fast_curl 0.3.0 → 0.4.0

data/ext/fast_curl/fast_curl.c

@@ -4,22 +4,46 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_RUBY_FIBER_SCHEDULER_H
 #include <ruby/fiber/scheduler.h>
 #endif
+
+#if defined(HAVE_RUBY_FIBER_SCHEDULER_H) && defined(HAVE_RB_FIBER_SCHEDULER_CURRENT) &&   \
+    defined(HAVE_RB_FIBER_SCHEDULER_BLOCK) && defined(HAVE_RB_FIBER_SCHEDULER_UNBLOCK) && \
+    defined(HAVE_RB_FIBER_CURRENT)
+#define FAST_CURL_HAVE_FIBER_SCHEDULER 1
+#endif
 #include <curl/curl.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <strings.h>
+#include <time.h>
+
+#if defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__clang__)
+#define FAST_CURL_NORETURN __attribute__((noreturn))
+#else
+#define FAST_CURL_NORETURN
+#endif
 
-#define MAX_RESPONSE_SIZE     (100 * 1024 * 1024)
-#define MAX_REDIRECTS         5
-#define MAX_TIMEOUT           300
-#define MAX_RETRIES           10
-#define MAX_REQUESTS          10000
-#define DEFAULT_RETRIES       1
-#define DEFAULT_RETRY_DELAY   0
-#define INITIAL_BUF_CAP       8192
-#define INITIAL_HEADER_CAP    16
-#define POLL_TIMEOUT_MS       50
-#define FIBER_POLL_TIMEOUT_MS 10
-#define HEADER_LINE_BUF_SIZE  512
+#define MAX_RESPONSE_SIZE          (100 * 1024 * 1024)
+#define MAX_REDIRECTS              5
+#define MAX_TIMEOUT                300
+#define MAX_RETRIES                10
+#define MAX_REQUESTS               10000
+#define MAX_CONNECTIONS            100
+#define MAX_RETRY_DELAY_MS         30000
+#define DEFAULT_RETRIES            1
+#define DEFAULT_RETRY_DELAY        100
+#define DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MS 10000L
+#define MAX_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MS     300000L
+#define MAX_TOTAL_TIMEOUT_MS       3600000L
+#define INITIAL_BUF_CAP            8192
+#define INITIAL_HEADER_CAP         16
+#define POLL_TIMEOUT_MS            50
+#define POLL_SLICE_MS              2000
+#define FIBER_POLL_TIMEOUT_MS      10
+#define HEADER_LINE_BUF_SIZE       512
 
 static const CURLcode DEFAULT_RETRYABLE_CURLE[] = {
     CURLE_COULDNT_CONNECT, CURLE_OPERATION_TIMEDOUT, CURLE_SEND_ERROR,       CURLE_RECV_ERROR,
@@ -27,12 +51,140 @@ static const CURLcode DEFAULT_RETRYABLE_CURLE[] = {
 #define DEFAULT_RETRYABLE_CURLE_COUNT \
     (int)(sizeof(DEFAULT_RETRYABLE_CURLE) / sizeof(DEFAULT_RETRYABLE_CURLE[0]))
 
-static ID id_status, id_headers, id_body, id_error_code, id_url, id_method;
-static ID id_timeout, id_connections, id_count, id_keys;
-static ID id_retries, id_retry_delay, id_retry_codes;
-static VALUE sym_status, sym_headers, sym_body, sym_error_code, sym_url, sym_method;
-static VALUE sym_timeout, sym_connections, sym_count;
-static VALUE sym_retries, sym_retry_delay, sym_retry_codes;
+typedef enum {
+    KEY_STATUS,
+    KEY_HEADERS,
+    KEY_BODY,
+    KEY_ERROR_CODE,
+    KEY_URL,
+    KEY_METHOD,
+    KEY_TIMEOUT,
+    KEY_CONNECTIONS,
+    KEY_COUNT_OPT,
+    KEY_RETRIES,
+    KEY_RETRY_DELAY,
+    KEY_RETRY_CODES,
+    KEY_CONNECT_TIMEOUT,
+    KEY_TOTAL_TIMEOUT,
+    KEY_RETRY_NON_IDEMPOTENT,
+    KEY_FOLLOW_REDIRECTS,
+    KEY_MAX_REDIRECTS,
+    KEY_EFFECTIVE_URL,
+    KEY_ERROR,
+    KEY_ATTEMPTS,
+    KEY_LAST
+} key_id_t;
+
+static ID fast_ids[KEY_LAST];
+static VALUE fast_syms[KEY_LAST];
+
+#define SYM(key) fast_syms[key]
+
+static const char *const KEY_NAMES[KEY_LAST] = {
+    "status",
+    "headers",
+    "body",
+    "error_code",
+    "url",
+    "method",
+    "timeout",
+    "connections",
+    "count",
+    "retries",
+    "retry_delay",
+    "retry_codes",
+    "connect_timeout",
+    "total_timeout",
+    "retry_non_idempotent",
+    "follow_redirects",
+    "max_redirects",
+    "effective_url",
+    "error",
+    "attempts",
+};
+
+typedef enum {
+    ERR_CURL,
+    ERR_INVALID_REQUEST,
+    ERR_NOT_COMPLETED,
+    ERR_DEADLINE,
+    ERR_LAST
+} error_kind_t;
+
+static VALUE error_syms[ERR_LAST];
+
+static const char *const ERROR_KIND_NAMES[ERR_LAST] = {
+    "curl_error",
+    "invalid_request",
+    "not_completed",
+    "deadline_exceeded",
+};
+
+static long long fast_now_ms(void) {
+    struct timespec ts;
+#ifdef CLOCK_MONOTONIC
+    clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts);
+#else
+    clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &ts);
+#endif
+    return (long long)ts.tv_sec * 1000LL + ts.tv_nsec / 1000000LL;
+}
+
+static uint64_t fast_rand_state;
+
+/* Small xorshift PRNG; only used to jitter retry delays. */
+static uint32_t fast_rand(void) {
+    uint64_t x = fast_rand_state;
+    if (x == 0)
+        x = (uint64_t)fast_now_ms() | 1ULL;
+    x ^= x << 13;
+    x ^= x >> 7;
+    x ^= x << 17;
+    fast_rand_state = x;
+    return (uint32_t)(x >> 32);
+}
+
+/* Process-wide DNS and TLS session cache, so repeated calls to the same host
+   skip resolution and can resume TLS instead of doing a full handshake. */
+static CURLSH *fast_share = NULL;
+static pthread_mutex_t fast_share_locks[CURL_LOCK_DATA_LAST];
+
+static void fast_share_lock(CURL *handle, curl_lock_data data, curl_lock_access access,
+                            void *userptr) {
+    (void)handle;
+    (void)access;
+    (void)userptr;
+    if ((int)data > 0 && (int)data < CURL_LOCK_DATA_LAST)
+        pthread_mutex_lock(&fast_share_locks[data]);
+}
+
+static void fast_share_unlock(CURL *handle, curl_lock_data data, void *userptr) {
+    (void)handle;
+    (void)userptr;
+    if ((int)data > 0 && (int)data < CURL_LOCK_DATA_LAST)
+        pthread_mutex_unlock(&fast_share_locks[data]);
+}
+
+static void fast_share_init(void) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < CURL_LOCK_DATA_LAST; i++)
+        pthread_mutex_init(&fast_share_locks[i], NULL);
+
+    fast_share = curl_share_init();
+    if (!fast_share)
+        return;
+
+    curl_share_setopt(fast_share, CURLSHOPT_LOCKFUNC, fast_share_lock);
+    curl_share_setopt(fast_share, CURLSHOPT_UNLOCKFUNC, fast_share_unlock);
+    curl_share_setopt(fast_share, CURLSHOPT_SHARE, CURL_LOCK_DATA_DNS);
+    curl_share_setopt(fast_share, CURLSHOPT_SHARE, CURL_LOCK_DATA_SSL_SESSION);
+
+    /* CURL_LOCK_DATA_CONNECT is deliberately NOT shared. Sharing the connection
+       cache between multi handles running concurrently in different threads
+       deadlocks against CURLMOPT_MAX_TOTAL_CONNECTIONS, and removing that limit
+       turns the deadlock into a segfault inside curl_multi_perform (reproduced
+       on libcurl 8.5.0 with two threads x 25 requests). Cross-call TCP reuse
+       needs a persistent multi handle per thread, not a shared cache. */
+}
 
