=fs_root, max_file_size=None)
+    result = await src.fetch((fs_root / "a.md").as_uri())
+    assert result.body == b"alpha"
diff --git a/tests/ingester/test_http_source.py b/tests/ingester/test_http_source.py
index a45f8a58..08915e5e 100644
--- a/tests/ingester/test_http_source.py
+++ b/tests/ingester/test_http_source.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import hashlib
 import httpx
 import pytest
 
-from haiku.rag.ingester.sources.base import SourceEventKind
+from haiku.rag.ingester.sources.base import FileTooLargeError, SourceEventKind
 from haiku.rag.ingester.sources.http import HTTPSource
 
 
@@ -348,18 +348,11 @@ async def test_discover_propagates_non_transport_errors():
 async def test_discover_emits_unchanged_for_known_url_without_revision():
     """A server that returns no ETag or Last-Modified should not cause
     re-ingestion every sweep once the URL has been ingested."""
-    transport = _transport(
-        {("HEAD", "https://example.com/a.md"): httpx.Response(200)}
-    )
+    transport = _transport({("HEAD", "https://example.com/a.md"): httpx.Response(200)})
     src = HTTPSource(
         source_id="x", urls=["https://example.com/a.md"], transport=transport
     )
-    events = [
-        e
-        async for e in src.discover(
-            known_uris={"https://example.com/a.md"}
-        )
-    ]
+    events = [e async for e in src.discover(known_uris={"https://example.com/a.md"})]
     assert len(events) == 1
     assert events[0].kind is SourceEventKind.UNCHANGED
     assert events[0].revision is None
@@ -377,3 +370,55 @@ async def test_discover_emits_upsert_for_unknown_url_without_revision():
     events = [e async for e in src.discover()]
     assert len(events) == 1
     assert events[0].kind is SourceEventKind.UPSERT
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_fetch_rejects_file_exceeding_max_size():
+    transport = _transport(
+        {
+            ("HEAD", "https://example.com/big.bin"): httpx.Response(
+                200, headers={"content-length": "5000"}
+            ),
+        }
+    )
+    src = HTTPSource(source_id="default", transport=transport, max_file_size=1000)
+    with pytest.raises(FileTooLargeError):
+        await src.fetch("https://example.com/big.bin")
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_fetch_allows_file_within_max_size():
+    body = b"small"
+    transport = _transport(
+        {
+            ("HEAD", "https://example.com/a.md"): httpx.Response(
+                200, headers={"content-length": str(len(body))}
+            ),
+            ("GET", "https://example.com/a.md"): httpx.Response(
+                200, content=body, headers={"content-type": "text/markdown"}
+            ),
+        }
+    )
+    src = HTTPSource(source_id="default", transport=transport, max_file_size=1000)
+    result = await src.fetch("https://example.com/a.md")
+    assert result.body == body
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_fetch_skips_head_when_no_max_size():
+    """When max_file_size is None, no HEAD request is made."""
+    calls = []
+
+    def handler(request: httpx.Request) -> httpx.Response:
+        calls.append(request.method)
+        if request.method == "GET":
+            return httpx.Response(200, content=b"ok")
+        return httpx.Response(200)
+
+    src = HTTPSource(
+        source_id="default",
+        transport=httpx.MockTransport(handler),
+        max_file_size=None,
+    )
+    await src.fetch("https://example.com/a.md")
+    assert calls == ["GET"]
diff --git a/tests/ingester/test_pipeline.py b/tests/ingester/test_pipeline.py
index de17829a..59110d71 100644
--- a/tests/ingester/test_pipeline.py
+++ b/tests/ingester/test_pipeline.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import pytest
 from haiku.rag.client import HaikuRAG
 from haiku.rag.ingester.exceptions import PermanentError, TransientError
 from haiku.rag.ingester.queue.models import Job, JobOp, JobStatus
+from haiku.rag.ingester.sources.base import FileTooLargeError
 from haiku.rag.ingester.workers.pipeline import run_job
 from haiku.rag.store.models.document import Document
 
