diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ffaf77014477cc432d23580f0bf23d8b5a0b86c5..dfd8461ea9c06d6f8937dd40112aed8ed18ee2a7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1089,6 +1089,7 @@ connection_prefix_bad_client_test: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/connection_prefix_bad_cli
 head_of_line_blocking_bad_client_test: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/head_of_line_blocking_bad_client_test
 headers_bad_client_test: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/headers_bad_client_test
 initial_settings_frame_bad_client_test: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/initial_settings_frame_bad_client_test
+large_metadata_bad_client_test: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/large_metadata_bad_client_test
 server_registered_method_bad_client_test: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/server_registered_method_bad_client_test
 simple_request_bad_client_test: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/simple_request_bad_client_test
 unknown_frame_bad_client_test: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/unknown_frame_bad_client_test
@@ -1318,6 +1319,7 @@ buildtests_c: privatelibs_c \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/head_of_line_blocking_bad_client_test \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/headers_bad_client_test \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/initial_settings_frame_bad_client_test \
+  $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/large_metadata_bad_client_test \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/server_registered_method_bad_client_test \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/simple_request_bad_client_test \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/unknown_frame_bad_client_test \
@@ -1656,6 +1658,8 @@ test_c: buildtests_c
 	$(Q) $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/headers_bad_client_test || ( echo test headers_bad_client_test failed ; exit 1 )
 	$(E) "[RUN]     Testing initial_settings_frame_bad_client_test"
 	$(Q) $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/initial_settings_frame_bad_client_test || ( echo test initial_settings_frame_bad_client_test failed ; exit 1 )
+	$(E) "[RUN]     Testing large_metadata_bad_client_test"
+	$(Q) $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/large_metadata_bad_client_test || ( echo test large_metadata_bad_client_test failed ; exit 1 )
 	$(E) "[RUN]     Testing server_registered_method_bad_client_test"
 	$(Q) $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/server_registered_method_bad_client_test || ( echo test server_registered_method_bad_client_test failed ; exit 1 )
 	$(E) "[RUN]     Testing simple_request_bad_client_test"
@@ -13104,6 +13108,26 @@ ifneq ($(NO_DEPS),true)
 endif
 
 
+LARGE_METADATA_BAD_CLIENT_TEST_SRC = \
+    test/core/bad_client/tests/large_metadata.c \
+
+LARGE_METADATA_BAD_CLIENT_TEST_OBJS = $(addprefix $(OBJDIR)/$(CONFIG)/, $(addsuffix .o, $(basename $(LARGE_METADATA_BAD_CLIENT_TEST_SRC))))
+
+
+$(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/large_metadata_bad_client_test: $(LARGE_METADATA_BAD_CLIENT_TEST_OBJS) $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libbad_client_test.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc_test_util_unsecure.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc_unsecure.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgpr_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgpr.a
+	$(E) "[LD]      Linking $@"
+	$(Q) mkdir -p `dirname $@`
+	$(Q) $(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(LARGE_METADATA_BAD_CLIENT_TEST_OBJS) $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libbad_client_test.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc_test_util_unsecure.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc_unsecure.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgpr_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgpr.a $(LDLIBS) -o $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/large_metadata_bad_client_test
+
+$(OBJDIR)/$(CONFIG)/test/core/bad_client/tests/large_metadata.o:  $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libbad_client_test.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc_test_util_unsecure.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc_unsecure.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgpr_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgpr.a
+
+deps_large_metadata_bad_client_test: $(LARGE_METADATA_BAD_CLIENT_TEST_OBJS:.o=.dep)
+
+ifneq ($(NO_DEPS),true)
+-include $(LARGE_METADATA_BAD_CLIENT_TEST_OBJS:.o=.dep)
+endif
+
+
 SERVER_REGISTERED_METHOD_BAD_CLIENT_TEST_SRC = \
     test/core/bad_client/tests/server_registered_method.c \
 
diff --git a/include/grpc/impl/codegen/grpc_types.h b/include/grpc/impl/codegen/grpc_types.h
index 7b20cc14d43fdc25b00e4c6295eb9b4bc63dc4b2..af3d0c219165d15747afeb92905dc41421f42c32 100644
--- a/include/grpc/impl/codegen/grpc_types.h
+++ b/include/grpc/impl/codegen/grpc_types.h
@@ -152,6 +152,8 @@ typedef struct {
    channel). If this parameter is specified and the underlying is not an SSL
    channel, it will just be ignored. */
 #define GRPC_SSL_TARGET_NAME_OVERRIDE_ARG "grpc.ssl_target_name_override"
+/* Maximum metadata size */
+#define GRPC_ARG_MAX_METADATA_SIZE "grpc.max_metadata_size"
 
 /** Result of a grpc call. If the caller satisfies the prerequisites of a
     particular operation, the grpc_call_error returned will be GRPC_CALL_OK.
diff --git a/include/grpc/impl/codegen/slice_buffer.h b/include/grpc/impl/codegen/slice_buffer.h
index 8ca51baa4716915d1ccd4841fab5ca8e357553a6..7858021600a1690979b7b0e305a3d0639bb544e4 100644
--- a/include/grpc/impl/codegen/slice_buffer.h
+++ b/include/grpc/impl/codegen/slice_buffer.h
@@ -42,9 +42,8 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #define GRPC_SLICE_BUFFER_INLINE_ELEMENTS 8
 
-/* Represents an expandable array of slices, to be interpreted as a single item
-   TODO(ctiller): inline some small number of elements into the struct, to
-                  avoid per-call allocations */
+/* Represents an expandable array of slices, to be interpreted as a
+   single item. */
 typedef struct {
   /* slices in the array */
   gpr_slice *slices;
diff --git a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.c b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.c
index 53633227ac0f024fb1ff4b67a0b1547d92a9b23f..b6886a2201bebbb30e0aa238717ce661bb11fe61 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.c
+++ b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.c
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@
 #define DEFAULT_CONNECTION_WINDOW_TARGET (1024 * 1024)
 #define MAX_WINDOW 0x7fffffffu
 
+#define DEFAULT_MAX_HEADER_LIST_SIZE (16 * 1024)
+
 #define MAX_CLIENT_STREAM_ID 0x7fffffffu
 
 int grpc_http_trace = 0;
@@ -65,8 +67,8 @@ int grpc_flowctl_trace = 0;
   ((grpc_chttp2_transport *)((char *)(tw)-offsetof(grpc_chttp2_transport, \
                                                    writing)))
 
-#define TRANSPORT_FROM_PARSING(tw)                                        \
-  ((grpc_chttp2_transport *)((char *)(tw)-offsetof(grpc_chttp2_transport, \
+#define TRANSPORT_FROM_PARSING(tp)                                        \
+  ((grpc_chttp2_transport *)((char *)(tp)-offsetof(grpc_chttp2_transport, \
                                                    parsing)))
 
 #define TRANSPORT_FROM_GLOBAL(tg)                                         \
@@ -311,6 +313,8 @@ static void init_transport(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, grpc_chttp2_transport *t,
     push_setting(t, GRPC_CHTTP2_SETTINGS_MAX_CONCURRENT_STREAMS, 0);
   }
   push_setting(t, GRPC_CHTTP2_SETTINGS_INITIAL_WINDOW_SIZE, DEFAULT_WINDOW);
+  push_setting(t, GRPC_CHTTP2_SETTINGS_MAX_HEADER_LIST_SIZE,
+               DEFAULT_MAX_HEADER_LIST_SIZE);
 
   if (channel_args) {
     for (i = 0; i < channel_args->num_args; i++) {
@@ -378,6 +382,18 @@ static void init_transport(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, grpc_chttp2_transport *t,
               &t->writing.hpack_compressor,
               (uint32_t)channel_args->args[i].value.integer);
         }
+      } else if (0 == strcmp(channel_args->args[i].key,
+                             GRPC_ARG_MAX_METADATA_SIZE)) {
+        if (channel_args->args[i].type != GRPC_ARG_INTEGER) {
+          gpr_log(GPR_ERROR, "%s: must be an integer",
+                  GRPC_ARG_MAX_METADATA_SIZE);
+        } else if (channel_args->args[i].value.integer < 0) {
+          gpr_log(GPR_ERROR, "%s: must be non-negative",
+                  GRPC_ARG_MAX_METADATA_SIZE);
+        } else {
+          push_setting(t, GRPC_CHTTP2_SETTINGS_MAX_HEADER_LIST_SIZE,
+                       (uint32_t)channel_args->args[i].value.integer);
+        }
       }
     }
   }
@@ -510,7 +526,7 @@ static int init_stream(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, grpc_transport *gt,
                           [GRPC_CHTTP2_SETTINGS_INITIAL_WINDOW_SIZE];
     *t->accepting_stream = s;
     grpc_chttp2_stream_map_add(&t->parsing_stream_map, s->global.id, s);
-    s->global.in_stream_map = 1;
+    s->global.in_stream_map = true;
   }
 
   grpc_chttp2_run_with_global_lock(exec_ctx, t, s, finish_init_stream_locked,
@@ -834,7 +850,7 @@ static void maybe_start_some_streams(
     grpc_chttp2_stream_map_add(
         &TRANSPORT_FROM_GLOBAL(transport_global)->new_stream_map,
         stream_global->id, STREAM_FROM_GLOBAL(stream_global));
-    stream_global->in_stream_map = 1;
+    stream_global->in_stream_map = true;
     transport_global->concurrent_stream_count++;
     grpc_chttp2_become_writable(transport_global, stream_global);
   }
@@ -933,24 +949,38 @@ static void perform_stream_op_locked(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx,
     stream_global->send_initial_metadata_finished =
         add_closure_barrier(on_complete);
     stream_global->send_initial_metadata = op->send_initial_metadata;
-    if (contains_non_ok_status(transport_global, op->send_initial_metadata)) {
-      stream_global->seen_error = 1;
-      grpc_chttp2_list_add_check_read_ops(transport_global, stream_global);
-    }
-    if (!stream_global->write_closed) {
-      if (transport_global->is_client) {
-        GPR_ASSERT(stream_global->id == 0);
-        grpc_chttp2_list_add_waiting_for_concurrency(transport_global,
-                                                     stream_global);
-        maybe_start_some_streams(exec_ctx, transport_global);
+    const size_t metadata_size =
+        grpc_metadata_batch_size(op->send_initial_metadata);
+    const size_t metadata_peer_limit =
+        transport_global->settings[GRPC_PEER_SETTINGS]
+                                  [GRPC_CHTTP2_SETTINGS_MAX_HEADER_LIST_SIZE];
+    if (metadata_size > metadata_peer_limit) {
+      gpr_log(GPR_DEBUG,
+              "to-be-sent initial metadata size exceeds peer limit "
+              "(%lu vs. %lu)",
+              metadata_size, metadata_peer_limit);
+      cancel_from_api(exec_ctx, transport_global, stream_global,
+                      GRPC_STATUS_RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED);
+    } else {
+      if (contains_non_ok_status(transport_global, op->send_initial_metadata)) {
+        stream_global->seen_error = true;
+        grpc_chttp2_list_add_check_read_ops(transport_global, stream_global);
+      }
+      if (!stream_global->write_closed) {
+        if (transport_global->is_client) {
+          GPR_ASSERT(stream_global->id == 0);
+          grpc_chttp2_list_add_waiting_for_concurrency(transport_global,
+                                                       stream_global);
+          maybe_start_some_streams(exec_ctx, transport_global);
+        } else {
+          GPR_ASSERT(stream_global->id != 0);
+          grpc_chttp2_become_writable(transport_global, stream_global);
+        }
       } else {
-        GPR_ASSERT(stream_global->id != 0);
-        grpc_chttp2_become_writable(transport_global, stream_global);
+        grpc_chttp2_complete_closure_step(
+            exec_ctx, stream_global,
+            &stream_global->send_initial_metadata_finished, 0);
       }
-    } else {
-      grpc_chttp2_complete_closure_step(
-          exec_ctx, stream_global,
-          &stream_global->send_initial_metadata_finished, 0);
     }
   }
 