 typedef struct {
     char *data;
@@ -64,20 +216,31 @@ static inline void buffer_reset(buffer_t *buf) {
 static size_t write_callback(char *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *userdata) {
     buffer_t *buf = (buffer_t *)userdata;
     size_t total = size * nmemb;
-    if (buf->len + total > buf->max_size)
+
+    if (nmemb != 0 && total / nmemb != size)
+        return 0;
+    if (total > buf->max_size || buf->len > buf->max_size - total)
         return 0;
+
     if (buf->len + total >= buf->cap) {
         size_t new_cap = (buf->cap == 0) ? INITIAL_BUF_CAP : buf->cap;
-        while (new_cap <= buf->len + total)
+        while (new_cap <= buf->len + total) {
+            if (new_cap > buf->max_size / 2) {
+                new_cap = buf->max_size;
+                break;
+            }
             new_cap *= 2;
-        if (new_cap > buf->max_size)
-            new_cap = buf->max_size;
+        }
+        if (new_cap < buf->len + total)
+            return 0;
+
         char *new_data = realloc(buf->data, new_cap);
         if (!new_data)
             return 0;
         buf->data = new_data;
         buf->cap = new_cap;
     }
+
     memcpy(buf->data + buf->len, ptr, total);
     buf->len += total;
     return total;
@@ -118,8 +281,22 @@ static void header_list_reset(header_list_t *h) {
 static size_t header_callback(char *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *userdata) {
     header_list_t *h = (header_list_t *)userdata;
     size_t total = size * nmemb;
-    if (total <= 2)
+
+    if (nmemb != 0 && total / nmemb != size)
+        return 0;
+
+    size_t stripped = total;
+    while (stripped > 0 && (ptr[stripped - 1] == '\r' || ptr[stripped - 1] == '\n'))
+        stripped--;
+
+    if (stripped >= 5 && memcmp(ptr, "HTTP/", 5) == 0) {
+        header_list_reset(h);
+        return total;
+    }
+
+    if (stripped == 0)
         return total;
+
     if (h->count >= h->cap) {
         int new_cap = (h->cap == 0) ? INITIAL_HEADER_CAP : h->cap * 2;
         header_entry_t *ne = realloc(h->entries, sizeof(header_entry_t) * new_cap);
@@ -128,18 +305,17 @@ static size_t header_callback(char *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *userda
         h->entries = ne;
         h->cap = new_cap;
     }
-    size_t stripped = total;
-    while (stripped > 0 && (ptr[stripped - 1] == '\r' || ptr[stripped - 1] == '\n'))
-        stripped--;
+
     char *entry = malloc(stripped + 1);
     if (!entry)
         return 0;
     memcpy(entry, ptr, stripped);
     entry[stripped] = '\0';
+
     h->entries[h->count].str = entry;
     h->entries[h->count].len = stripped;
     h->count++;
-    return size * nmemb;
+    return total;
 }
 
 typedef struct {
@@ -149,19 +325,36 @@ typedef struct {
     header_list_t headers;
     struct curl_slist *req_headers;
     int done;
+    int active;
     CURLcode curl_result;
     long http_status;
+    int idempotent;
+    int attempts;
+    const char *setup_error;
+    int setup_error_fatal;
 } request_ctx_t;
 
+static VALUE fast_validation_error = Qnil;
+#define SET_SETUP_ERROR(ctx, msg, fatal)    \
+    do {                                    \
+        (ctx)->setup_error = (msg);         \
+        (ctx)->setup_error_fatal = (fatal); \
+    } while (0)
+
 static inline void request_ctx_init(request_ctx_t *ctx, int index) {
-    ctx->easy = curl_easy_init();
+    ctx->easy = NULL;
     ctx->index = index;
     buffer_init(&ctx->body);
     header_list_init(&ctx->headers);
     ctx->req_headers = NULL;
     ctx->done = 0;
+    ctx->active = 0;
     ctx->curl_result = CURLE_OK;
     ctx->http_status = 0;
+    ctx->idempotent = 1;
+    ctx->attempts = 0;
+    ctx->setup_error = NULL;
+    ctx->setup_error_fatal = 0;
 }
 
 static void request_ctx_free(request_ctx_t *ctx) {
@@ -175,6 +368,16 @@ static void request_ctx_free(request_ctx_t *ctx) {
         curl_slist_free_all(ctx->req_headers);
         ctx->req_headers = NULL;
     }
+    ctx->active = 0;
+}
+
+static int request_ctx_prepare_easy(request_ctx_t *ctx) {
+    if (!ctx->easy) {
+        ctx->easy = curl_easy_init();
+        if (!ctx->easy)
+            return 0;
+    }
+    return 1;
 }
 
 static int request_ctx_reset_for_retry(request_ctx_t *ctx) {
@@ -192,8 +395,11 @@ static int request_ctx_reset_for_retry(request_ctx_t *ctx) {
     if (!ctx->easy)
         return 0;
     ctx->done = 0;
+    ctx->active = 0;
     ctx->curl_result = CURLE_OK;
     ctx->http_status = 0;
+    ctx->setup_error = NULL;
+    ctx->setup_error_fatal = 0;
     return 1;
 }
 
@@ -205,15 +411,31 @@ typedef struct {
     long timeout_ms;
     int max_connections;
     volatile int cancelled;
+
+    int active_count;
+    int pending_pos;
+    int pending_count;
+    int *pending_indices;
 } multi_session_t;
 
 typedef struct {
     int max_retries;
+    int retries_explicit;
     long retry_delay_ms;
     int *retry_http_codes;
     int retry_http_count;
+    int retry_non_idempotent;
 } retry_config_t;
 
+typedef struct {
+    long timeout_sec;
+    long connect_timeout_ms;
+    long total_timeout_ms;
+    long follow_redirects;
+    long max_redirects;
+    long long deadline_ms;
+} request_options_t;
+
 static int contains_header_injection(const char *str, long len) {
     for (long i = 0; i < len; i++) {
         if (str[i] == '\r' || str[i] == '\n' || str[i] == '\0')
@@ -222,18 +444,61 @@ static int contains_header_injection(const char *str, long len) {
     return 0;
 }
 
-#ifdef HAVE_RB_FIBER_SCHEDULER_CURRENT
+static int is_header_token_char(unsigned char c) {
+    if ((c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z') || (c >= 'a' && c <= 'z') || (c >= '0' && c <= '9'))
+        return 1;
+    switch (c) {
+    case '!':
+    case '#':
+    case '$':
+    case '%':
+    case '&':
+    case '\'':
+    case '*':
+    case '+':
+    case '-':
+    case '.':
+    case '^':
+    case '_':
+    case '`':
+    case '|':
+    case '~':
+        return 1;
+    default:
+        return 0;
+    }
+}
+
+static int is_valid_header_name(const char *str, long len) {
+    if (len <= 0)
+        return 0;
+    for (long i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+        if (!is_header_token_char((unsigned char)str[i]))
+            return 0;
+    }
+    return 1;
+}
+
+static VALUE hash_aref_symbol_or_string(VALUE hash, VALUE sym, ID id) {
+    VALUE value = rb_hash_aref(hash, sym);
+    if (!NIL_P(value))
+        return value;
+
+    const char *name = rb_id2name(id);
+    return name ? rb_hash_aref(hash, rb_str_new_cstr(name)) : Qnil;
+}
+
+static inline VALUE hash_aref_key(VALUE hash, key_id_t key) {
+    return hash_aref_symbol_or_string(hash, fast_syms[key], fast_ids[key]);
+}
+
+#ifdef FAST_CURL_HAVE_FIBER_SCHEDULER
 static VALUE current_fiber_scheduler(void) {
     VALUE sched = rb_fiber_scheduler_current();
     if (sched == Qnil || sched == Qfalse)
         return Qnil;
     return sched;
 }
-#else
-static VALUE current_fiber_scheduler(void) {
-    return Qnil;
-}
-#endif
 
 typedef struct {
     void *(*func)(void *);
@@ -268,49 +533,100 @@ static void run_via_fiber_worker(VALUE scheduler, void *(*func)(void *), void *a
     rb_fiber_scheduler_block(scheduler, ctx.blocker, Qnil);
     rb_funcall(th, rb_intern("join"), 0);
 }
+#endif
+
+static VALUE fast_cHeaders = Qnil;
+static VALUE new_headers_hash(void) {
+    if (!NIL_P(fast_cHeaders))
+        return rb_obj_alloc(fast_cHeaders);
+    return rb_hash_new();
+}
+
+static void headers_hash_store(VALUE headers_hash, VALUE key, VALUE val, int always_array) {
+    VALUE existing = rb_hash_aref(headers_hash, key);
+
+    if (NIL_P(existing)) {
+        rb_hash_aset(headers_hash, key, always_array ? rb_ary_new_from_args(1, val) : val);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (RB_TYPE_P(existing, T_ARRAY)) {
+        rb_ary_push(existing, val);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    VALUE joined = rb_str_dup(existing);
+    rb_str_cat_cstr(joined, ", ");
+    rb_str_append(joined, val);
+    rb_hash_aset(headers_hash, key, joined);
+}
 