@@ -289,3 +290,11 @@ async def test_directory_errors_classified_as_permanent(exc_class):
     client.create_document_from_source.side_effect = exc_class("not a file")
     with pytest.raises(PermanentError, match="path error"):
         await run_job(client, _job())
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_file_too_large_classified_as_permanent():
+    client = _mock_client()
+    client.create_document_from_source.side_effect = FileTooLargeError("too big")
+    with pytest.raises(PermanentError, match="too big"):
+        await run_job(client, _job())
diff --git a/tests/ingester/test_pollers.py b/tests/ingester/test_pollers.py
index 06ed0ba0..de766731 100644
--- a/tests/ingester/test_pollers.py
+++ b/tests/ingester/test_pollers.py
@@ -118,7 +118,9 @@ def _periodic(source, config, jobs, sync, **kwargs):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_stagger_start_sleeps_fraction_of_interval(jobs, sync, fs_config, monkeypatch):
+async def test_stagger_start_sleeps_fraction_of_interval(
+    jobs, sync, fs_config, monkeypatch
+):
     """_stagger_start should sleep for a random fraction of poll_interval_s
     and return False (not stopped)."""
     monkeypatch.setattr("random.uniform", lambda a, b: b)  # max jitter
@@ -130,7 +132,9 @@ async def test_stagger_start_sleeps_fraction_of_interval(jobs, sync, fs_config,
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_stagger_start_returns_true_when_stopped(jobs, sync, fs_config, monkeypatch):
+async def test_stagger_start_returns_true_when_stopped(
+    jobs, sync, fs_config, monkeypatch
+):
     """If _stop is set before the jitter elapses, _stagger_start returns True."""
     monkeypatch.setattr("random.uniform", lambda a, b: 10.0)  # long jitter
     source = _StubSource("src", [])
@@ -511,7 +515,9 @@ async def test_watch_deleted_then_added_enqueues_upsert(tmp_path, jobs, sync):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_watch_added_file_deleted_before_stat_does_not_crash(tmp_path, jobs, sync):
+async def test_watch_added_file_deleted_before_stat_does_not_crash(
+    tmp_path, jobs, sync
+):
     """If a file is deleted between the watchfiles event and the stat()
     call, the handler should return silently instead of raising
     FileNotFoundError and killing the watch loop."""
diff --git a/tests/ingester/test_s3_source.py b/tests/ingester/test_s3_source.py
index 1aec74f4..25d420f7 100644
--- a/tests/ingester/test_s3_source.py
+++ b/tests/ingester/test_s3_source.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock
 
 import pytest
 
-from haiku.rag.ingester.sources.base import SourceEventKind
+from haiku.rag.ingester.sources.base import FileTooLargeError, SourceEventKind
 from haiku.rag.ingester.sources.s3 import S3Source
 
 
@@ -221,10 +221,7 @@ async def test_discover_emits_unchanged_for_known_key_without_etag(fake_s3_listi
     once the key has been ingested."""
     fake_s3_listing([[{"path": "file.md", "size": 0, "last_modified": None}]])
     src = S3Source(uri="s3://bucket/", supported_extensions=[".md"])
-    events = [
-        e
-        async for e in src.discover(known_uris={"s3://bucket/file.md"})
-    ]
+    events = [e async for e in src.discover(known_uris={"s3://bucket/file.md"})]
     non_delete = [e for e in events if e.kind is not SourceEventKind.DELETE]
     assert len(non_delete) == 1
     assert non_delete[0].kind is SourceEventKind.UNCHANGED
@@ -238,3 +235,38 @@ async def test_discover_emits_upsert_for_unknown_key_without_etag(fake_s3_listin
     events = [e async for e in src.discover()]
     assert len(events) == 1
     assert events[0].kind is SourceEventKind.UPSERT
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_fetch_rejects_file_exceeding_max_size(fake_obstore_io):
+    head_async, get_async = fake_obstore_io
+    head_async.return_value = {"e_tag": '"abc"', "size": 5000}
+
+    src = S3Source(uri="s3://bucket/", max_file_size=1000)
+    with pytest.raises(FileTooLargeError):
+        await src.fetch("s3://bucket/file.txt")
+    get_async.assert_not_awaited()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_fetch_allows_file_within_max_size(fake_obstore_io):
+    head_async, get_async = fake_obstore_io
+    body = b"small"
+    head_async.return_value = {"e_tag": '"abc"', "size": len(body)}
+    get_async.return_value = _get_result(body)
+
+    src = S3Source(uri="s3://bucket/", max_file_size=1000)
+    result = await src.fetch("s3://bucket/file.txt")
+    assert result.body == body
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_fetch_no_limit_when_max_size_is_none(fake_obstore_io):
+    head_async, get_async = fake_obstore_io
+    body = b"any size"
+    head_async.return_value = {"e_tag": '"abc"'}
+    get_async.return_value = _get_result(body)
+
+    src = S3Source(uri="s3://bucket/", max_file_size=None)
+    result = await src.fetch("s3://bucket/file.txt")
+    assert result.body == body
diff --git a/tests/ingester/test_webdav_source.py b/tests/ingester/test_webdav_source.py
index 7323bd8b..ce4fcf44 100644
--- a/tests/ingester/test_webdav_source.py
+++ b/tests/ingester/test_webdav_source.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import hashlib
 import httpx
 import pytest
 