@@ -974,19 +1004,34 @@ static void perform_stream_op_locked(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx,
     stream_global->send_trailing_metadata_finished =
         add_closure_barrier(on_complete);
     stream_global->send_trailing_metadata = op->send_trailing_metadata;
-    if (contains_non_ok_status(transport_global, op->send_trailing_metadata)) {
-      stream_global->seen_error = 1;
-      grpc_chttp2_list_add_check_read_ops(transport_global, stream_global);
-    }
-    if (stream_global->write_closed) {
-      grpc_chttp2_complete_closure_step(
-          exec_ctx, stream_global,
-          &stream_global->send_trailing_metadata_finished,
-          grpc_metadata_batch_is_empty(op->send_trailing_metadata));
-    } else if (stream_global->id != 0) {
-      /* TODO(ctiller): check if there's flow control for any outstanding
-         bytes before going writable */
-      grpc_chttp2_become_writable(transport_global, stream_global);
+    const size_t metadata_size =
+        grpc_metadata_batch_size(op->send_trailing_metadata);
+    const size_t metadata_peer_limit =
+        transport_global->settings[GRPC_PEER_SETTINGS]
+                                  [GRPC_CHTTP2_SETTINGS_MAX_HEADER_LIST_SIZE];
+    if (metadata_size > metadata_peer_limit) {
+      gpr_log(GPR_DEBUG,
+              "to-be-sent trailing metadata size exceeds peer limit "
+              "(%lu vs. %lu)",
+              metadata_size, metadata_peer_limit);
+      cancel_from_api(exec_ctx, transport_global, stream_global,
+                      GRPC_STATUS_RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED);
+    } else {
+      if (contains_non_ok_status(transport_global,
+                                 op->send_trailing_metadata)) {
+        stream_global->seen_error = true;
+        grpc_chttp2_list_add_check_read_ops(transport_global, stream_global);
+      }
+      if (stream_global->write_closed) {
+        grpc_chttp2_complete_closure_step(
+            exec_ctx, stream_global,
+            &stream_global->send_trailing_metadata_finished,
+            grpc_metadata_batch_is_empty(op->send_trailing_metadata));
+      } else if (stream_global->id != 0) {
+        /* TODO(ctiller): check if there's flow control for any outstanding
+           bytes before going writable */
+        grpc_chttp2_become_writable(transport_global, stream_global);
+      }
     }
   }
 
@@ -1149,6 +1194,16 @@ static void check_read_ops(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx,
       grpc_chttp2_list_pop_check_read_ops(transport_global, &stream_global)) {
     if (stream_global->recv_initial_metadata_ready != NULL &&
         stream_global->published_initial_metadata) {
+      if (stream_global->seen_error) {
+        while ((bs = grpc_chttp2_incoming_frame_queue_pop(
+                    &stream_global->incoming_frames)) != NULL) {
+          incoming_byte_stream_destroy_locked(exec_ctx, NULL, NULL, bs);
+        }
+        if (stream_global->exceeded_metadata_size) {
+          cancel_from_api(exec_ctx, transport_global, stream_global,
+                          GRPC_STATUS_RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED);
+        }
+      }
       grpc_chttp2_incoming_metadata_buffer_publish(
           &stream_global->received_initial_metadata,
           stream_global->recv_initial_metadata);
@@ -1178,10 +1233,15 @@ static void check_read_ops(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx,
     }
     if (stream_global->recv_trailing_metadata_finished != NULL &&
         stream_global->read_closed && stream_global->write_closed) {
-      while (stream_global->seen_error &&
-             (bs = grpc_chttp2_incoming_frame_queue_pop(
-                  &stream_global->incoming_frames)) != NULL) {
-        incoming_byte_stream_destroy_locked(exec_ctx, NULL, NULL, bs);
+      if (stream_global->seen_error) {
+        while ((bs = grpc_chttp2_incoming_frame_queue_pop(
+                    &stream_global->incoming_frames)) != NULL) {
+          incoming_byte_stream_destroy_locked(exec_ctx, NULL, NULL, bs);
+        }
+        if (stream_global->exceeded_metadata_size) {
+          cancel_from_api(exec_ctx, transport_global, stream_global,
+                          GRPC_STATUS_RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED);
+        }
       }
       if (stream_global->all_incoming_byte_streams_finished) {
         grpc_chttp2_incoming_metadata_buffer_publish(
@@ -1213,7 +1273,7 @@ static void remove_stream(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, grpc_chttp2_transport *t,
     s = grpc_chttp2_stream_map_delete(&t->new_stream_map, id);
   }
   GPR_ASSERT(s);
-  s->global.in_stream_map = 0;
+  s->global.in_stream_map = false;
   if (t->parsing.incoming_stream == &s->parsing) {
     t->parsing.incoming_stream = NULL;
     grpc_chttp2_parsing_become_skip_parser(exec_ctx, &t->parsing);
@@ -1257,7 +1317,7 @@ static void cancel_from_api(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx,
                             NULL);
   }
   if (status != GRPC_STATUS_OK && !stream_global->seen_error) {
-    stream_global->seen_error = 1;
+    stream_global->seen_error = true;
     grpc_chttp2_list_add_check_read_ops(transport_global, stream_global);
   }
   grpc_chttp2_mark_stream_closed(exec_ctx, transport_global, stream_global, 1,
@@ -1269,7 +1329,7 @@ void grpc_chttp2_fake_status(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx,
                              grpc_chttp2_stream_global *stream_global,
                              grpc_status_code status, gpr_slice *slice) {
   if (status != GRPC_STATUS_OK) {
-    stream_global->seen_error = 1;
+    stream_global->seen_error = true;
     grpc_chttp2_list_add_check_read_ops(transport_global, stream_global);
   }
   /* stream_global->recv_trailing_metadata_finished gives us a
@@ -1293,7 +1353,7 @@ void grpc_chttp2_fake_status(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx,
               GRPC_MDSTR_GRPC_MESSAGE,
               grpc_mdstr_from_slice(gpr_slice_ref(*slice))));
     }
-    stream_global->published_trailing_metadata = 1;
+    stream_global->published_trailing_metadata = true;
     grpc_chttp2_list_add_check_read_ops(transport_global, stream_global);
   }
   if (slice) {
@@ -1323,13 +1383,13 @@ void grpc_chttp2_mark_stream_closed(
   }
   grpc_chttp2_list_add_check_read_ops(transport_global, stream_global);
   if (close_reads && !stream_global->read_closed) {
-    stream_global->read_closed = 1;
-    stream_global->published_initial_metadata = 1;
-    stream_global->published_trailing_metadata = 1;
+    stream_global->read_closed = true;
+    stream_global->published_initial_metadata = true;
+    stream_global->published_trailing_metadata = true;
     decrement_active_streams_locked(exec_ctx, transport_global, stream_global);
   }
   if (close_writes && !stream_global->write_closed) {
-    stream_global->write_closed = 1;
+    stream_global->write_closed = true;
     if (TRANSPORT_FROM_GLOBAL(transport_global)->executor.writing_active) {
       GRPC_CHTTP2_STREAM_REF(stream_global, "finish_writes");
       grpc_chttp2_list_add_closed_waiting_for_writing(transport_global,
diff --git a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/frame_rst_stream.c b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/frame_rst_stream.c
index 22467e9ddd2a18310f77a5e1ad1b323ee25c4828..7f01105e3ef11e5cf5bc35b71f1e26d03269271c 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/frame_rst_stream.c
+++ b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/frame_rst_stream.c
@@ -45,15 +45,20 @@ gpr_slice grpc_chttp2_rst_stream_create(uint32_t id, uint32_t code,
   stats->framing_bytes += frame_size;
   uint8_t *p = GPR_SLICE_START_PTR(slice);
 
+  // Frame size.
   *p++ = 0;
   *p++ = 0;
   *p++ = 4;
+  // Frame type.
   *p++ = GRPC_CHTTP2_FRAME_RST_STREAM;
+  // Flags.
   *p++ = 0;
+  // Stream ID.
   *p++ = (uint8_t)(id >> 24);
   *p++ = (uint8_t)(id >> 16);
   *p++ = (uint8_t)(id >> 8);
   *p++ = (uint8_t)(id);
+  // Error code.
   *p++ = (uint8_t)(code >> 24);
   *p++ = (uint8_t)(code >> 16);
   *p++ = (uint8_t)(code >> 8);
diff --git a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/incoming_metadata.c b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/incoming_metadata.c
index db21744f0c0281a04f31bbf6cc16f55842f7d1c2..3e463a79957b08c4765421809d2e674c7edb4450 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/incoming_metadata.c
+++ b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/incoming_metadata.c
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ void grpc_chttp2_incoming_metadata_buffer_add(
         gpr_realloc(buffer->elems, sizeof(*buffer->elems) * buffer->capacity);
   }
   buffer->elems[buffer->count++].md = elem;
+  buffer->size += GRPC_MDELEM_LENGTH(elem);
 }
 
 void grpc_chttp2_incoming_metadata_buffer_set_deadline(
diff --git a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/incoming_metadata.h b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/incoming_metadata.h
index 17ecf8e1811ff0a4113e64abbe4f1e0580cf6ec8..df4343b93ed681d05c569cfa9a2fdd18f4c5aa94 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/incoming_metadata.h
+++ b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/incoming_metadata.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ typedef struct {
   size_t capacity;
   gpr_timespec deadline;
   int published;
+  size_t size;  // total size of metadata
 } grpc_chttp2_incoming_metadata_buffer;
 
 /** assumes everything initially zeroed */
diff --git a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/internal.h b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/internal.h
index 8c4fa2d34aca70d9b889673720cecf4daa9e0dd5..5872fd8e0a457527bdd50e32873d70ccbe9410f7 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/internal.h
+++ b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/internal.h
@@ -422,23 +422,21 @@ typedef struct {
   /** number of streams that are currently being read */
   gpr_refcount active_streams;
 
-  /** when the application requests writes be closed, the write_closed is
-      'queued'; when the close is flow controlled into the send path, we are
-      'sending' it; when the write has been performed it is 'sent' */
+  /** Is this stream closed for writing. */
   bool write_closed;
-  /** is this stream reading half-closed (boolean) */
+  /** Is this stream reading half-closed. */
   bool read_closed;
-  /** are all published incoming byte streams closed */
+  /** Are all published incoming byte streams closed. */
   bool all_incoming_byte_streams_finished;
-  /** is this stream in the stream map? (boolean) */
+  /** Is this stream in the stream map. */
   bool in_stream_map;
-  /** has this stream seen an error? if 1, then pending incoming frames
-      can be thrown away */
+  /** Has this stream seen an error.
+      If true, then pending incoming frames can be thrown away. */
   bool seen_error;
+  bool exceeded_metadata_size;
 
   bool published_initial_metadata;
   bool published_trailing_metadata;
-  bool faked_trailing_metadata;
 
   grpc_chttp2_incoming_metadata_buffer received_initial_metadata;
   grpc_chttp2_incoming_metadata_buffer received_trailing_metadata;
@@ -481,7 +479,8 @@ struct grpc_chttp2_stream_parsing {
   /** which metadata did we get (on this parse) */
   uint8_t got_metadata_on_parse[2];
   /** should we raise the seen_error flag in transport_global */
-  uint8_t seen_error;
+  bool seen_error;
+  bool exceeded_metadata_size;
   /** window available for peer to send to us */
   int64_t incoming_window;
   /** parsing state for data frames */
diff --git a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/parsing.c b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/parsing.c
index 2995066e5192610c38c86d5360a6ff568253d5d2..4bd374b7fa7af896287c66a77391972291205934 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/parsing.c
+++ b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/parsing.c
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@
 #include "src/core/lib/profiling/timers.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/transport/static_metadata.h"
 