 static VALUE build_response(request_ctx_t *ctx) {
     long status = 0;
     curl_easy_getinfo(ctx->easy, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE, &status);
-    VALUE headers_hash = rb_hash_new();
+
+    VALUE headers_hash = new_headers_hash();
     for (int i = 0; i < ctx->headers.count; i++) {
         const char *hdr = ctx->headers.entries[i].str;
         size_t hdr_len = ctx->headers.entries[i].len;
         const char *colon = memchr(hdr, ':', hdr_len);
         if (!colon)
             continue;
+
         VALUE key = rb_str_new(hdr, colon - hdr);
-        const char *vs = colon + 1, *ve = hdr + hdr_len;
+        char *kp = RSTRING_PTR(key);
+        long klen = RSTRING_LEN(key);
+        for (long k = 0; k < klen; k++)
+            kp[k] = (char)tolower((unsigned char)kp[k]);
+        int always_array = (klen == 10 && memcmp(kp, "set-cookie", 10) == 0);
+
+        const char *vs = colon + 1;
+        const char *ve = hdr + hdr_len;
+
         while (vs < ve && (*vs == ' ' || *vs == '\t'))
             vs++;
         while (ve > vs && (*(ve - 1) == ' ' || *(ve - 1) == '\t'))
             ve--;
+
         VALUE val = rb_str_new(vs, ve - vs);
-        rb_hash_aset(headers_hash, key, val);
+        headers_hash_store(headers_hash, key, val, always_array);
     }
+
     VALUE body_str =
         ctx->body.data ? rb_str_new(ctx->body.data, ctx->body.len) : rb_str_new_cstr("");
+
     VALUE result = rb_hash_new();
-    rb_hash_aset(result, sym_status, LONG2NUM(status));
-    rb_hash_aset(result, sym_headers, headers_hash);
-    rb_hash_aset(result, sym_body, body_str);
+    rb_hash_aset(result, SYM(KEY_STATUS), LONG2NUM(status));
+    rb_hash_aset(result, SYM(KEY_HEADERS), headers_hash);
+    rb_hash_aset(result, SYM(KEY_BODY), body_str);
+    rb_hash_aset(result, SYM(KEY_ERROR), Qnil);
+    rb_hash_aset(result, SYM(KEY_ERROR_CODE), Qnil);
+    rb_hash_aset(result, SYM(KEY_ATTEMPTS), INT2NUM(ctx->attempts));
+
+    char *effective = NULL;
+    if (curl_easy_getinfo(ctx->easy, CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL, &effective) == CURLE_OK && effective)
+        rb_hash_aset(result, SYM(KEY_EFFECTIVE_URL), rb_str_new_cstr(effective));
+    else
+        rb_hash_aset(result, SYM(KEY_EFFECTIVE_URL), Qnil);
+
     return result;
 }
 
-static VALUE build_error_response(const char *message) {
+static VALUE build_error_response(const char *message, error_kind_t kind, int attempts) {
     VALUE r = rb_hash_new();
-    rb_hash_aset(r, sym_status, INT2NUM(0));
-    rb_hash_aset(r, sym_headers, Qnil);
-    rb_hash_aset(r, sym_body, rb_str_new_cstr(message));
+    rb_hash_aset(r, SYM(KEY_STATUS), INT2NUM(0));
+    rb_hash_aset(r, SYM(KEY_HEADERS), Qnil);
+    rb_hash_aset(r, SYM(KEY_BODY), rb_str_new_cstr(message));
+    rb_hash_aset(r, SYM(KEY_ERROR), error_syms[kind]);
+    rb_hash_aset(r, SYM(KEY_ERROR_CODE), Qnil);
+    rb_hash_aset(r, SYM(KEY_EFFECTIVE_URL), Qnil);
+    rb_hash_aset(r, SYM(KEY_ATTEMPTS), INT2NUM(attempts));
     return r;
 }
 
-static VALUE build_error_response_with_code(const char *message, int error_code) {
-    VALUE r = rb_hash_new();
-    rb_hash_aset(r, sym_status, INT2NUM(0));
-    rb_hash_aset(r, sym_headers, Qnil);
-    rb_hash_aset(r, sym_body, rb_str_new_cstr(message));
-    rb_hash_aset(r, sym_error_code, INT2NUM(error_code));
+static VALUE build_error_response_with_code(const char *message, int error_code, int attempts) {
+    VALUE r = build_error_response(message, ERR_CURL, attempts);
+    rb_hash_aset(r, SYM(KEY_ERROR_CODE), INT2NUM(error_code));
     return r;
 }
 
@@ -334,27 +650,40 @@ static int is_valid_url(const char *url) {
             return _r;                                         \
     } while (0)
 
-static CURLcode setup_basic_options(CURL *easy, const char *url_str, long timeout_sec,
+static CURLcode setup_basic_options(CURL *easy, const char *url_str, const request_options_t *opts,
                                     request_ctx_t *ctx) {
+    long timeout_ms = opts->timeout_sec * 1000L;
+
+    if (opts->deadline_ms > 0) {
+        long long remaining = opts->deadline_ms - fast_now_ms();
+        if (remaining < 1)
+            remaining = 1;
+        if (remaining < (long long)timeout_ms)
+            timeout_ms = (long)remaining;
+    }
+
     CURL_SETOPT_CHECK(easy, CURLOPT_URL, url_str);
     CURL_SETOPT_CHECK(easy, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, write_callback);
     CURL_SETOPT_CHECK(easy, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, &ctx->body);
     CURL_SETOPT_CHECK(easy, CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION, header_callback);
     CURL_SETOPT_CHECK(easy, CURLOPT_HEADERDATA, &ctx->headers);
-    CURL_SETOPT_CHECK(easy, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, timeout_sec);
+    CURL_SETOPT_CHECK(easy, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS, timeout_ms);
+    CURL_SETOPT_CHECK(easy, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT_MS, opts->connect_timeout_ms);
     CURL_SETOPT_CHECK(easy, CURLOPT_NOSIGNAL, 1L);
-    CURL_SETOPT_CHECK(easy, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);
-    CURL_SETOPT_CHECK(easy, CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS, MAX_REDIRECTS);
+    CURL_SETOPT_CHECK(easy, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, opts->follow_redirects);
+    CURL_SETOPT_CHECK(easy, CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS, opts->max_redirects);
     CURL_SETOPT_CHECK(easy, CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING, "");
     CURL_SETOPT_CHECK(easy, CURLOPT_PRIVATE, (char *)ctx);
     CURL_SETOPT_CHECK(easy, CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION, CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2TLS);
+    if (fast_share)
+        CURL_SETOPT_CHECK(easy, CURLOPT_SHARE, fast_share);
     return CURLE_OK;
 }
 
 static CURLcode setup_security_options(CURL *easy) {
     CURL_SETOPT_CHECK(easy, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 1L);
     CURL_SETOPT_CHECK(easy, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 2L);
-#ifdef CURLOPT_PROTOCOLS_STR
+#if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x075500
     CURL_SETOPT_CHECK(easy, CURLOPT_PROTOCOLS_STR, "http,https");
     CURL_SETOPT_CHECK(easy, CURLOPT_REDIR_PROTOCOLS_STR, "http,https");
 #else
@@ -364,107 +693,231 @@ static CURLcode setup_security_options(CURL *easy) {
     return CURLE_OK;
 }
 
-static CURLcode setup_method_and_body(CURL *easy, VALUE method, VALUE body) {
-    if (!NIL_P(method)) {
-        const char *m = StringValueCStr(method);
-        if (strcmp(m, "POST") == 0) {
-            CURL_SETOPT_CHECK(easy, CURLOPT_POST, 1L);
-        } else if (strcmp(m, "PUT") == 0) {
-            CURL_SETOPT_CHECK(easy, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "PUT");
-        } else if (strcmp(m, "DELETE") == 0) {
-            CURL_SETOPT_CHECK(easy, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "DELETE");
-        } else if (strcmp(m, "PATCH") == 0) {
-            CURL_SETOPT_CHECK(easy, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "PATCH");
-        } else if (strcmp(m, "GET") != 0) {
-            CURL_SETOPT_CHECK(easy, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, m);
+static CURLcode set_body(CURL *easy, VALUE body) {
+    VALUE body_str = rb_String(body);
+    CURL_SETOPT_CHECK(easy, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE, (long)RSTRING_LEN(body_str));
+    CURL_SETOPT_CHECK(easy, CURLOPT_COPYPOSTFIELDS, StringValuePtr(body_str));
+    RB_GC_GUARD(body_str);
+    return CURLE_OK;
+}
+
+typedef struct {
+    const char *name;
+    const char *custom;
+    int post;
+    int nobody;
+    int allows_body;
+    int idempotent;
+} http_method_t;
+
+static const http_method_t HTTP_METHODS[] = {
+    {"GET", NULL, 0, 0, 0, 1},          {"POST", NULL, 1, 0, 1, 0},     {"PUT", "PUT", 0, 0, 1, 1},
+    {"DELETE", "DELETE", 0, 0, 1, 1},   {"PATCH", "PATCH", 0, 0, 1, 0}, {"HEAD", NULL, 0, 1, 0, 1},
+    {"OPTIONS", "OPTIONS", 0, 0, 0, 1},
+};
+
+static const http_method_t *find_http_method(const char *name) {
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(HTTP_METHODS) / sizeof(HTTP_METHODS[0]); i++) {
+        if (strcasecmp(HTTP_METHODS[i].name, name) == 0)
+            return &HTTP_METHODS[i];
+    }
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+static CURLcode apply_http_method(CURL *easy, const http_method_t *method) {
+    if (method->post)
+        CURL_SETOPT_CHECK(easy, CURLOPT_POST, 1L);
+    if (method->custom)
+        CURL_SETOPT_CHECK(easy, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, method->custom);
+    if (method->nobody)
+        CURL_SETOPT_CHECK(easy, CURLOPT_NOBODY, 1L);
+    return CURLE_OK;
+}
+
+static int setup_method_and_body(request_ctx_t *ctx, VALUE method_value, VALUE body) {
+    const http_method_t *method;
+    int has_body = !NIL_P(body);
+    char name[32];
+
+    if (NIL_P(method_value)) {
+        memcpy(name, "GET", 4);
+    } else {
+        if (!RB_TYPE_P(method_value, T_STRING)) {
+            SET_SETUP_ERROR(ctx, "Unsupported HTTP method", 1);
+            return 0;
         }
+        long len = RSTRING_LEN(method_value);
+        if (len <= 0 || len >= (long)sizeof(name)) {
+            SET_SETUP_ERROR(ctx, "Unsupported HTTP method", 1);
+            return 0;
+        }
+        memcpy(name, RSTRING_PTR(method_value), (size_t)len);
+        name[len] = '\0';
+    }
+
+    method = find_http_method(name);
+    if (!method) {
+        SET_SETUP_ERROR(ctx, "Unsupported HTTP method", 1);
+        return 0;
+    }
+    if (has_body && !method->allows_body) {
+        SET_SETUP_ERROR(ctx, "This HTTP method must not include a body", 1);
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    ctx->idempotent = method->idempotent;
+
+    if (apply_http_method(ctx->easy, method) != CURLE_OK) {
+        SET_SETUP_ERROR(ctx, "Failed to configure HTTP method", 0);
+        return 0;
     }
 
