From 034b505d153cba5af26dc04b6d5062d8f652762e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: zarzet <zarzet@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2026 19:09:01 +0700
Subject: [PATCH] perf(network): enable gzip on the metadata transport

---
 go_backend/httputil.go | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/go_backend/httputil.go b/go_backend/httputil.go
index 9554d68c..b2c333b9 100644
--- a/go_backend/httputil.go
+++ b/go_backend/httputil.go
@@ -123,7 +123,9 @@ var metadataTransport = &http.Transport{
 	ForceAttemptHTTP2:     true,
 	WriteBufferSize:       32 * 1024,
 	ReadBufferSize:        32 * 1024,
-	DisableCompression:    true,
+	// Metadata responses are JSON; transparent gzip cuts transfer size several
+	// times over. Downloads stay on sharedTransport with compression disabled.
+	DisableCompression:    false,
 	TLSClientConfig:       newTLSCompatibilityConfig(false),
 }