+#define TRANSPORT_FROM_PARSING(tp)                                        \
+  ((grpc_chttp2_transport *)((char *)(tp)-offsetof(grpc_chttp2_transport, \
+                                                   parsing)))
+
 static int init_frame_parser(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx,
                              grpc_chttp2_transport_parsing *transport_parsing);
 static int init_header_frame_parser(
@@ -170,7 +174,9 @@ void grpc_chttp2_publish_reads(
   while (grpc_chttp2_list_pop_parsing_seen_stream(
       transport_global, transport_parsing, &stream_global, &stream_parsing)) {
     if (stream_parsing->seen_error) {
-      stream_global->seen_error = 1;
+      stream_global->seen_error = true;
+      stream_global->exceeded_metadata_size =
+          stream_parsing->exceeded_metadata_size;
       grpc_chttp2_list_add_check_read_ops(transport_global, stream_global);
     }
 
@@ -612,7 +618,7 @@ static void on_initial_header(void *tp, grpc_mdelem *md) {
 
   if (md->key == GRPC_MDSTR_GRPC_STATUS && md != GRPC_MDELEM_GRPC_STATUS_0) {
     /* TODO(ctiller): check for a status like " 0" */
-    stream_parsing->seen_error = 1;
+    stream_parsing->seen_error = true;
   }
 
   if (md->key == GRPC_MDSTR_GRPC_TIMEOUT) {
@@ -633,8 +639,26 @@ static void on_initial_header(void *tp, grpc_mdelem *md) {
         gpr_time_add(gpr_now(GPR_CLOCK_MONOTONIC), *cached_timeout));
     GRPC_MDELEM_UNREF(md);
   } else {
-    grpc_chttp2_incoming_metadata_buffer_add(
-        &stream_parsing->metadata_buffer[0], md);
+    const size_t new_size =
+        stream_parsing->metadata_buffer[0].size + GRPC_MDELEM_LENGTH(md);
+    grpc_chttp2_transport_global *transport_global =
+        &TRANSPORT_FROM_PARSING(transport_parsing)->global;
+    const size_t metadata_size_limit =
+        transport_global->settings[GRPC_LOCAL_SETTINGS]
+                                  [GRPC_CHTTP2_SETTINGS_MAX_HEADER_LIST_SIZE];
+    if (new_size > metadata_size_limit) {
+      if (!stream_parsing->exceeded_metadata_size) {
+        gpr_log(GPR_DEBUG,
+                "received initial metadata size exceeds limit (%lu vs. %lu)",
+                new_size, metadata_size_limit);
+        stream_parsing->seen_error = true;
+        stream_parsing->exceeded_metadata_size = true;
+      }
+      GRPC_MDELEM_UNREF(md);
+    } else {
+      grpc_chttp2_incoming_metadata_buffer_add(
+          &stream_parsing->metadata_buffer[0], md);
+    }
   }
 
   grpc_chttp2_list_add_parsing_seen_stream(transport_parsing, stream_parsing);
@@ -658,12 +682,30 @@ static void on_trailing_header(void *tp, grpc_mdelem *md) {
 
   if (md->key == GRPC_MDSTR_GRPC_STATUS && md != GRPC_MDELEM_GRPC_STATUS_0) {
     /* TODO(ctiller): check for a status like " 0" */
-    stream_parsing->seen_error = 1;
+    stream_parsing->seen_error = true;
+  }
+
+  const size_t new_size =
+      stream_parsing->metadata_buffer[1].size + GRPC_MDELEM_LENGTH(md);
+  grpc_chttp2_transport_global *transport_global =
+      &TRANSPORT_FROM_PARSING(transport_parsing)->global;
+  const size_t metadata_size_limit =
+      transport_global->settings[GRPC_LOCAL_SETTINGS]
+                                [GRPC_CHTTP2_SETTINGS_MAX_HEADER_LIST_SIZE];
+  if (new_size > metadata_size_limit) {
+    if (!stream_parsing->exceeded_metadata_size) {
+      gpr_log(GPR_DEBUG,
+              "received trailing metadata size exceeds limit (%lu vs. %lu)",
+              new_size, metadata_size_limit);
+      stream_parsing->seen_error = true;
+      stream_parsing->exceeded_metadata_size = true;
+    }
+    GRPC_MDELEM_UNREF(md);
+  } else {
+    grpc_chttp2_incoming_metadata_buffer_add(
+        &stream_parsing->metadata_buffer[1], md);
   }
 
-  grpc_chttp2_incoming_metadata_buffer_add(&stream_parsing->metadata_buffer[1],
-                                           md);
-
   grpc_chttp2_list_add_parsing_seen_stream(transport_parsing, stream_parsing);
 
   GPR_TIMER_END("on_trailing_header", 0);
diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_posix.c b/src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_posix.c
index 7210aef5d5c2ea6b51f901c5e7969aa4e6fb3c51..e2869224f1f0ff3fc75daa54abccf9dd2cdbb4f7 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_posix.c
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_posix.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ static void call_read_cb(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, grpc_tcp *tcp, int success) {
     for (i = 0; i < tcp->incoming_buffer->count; i++) {
       char *dump = gpr_dump_slice(tcp->incoming_buffer->slices[i],
                                   GPR_DUMP_HEX | GPR_DUMP_ASCII);
-      gpr_log(GPR_DEBUG, "READ %p: %s", tcp, dump);
+      gpr_log(GPR_DEBUG, "READ %p (peer=%s): %s", tcp, tcp->peer_string, dump);
       gpr_free(dump);
     }
   }
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ static void tcp_write(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, grpc_endpoint *ep,
     for (i = 0; i < buf->count; i++) {
       char *data =
           gpr_dump_slice(buf->slices[i], GPR_DUMP_HEX | GPR_DUMP_ASCII);
-      gpr_log(GPR_DEBUG, "WRITE %p: %s", tcp, data);
+      gpr_log(GPR_DEBUG, "WRITE %p (peer=%s): %s", tcp, tcp->peer_string, data);
       gpr_free(data);
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/core/lib/transport/metadata.h b/src/core/lib/transport/metadata.h
index 713d9e6782ca293122bb216d35e3e5143ec5c14c..6d82f4d68194ec8ddbb1d71687d972781312acf3 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/transport/metadata.h
+++ b/src/core/lib/transport/metadata.h
@@ -147,6 +147,10 @@ const char *grpc_mdstr_as_c_string(grpc_mdstr *s);
 
 #define GRPC_MDSTR_LENGTH(s) (GPR_SLICE_LENGTH(s->slice))
 
+/* We add 32 bytes of padding as per RFC-7540 section 6.5.2. */
+#define GRPC_MDELEM_LENGTH(e) \
+  (GRPC_MDSTR_LENGTH((e)->key) + GRPC_MDSTR_LENGTH((e)->value) + 32)
+
 int grpc_mdstr_is_legal_header(grpc_mdstr *s);
 int grpc_mdstr_is_legal_nonbin_header(grpc_mdstr *s);
 int grpc_mdstr_is_bin_suffixed(grpc_mdstr *s);
diff --git a/src/core/lib/transport/metadata_batch.c b/src/core/lib/transport/metadata_batch.c
index 4567221a48f62093efb6e2702d9e3a0540d18346..e4398abeb7801ef215d229b517c2a162817db82a 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/transport/metadata_batch.c
+++ b/src/core/lib/transport/metadata_batch.c
@@ -192,3 +192,12 @@ int grpc_metadata_batch_is_empty(grpc_metadata_batch *batch) {
          gpr_time_cmp(gpr_inf_future(batch->deadline.clock_type),
                       batch->deadline) == 0;
 }
+
+size_t grpc_metadata_batch_size(grpc_metadata_batch *batch) {
+  size_t size = 0;
+  for (grpc_linked_mdelem *elem = batch->list.head; elem != NULL;
+       elem = elem->next) {
+    size += GRPC_MDELEM_LENGTH(elem->md);
+  }
+  return size;
+}
diff --git a/src/core/lib/transport/metadata_batch.h b/src/core/lib/transport/metadata_batch.h
index b62668876e4469b614b9e7fa315f0d3d9c6456af..7af823f7ca4701d494141cdf871ed8b7be6209bc 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/transport/metadata_batch.h
+++ b/src/core/lib/transport/metadata_batch.h
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ void grpc_metadata_batch_destroy(grpc_metadata_batch *batch);
 void grpc_metadata_batch_clear(grpc_metadata_batch *batch);
 int grpc_metadata_batch_is_empty(grpc_metadata_batch *batch);
 
+/* Returns the transport size of the batch. */
+size_t grpc_metadata_batch_size(grpc_metadata_batch *batch);
+
 /** Moves the metadata information from \a src to \a dst. Upon return, \a src is
  * zeroed. */
 void grpc_metadata_batch_move(grpc_metadata_batch *dst,
diff --git a/test/core/bad_client/bad_client.c b/test/core/bad_client/bad_client.c
index cd5b541249272747acc20c77c954aa82753a105f..e5820688ef143110dd7422f1adc8e466b5c31f3c 100644
--- a/test/core/bad_client/bad_client.c
+++ b/test/core/bad_client/bad_client.c
@@ -75,9 +75,22 @@ static void server_setup_transport(void *ts, grpc_transport *transport) {
   grpc_exec_ctx_finish(&exec_ctx);
 }
 
-void grpc_run_bad_client_test(grpc_bad_client_server_side_validator validator,
-                              const char *client_payload,
-                              size_t client_payload_length, uint32_t flags) {
+typedef struct {
+  grpc_bad_client_client_stream_validator validator;
+  gpr_slice_buffer incoming;
+  gpr_event read_done;
+} read_args;
+
+static void read_done(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, void *arg, bool success) {
+  read_args *a = arg;
+  a->validator(&a->incoming);
+  gpr_event_set(&a->read_done, (void *)1);
+}
+
+void grpc_run_bad_client_test(
+    grpc_bad_client_server_side_validator server_validator,
+    grpc_bad_client_client_stream_validator client_validator,
+    const char *client_payload, size_t client_payload_length, uint32_t flags) {
   grpc_endpoint_pair sfd;
   thd_args a;
   gpr_thd_id id;
@@ -108,7 +121,7 @@ void grpc_run_bad_client_test(grpc_bad_client_server_side_validator validator,
   a.cq = grpc_completion_queue_create(NULL);
   gpr_event_init(&a.done_thd);
   gpr_event_init(&a.done_write);
-  a.validator = validator;
+  a.validator = server_validator;
   grpc_server_register_completion_queue(a.server, a.cq, NULL);
   a.registered_method =
       grpc_server_register_method(a.server, GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_REGISTERED_METHOD,
@@ -151,8 +164,23 @@ void grpc_run_bad_client_test(grpc_bad_client_server_side_validator validator,
 
   GPR_ASSERT(gpr_event_wait(&a.done_thd, GRPC_TIMEOUT_SECONDS_TO_DEADLINE(5)));
 
-  /* Shutdown */
-  if (sfd.client) {
+  if (sfd.client != NULL) {
+    // Validate client stream, if requested.
+    if (client_validator != NULL) {
+      read_args args;
+      args.validator = client_validator;
+      gpr_slice_buffer_init(&args.incoming);
+      gpr_event_init(&args.read_done);
+      grpc_closure read_done_closure;
+      grpc_closure_init(&read_done_closure, read_done, &args);
+      grpc_endpoint_read(&exec_ctx, sfd.client, &args.incoming,
+                         &read_done_closure);
+      grpc_exec_ctx_finish(&exec_ctx);
+      GPR_ASSERT(
+          gpr_event_wait(&args.read_done, GRPC_TIMEOUT_SECONDS_TO_DEADLINE(5)));
+      gpr_slice_buffer_destroy(&args.incoming);
+    }
+    // Shutdown.
     grpc_endpoint_shutdown(&exec_ctx, sfd.client);
     grpc_endpoint_destroy(&exec_ctx, sfd.client);
     grpc_exec_ctx_finish(&exec_ctx);
diff --git a/test/core/bad_client/bad_client.h b/test/core/bad_client/bad_client.h
index 19ddba83bf01145b5925310a104b82662a9fce39..c8b2a4122f06149e522b464a6baf424d119ba2cc 100644
--- a/test/core/bad_client/bad_client.h
+++ b/test/core/bad_client/bad_client.h
@@ -44,18 +44,24 @@ typedef void (*grpc_bad_client_server_side_validator)(grpc_server *server,
                                                       grpc_completion_queue *cq,
                                                       void *registered_method);
 
+typedef void (*grpc_bad_client_client_stream_validator)(
+    gpr_slice_buffer *incoming);
+
 #define GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT 1
 
 /* Test runner.
 