-    if (!NIL_P(body)) {
-        CURL_SETOPT_CHECK(easy, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE, RSTRING_LEN(body));
-        CURL_SETOPT_CHECK(easy, CURLOPT_COPYPOSTFIELDS, StringValuePtr(body));
+    if (has_body && set_body(ctx->easy, body) != CURLE_OK) {
+        SET_SETUP_ERROR(ctx, "Failed to configure request body", 0);
+        return 0;
     }
-    return CURLE_OK;
+
+    RB_GC_GUARD(method_value);
+    RB_GC_GUARD(body);
+    return 1;
+}
+
+static void append_request_header(request_ctx_t *ctx, const char *buf) {
+    struct curl_slist *new_headers = curl_slist_append(ctx->req_headers, buf);
+    if (!new_headers)
+        rb_raise(rb_eNoMemError, "failed to allocate request header");
+    ctx->req_headers = new_headers;
+}
+
+static char *alloc_header_line(const char *key, long key_len, const char *value, long value_len,
+                               char stack_buf[HEADER_LINE_BUF_SIZE]) {
+    int has_value = value && value_len > 0;
+    long need = key_len + (has_value ? 2 + value_len : 1) + 1;
+    char *buf = need > HEADER_LINE_BUF_SIZE ? malloc((size_t)need) : stack_buf;
+
+    if (!buf)
+        rb_raise(rb_eNoMemError, "failed to allocate request header");
+
+    memcpy(buf, key, (size_t)key_len);
+    if (has_value) {
+        buf[key_len] = ':';
+        buf[key_len + 1] = ' ';
+        memcpy(buf + key_len + 2, value, (size_t)value_len);
+        buf[key_len + 2 + value_len] = '\0';
+    } else {
+        buf[key_len] = ';';
+        buf[key_len + 1] = '\0';
+    }
+
+    return buf;
+}
+
+static void append_formatted_header(request_ctx_t *ctx, const char *key, long key_len,
+                                    const char *value, long value_len) {
+    char stack_buf[HEADER_LINE_BUF_SIZE];
+    char *line = alloc_header_line(key, key_len, value, value_len, stack_buf);
+    append_request_header(ctx, line);
+    if (line != stack_buf)
+        free(line);
+}
+
+static VALUE header_part_to_str(VALUE v) {
+    if (RB_TYPE_P(v, T_STRING))
+        return v;
+    if (SYMBOL_P(v))
+        return rb_sym2str(v);
+    return rb_String(v);
 }
 
 static int header_iter_cb(VALUE key, VALUE val, VALUE arg) {
     request_ctx_t *ctx = (request_ctx_t *)arg;
-    VALUE key_str = rb_String(key);
-    const char *k = RSTRING_PTR(key_str);
-    long klen = RSTRING_LEN(key_str);
-
-    if (contains_header_injection(k, klen))
-        return ST_CONTINUE;
-
-    if (NIL_P(val) || RSTRING_LEN(rb_String(val)) == 0) {
-        char sbuf[HEADER_LINE_BUF_SIZE];
-        char *buf = sbuf;
-        long need = klen + 2;
-        if (need > HEADER_LINE_BUF_SIZE)
-            buf = malloc(need);
-        if (!buf)
-            return ST_CONTINUE;
-        memcpy(buf, k, klen);
-        buf[klen] = ';';
-        buf[klen + 1] = '\0';
-        ctx->req_headers = curl_slist_append(ctx->req_headers, buf);
-        if (buf != sbuf)
-            free(buf);
-    } else {
-        VALUE val_str = rb_String(val);
-        const char *v = RSTRING_PTR(val_str);
-        long vlen = RSTRING_LEN(val_str);
-
-        if (contains_header_injection(v, vlen))
-            return ST_CONTINUE;
-        char sbuf[HEADER_LINE_BUF_SIZE];
-        char *buf = sbuf;
-        long need = klen + 2 + vlen + 1;
-        if (need > HEADER_LINE_BUF_SIZE)
-            buf = malloc(need);
-        if (!buf)
-            return ST_CONTINUE;
-
-        memcpy(buf, k, klen);
-        buf[klen] = ':';
-        buf[klen + 1] = ' ';
-        memcpy(buf + klen + 2, v, vlen);
-        buf[klen + 2 + vlen] = '\0';
-        ctx->req_headers = curl_slist_append(ctx->req_headers, buf);
-        if (buf != sbuf)
-            free(buf);
+    VALUE key_str, val_str;
+    const char *k;
+    long klen;
+    const char *v = NULL;
+    long vlen = 0;
+
+    if (ctx->setup_error)
+        return ST_STOP;
+
+    key_str = header_part_to_str(key);
+    val_str = NIL_P(val) ? Qnil : header_part_to_str(val);
+    k = RSTRING_PTR(key_str);
+    klen = RSTRING_LEN(key_str);
+
+    if (!is_valid_header_name(k, klen) || contains_header_injection(k, klen)) {
+        SET_SETUP_ERROR(ctx, "Invalid HTTP header name", 1);
+        return ST_STOP;
+    }
+
+    if (!NIL_P(val_str) && RSTRING_LEN(val_str) > 0) {
+        v = RSTRING_PTR(val_str);
+        vlen = RSTRING_LEN(val_str);
+        if (contains_header_injection(v, vlen)) {
+            SET_SETUP_ERROR(ctx, "Invalid HTTP header value", 1);
+            return ST_STOP;
+        }
     }
+
+    append_formatted_header(ctx, k, klen, v, vlen);
+
+    RB_GC_GUARD(key_str);
+    RB_GC_GUARD(val_str);
     return ST_CONTINUE;
 }
 
-static int setup_easy_handle(request_ctx_t *ctx, VALUE request, long timeout_sec) {
-    VALUE url = rb_hash_aref(request, sym_url);
-    VALUE method = rb_hash_aref(request, sym_method);
-    VALUE headers = rb_hash_aref(request, sym_headers);
-    VALUE body = rb_hash_aref(request, sym_body);
-    if (NIL_P(url))
+static int setup_easy_handle(request_ctx_t *ctx, VALUE request, const request_options_t *opts) {
+    if (!RB_TYPE_P(request, T_HASH)) {
+        SET_SETUP_ERROR(ctx, "Request must be a Hash", 1);
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    VALUE url = hash_aref_key(request, KEY_URL);
+    VALUE method = hash_aref_key(request, KEY_METHOD);
+    VALUE headers = hash_aref_key(request, KEY_HEADERS);
+    VALUE body = hash_aref_key(request, KEY_BODY);
+
+    if (NIL_P(url)) {
+        SET_SETUP_ERROR(ctx, "Missing :url", 0);
+        return 0;
+    }
+    if (!RB_TYPE_P(url, T_STRING) || memchr(RSTRING_PTR(url), '\0', RSTRING_LEN(url))) {
+        SET_SETUP_ERROR(ctx, "Invalid URL", 1);
         return 0;
+    }
+
     const char *url_str = StringValueCStr(url);
-    if (!is_valid_url(url_str))
-        rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "Invalid URL: %s", url_str);
+    if (!is_valid_url(url_str)) {
+        SET_SETUP_ERROR(ctx, "Invalid URL (expected http:// or https://, max 2048 bytes)", 1);
+        return 0;
+    }
 
-    CURLcode res;
-    res = setup_basic_options(ctx->easy, url_str, timeout_sec, ctx);
-    if (res != CURLE_OK)
+    if (setup_basic_options(ctx->easy, url_str, opts, ctx) != CURLE_OK) {
+        SET_SETUP_ERROR(ctx, "Failed to configure request", 0);
         return 0;
-    res = setup_security_options(ctx->easy);
-    if (res != CURLE_OK)
+    }
+
+    if (setup_security_options(ctx->easy) != CURLE_OK) {
+        SET_SETUP_ERROR(ctx, "Failed to configure TLS options", 0);
         return 0;
-    res = setup_method_and_body(ctx->easy, method, body);
-    if (res != CURLE_OK)
+    }
+
+    if (!setup_method_and_body(ctx, method, body))
         return 0;
 