-from haiku.rag.ingester.sources.base import SourceEventKind
+from haiku.rag.ingester.sources.base import FileTooLargeError, SourceEventKind
 from haiku.rag.ingester.sources.webdav import WebDAVSource, _strip_etag
 
 
@@ -405,9 +405,7 @@ async def test_discover_emits_unchanged_for_known_uri_without_revision():
     )
     events = [
         e
-        async for e in src.discover(
-            known_uris={"https://nc.example.com/dav/norev.md"}
-        )
+        async for e in src.discover(known_uris={"https://nc.example.com/dav/norev.md"})
     ]
     non_delete = [e for e in events if e.kind is not SourceEventKind.DELETE]
     assert len(non_delete) == 1
@@ -434,3 +432,58 @@ async def test_discover_emits_upsert_for_unknown_uri_without_revision():
     non_delete = [e for e in events if e.kind is not SourceEventKind.DELETE]
     assert len(non_delete) == 1
     assert non_delete[0].kind is SourceEventKind.UPSERT
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_fetch_rejects_file_exceeding_max_size():
+    def handler(request: httpx.Request) -> httpx.Response:
+        if request.method == "HEAD":
+            return httpx.Response(200, headers={"content-length": "5000"})
+        return httpx.Response(200, content=b"big")
+
+    src = WebDAVSource(
+        source_id="nc",
+        base_url="https://nc.example.com/dav/",
+        transport=_transport(handler),
+        max_file_size=1000,
+    )
+    with pytest.raises(FileTooLargeError):
+        await src.fetch("https://nc.example.com/dav/big.bin")
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_fetch_allows_file_within_max_size():
+    body = b"small"
+
+    def handler(request: httpx.Request) -> httpx.Response:
+        if request.method == "HEAD":
+            return httpx.Response(200, headers={"content-length": str(len(body))})
+        return httpx.Response(200, content=body, headers={"content-type": "text/plain"})
+
+    src = WebDAVSource(
+        source_id="nc",
+        base_url="https://nc.example.com/dav/",
+        transport=_transport(handler),
+        max_file_size=1000,
+    )
+    result = await src.fetch("https://nc.example.com/dav/a.txt")
+    assert result.body == body
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_fetch_skips_head_when_no_max_size():
+    """When max_file_size is None, no HEAD request is made."""
+    calls = []
+
+    def handler(request: httpx.Request) -> httpx.Response:
+        calls.append(request.method)
+        return httpx.Response(200, content=b"ok")
+
+    src = WebDAVSource(
+        source_id="nc",
+        base_url="https://nc.example.com/dav/",
+        transport=_transport(handler),
+        max_file_size=None,
+    )
+    await src.fetch("https://nc.example.com/dav/a.txt")
+    assert calls == ["GET"]
diff --git a/tests/ingester/test_workers.py b/tests/ingester/test_workers.py
index 37065f61..bedc453e 100644
--- a/tests/ingester/test_workers.py
+++ b/tests/ingester/test_workers.py
@@ -93,9 +93,7 @@ async def test_stop_completes_with_idle_workers(client, jobs, sync):
     try:
         await asyncio.wait_for(pool.stop(), timeout=2.0)
     except TimeoutError:
-        pytest.fail(
-            "stop() did not complete within 2s — idle workers were not woken"
-        )
+        pytest.fail("stop() did not complete within 2s — idle workers were not woken")
     assert pool.live_workers == 0