    Create a server, and send client_payload to it as bytes from a client.
-   Execute validator in a separate thread to assert that the bytes are
+   Execute server_validator in a separate thread to assert that the bytes are
    handled as expected. */
-void grpc_run_bad_client_test(grpc_bad_client_server_side_validator validator,
-                              const char *client_payload,
-                              size_t client_payload_length, uint32_t flags);
+void grpc_run_bad_client_test(
+    grpc_bad_client_server_side_validator server_validator,
+    grpc_bad_client_client_stream_validator client_validator,
+    const char *client_payload, size_t client_payload_length, uint32_t flags);
 
-#define GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(validator, payload, flags) \
-  grpc_run_bad_client_test(validator, payload, sizeof(payload) - 1, flags)
+#define GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(server_validator, client_validator, payload, \
+                                 flags)                                       \
+  grpc_run_bad_client_test(server_validator, client_validator, payload,       \
+                           sizeof(payload) - 1, flags)
 
 #endif /* GRPC_TEST_CORE_BAD_CLIENT_BAD_CLIENT_H */
diff --git a/test/core/bad_client/gen_build_yaml.py b/test/core/bad_client/gen_build_yaml.py
index d49858ed6d85caff647429786a252bc020536352..fb86525b1a16f75cc40939694a517e75ffeff8ec 100755
--- a/test/core/bad_client/gen_build_yaml.py
+++ b/test/core/bad_client/gen_build_yaml.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 # OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 
-"""Generates the appropriate build.json data for all the end2end tests."""
+"""Generates the appropriate build.json data for all the bad_client tests."""
 
 
 import collections
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ BAD_CLIENT_TESTS = {
     'headers': default_test_options._replace(cpu_cost=0.2),
     'initial_settings_frame': default_test_options._replace(cpu_cost=0.2),
     'head_of_line_blocking': default_test_options,
+    'large_metadata': default_test_options,
     'server_registered_method': default_test_options,
     'simple_request': default_test_options,
     'window_overflow': default_test_options,
diff --git a/test/core/bad_client/tests/badreq.c b/test/core/bad_client/tests/badreq.c
index b17e3b35ee40c9240b6e3820e4498c2a4777108f..5d9ffef3f20c4d2420b096cc0464227e454b54eb 100644
--- a/test/core/bad_client/tests/badreq.c
+++ b/test/core/bad_client/tests/badreq.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
   /* invalid content type */
   GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(
-      verifier, PFX_STR
+      verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
       "\x00\x00\xc2\x01\x04\x00\x00\x00\x01"
       "\x10\x05:path\x08/foo/bar"
       "\x10\x07:scheme\x04http"
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
   /* invalid te */
   GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(
-      verifier, PFX_STR
+      verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
       "\x00\x00\xcb\x01\x04\x00\x00\x00\x01"
       "\x10\x05:path\x08/foo/bar"
       "\x10\x07:scheme\x04http"
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
   /* two path headers */
   GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(
-      verifier, PFX_STR
+      verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
       "\x00\x00\xd9\x01\x04\x00\x00\x00\x01"
       "\x10\x05:path\x08/foo/bar"
       "\x10\x05:path\x08/foo/bah"
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
   /* bad accept-encoding algorithm */
   GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(
-      verifier, PFX_STR
+      verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
       "\x00\x00\xd2\x01\x04\x00\x00\x00\x01"
       "\x10\x05:path\x08/foo/bar"
       "\x10\x07:scheme\x04http"
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
   /* bad grpc-encoding algorithm */
   GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(
-      verifier, PFX_STR
+      verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
       "\x00\x00\xf5\x01\x04\x00\x00\x00\x01"
       "\x10\x05:path\x08/foo/bar"
       "\x10\x07:scheme\x04http"
diff --git a/test/core/bad_client/tests/connection_prefix.c b/test/core/bad_client/tests/connection_prefix.c
index 9a30aad0e9315ceb4a12b6b903198f6306e771c8..bc5ed2e393401ee08cd8d25bba6e5b7458199038 100644
--- a/test/core/bad_client/tests/connection_prefix.c
+++ b/test/core/bad_client/tests/connection_prefix.c
@@ -46,29 +46,30 @@ static void verifier(grpc_server *server, grpc_completion_queue *cq,
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   grpc_test_init(argc, argv);
 
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, "X", 0);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, "PX", 0);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, "PRX", 0);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, "PRIX", 0);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, "PRI X", 0);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, "PRI *X", 0);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, "PRI * X", 0);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, "PRI * HX", 0);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, "PRI * HTX", 0);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, "PRI * HTTX", 0);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, "PRI * HTTPX", 0);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, "PRI * HTTP/X", 0);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, "PRI * HTTP/2X", 0);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, "PRI * HTTP/2.X", 0);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, "PRI * HTTP/2.0X", 0);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, "PRI * HTTP/2.0\rX", 0);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, "PRI * HTTP/2.0\r\nX", 0);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, "PRI * HTTP/2.0\r\n\rX", 0);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, "PRI * HTTP/2.0\r\n\r\nX", 0);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, "PRI * HTTP/2.0\r\n\r\nSX", 0);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, "PRI * HTTP/2.0\r\n\r\nSMX", 0);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, "PRI * HTTP/2.0\r\n\r\nSM\rX", 0);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, "PRI * HTTP/2.0\r\n\r\nSM\r\nX", 0);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, "PRI * HTTP/2.0\r\n\r\nSM\r\n\rX", 0);
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, "X", 0);
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, "PX", 0);
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, "PRX", 0);
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, "PRIX", 0);
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, "PRI X", 0);
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, "PRI *X", 0);
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, "PRI * X", 0);
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, "PRI * HX", 0);
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, "PRI * HTX", 0);
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, "PRI * HTTX", 0);
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, "PRI * HTTPX", 0);
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, "PRI * HTTP/X", 0);
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, "PRI * HTTP/2X", 0);
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, "PRI * HTTP/2.X", 0);
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, "PRI * HTTP/2.0X", 0);
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, "PRI * HTTP/2.0\rX", 0);
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, "PRI * HTTP/2.0\r\nX", 0);
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, "PRI * HTTP/2.0\r\n\rX", 0);
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, "PRI * HTTP/2.0\r\n\r\nX", 0);
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, "PRI * HTTP/2.0\r\n\r\nSX", 0);
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, "PRI * HTTP/2.0\r\n\r\nSMX", 0);
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, "PRI * HTTP/2.0\r\n\r\nSM\rX", 0);
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, "PRI * HTTP/2.0\r\n\r\nSM\r\nX", 0);
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, "PRI * HTTP/2.0\r\n\r\nSM\r\n\rX",
+                           0);
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/test/core/bad_client/tests/head_of_line_blocking.c b/test/core/bad_client/tests/head_of_line_blocking.c
index 53cd4537b2ffdb8e76a1f38034d4a9aa2d3d63e1..e4051bb6685708a586ab045e27660858d71723d8 100644
--- a/test/core/bad_client/tests/head_of_line_blocking.c
+++ b/test/core/bad_client/tests/head_of_line_blocking.c
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     addbuf(hdr, sizeof(hdr));
     addbuf(msg, FRAME_SIZE);
   }
-  grpc_run_bad_client_test(verifier, g_buffer, g_count, 0);
+  grpc_run_bad_client_test(verifier, NULL, g_buffer, g_count, 0);
   gpr_free(g_buffer);
 
   return 0;
diff --git a/test/core/bad_client/tests/headers.c b/test/core/bad_client/tests/headers.c
index 4c1a76743e302a72d4b371a03e3d464c28e56f83..f872e5006a7bfa46cefe95ca141782dd1f94e494 100644
--- a/test/core/bad_client/tests/headers.c
+++ b/test/core/bad_client/tests/headers.c
@@ -51,249 +51,251 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   grpc_test_init(argc, argv);
 
   /* partial http2 header prefixes */
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR "\x00",
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR "\x00",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR "\x00\x00",
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR "\x00\x00",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x00",
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x00",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x00\x01",
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x00\x01",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00",
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x00\x01\x04",
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x00\x01\x04",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x00\x01\x05",
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x00\x01\x05",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x00\x01\x04\x00",
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x00\x01\x04\x00",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x00\x01\x04\x00\x00",
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL,
+                           PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x00\x01\x04\x00\x00",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x00\x01\x04\x00\x00\x00",
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL,
+                           PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x00\x01\x04\x00\x00\x00",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier,
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL,
                            PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x00\x01\x04\x00\x00\x00\x00",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier,
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL,
                            PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x00\x01\x04\x00\x00\x00\x01",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
 
   /* test adding prioritization data */
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
                            "\x00\x00\x01\x01\x24\x00\x00\x00\x01"
                            "\x00",
                            0);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
                            "\x00\x00\x02\x01\x24\x00\x00\x00\x01"
                            "\x00\x00",
                            0);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
                            "\x00\x00\x03\x01\x24\x00\x00\x00\x01"
                            "\x00\x00\x00",
                            0);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
                            "\x00\x00\x04\x01\x24\x00\x00\x00\x01"
                            "\x00\x00\x00\x00",
                            0);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
                            "\x00\x00\x05\x01\x24\x00\x00\x00\x01"
                            "",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
                            "\x00\x00\x05\x01\x24\x00\x00\x00\x01"
                            "\x00",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
                            "\x00\x00\x05\x01\x24\x00\x00\x00\x01"
                            "\x00\x00",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
                            "\x00\x00\x05\x01\x24\x00\x00\x00\x01"
                            "\x00\x00\x00",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
                            "\x00\x00\x05\x01\x24\x00\x00\x00\x01"
                            "\x00\x00\x00\x00",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
                            "\x00\x00\x05\x01\x24\x00\x00\x00\x01"
                            "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
 