-    if (!NIL_P(headers) && rb_obj_is_kind_of(headers, rb_cHash)) {
+    if (!NIL_P(headers)) {
+        if (!RB_TYPE_P(headers, T_HASH)) {
+            SET_SETUP_ERROR(ctx, ":headers must be a Hash", 1);
+            return 0;
+        }
         rb_hash_foreach(headers, header_iter_cb, (VALUE)ctx);
+        if (ctx->setup_error)
+            return 0;
         if (ctx->req_headers) {
-            res = curl_easy_setopt(ctx->easy, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ctx->req_headers);
-            if (res != CURLE_OK)
+            if (curl_easy_setopt(ctx->easy, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ctx->req_headers) != CURLE_OK) {
+                SET_SETUP_ERROR(ctx, "Failed to set request headers", 0);
                 return 0;
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -476,13 +929,25 @@ static int setup_easy_handle(request_ctx_t *ctx, VALUE request, long timeout_sec
     return 1;
 }
 
+/* Poll until something actually completes, or the slice budget expires.
+   Previously this returned after every single 50ms poll, which under a fiber
+   scheduler meant a fresh OS thread twenty times a second. Cancellation still
+   breaks out immediately via curl_multi_wakeup. */
 static void *poll_without_gvl(void *arg) {
     multi_session_t *s = (multi_session_t *)arg;
-    if (s->cancelled)
-        return NULL;
-    int numfds = 0;
-    curl_multi_poll(s->multi, NULL, 0, POLL_TIMEOUT_MS, &numfds);
-    curl_multi_perform(s->multi, &s->still_running);
+    long long started = fast_now_ms();
+    int before = s->still_running;
+
+    while (!s->cancelled) {
+        int numfds = 0;
+        curl_multi_poll(s->multi, NULL, 0, POLL_TIMEOUT_MS, &numfds);
+        curl_multi_perform(s->multi, &s->still_running);
+
+        if (s->still_running == 0 || s->still_running < before)
+            break;
+        if (fast_now_ms() - started >= POLL_SLICE_MS)
+            break;
+    }
     return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -501,61 +966,185 @@ typedef struct {
     int stream;
 } completion_ctx_t;
 
+static VALUE build_result_pair(int index, VALUE response) {
+    return rb_ary_new_from_args(2, INT2NUM(index), response);
+}
+
+static int record_immediate_error(completion_ctx_t *cctx, int index, const char *message,
+                                  int attempts) {
+    if (cctx->stream || cctx->target > 0) {
+        VALUE pair =
+            build_result_pair(index, build_error_response(message, ERR_INVALID_REQUEST, attempts));
+
+        if (cctx->stream)
+            rb_yield(pair);
+        else
+            rb_ary_push(cctx->results, pair);
+
+        cctx->completed++;
+        if (cctx->target > 0 && cctx->completed >= cctx->target)
+            return 1;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
 static int process_completed(multi_session_t *session, completion_ctx_t *cctx) {
     CURLMsg *msg;
     int msgs_left;
+
     while ((msg = curl_multi_info_read(session->multi, &msgs_left))) {
         if (msg->msg != CURLMSG_DONE)
             continue;
+
         request_ctx_t *ctx = NULL;
         curl_easy_getinfo(msg->easy_handle, CURLINFO_PRIVATE, (char **)&ctx);
         if (!ctx || ctx->done)
             continue;
+
+        if (ctx->active) {
+            curl_multi_remove_handle(session->multi, ctx->easy);
+            ctx->active = 0;
+            if (session->active_count > 0)
+                session->active_count--;
+        }
+
         ctx->done = 1;
         ctx->curl_result = msg->data.result;
         if (msg->data.result == CURLE_OK)
             curl_easy_getinfo(ctx->easy, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE, &ctx->http_status);
-        if (cctx->stream) {
-            VALUE response = (msg->data.result == CURLE_OK)
-                                 ? build_response(ctx)
-                                 : build_error_response_with_code(
-                                       curl_easy_strerror(msg->data.result), (int)msg->data.result);
-            VALUE pair = rb_ary_new_from_args(2, INT2NUM(ctx->index), response);
-            rb_yield(pair);
-            cctx->completed++;
-        } else {
-            cctx->completed++;
+
+        if (cctx->stream || cctx->target > 0) {
+            VALUE response =
+                (msg->data.result == CURLE_OK)
+                    ? build_response(ctx)
+                    : build_error_response_with_code(curl_easy_strerror(msg->data.result),
+                                                     (int)msg->data.result, ctx->attempts);
+            VALUE pair = build_result_pair(ctx->index, response);
+
+            if (cctx->stream)
+                rb_yield(pair);
+            else
+                rb_ary_push(cctx->results, pair);
         }
+
+        cctx->completed++;
         if (cctx->target > 0 && cctx->completed >= cctx->target)
             return 1;
     }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int next_pending_index(multi_session_t *session) {
+    if (session->pending_pos >= session->pending_count)
+        return -1;
+
+    if (session->pending_indices)
+        return session->pending_indices[session->pending_pos++];
+
+    return session->pending_pos++;
+}
+
+static int activate_request(multi_session_t *session, VALUE requests, int idx, int *invalid,
+                            const request_options_t *opts) {
+    request_ctx_t *ctx = &session->requests[idx];
+
+    if (invalid[idx] || ctx->done)
+        return 0;
+
+    if (!request_ctx_prepare_easy(ctx)) {
+        SET_SETUP_ERROR(ctx, "Failed to allocate a curl handle", 0);
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    if (!setup_easy_handle(ctx, rb_ary_entry(requests, idx), opts))
+        return 0;
+
+    if (curl_multi_add_handle(session->multi, ctx->easy) != CURLM_OK) {
+        SET_SETUP_ERROR(ctx, "Failed to schedule the request", 0);
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    ctx->attempts++;
+    ctx->active = 1;
+    ctx->done = 0;
+    session->active_count++;
+    return 1;
+}
+
+static int fill_slots(multi_session_t *session, VALUE requests, int *invalid,
+                      const request_options_t *opts, completion_ctx_t *cctx) {
+    while (session->active_count < session->max_connections) {
+        int idx = next_pending_index(session);
+        if (idx < 0)
+            break;
+
+        request_ctx_t *ctx = &session->requests[idx];
+
+        if (!activate_request(session, requests, idx, invalid, opts)) {
+            invalid[idx] = 1;
+            ctx->done = 1;
+            ctx->active = 0;
+            if (record_immediate_error(cctx, idx,
+                                       ctx->setup_error ? ctx->setup_error
+                                                        : "Invalid request configuration",
+                                       ctx->attempts))
+                return 1;
+        }
+    }
+
     return 0;
 }
 
-static void run_multi_loop(multi_session_t *session, completion_ctx_t *cctx) {
+static int pending_remaining(multi_session_t *session) {
+    return session->pending_pos < session->pending_count;
+}
+
+static void prepare_pending(multi_session_t *session, int *indices, int count) {
+    session->pending_indices = indices;
+    session->pending_count = count;
+    session->pending_pos = 0;
+    session->active_count = 0;
+    session->still_running = 0;
+}
+
+static void run_multi_loop(multi_session_t *session, completion_ctx_t *cctx, VALUE requests,
+                           int *invalid, const request_options_t *opts, int *indices,
+                           int indices_count) {
+#ifdef FAST_CURL_HAVE_FIBER_SCHEDULER
     VALUE scheduler = current_fiber_scheduler();
+#endif
+    prepare_pending(session, indices, indices_count);
 
-    if (scheduler != Qnil) {
-        curl_multi_perform(session->multi, &session->still_running);
-        while (session->still_running > 0) {
-            if (session->cancelled)
-                break;
+    if (fill_slots(session, requests, invalid, opts, cctx))
+        return;
+
+    curl_multi_perform(session->multi, &session->still_running);
+    if (process_completed(session, cctx))
+        return;
+
+    while (!session->cancelled && (session->active_count > 0 || pending_remaining(session))) {
+        if (opts->deadline_ms > 0 && fast_now_ms() >= opts->deadline_ms)
+            break;
+
+        if (fill_slots(session, requests, invalid, opts, cctx))
+            return;
+
+        if (session->active_count == 0)
+            break;
+
+#ifdef FAST_CURL_HAVE_FIBER_SCHEDULER
+        if (scheduler != Qnil)
             run_via_fiber_worker(scheduler, poll_without_gvl, session);
-            if (process_completed(session, cctx))
-                break;
-        }
-        process_completed(session, cctx);
-    } else {
-        curl_multi_perform(session->multi, &session->still_running);
-        while (session->still_running > 0) {
-            if (session->cancelled)
-                break;
+        else
+#endif
             rb_thread_call_without_gvl(poll_without_gvl, session, unblock_perform, session);
-            if (process_completed(session, cctx))
-                break;
-        }
-        process_completed(session, cctx);
+
+        if (process_completed(session, cctx))
+            return;
     }
+
+    process_completed(session, cctx);
 }
 
 static int is_default_retryable_curle(CURLcode code) {
@@ -566,11 +1155,16 @@ static int is_default_retryable_curle(CURLcode code) {
 }
 
 static int should_retry(request_ctx_t *ctx, retry_config_t *rc) {
+    if (!ctx->idempotent && !rc->retry_non_idempotent)
+        return 0;
+
     if (ctx->curl_result != CURLE_OK)
         return is_default_retryable_curle(ctx->curl_result);
+
     for (int i = 0; i < rc->retry_http_count; i++)
         if (rc->retry_http_codes[i] == (int)ctx->http_status)
             return 1;
+
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -586,10 +1180,11 @@ static void *sleep_without_gvl(void *arg) {
     return NULL;
 }
 