   /* test looking up an invalid index */
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
                            "\x00\x00\x01\x01\x04\x00\x00\x00\x01"
                            "\xfe",
                            0);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
                            "\x00\x00\x04\x01\x04\x00\x00\x00\x01"
                            "\x7f\x7f\x01"
                            "a",
                            0);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
                            "\x00\x00\x04\x01\x04\x00\x00\x00\x01"
                            "\x0f\x7f\x01"
                            "a",
                            0);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
                            "\x00\x00\x04\x01\x04\x00\x00\x00\x01"
                            "\x1f\x7f\x01"
                            "a",
                            0);
   /* test nvr, not indexed in static table */
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
                            "\x00\x00\x03\x01\x04\x00\x00\x00\x01"
                            "\x01\x01"
                            "a",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
                            "\x00\x00\x03\x01\x04\x00\x00\x00\x01"
                            "\x11\x01"
                            "a",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
   /* illegal op code */
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
                            "\x00\x00\x01\x01\x04\x00\x00\x00\x01"
                            "\x80",
                            0);
   /* parse some long indices */
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
                            "\x00\x00\x02\x01\x04\x00\x00\x00\x01"
                            "\xff\x00",
                            0);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
                            "\x00\x00\x03\x01\x04\x00\x00\x00\x01"
                            "\xff\x80\x00",
                            0);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
                            "\x00\x00\x04\x01\x04\x00\x00\x00\x01"
                            "\xff\x80\x80\x00",
                            0);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
                            "\x00\x00\x05\x01\x04\x00\x00\x00\x01"
                            "\xff\x80\x80\x80\x00",
                            0);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
                            "\x00\x00\x06\x01\x04\x00\x00\x00\x01"
                            "\xff\x80\x80\x80\x80\x00",
                            0);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
                            "\x00\x00\x07\x01\x04\x00\x00\x00\x01"
                            "\xff\x80\x80\x80\x80\x80\x00",
                            0);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
                            "\x00\x00\x08\x01\x04\x00\x00\x00\x01"
                            "\xff",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
                            "\x00\x00\x08\x01\x04\x00\x00\x00\x01"
                            "\xff\x80",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
                            "\x00\x00\x08\x01\x04\x00\x00\x00\x01"
                            "\xff\x80\x80",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
                            "\x00\x00\x08\x01\x04\x00\x00\x00\x01"
                            "\xff\x80\x80\x80",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
                            "\x00\x00\x08\x01\x04\x00\x00\x00\x01"
                            "\xff\x80\x80\x80\x80",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
                            "\x00\x00\x08\x01\x04\x00\x00\x00\x01"
                            "\xff\x80\x80\x80\x80\x80",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
                            "\x00\x00\x08\x01\x04\x00\x00\x00\x01"
                            "\xff\x80\x80\x80\x80\x80\x80",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
                            "\x00\x00\x08\x01\x04\x00\x00\x00\x01"
                            "\xff\x80\x80\x80\x80\x80\x80\x00",
                            0);
   /* overflow on byte 4 */
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
                            "\x00\x00\x06\x01\x04\x00\x00\x00\x01"
                            "\xff\x80\x80\x80\x80\x7f",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
                            "\x00\x00\x06\x01\x04\x00\x00\x00\x01"
                            "\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\x0f",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
   /* overflow after byte 4 */
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
                            "\x00\x00\x08\x01\x04\x00\x00\x00\x01"
                            "\xff\x80\x80\x80\x80\x80\x80\x02",
                            0);
   /* end of headers mid-opcode */
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
                            "\x00\x00\x01\x01\x04\x00\x00\x00\x01"
                            "\x01",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
 
   /* dynamic table size update: set to default */
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
                            "\x00\x00\x03\x01\x04\x00\x00\x00\x01"
                            "\x3f\xe1\x1f",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
   /* dynamic table size update: set too large */
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
                            "\x00\x00\x03\x01\x04\x00\x00\x00\x01"
                            "\x3f\xf1\x1f",
                            0);
   /* dynamic table size update: set twice */
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
                            "\x00\x00\x04\x01\x04\x00\x00\x00\x01"
                            "\x20\x3f\xe1\x1f",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
   /* dynamic table size update: set thrice */
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
                            "\x00\x00\x03\x01\x04\x00\x00\x00\x01"
                            "\x20\x20\x20",
                            0);
 
   /* non-ending header followed by continuation frame */
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
                            "\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01"
                            "\x00\x00\x00\x09\x04\x00\x00\x00\x01",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
   /* non-ending header followed by non-continuation frame */
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
                            "\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01"
                            "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x04\x00\x00\x00\x01",
                            0);
   /* non-ending header followed by a continuation frame for a different stream
    */
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
                            "\x00\x00\x00\x01\x04\x00\x00\x00\x01"
                            "\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x03"
                            "\x00\x00\x00\x09\x04\x00\x00\x00\x01",
                            0);
   /* opening with a continuation frame */
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier,
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL,
                            PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x00\x09\x04\x00\x00\x00\x01", 0);
   /* three header frames */
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
                            "\x00\x00\x00\x01\x04\x00\x00\x00\x01"
                            "\x00\x00\x00\x01\x04\x00\x00\x00\x01"
                            "\x00\x00\x00\x01\x04\x00\x00\x00\x01",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
 
   /* an invalid header found with fuzzing */
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier,
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL,
                            PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x00\x01\x39\x67\xed\x1d\x64",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
 
   /* a badly encoded timeout value */
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
                            "\x00\x00\x19\x01\x04\x00\x00\x00\x01"
                            "\x10\x0cgrpc-timeout\x0a"
                            "15 seconds",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
   /* a badly encoded timeout value: twice (catches caching) */
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
                            "\x00\x00\x19\x01\x04\x00\x00\x00\x01"
                            "\x10\x0cgrpc-timeout\x0a"
                            "15 seconds"
diff --git a/test/core/bad_client/tests/initial_settings_frame.c b/test/core/bad_client/tests/initial_settings_frame.c
index 63a770df91f28641259d68fbc8dafbbfadc554d2..b84b67a7e58bfb31c8d39960fa3dadc62af0e27e 100644
--- a/test/core/bad_client/tests/initial_settings_frame.c
+++ b/test/core/bad_client/tests/initial_settings_frame.c
@@ -50,70 +50,72 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   grpc_test_init(argc, argv);
 
   /* various partial prefixes */
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR "\x00",
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR "\x00",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR "\x00\x00",
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR "\x00\x00",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x00",
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x00",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR "\x06",
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR "\x06",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR "\x00\x06",
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR "\x00\x06",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x06",
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x06",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x00\x04",
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x00\x04",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x00\x04\x00",
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x00\x04\x00",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x00\x04\x01",
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x00\x04\x01",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x00\x04\xff",
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x00\x04\xff",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x00\x04\x00\x00",
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x00\x04\x00\x00",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x00\x04\x00\x00\x00",
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL,
+                           PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x00\x04\x00\x00\x00",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x00\x04\x00\x00\x00\x00",
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL,
+                           PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x00\x04\x00\x00\x00\x00",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
   /* must not send frames with stream id != 0 */
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier,
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL,
                            PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x00\x04\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01", 0);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier,
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL,
                            PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x00\x04\x00\x40\x00\x00\x00", 0);
   /* settings frame must be a multiple of six bytes long */
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier,
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL,
                            PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x01\x04\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00", 0);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier,
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL,
                            PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x02\x04\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00", 0);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier,
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL,
                            PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x03\x04\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00", 0);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier,
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL,
                            PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x04\x04\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00", 0);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier,
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL,
                            PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x05\x04\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00", 0);
   /* some settings values are illegal */
   /* max frame size = 0 */
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier,
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL,
                            PFX_STR ONE_SETTING_HDR "\x00\x05\x00\x00\x00\x00",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier,
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL,
                            PFX_STR ONE_SETTING_HDR "\x00\x06\xff\xff\xff\xff",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
   /* update intiial window size */
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier,
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL,
                            PFX_STR ONE_SETTING_HDR "\x00\x04\x00\x01\x00\x00",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
   /* ack with data */
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
                            "\x00\x00\x00\x04\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00"
                            "\x00\x00\x01\x04\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00",
                            0);
   /* settings frame with invalid flags */
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier,
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL,
                            PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x00\x04\x10\x00\x00\x00\x00", 0);
   /* unknown settings should be ignored */
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier,
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL,
                            PFX_STR ONE_SETTING_HDR "\x00\x99\x00\x00\x00\x00",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
 