-/* FIX #2: Fiber path releases GVL via run_via_fiber_worker */
 static void retry_delay_sleep(long delay_ms) {
     if (delay_ms <= 0)
         return;
+
+#ifdef FAST_CURL_HAVE_FIBER_SCHEDULER
     VALUE scheduler = current_fiber_scheduler();
     if (scheduler != Qnil) {
         long remaining = delay_ms;
@@ -599,70 +1194,156 @@ static void retry_delay_sleep(long delay_ms) {
             run_via_fiber_worker(scheduler, sleep_without_gvl, &sa);
             remaining -= chunk;
         }
-    } else {
+    } else
+#endif
+    {
         sleep_arg_t sa = {.delay_ms = delay_ms};
         rb_thread_call_without_gvl(sleep_without_gvl, &sa, (rb_unblock_function_t *)0, NULL);
     }
 }
 
-static void parse_options(VALUE options, long *timeout, int *max_conn, retry_config_t *retry_cfg) {
-    *timeout = 30;
-    *max_conn = 20;
+static void retry_config_init(retry_config_t *retry_cfg) {
     retry_cfg->max_retries = DEFAULT_RETRIES;
+    retry_cfg->retries_explicit = 0;
     retry_cfg->retry_delay_ms = DEFAULT_RETRY_DELAY;
     retry_cfg->retry_http_codes = NULL;
     retry_cfg->retry_http_count = 0;
-    if (NIL_P(options) || !rb_obj_is_kind_of(options, rb_cHash))
+    retry_cfg->retry_non_idempotent = 0;
+}
+
+static long retry_backoff_ms(const retry_config_t *rc, int attempt) {
+    long delay = rc->retry_delay_ms;
+    long half;
+
+    if (delay <= 0)
+        return 0;
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < attempt && delay < MAX_RETRY_DELAY_MS; i++)
+        delay *= 2;
+    if (delay > MAX_RETRY_DELAY_MS)
+        delay = MAX_RETRY_DELAY_MS;
+
+    half = delay / 2;
+    if (half > 0)
+        delay = half + (long)(fast_rand() % (uint32_t)(half + 1));
+
+    return delay;
+}
+
+static long parse_long_option(VALUE options, key_id_t key, const char *name, long min, long max,
+                              long default_value, int *present) {
+    VALUE raw = hash_aref_key(options, key);
+    long value;
+
+    if (present)
+        *present = !NIL_P(raw);
+    if (NIL_P(raw))
+        return default_value;
+
+    value = NUM2LONG(raw);
+    if (value < min || value > max)
+        rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "%s must be between %ld and %ld", name, min, max);
+
+    return value;
+}
+
+static int parse_int_option(VALUE options, key_id_t key, const char *name, int min, int max,
+                            int default_value, int *present) {
+    return (int)parse_long_option(options, key, name, min, max, default_value, present);
+}
+
+static void parse_retry_codes(VALUE options, retry_config_t *retry_cfg) {
+    VALUE codes = hash_aref_key(options, KEY_RETRY_CODES);
+    long len_long;
+    int len;
+
+    if (NIL_P(codes))
         return;
 
-    VALUE t = rb_hash_aref(options, sym_timeout);
-    if (!NIL_P(t)) {
-        long v = NUM2LONG(t);
-        if (v > MAX_TIMEOUT)
-            v = MAX_TIMEOUT;
-        else if (v <= 0)
-            v = 30;
-        *timeout = v;
-    }
-    VALUE c = rb_hash_aref(options, sym_connections);
-    if (!NIL_P(c)) {
-        int v = NUM2INT(c);
-        if (v > 100)
-            v = 100;
-        else if (v <= 0)
-            v = 20;
-        *max_conn = v;
-    }
-    VALUE r = rb_hash_aref(options, sym_retries);
-    if (!NIL_P(r)) {
-        int v = NUM2INT(r);
-        if (v < 0)
-            v = 0;
-        if (v > MAX_RETRIES)
-            v = MAX_RETRIES;
-        retry_cfg->max_retries = v;
-    }
-    VALUE rd = rb_hash_aref(options, sym_retry_delay);
-    if (!NIL_P(rd)) {
-        long v = NUM2LONG(rd);
-        if (v < 0)
-            v = 0;
-        if (v > 30000)
-            v = 30000;
-        retry_cfg->retry_delay_ms = v;
-    }
-    VALUE rc = rb_hash_aref(options, sym_retry_codes);
-    if (!NIL_P(rc) && rb_obj_is_kind_of(rc, rb_cArray)) {
-        int len = (int)RARRAY_LEN(rc);
-        if (len > 0) {
-            retry_cfg->retry_http_codes = malloc(sizeof(int) * len);
-            if (retry_cfg->retry_http_codes) {
-                retry_cfg->retry_http_count = len;
-                for (int i = 0; i < len; i++)
-                    retry_cfg->retry_http_codes[i] = NUM2INT(rb_ary_entry(rc, i));
-            }
-        }
+    Check_Type(codes, T_ARRAY);
+    len_long = RARRAY_LEN(codes);
+    if (len_long > INT_MAX)
+        rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "retry_codes is too large");
+
+    len = (int)len_long;
+    for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+        int code = NUM2INT(rb_ary_entry(codes, i));
+        if (code < 100 || code > 599)
+            rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "retry_codes must contain valid HTTP status codes");
     }
+
+    if (len == 0)
+        return;
+
+    retry_cfg->retry_http_codes = malloc(sizeof(int) * (size_t)len);
+    if (!retry_cfg->retry_http_codes)
+        rb_raise(rb_eNoMemError, "failed to allocate retry codes");
+
+    retry_cfg->retry_http_count = len;
+    for (int i = 0; i < len; i++)
+        retry_cfg->retry_http_codes[i] = NUM2INT(rb_ary_entry(codes, i));
+}
+
+static void parse_options(VALUE options, request_options_t *opts, int *max_conn,
+                          retry_config_t *retry_cfg) {
+    VALUE flag;
+
+    opts->timeout_sec = 30;
+    opts->connect_timeout_ms = DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MS;
+    opts->total_timeout_ms = 0;
+    opts->follow_redirects = 1;
+    opts->max_redirects = MAX_REDIRECTS;
+    opts->deadline_ms = 0;
+    *max_conn = 20;
+    retry_config_init(retry_cfg);
+
+    if (NIL_P(options))
+        return;
+
+    Check_Type(options, T_HASH);
+    opts->timeout_sec =
+        parse_long_option(options, KEY_TIMEOUT, "timeout", 1, MAX_TIMEOUT, opts->timeout_sec, NULL);
+    opts->connect_timeout_ms =
+        parse_long_option(options, KEY_CONNECT_TIMEOUT, "connect_timeout", 1,
+                          MAX_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MS, opts->connect_timeout_ms, NULL);
+    opts->total_timeout_ms = parse_long_option(options, KEY_TOTAL_TIMEOUT, "total_timeout", 1,
+                                               MAX_TOTAL_TIMEOUT_MS, opts->total_timeout_ms, NULL);
+    opts->max_redirects = parse_long_option(options, KEY_MAX_REDIRECTS, "max_redirects", 0, 100,
+                                            opts->max_redirects, NULL);
+
+    flag = hash_aref_key(options, KEY_FOLLOW_REDIRECTS);
+    if (!NIL_P(flag))
+        opts->follow_redirects = RTEST(flag) ? 1L : 0L;
+
+    flag = hash_aref_key(options, KEY_RETRY_NON_IDEMPOTENT);
+    if (!NIL_P(flag))
+        retry_cfg->retry_non_idempotent = RTEST(flag) ? 1 : 0;
+
+    *max_conn = parse_int_option(options, KEY_CONNECTIONS, "connections", 1, MAX_CONNECTIONS,
+                                 *max_conn, NULL);
+    retry_cfg->max_retries = parse_int_option(options, KEY_RETRIES, "retries", 0, MAX_RETRIES,
+                                              retry_cfg->max_retries, &retry_cfg->retries_explicit);
+    retry_cfg->retry_delay_ms =
+        parse_long_option(options, KEY_RETRY_DELAY, "retry_delay", 0, MAX_RETRY_DELAY_MS,
+                          retry_cfg->retry_delay_ms, NULL);
+    parse_retry_codes(options, retry_cfg);
+}
+
+static void multi_session_init(multi_session_t *session, CURLM *multi, int count, int max_conn,
+                               long timeout_sec) {
+    memset(session, 0, sizeof(*session));
+    session->multi = multi;
+    session->count = count;
+    session->timeout_ms = timeout_sec * 1000;
+    session->max_connections = max_conn;
+}
+
+static void multi_session_configure(CURLM *multi, int max_conn) {
+    curl_multi_setopt(multi, CURLMOPT_MAXCONNECTS, (long)max_conn);
+    curl_multi_setopt(multi, CURLMOPT_MAX_TOTAL_CONNECTIONS, (long)max_conn);
+#ifdef CURLPIPE_MULTIPLEX
+    curl_multi_setopt(multi, CURLMOPT_PIPELINING, CURLPIPE_MULTIPLEX);
+#endif
 }
 