diff --git a/test/core/bad_client/tests/large_metadata.c b/test/core/bad_client/tests/large_metadata.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1a8d2a29870b47c58923cab38a990949756bfada
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/core/bad_client/tests/large_metadata.c
@@ -0,0 +1,489 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright 2015, Google Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+ * met:
+ *
+ *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+ * copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
+ * in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+ * distribution.
+ *     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
+ * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+ * this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+ * OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+ * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+ * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "test/core/bad_client/bad_client.h"
+
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <grpc/support/alloc.h>
+#include "src/core/lib/surface/server.h"
+#include "test/core/end2end/cq_verifier.h"
+
+#define PFX_TOO_MUCH_METADATA_FROM_CLIENT_STR                              \
+  "PRI * HTTP/2.0\r\n\r\nSM\r\n\r\n"     /* settings frame */              \
+  "\x00\x00\x00\x04\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00" /* headers: generated from        \
+                                            large_metadata.headers in this \
+                                            directory */                   \
+  "\x00"                                                                   \
+  "5{\x01\x05\x00\x00\x00\x01"                                             \
+  "\x10\x05:path\x08/foo/bar"                                              \
+  "\x10\x07:scheme\x04http"                                                \
+  "\x10\x07:method\x04POST"                                                \
+  "\x10\x0a:authority\x09localhost"                                        \
+  "\x10\x0c"                                                               \
+  "content-type\x10"                                                       \
+  "application/grpc"                                                       \
+  "\x10\x14grpc-accept-encoding\x15identity,deflate,gzip"                  \
+  "\x10\x02te\x08trailers"                                                 \
+  "\x10\x0auser-agent\"bad-client grpc-c/0.12.0.0 (linux)"                 \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header00~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header01~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header02~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header03~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header04~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header05~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header06~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header07~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header08~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header09~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header10~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header11~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header12~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header13~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header14~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header15~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header16~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header17~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header18~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header19~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header20~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header21~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header22~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header23~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header24~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header25~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header26~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header27~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header28~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header29~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header30~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header31~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header32~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header33~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header34~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header35~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header36~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header37~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header38~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header39~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header40~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header41~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header42~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header43~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header44~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header45~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header46~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header47~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header48~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header49~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header50~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header51~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header52~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header53~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header54~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header55~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header56~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header57~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header58~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header59~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header60~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header61~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header62~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header63~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header64~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header65~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header66~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header67~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header68~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header69~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header70~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header71~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header72~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header73~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header74~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header75~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header76~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header77~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header78~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header79~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header80~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header81~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header82~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header83~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header84~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header85~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header86~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header87~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header88~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header89~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header90~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header91~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header92~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header93~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"                                                               \
+  "\x10\x0duser-header94~aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" \
+  "aaaaaaaa"
+
+#define PFX_TOO_MUCH_METADATA_FROM_SERVER_STR                                              \
+  "PRI * HTTP/2.0\r\n\r\nSM\r\n\r\n" /* settings frame: sets                               \
+                                        MAX_HEADER_LIST_SIZE to 16K */                     \
+  "\x00\x00\x06\x04\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x06\x00\x00\x40\x00" /* headers:               \
+                                                                    generated              \
+                                                                    from                   \
+                                                                    simple_request.headers \
+                                                                    in this                \
+                                                                    directory              \
+                                                                    */                     \
+  "\x00\x00\xc9\x01\x04\x00\x00\x00\x01"                                                   \
+  "\x10\x05:path\x08/foo/bar"                                                              \
+  "\x10\x07:scheme\x04http"                                                                \
+  "\x10\x07:method\x04POST"                                                                \
+  "\x10\x0a:authority\x09localhost"                                                        \
+  "\x10\x0c"                                                                               \
+  "content-type\x10"                                                                       \
+  "application/grpc"                                                                       \
+  "\x10\x14grpc-accept-encoding\x15"                                                       \
+  "deflate,identity,gzip"                                                                  \
+  "\x10\x02te\x08trailers"                                                                 \
+  "\x10\x0auser-agent\"bad-client grpc-c/0.12.0.0 (linux)"
+
+static void *tag(intptr_t t) { return (void *)t; }
+
+static void server_verifier(grpc_server *server, grpc_completion_queue *cq,
+                            void *registered_method) {
+  grpc_call_error error;
+  grpc_call *s;
+  grpc_call_details call_details;
+  cq_verifier *cqv = cq_verifier_create(cq);
+  grpc_metadata_array request_metadata_recv;
+
+  grpc_call_details_init(&call_details);
+  grpc_metadata_array_init(&request_metadata_recv);
+
+  error = grpc_server_request_call(server, &s, &call_details,
+                                   &request_metadata_recv, cq, cq, tag(101));
+  GPR_ASSERT(GRPC_CALL_OK == error);
+  cq_expect_completion(cqv, tag(101), 1);
+  cq_verify(cqv);
+
+  GPR_ASSERT(0 == strcmp(call_details.host, "localhost"));
+  GPR_ASSERT(0 == strcmp(call_details.method, "/foo/bar"));
+
+  grpc_metadata_array_destroy(&request_metadata_recv);
+  grpc_call_details_destroy(&call_details);
+  grpc_call_destroy(s);
+  cq_verifier_destroy(cqv);
+}
+
+static void server_verifier_sends_too_much_metadata(grpc_server *server,
+                                                    grpc_completion_queue *cq,
+                                                    void *registered_method) {
+  grpc_call_error error;
+  grpc_call *s;
+  grpc_call_details call_details;
+  cq_verifier *cqv = cq_verifier_create(cq);
+  grpc_metadata_array request_metadata_recv;
+
+  grpc_call_details_init(&call_details);
+  grpc_metadata_array_init(&request_metadata_recv);
+
+  error = grpc_server_request_call(server, &s, &call_details,
+                                   &request_metadata_recv, cq, cq, tag(101));
+  GPR_ASSERT(GRPC_CALL_OK == error);
+  cq_expect_completion(cqv, tag(101), 1);
+  cq_verify(cqv);
+
+  GPR_ASSERT(0 == strcmp(call_details.host, "localhost"));
+  GPR_ASSERT(0 == strcmp(call_details.method, "/foo/bar"));
+
+  const size_t metadata_value_size = 16 * 1024;
+  grpc_metadata meta;
+  meta.key = "key";
+  meta.value = gpr_malloc(metadata_value_size + 1);
+  memset((char *)meta.value, 'a', metadata_value_size);
+  ((char *)meta.value)[metadata_value_size] = 0;
+  meta.value_length = metadata_value_size;
+
+  grpc_op op;
+  op.op = GRPC_OP_SEND_INITIAL_METADATA;
+  op.data.send_initial_metadata.count = 1;
+  op.data.send_initial_metadata.metadata = &meta;
+  op.flags = 0;
+  op.reserved = NULL;
+  error = grpc_call_start_batch(s, &op, 1, tag(102), NULL);
+  GPR_ASSERT(GRPC_CALL_OK == error);
+  cq_expect_completion(cqv, tag(102), 0);  // Operation fails.
+  cq_verify(cqv);
+
+  gpr_free((char *)meta.value);
+  grpc_metadata_array_destroy(&request_metadata_recv);
+  grpc_call_details_destroy(&call_details);
+  grpc_call_destroy(s);
+  cq_verifier_destroy(cqv);
+}
+
+static void client_validator(gpr_slice_buffer *incoming) {
+  // Get last frame from incoming slice buffer.
+  gpr_slice_buffer last_frame_buffer;
+  gpr_slice_buffer_init(&last_frame_buffer);
+  gpr_slice_buffer_trim_end(incoming, 13, &last_frame_buffer);
+  GPR_ASSERT(last_frame_buffer.count == 1);
+  gpr_slice last_frame = last_frame_buffer.slices[0];
+  // Construct expected frame.
+  gpr_slice expected = gpr_slice_malloc(13);
+  uint8_t *p = GPR_SLICE_START_PTR(expected);
+  // Length.
+  *p++ = 0;
+  *p++ = 0;
+  *p++ = 4;
+  // Frame type (RST_STREAM).
+  *p++ = 3;
+  // Flags.
+  *p++ = 0;
+  // Stream ID.
+  *p++ = 0;
+  *p++ = 0;
+  *p++ = 0;
+  *p++ = 1;
+  // Payload (error code).
+  *p++ = 0;
+  *p++ = 0;
+  *p++ = 0;
+  *p++ = 11;
+  // Compare actual and expected.
+  GPR_ASSERT(gpr_slice_cmp(last_frame, expected) == 0);
+  gpr_slice_buffer_destroy(&last_frame_buffer);
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+  grpc_test_init(argc, argv);
+
+  // Test sending more metadata than the server will accept.
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(server_verifier, client_validator,
+                           PFX_TOO_MUCH_METADATA_FROM_CLIENT_STR, 0);
+
+  // Test sending more metadata than the client will accept.
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(server_verifier_sends_too_much_metadata,
+                           client_validator,
+                           PFX_TOO_MUCH_METADATA_FROM_SERVER_STR, 0);
+
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/test/core/bad_client/tests/large_metadata.headers b/test/core/bad_client/tests/large_metadata.headers
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..75de3ef100141c0789444c4990a29e3d73848914
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/core/bad_client/tests/large_metadata.headers
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+# headers used in simple_request.c
+# use tools/codegen/core/gen_header_frame.py --set_end_stream to generate
+# the binary strings contained in the source code
+:path: /foo/bar
+:scheme: http
+:method: POST
+:authority: localhost
+content-type: application/grpc
+grpc-accept-encoding: identity,deflate,gzip
+te: trailers
+user-agent: bad-client grpc-c/0.12.0.0 (linux)
+user-header00: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header01: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header02: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header03: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header04: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header05: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header06: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header07: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header08: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header09: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header10: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header11: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header12: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header13: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header14: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header15: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header16: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header17: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header18: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header19: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header20: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header21: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header22: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header23: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header24: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header25: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header26: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header27: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header28: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header29: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header30: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header31: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header32: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header33: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header34: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header35: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header36: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header37: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header38: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header39: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header40: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header41: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header42: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header43: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header44: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header45: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header46: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header47: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header48: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header49: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header50: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header51: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header52: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header53: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header54: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header55: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header56: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header57: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header58: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header59: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header60: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header61: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header62: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header63: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header64: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header65: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header66: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header67: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header68: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header69: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header70: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header71: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header72: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header73: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header74: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header75: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header76: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header77: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header78: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header79: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header80: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header81: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header82: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header83: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header84: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header85: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header86: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header87: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header88: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header89: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header90: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header91: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header92: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header93: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+user-header94: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
diff --git a/test/core/bad_client/tests/server_registered_method.c b/test/core/bad_client/tests/server_registered_method.c
index 60d3b890b224a503d5085d4e8bf8e400c445912b..6216553a6148ae0f1e8e52e1a6e9ad1ef09a8831 100644
--- a/test/core/bad_client/tests/server_registered_method.c
+++ b/test/core/bad_client/tests/server_registered_method.c
@@ -111,43 +111,43 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
   /* body generated with
    * tools/codegen/core/gen_server_registered_method_bad_client_test_body.py */
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier_fails,
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier_fails, NULL,
                            PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier_fails,
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier_fails, NULL,
                            PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier_fails, PFX_STR
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier_fails, NULL, PFX_STR
                            "\x00\x00\x02\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x00",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier_fails, PFX_STR
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier_fails, NULL, PFX_STR
                            "\x00\x00\x03\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
   GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(
-      verifier_fails,
+      verifier_fails, NULL,
       PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x04\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00",
       GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
   GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(
-      verifier_succeeds,
+      verifier_succeeds, NULL,
       PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x05\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00", 0);
   GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(
-      verifier_fails,
+      verifier_fails, NULL,
       PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x05\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01",
       GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
   GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(
-      verifier_succeeds,
+      verifier_succeeds, NULL,
       PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x06\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00",
       0);
   GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(
-      verifier_fails,
+      verifier_fails, NULL,
       PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x05\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02",
       GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
   GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(
-      verifier_fails,
+      verifier_fails, NULL,
       PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x06\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00",
       GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
   GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(
-      verifier_succeeds, PFX_STR
+      verifier_succeeds, NULL, PFX_STR
       "\x00\x00\x07\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\x00",
       0);
 
diff --git a/test/core/bad_client/tests/simple_request.c b/test/core/bad_client/tests/simple_request.c
index 3ae6eb3592d2fcb0e38b9862e15c9e69e3458f24..25bbe968e4a804930dd12344992fd2dd0b26a021 100644
--- a/test/core/bad_client/tests/simple_request.c
+++ b/test/core/bad_client/tests/simple_request.c
@@ -139,42 +139,42 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   grpc_test_init(argc, argv);
 
   /* basic request: check that things are working */
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR, 0);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR_UNUSUAL, 0);
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR_UNUSUAL2, 0);
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR, 0);
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR_UNUSUAL, 0);
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR_UNUSUAL2, 0);
 
   /* push an illegal data frame */
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, PFX_STR
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
                            "\x00\x00\x05\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01"
                            "\x34\x00\x00\x00\x00",
                            0);
 
   /* push a data frame with bad flags */
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier,
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL,
                            PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\x00\x00\x01", 0);
   /* push a window update with a bad length */
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(failure_verifier,
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(failure_verifier, NULL,
                            PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x01\x08\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01", 0);
   /* push a window update with bad flags */
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(failure_verifier,
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(failure_verifier, NULL,
                            PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x00\x08\x10\x00\x00\x00\x01", 0);
   /* push a window update with bad data */
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(failure_verifier, PFX_STR
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(failure_verifier, NULL, PFX_STR
                            "\x00\x00\x04\x08\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01"
                            "\xff\xff\xff\xff",
                            0);
   /* push a short goaway */
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(failure_verifier,
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(failure_verifier, NULL,
                            PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x04\x07\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00", 0);
   /* disconnect before sending goaway */
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(failure_verifier,
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(failure_verifier, NULL,
                            PFX_STR "\x00\x01\x12\x07\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
   /* push a rst_stream with a bad length */
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(failure_verifier,
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(failure_verifier, NULL,
                            PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x01\x03\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01", 0);
   /* push a rst_stream with bad flags */
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(failure_verifier,
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(failure_verifier, NULL,
                            PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x00\x03\x10\x00\x00\x00\x01", 0);
 
   return 0;
diff --git a/test/core/bad_client/tests/unknown_frame.c b/test/core/bad_client/tests/unknown_frame.c
index f3870a181385fabf98ab2d8df452b97428ed7095..4f483d21f2ef267969d8853e331d54cd73c0fa37 100644
--- a/test/core/bad_client/tests/unknown_frame.c
+++ b/test/core/bad_client/tests/unknown_frame.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   grpc_test_init(argc, argv);
 
   /* test adding prioritization data */
-  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier,
+  GRPC_RUN_BAD_CLIENT_TEST(verifier, NULL,
                            PFX_STR "\x00\x00\x00\x88\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01",
                            GRPC_BAD_CLIENT_DISCONNECT);
 
diff --git a/test/core/bad_client/tests/window_overflow.c b/test/core/bad_client/tests/window_overflow.c
index 16f11e7dd0ab0e91ce75090b27f9b496e92461ca..0d17dbe448e1a878f5c1c93085fa2801040adfd5 100644
--- a/test/core/bad_client/tests/window_overflow.c
+++ b/test/core/bad_client/tests/window_overflow.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
       addbuf(message, sizeof(message));
     }
   }
-  grpc_run_bad_client_test(verifier, g_buffer, g_count, 0);
+  grpc_run_bad_client_test(verifier, NULL, g_buffer, g_count, 0);
   gpr_free(g_buffer);
 
   return 0;
diff --git a/test/core/end2end/fixtures/h2_proxy.c b/test/core/end2end/fixtures/h2_proxy.c
index 863673a4e0120ca931e7fdfcaed0c7ff446cfdf7..8c50eeb5d5bc27b2c90ce3dde7f4f0cd734d092a 100644
--- a/test/core/end2end/fixtures/h2_proxy.c
+++ b/test/core/end2end/fixtures/h2_proxy.c
@@ -55,14 +55,16 @@ typedef struct fullstack_fixture_data {
   grpc_end2end_proxy *proxy;
 } fullstack_fixture_data;
 
-static grpc_server *create_proxy_server(const char *port) {
-  grpc_server *s = grpc_server_create(NULL, NULL);
+static grpc_server *create_proxy_server(const char *port,
+                                        grpc_channel_args *server_args) {
+  grpc_server *s = grpc_server_create(server_args, NULL);
   GPR_ASSERT(grpc_server_add_insecure_http2_port(s, port));
   return s;
 }
 