 typedef struct {
@@ -673,30 +1354,41 @@ typedef struct {
 
 static VALUE cleanup_session(VALUE arg) {
     cleanup_ctx_t *ctx = (cleanup_ctx_t *)arg;
+
     if (ctx->session->requests) {
         for (int i = 0; i < ctx->session->count; i++) {
-            if (ctx->session->requests[i].easy)
+            if (ctx->session->requests[i].easy && ctx->session->requests[i].active)
                 curl_multi_remove_handle(ctx->session->multi, ctx->session->requests[i].easy);
             request_ctx_free(&ctx->session->requests[i]);
         }
         free(ctx->session->requests);
         ctx->session->requests = NULL;
     }
+
     if (ctx->invalid) {
         free(ctx->invalid);
         ctx->invalid = NULL;
     }
+
     if (ctx->session->multi) {
         curl_multi_cleanup(ctx->session->multi);
         ctx->session->multi = NULL;
     }
+
     if (ctx->retry_cfg && ctx->retry_cfg->retry_http_codes) {
         free(ctx->retry_cfg->retry_http_codes);
         ctx->retry_cfg->retry_http_codes = NULL;
     }
+
     return Qnil;
 }
 
+static FAST_CURL_NORETURN void cleanup_and_raise(cleanup_ctx_t *cleanup, VALUE exception,
+                                                 const char *message) {
+    cleanup_session((VALUE)cleanup);
+    rb_raise(exception, "%s", message);
+}
+
 typedef struct {
     VALUE requests;
     VALUE options;
@@ -705,7 +1397,7 @@ typedef struct {
     multi_session_t *session;
     int *invalid;
     retry_config_t *retry_cfg;
-    long timeout_sec;
+    request_options_t *opts;
 } execute_args_t;
 
 static VALUE internal_execute_body(VALUE arg) {
@@ -714,114 +1406,196 @@ static VALUE internal_execute_body(VALUE arg) {
     multi_session_t *session = ea->session;
     int *invalid = ea->invalid;
     retry_config_t *retry_cfg = ea->retry_cfg;
-    long timeout_sec = ea->timeout_sec;
-    int count = session->count, target = ea->target, stream = ea->stream;
+    request_options_t *opts = ea->opts;
+    int deadline_hit = 0;
+    int count = session->count;
+    int target = ea->target;
+    int stream = ea->stream;
 
-    int valid_requests = 0;
-    for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
-        VALUE req = rb_ary_entry(requests, i);
+    for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
         request_ctx_init(&session->requests[i], i);
-        if (!setup_easy_handle(&session->requests[i], req, timeout_sec)) {
-            session->requests[i].done = 1;
-            invalid[i] = 1;
-            continue;
-        }
-        CURLMcode mc = curl_multi_add_handle(session->multi, session->requests[i].easy);
-        if (mc != CURLM_OK) {
-            session->requests[i].done = 1;
-            invalid[i] = 1;
-            continue;
-        }
-        valid_requests++;
-    }
-    if (valid_requests == 0)
-        session->still_running = 0;
 
     completion_ctx_t cctx;
-    cctx.results = stream ? Qnil : rb_ary_new2(count);
+    cctx.results = stream ? Qnil : ((target > 0) ? rb_ary_new2(target) : rb_ary_new2(count));
     cctx.completed = 0;
     cctx.target = target;
     cctx.stream = stream;
-    if (!stream) {
+
+    if (!stream && target <= 0) {
         for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
             rb_ary_store(cctx.results, i, Qnil);
     }
 
-    run_multi_loop(session, &cctx);
+    if (opts->total_timeout_ms > 0)
+        opts->deadline_ms = fast_now_ms() + opts->total_timeout_ms;
 
-    if (!stream && retry_cfg->max_retries > 0) {
-        int prev_all_failed = 0;
+    run_multi_loop(session, &cctx, requests, invalid, opts, NULL, count);
+
+    if (!stream && target <= 0 && retry_cfg->max_retries > 0) {
         for (int attempt = 0; attempt < retry_cfg->max_retries; attempt++) {
-            int retry_count = 0;
-            int *ri = malloc(sizeof(int) * count);
-            if (!ri)
+            if (opts->deadline_ms > 0 && fast_now_ms() >= opts->deadline_ms) {
+                deadline_hit = 1;
                 break;
+            }
+
+            int *retry_indices = malloc(sizeof(int) * (size_t)count);
+            if (!retry_indices)
+                rb_raise(rb_eNoMemError, "failed to allocate retry index array");
+
+            int retry_count = 0;
             for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
                 if (invalid[i] || !session->requests[i].done)
                     continue;
                 if (should_retry(&session->requests[i], retry_cfg))
-                    ri[retry_count++] = i;
+                    retry_indices[retry_count++] = i;
             }
+
             if (retry_count == 0) {
-                free(ri);
+                free(retry_indices);
                 break;
             }
-            int done_count = 0;
-            for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
-                if (!invalid[i] && session->requests[i].done)
-                    done_count++;
-            int all_failed = (retry_count == done_count);
-            if (all_failed && prev_all_failed) {
-                free(ri);
-                break;
+
+            long backoff = retry_backoff_ms(retry_cfg, attempt);
+            if (opts->deadline_ms > 0) {
+                long long left = opts->deadline_ms - fast_now_ms();
+                if (left <= 0) {
+                    deadline_hit = 1;
+                    free(retry_indices);
+                    break;
+                }
+                if (backoff > (long)left)
+                    backoff = (long)left;
             }
-            prev_all_failed = all_failed;
-            retry_delay_sleep(retry_cfg->retry_delay_ms);
+            retry_delay_sleep(backoff);
+
+            int runnable_count = 0;
             for (int r = 0; r < retry_count; r++) {
-                int idx = ri[r];
+                int idx = retry_indices[r];
                 request_ctx_t *rc = &session->requests[idx];
-                curl_multi_remove_handle(session->multi, rc->easy);
+
                 if (!request_ctx_reset_for_retry(rc)) {
-                    rc->done = 1;
                     invalid[idx] = 1;
-                    continue;
-                }
-                VALUE req = rb_ary_entry(requests, idx);
-                if (!setup_easy_handle(rc, req, timeout_sec)) {
                     rc->done = 1;
-                    invalid[idx] = 1;
+                    rc->setup_error = "Failed to allocate a curl handle for the retry";
                     continue;
                 }
-                CURLMcode mc = curl_multi_add_handle(session->multi, rc->easy);
-                if (mc != CURLM_OK) {
-                    rc->done = 1;
-                    invalid[idx] = 1;
-                }
+
+                retry_indices[runnable_count++] = idx;
+            }
+
+            if (runnable_count > 0) {
+                cctx.completed = 0;
+                run_multi_loop(session, &cctx, requests, invalid, opts, retry_indices,
+                               runnable_count);
             }
-            free(ri);
-            cctx.completed = 0;
-            run_multi_loop(session, &cctx);
+
+            free(retry_indices);
         }
     }
 
-    if (!stream) {
+    if (!stream && target <= 0) {
         for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
             request_ctx_t *rc = &session->requests[i];
             VALUE response;
+
             if (invalid[i]) {
-                response = build_error_response("Invalid request configuration");
+                response = build_error_response(rc->setup_error ? rc->setup_error
+                                                                : "Invalid request configuration",
+                                                ERR_INVALID_REQUEST, rc->attempts);
+            } else if (!rc->done) {
+                response =
+                    deadline_hit || (opts->deadline_ms > 0 && fast_now_ms() >= opts->deadline_ms)
+                        ? build_error_response("Total timeout exceeded", ERR_DEADLINE, rc->attempts)
+                        : build_error_response("Request was not completed", ERR_NOT_COMPLETED,
+                                               rc->attempts);
             } else if (rc->curl_result == CURLE_OK) {
                 response = build_response(rc);
             } else {
                 response = build_error_response_with_code(curl_easy_strerror(rc->curl_result),
-                                                          (int)rc->curl_result);
+                                                          (int)rc->curl_result, rc->attempts);
             }
-            rb_ary_store(cctx.results, i, rb_ary_new_from_args(2, INT2NUM(i), response));
+
+            rb_ary_store(cctx.results, i, build_result_pair(i, response));
         }
     }
+
     return stream ? Qnil : cctx.results;
 }
 