-static grpc_channel *create_proxy_client(const char *target) {
-  return grpc_insecure_channel_create(target, NULL, NULL);
+static grpc_channel *create_proxy_client(const char *target,
+                                         grpc_channel_args *client_args) {
+  return grpc_insecure_channel_create(target, client_args, NULL);
 }
 
 static const grpc_end2end_proxy_def proxy_def = {create_proxy_server,
@@ -74,7 +76,7 @@ static grpc_end2end_test_fixture chttp2_create_fixture_fullstack(
   fullstack_fixture_data *ffd = gpr_malloc(sizeof(fullstack_fixture_data));
   memset(&f, 0, sizeof(f));
 
-  ffd->proxy = grpc_end2end_proxy_create(&proxy_def);
+  ffd->proxy = grpc_end2end_proxy_create(&proxy_def, client_args, server_args);
 
   f.fixture_data = ffd;
   f.cq = grpc_completion_queue_create(NULL);
diff --git a/test/core/end2end/fixtures/h2_ssl_proxy.c b/test/core/end2end/fixtures/h2_ssl_proxy.c
index 1403b760f5056251a0386fe06ddded3887ce4f77..151a86cb8f5aee04783754d0fb28b0e6f0c3eedc 100644
--- a/test/core/end2end/fixtures/h2_ssl_proxy.c
+++ b/test/core/end2end/fixtures/h2_ssl_proxy.c
@@ -54,8 +54,9 @@ typedef struct fullstack_secure_fixture_data {
   grpc_end2end_proxy *proxy;
 } fullstack_secure_fixture_data;
 
-static grpc_server *create_proxy_server(const char *port) {
-  grpc_server *s = grpc_server_create(NULL, NULL);
+static grpc_server *create_proxy_server(const char *port,
+                                        grpc_channel_args *server_args) {
+  grpc_server *s = grpc_server_create(server_args, NULL);
   grpc_ssl_pem_key_cert_pair pem_cert_key_pair = {test_server1_key,
                                                   test_server1_cert};
   grpc_server_credentials *ssl_creds =
@@ -65,18 +66,20 @@ static grpc_server *create_proxy_server(const char *port) {
   return s;
 }
 
-static grpc_channel *create_proxy_client(const char *target) {
+static grpc_channel *create_proxy_client(const char *target,
+                                         grpc_channel_args *client_args) {
   grpc_channel *channel;
   grpc_channel_credentials *ssl_creds =
       grpc_ssl_credentials_create(NULL, NULL, NULL);
   grpc_arg ssl_name_override = {GRPC_ARG_STRING,
                                 GRPC_SSL_TARGET_NAME_OVERRIDE_ARG,
                                 {"foo.test.google.fr"}};
-  grpc_channel_args client_args;
-  client_args.num_args = 1;
-  client_args.args = &ssl_name_override;
-  channel = grpc_secure_channel_create(ssl_creds, target, &client_args, NULL);
+  grpc_channel_args *new_client_args =
+      grpc_channel_args_copy_and_add(client_args, &ssl_name_override, 1);
+  channel =
+      grpc_secure_channel_create(ssl_creds, target, new_client_args, NULL);
   grpc_channel_credentials_release(ssl_creds);
+  grpc_channel_args_destroy(new_client_args);
   return channel;
 }
 
@@ -90,7 +93,7 @@ static grpc_end2end_test_fixture chttp2_create_fixture_secure_fullstack(
       gpr_malloc(sizeof(fullstack_secure_fixture_data));
   memset(&f, 0, sizeof(f));
 
-  ffd->proxy = grpc_end2end_proxy_create(&proxy_def);
+  ffd->proxy = grpc_end2end_proxy_create(&proxy_def, client_args, server_args);
 
   f.fixture_data = ffd;
   f.cq = grpc_completion_queue_create(NULL);
diff --git a/test/core/end2end/fixtures/proxy.c b/test/core/end2end/fixtures/proxy.c
index a6487a17ac29df4c81100ae5e5e104189ce8bf92..f6e01ec41c5a5a236434072694bd9f1aeac5a81a 100644
--- a/test/core/end2end/fixtures/proxy.c
+++ b/test/core/end2end/fixtures/proxy.c
@@ -89,8 +89,9 @@ typedef struct {
 static void thread_main(void *arg);
 static void request_call(grpc_end2end_proxy *proxy);
 
-grpc_end2end_proxy *grpc_end2end_proxy_create(
-    const grpc_end2end_proxy_def *def) {
+grpc_end2end_proxy *grpc_end2end_proxy_create(const grpc_end2end_proxy_def *def,
+                                              grpc_channel_args *client_args,
+                                              grpc_channel_args *server_args) {
   gpr_thd_options opt = gpr_thd_options_default();
   int proxy_port = grpc_pick_unused_port_or_die();
   int server_port = grpc_pick_unused_port_or_die();
@@ -105,8 +106,8 @@ grpc_end2end_proxy *grpc_end2end_proxy_create(
           proxy->server_port);
 
   proxy->cq = grpc_completion_queue_create(NULL);
-  proxy->server = def->create_server(proxy->proxy_port);
-  proxy->client = def->create_client(proxy->server_port);
+  proxy->server = def->create_server(proxy->proxy_port, server_args);
+  proxy->client = def->create_client(proxy->server_port, client_args);
 
   grpc_server_register_completion_queue(proxy->server, proxy->cq, NULL);
   grpc_server_start(proxy->server);
diff --git a/test/core/end2end/fixtures/proxy.h b/test/core/end2end/fixtures/proxy.h
index c1cf01d39a47710ead334197a05ec3944cd7e67d..75b75d1331967151e204765ec20a7205ce5d6d14 100644
--- a/test/core/end2end/fixtures/proxy.h
+++ b/test/core/end2end/fixtures/proxy.h
@@ -41,12 +41,15 @@
 typedef struct grpc_end2end_proxy grpc_end2end_proxy;
 
 typedef struct grpc_end2end_proxy_def {
-  grpc_server *(*create_server)(const char *port);
-  grpc_channel *(*create_client)(const char *target);
+  grpc_server *(*create_server)(const char *port,
+                                grpc_channel_args *server_args);
+  grpc_channel *(*create_client)(const char *target,
+                                 grpc_channel_args *client_args);
 } grpc_end2end_proxy_def;
 
-grpc_end2end_proxy *grpc_end2end_proxy_create(
-    const grpc_end2end_proxy_def *def);
+grpc_end2end_proxy *grpc_end2end_proxy_create(const grpc_end2end_proxy_def *def,
+                                              grpc_channel_args *client_args,
+                                              grpc_channel_args *server_args);
 void grpc_end2end_proxy_destroy(grpc_end2end_proxy *proxy);
 
 const char *grpc_end2end_proxy_get_client_target(grpc_end2end_proxy *proxy);
diff --git a/test/core/end2end/tests/large_metadata.c b/test/core/end2end/tests/large_metadata.c
index 0e5d6b4fe012a2d87144141823f5db179e3d181f..ae1f68a2b452d3b8fd5879502e47ae9e451386ae 100644
--- a/test/core/end2end/tests/large_metadata.c
+++ b/test/core/end2end/tests/large_metadata.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static void end_test(grpc_end2end_test_fixture *f) {
   grpc_completion_queue_destroy(f->cq);
 }
 
-/* Request with a large amount of metadata.*/
+// Request with a large amount of metadata.
 static void test_request_with_large_metadata(grpc_end2end_test_config config) {
   grpc_call *c;
   grpc_call *s;
@@ -106,8 +106,13 @@ static void test_request_with_large_metadata(grpc_end2end_test_config config) {
       grpc_raw_byte_buffer_create(&request_payload_slice, 1);
   gpr_timespec deadline = five_seconds_time();
   grpc_metadata meta;
+  const size_t large_size = 64 * 1024;
+  grpc_arg arg = {GRPC_ARG_INTEGER,
+                  GRPC_ARG_MAX_METADATA_SIZE,
+                  {.integer = (int)large_size + 1024}};
+  grpc_channel_args args = {1, &arg};
   grpc_end2end_test_fixture f =
-      begin_test(config, "test_request_with_large_metadata", NULL, NULL);
+      begin_test(config, "test_request_with_large_metadata", &args, &args);
   cq_verifier *cqv = cq_verifier_create(f.cq);
   grpc_op ops[6];
   grpc_op *op;
@@ -121,7 +126,6 @@ static void test_request_with_large_metadata(grpc_end2end_test_config config) {
   char *details = NULL;
   size_t details_capacity = 0;
   int was_cancelled = 2;
-  const size_t large_size = 64 * 1024;
 
   c = grpc_channel_create_call(f.client, NULL, GRPC_PROPAGATE_DEFAULTS, f.cq,
                                "/foo", "foo.test.google.fr", deadline, NULL);
@@ -138,6 +142,7 @@ static void test_request_with_large_metadata(grpc_end2end_test_config config) {
   grpc_metadata_array_init(&request_metadata_recv);
   grpc_call_details_init(&call_details);
 
+  // Client: send request.
   op = ops;
   op->op = GRPC_OP_SEND_INITIAL_METADATA;
   op->data.send_initial_metadata.count = 1;
@@ -174,9 +179,11 @@ static void test_request_with_large_metadata(grpc_end2end_test_config config) {
       grpc_server_request_call(f.server, &s, &call_details,
                                &request_metadata_recv, f.cq, f.cq, tag(101));
   GPR_ASSERT(GRPC_CALL_OK == error);
+
   cq_expect_completion(cqv, tag(101), 1);
   cq_verify(cqv);
 
+  // Server: send initial metadata and receive request.
   op = ops;
   op->op = GRPC_OP_SEND_INITIAL_METADATA;
   op->data.send_initial_metadata.count = 0;
@@ -194,6 +201,8 @@ static void test_request_with_large_metadata(grpc_end2end_test_config config) {
   cq_expect_completion(cqv, tag(102), 1);
   cq_verify(cqv);
 
+  // Server: receive close and send status.  This should trigger
+  // completion of request on client.
   op = ops;
   op->op = GRPC_OP_RECV_CLOSE_ON_SERVER;
   op->data.recv_close_on_server.cancelled = &was_cancelled;
diff --git a/test/core/end2end/tests/max_message_length.c b/test/core/end2end/tests/max_message_length.c
index b5dbc1382a84268ada53ffe4b2aed5c20d5f552a..4f572789d9551aa3e4d8cf148aa685b8e10998e8 100644
--- a/test/core/end2end/tests/max_message_length.c
+++ b/test/core/end2end/tests/max_message_length.c
@@ -53,7 +53,10 @@ static grpc_end2end_test_fixture begin_test(grpc_end2end_test_config config,
                                             grpc_channel_args *server_args) {
   grpc_end2end_test_fixture f;
   gpr_log(GPR_INFO, "%s/%s", test_name, config.name);
-  f = config.create_fixture(client_args, server_args);
+  // We intentionally do not pass the client and server args to
+  // create_fixture(), since we don't want the limit enforced on the
+  // proxy, only on the backend server.
+  f = config.create_fixture(NULL, NULL);
   config.init_server(&f, server_args);
   config.init_client(&f, client_args);
   return f;
diff --git a/tools/codegen/core/gen_header_frame.py b/tools/codegen/core/gen_header_frame.py
index 96e6c67fa668a5863d2ada60ae8ae3d2ae883fb7..ee476267f23ac230d21e51ae183b1dc9ab993791 100755
--- a/tools/codegen/core/gen_header_frame.py
+++ b/tools/codegen/core/gen_header_frame.py
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
 import json
 import sys
 
+set_end_stream = len(sys.argv) > 1 and sys.argv[1] == '--set_end_stream'
+
 # parse input, fill in vals
 vals = []
 for line in sys.stdin:
@@ -65,6 +67,9 @@ for key, value in vals:
   payload_bytes.append(payload_line)
 
 # fill in header
+flags = 0x04  # END_HEADERS
+if set_end_stream:
+  flags |= 0x01  # END_STREAM
 payload_bytes[0].extend([
     (payload_len >> 16) & 0xff,
     (payload_len >> 8) & 0xff,
@@ -72,7 +77,7 @@ payload_bytes[0].extend([
     # header frame
     0x01,
     # flags
-    0x04,
+    flags,
     # stream id
     0x00,
     0x00,
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/sources_and_headers.json b/tools/run_tests/sources_and_headers.json
index 3b3a49a5b26b78d51f1eff60ed6c7c23dab0de55..f04ea1d62ff6d1a588bf2739314465b1dbe9aef7 100644
--- a/tools/run_tests/sources_and_headers.json
+++ b/tools/run_tests/sources_and_headers.json
@@ -3387,6 +3387,23 @@
     "third_party": false, 
     "type": "target"
   }, 
+  {
+    "deps": [
+      "bad_client_test", 
+      "gpr", 
+      "gpr_test_util", 
+      "grpc_test_util_unsecure", 
+      "grpc_unsecure"
+    ], 
+    "headers": [], 
+    "language": "c", 
+    "name": "large_metadata_bad_client_test", 
+    "src": [
+      "test/core/bad_client/tests/large_metadata.c"
+    ], 
+    "third_party": false, 
+    "type": "target"
+  }, 
   {
     "deps": [
       "bad_client_test", 
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/tests.json b/tools/run_tests/tests.json
index 6bfbdbc2d0d7d0d977e4182494bf537df15ab892..1939da7aec4e858615031aaf8fbbb1ccc5593436 100644
--- a/tools/run_tests/tests.json
+++ b/tools/run_tests/tests.json
@@ -2713,6 +2713,27 @@
       "windows"
     ]
   }, 
+  {
+    "args": [], 
+    "ci_platforms": [
+      "linux", 
+      "mac", 
+      "posix", 
+      "windows"
+    ], 
+    "cpu_cost": 1.0, 
+    "exclude_configs": [], 
+    "flaky": false, 
+    "gtest": false, 
+    "language": "c", 
+    "name": "large_metadata_bad_client_test", 
+    "platforms": [
+      "linux", 
+      "mac", 
+      "posix", 
+      "windows"
+    ]
+  }, 
   {
     "args": [], 
     "ci_platforms": [
diff --git a/vsprojects/buildtests_c.sln b/vsprojects/buildtests_c.sln
index bdae44754563166ec6dce655445d05a169df06a2..be8b5d40acec6c6c6895f88ebd0672e9c3133572 100644
--- a/vsprojects/buildtests_c.sln
+++ b/vsprojects/buildtests_c.sln
@@ -1095,6 +1095,18 @@ Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "initial_settings_frame_bad_
 		{B23D3D1A-9438-4EDA-BEB6-9A0A03D17792} = {B23D3D1A-9438-4EDA-BEB6-9A0A03D17792}
 	EndProjectSection
 EndProject
+Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "large_metadata_bad_client_test", "vcxproj\test\large_metadata_bad_client_test\large_metadata_bad_client_test.vcxproj", "{B706A9EC-7982-0DBC-495D-07B165F6CF56}"
+	ProjectSection(myProperties) = preProject
+        	lib = "False"
+	EndProjectSection
+	ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject
+		{BA67B418-B699-E41A-9CC4-0279C49481A5} = {BA67B418-B699-E41A-9CC4-0279C49481A5}
+		{0A7E7F92-FDEA-40F1-A9EC-3BA484F98BBF} = {0A7E7F92-FDEA-40F1-A9EC-3BA484F98BBF}
+		{46CEDFFF-9692-456A-AA24-38B5D6BCF4C5} = {46CEDFFF-9692-456A-AA24-38B5D6BCF4C5}
+		{EAB0A629-17A9-44DB-B5FF-E91A721FE037} = {EAB0A629-17A9-44DB-B5FF-E91A721FE037}
+		{B23D3D1A-9438-4EDA-BEB6-9A0A03D17792} = {B23D3D1A-9438-4EDA-BEB6-9A0A03D17792}
+	EndProjectSection
+EndProject
 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "server_registered_method_bad_client_test", "vcxproj\test\server_registered_method_bad_client_test\server_registered_method_bad_client_test.vcxproj", "{B4E7CD82-988A-BD3A-29F8-8590D3A8BC28}"
 	ProjectSection(myProperties) = preProject
         	lib = "False"
@@ -3087,6 +3099,22 @@ Global
 		{6756895E-05BF-8CC7-58F2-868DF0C0300C}.Release-DLL|Win32.Build.0 = Release|Win32
 		{6756895E-05BF-8CC7-58F2-868DF0C0300C}.Release-DLL|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
 		{6756895E-05BF-8CC7-58F2-868DF0C0300C}.Release-DLL|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
+		{B706A9EC-7982-0DBC-495D-07B165F6CF56}.Debug|Win32.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
+		{B706A9EC-7982-0DBC-495D-07B165F6CF56}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
+		{B706A9EC-7982-0DBC-495D-07B165F6CF56}.Release|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
+		{B706A9EC-7982-0DBC-495D-07B165F6CF56}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
+		{B706A9EC-7982-0DBC-495D-07B165F6CF56}.Debug|Win32.Build.0 = Debug|Win32
+		{B706A9EC-7982-0DBC-495D-07B165F6CF56}.Debug|x64.Build.0 = Debug|x64
+		{B706A9EC-7982-0DBC-495D-07B165F6CF56}.Release|Win32.Build.0 = Release|Win32
+		{B706A9EC-7982-0DBC-495D-07B165F6CF56}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
+		{B706A9EC-7982-0DBC-495D-07B165F6CF56}.Debug-DLL|Win32.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
+		{B706A9EC-7982-0DBC-495D-07B165F6CF56}.Debug-DLL|Win32.Build.0 = Debug|Win32
+		{B706A9EC-7982-0DBC-495D-07B165F6CF56}.Debug-DLL|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
+		{B706A9EC-7982-0DBC-495D-07B165F6CF56}.Debug-DLL|x64.Build.0 = Debug|x64
+		{B706A9EC-7982-0DBC-495D-07B165F6CF56}.Release-DLL|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
+		{B706A9EC-7982-0DBC-495D-07B165F6CF56}.Release-DLL|Win32.Build.0 = Release|Win32
+		{B706A9EC-7982-0DBC-495D-07B165F6CF56}.Release-DLL|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
+		{B706A9EC-7982-0DBC-495D-07B165F6CF56}.Release-DLL|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
 		{B4E7CD82-988A-BD3A-29F8-8590D3A8BC28}.Debug|Win32.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
 		{B4E7CD82-988A-BD3A-29F8-8590D3A8BC28}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
 		{B4E7CD82-988A-BD3A-29F8-8590D3A8BC28}.Release|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
diff --git a/vsprojects/vcxproj/test/large_metadata_bad_client_test/large_metadata_bad_client_test.vcxproj b/vsprojects/vcxproj/test/large_metadata_bad_client_test/large_metadata_bad_client_test.vcxproj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0a14694b75748be2490af3c695aa78553193c23e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vsprojects/vcxproj/test/large_metadata_bad_client_test/large_metadata_bad_client_test.vcxproj
@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="12.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <Import Project="$(SolutionDir)\..\vsprojects\packages\grpc.dependencies.openssl.1.0.204.1\build\native\grpc.dependencies.openssl.props" Condition="Exists('$(SolutionDir)\..\vsprojects\packages\grpc.dependencies.openssl.1.0.204.1\build\native\1.0.204.1.props')" />
+  <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|Win32">
+      <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
+      <Platform>Win32</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|x64">
+      <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
+      <Platform>x64</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Release|Win32">
+      <Configuration>Release</Configuration>
+      <Platform>Win32</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Release|x64">
+      <Configuration>Release</Configuration>
+      <Platform>x64</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
+    <ProjectGuid>{B706A9EC-7982-0DBC-495D-07B165F6CF56}</ProjectGuid>
+    <IgnoreWarnIntDirInTempDetected>true</IgnoreWarnIntDirInTempDetected>
+    <IntDir>$(SolutionDir)IntDir\$(MSBuildProjectName)\</IntDir>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(VisualStudioVersion)' == '10.0'" Label="Configuration">
+    <PlatformToolset>v100</PlatformToolset>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(VisualStudioVersion)' == '11.0'" Label="Configuration">
+    <PlatformToolset>v110</PlatformToolset>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(VisualStudioVersion)' == '12.0'" Label="Configuration">
+    <PlatformToolset>v120</PlatformToolset>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(VisualStudioVersion)' == '14.0'" Label="Configuration">
+    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'" Label="Configuration">
+    <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
+    <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
+    <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'" Label="Configuration">
+    <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
+    <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
+    <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
+    <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
+  <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
+  </ImportGroup>
+  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
+    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
+    <Import Project="$(SolutionDir)\..\vsprojects\global.props" />
+    <Import Project="$(SolutionDir)\..\vsprojects\openssl.props" />
+    <Import Project="$(SolutionDir)\..\vsprojects\winsock.props" />
+    <Import Project="$(SolutionDir)\..\vsprojects\zlib.props" />
+  </ImportGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'">
+    <TargetName>large_metadata_bad_client_test</TargetName>
+    <Linkage-grpc_dependencies_zlib>static</Linkage-grpc_dependencies_zlib>
+    <Configuration-grpc_dependencies_zlib>Debug</Configuration-grpc_dependencies_zlib>
+    <Linkage-grpc_dependencies_openssl>static</Linkage-grpc_dependencies_openssl>
+    <Configuration-grpc_dependencies_openssl>Debug</Configuration-grpc_dependencies_openssl>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
+    <TargetName>large_metadata_bad_client_test</TargetName>
+    <Linkage-grpc_dependencies_zlib>static</Linkage-grpc_dependencies_zlib>
+    <Configuration-grpc_dependencies_zlib>Release</Configuration-grpc_dependencies_zlib>
+    <Linkage-grpc_dependencies_openssl>static</Linkage-grpc_dependencies_openssl>
+    <Configuration-grpc_dependencies_openssl>Release</Configuration-grpc_dependencies_openssl>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+    <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
+    <ClCompile>
+      <PrecompiledHeader>NotUsing</PrecompiledHeader>
+      <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
+      <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
+      <TreatWarningAsError>true</TreatWarningAsError>
+      <DebugInformationFormat Condition="$(Jenkins)">None</DebugInformationFormat>
+      <MinimalRebuild Condition="$(Jenkins)">false</MinimalRebuild>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <Link>
+      <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>
+      <GenerateDebugInformation Condition="!$(Jenkins)">true</GenerateDebugInformation>
+      <GenerateDebugInformation Condition="$(Jenkins)">false</GenerateDebugInformation>
+    </Link>
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
+
+    <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">
+    <ClCompile>
+      <PrecompiledHeader>NotUsing</PrecompiledHeader>
+      <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
+      <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
+      <TreatWarningAsError>true</TreatWarningAsError>
+      <DebugInformationFormat Condition="$(Jenkins)">None</DebugInformationFormat>
+      <MinimalRebuild Condition="$(Jenkins)">false</MinimalRebuild>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <Link>
+      <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>
+      <GenerateDebugInformation Condition="!$(Jenkins)">true</GenerateDebugInformation>
+      <GenerateDebugInformation Condition="$(Jenkins)">false</GenerateDebugInformation>
+    </Link>
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
+
+    <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">
+    <ClCompile>
+      <PrecompiledHeader>NotUsing</PrecompiledHeader>
+      <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
+      <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
+      <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
+      <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
+      <TreatWarningAsError>true</TreatWarningAsError>
+      <DebugInformationFormat Condition="$(Jenkins)">None</DebugInformationFormat>
+      <MinimalRebuild Condition="$(Jenkins)">false</MinimalRebuild>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <Link>
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