+#ifdef FAST_CURL_HAVE_FIBER_SCHEDULER
+typedef struct {
+    execute_args_t *ea;
+    VALUE scheduler;
+    VALUE blocker;
+    VALUE fiber;
+    VALUE thread;
+    VALUE result;
+    VALUE exception;
+    int state;
+    int finished;
+} scheduler_execute_ctx_t;
+
+static VALUE scheduler_execute_thread(void *arg) {
+    scheduler_execute_ctx_t *ctx = (scheduler_execute_ctx_t *)arg;
+
+    ctx->result = rb_protect(internal_execute_body, (VALUE)ctx->ea, &ctx->state);
+    if (ctx->state) {
+        ctx->exception = rb_errinfo();
+        rb_set_errinfo(Qnil);
+    }
+
+    ctx->finished = 1;
+    rb_fiber_scheduler_unblock(ctx->scheduler, ctx->blocker, ctx->fiber);
+    return Qnil;
+}
+
+static void cancel_scheduler_execute(scheduler_execute_ctx_t *ctx) {
+    multi_session_t *session = ctx->ea->session;
+
+    session->cancelled = 1;
+#ifdef HAVE_CURL_MULTI_WAKEUP
+    if (session->multi)
+        curl_multi_wakeup(session->multi);
+#endif
+}
+
+static VALUE scheduler_execute_wait(VALUE arg) {
+    scheduler_execute_ctx_t *ctx = (scheduler_execute_ctx_t *)arg;
+
+    if (!ctx->finished)
+        rb_fiber_scheduler_block(ctx->scheduler, ctx->blocker, Qnil);
+
+    rb_funcall(ctx->thread, rb_intern("join"), 0);
+
+    if (ctx->state)
+        rb_exc_raise(ctx->exception);
+
+    return ctx->result;
+}
+
+static VALUE scheduler_execute_ensure(VALUE arg) {
+    scheduler_execute_ctx_t *ctx = (scheduler_execute_ctx_t *)arg;
+
+    if (!NIL_P(ctx->thread)) {
+        if (!ctx->finished)
+            cancel_scheduler_execute(ctx);
+        rb_funcall(ctx->thread, rb_intern("join"), 0);
+    }
+
+    return Qnil;
+}
+
+static VALUE execute_with_fiber_scheduler(VALUE arg) {
+    scheduler_execute_ctx_t *ctx = (scheduler_execute_ctx_t *)arg;
+
+    ctx->blocker = rb_obj_alloc(rb_cObject);
+    ctx->fiber = rb_fiber_current();
+    ctx->thread = rb_thread_create(scheduler_execute_thread, ctx);
+
+    return rb_ensure(scheduler_execute_wait, arg, scheduler_execute_ensure, arg);
+}
+#endif
+
 static VALUE internal_execute(VALUE requests, VALUE options, int target, int stream) {
     Check_Type(requests, T_ARRAY);
 
@@ -832,55 +1606,67 @@ static VALUE internal_execute(VALUE requests, VALUE options, int target, int str
         rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "too many requests (%ld), maximum is %d", count_long, MAX_REQUESTS);
     if (count_long > INT_MAX)
         rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "request count overflows int");
+
     int count = (int)count_long;
 
-    long timeout_sec;
+    if (target > 0 && target > count)
+        target = count;
+
+    request_options_t opts;
     int max_conn;
     retry_config_t retry_cfg;
-    parse_options(options, &timeout_sec, &max_conn, &retry_cfg);
+    parse_options(options, &opts, &max_conn, &retry_cfg);
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+        request_ctx_t probe;
+        request_ctx_init(&probe, i);
+        if (!request_ctx_prepare_easy(&probe)) {
+            request_ctx_free(&probe);
+            continue;
+        }
+        setup_easy_handle(&probe, rb_ary_entry(requests, i), &opts);
+        int fatal = probe.setup_error_fatal;
+        const char *message = probe.setup_error;
+        char buffer[128];
+        if (fatal && message) {
+            snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%s (request %d)", message, i);
+        }
+        request_ctx_free(&probe);
+        if (fatal) {
+            VALUE klass = NIL_P(fast_validation_error) ? rb_eArgError : fast_validation_error;
+            rb_raise(klass, "%s", buffer);
+        }
+    }
 
     if (stream || target > 0) {
-        if (retry_cfg.max_retries > 0 && stream)
-            rb_warn("FastCurl: retries are not supported in stream_execute, ignoring "
-                    "retries option");
-        if (retry_cfg.max_retries > 0 && target > 0)
-            rb_warn("FastCurl: retries are not supported in first_execute, ignoring "
-                    "retries option");
+        if (retry_cfg.retries_explicit && retry_cfg.max_retries > 0 && stream)
+            rb_warn(
+                "FastCurl: retries are not supported in stream_execute, ignoring retries option");
+        if (retry_cfg.retries_explicit && retry_cfg.max_retries > 0 && target > 0)
+            rb_warn(
+                "FastCurl: retries are not supported in first_execute, ignoring retries option");
         retry_cfg.max_retries = 0;
     }
 
     multi_session_t session;
-    session.multi = curl_multi_init();
-    session.count = count;
-    session.timeout_ms = timeout_sec * 1000;
-    session.max_connections = max_conn;
-    session.cancelled = 0;
-    session.requests = NULL;
-
-    curl_multi_setopt(session.multi, CURLMOPT_MAXCONNECTS, (long)max_conn);
-    curl_multi_setopt(session.multi, CURLMOPT_MAX_TOTAL_CONNECTIONS, (long)max_conn);
-#ifdef CURLPIPE_MULTIPLEX
-    curl_multi_setopt(session.multi, CURLMOPT_PIPELINING, CURLPIPE_MULTIPLEX);
-#endif
+    int *invalid = NULL;
+    multi_session_init(&session, curl_multi_init(), count, max_conn, opts.timeout_sec);
 
-    session.requests = calloc(count, sizeof(request_ctx_t));
-    if (!session.requests) {
-        curl_multi_cleanup(session.multi);
-        if (retry_cfg.retry_http_codes)
-            free(retry_cfg.retry_http_codes);
-        rb_raise(rb_eNoMemError, "failed to allocate request contexts");
-    }
+    cleanup_ctx_t cleanup = {.session = &session, .invalid = NULL, .retry_cfg = &retry_cfg};
 
-    int *invalid = calloc(count, sizeof(int));
-    if (!invalid) {
-        free(session.requests);
-        curl_multi_cleanup(session.multi);
-        if (retry_cfg.retry_http_codes)
-            free(retry_cfg.retry_http_codes);
-        rb_raise(rb_eNoMemError, "failed to allocate tracking array");
-    }
+    if (!session.multi)
+        cleanup_and_raise(&cleanup, rb_eNoMemError, "failed to initialize curl multi handle");
+
+    multi_session_configure(session.multi, max_conn);
 
-    cleanup_ctx_t cleanup = {.session = &session, .invalid = invalid, .retry_cfg = &retry_cfg};
+    session.requests = calloc((size_t)count, sizeof(request_ctx_t));
+    if (!session.requests)
+        cleanup_and_raise(&cleanup, rb_eNoMemError, "failed to allocate request contexts");
+
+    invalid = calloc((size_t)count, sizeof(int));
+    cleanup.invalid = invalid;
+    if (!invalid)
+        cleanup_and_raise(&cleanup, rb_eNoMemError, "failed to allocate tracking array");
     execute_args_t ea = {
         .requests = requests,
         .options = options,
@@ -889,8 +1675,28 @@ static VALUE internal_execute(VALUE requests, VALUE options, int target, int str
         .session = &session,
         .invalid = invalid,
         .retry_cfg = &retry_cfg,
-        .timeout_sec = timeout_sec,
+        .opts = &opts,
     };
+
+#ifdef FAST_CURL_HAVE_FIBER_SCHEDULER
+    VALUE scheduler = current_fiber_scheduler();
+    if (scheduler != Qnil && !stream) {
+        scheduler_execute_ctx_t scheduler_ctx = {
+            .ea = &ea,
+            .scheduler = scheduler,
+            .blocker = Qnil,
+            .fiber = Qnil,
+            .thread = Qnil,
+            .result = Qnil,
+            .exception = Qnil,
+            .state = 0,
+            .finished = 0,
+        };
+
+        return rb_ensure(execute_with_fiber_scheduler, (VALUE)&scheduler_ctx, cleanup_session,
+                         (VALUE)&cleanup);
+    }
+#endif
     return rb_ensure(internal_execute_body, (VALUE)&ea, cleanup_session, (VALUE)&cleanup);
 }
 
@@ -903,67 +1709,53 @@ static VALUE rb_fast_curl_execute(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self) {
 static VALUE rb_fast_curl_first_execute(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self) {
     VALUE requests, options;
     rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "1:", &requests, &options);
+
     int count = 1;
     if (!NIL_P(options)) {
-        VALUE c = rb_hash_aref(options, sym_count);
+        Check_Type(options, T_HASH);
+        VALUE c = hash_aref_key(options, KEY_COUNT_OPT);
         if (!NIL_P(c))
             count = NUM2INT(c);
     }
+
+    if (count <= 0)
+        rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "count must be positive");
+
     return internal_execute(requests, options, count, 0);
 }
 
 static VALUE rb_fast_curl_stream_execute(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self) {
     VALUE requests, options;
     rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "1:", &requests, &options);
+
     if (!rb_block_given_p())
         rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "stream_execute requires a block");
+
     return internal_execute(requests, options, -1, 1);
 }
 
 void Init_fast_curl(void) {
     curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL);
+    fast_share_init();
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < KEY_LAST; i++) {
+        fast_ids[i] = rb_intern(KEY_NAMES[i]);
+        fast_syms[i] = ID2SYM(fast_ids[i]);
+        rb_gc_register_address(&fast_syms[i]);
+    }
 
-    id_status = rb_intern("status");
-    id_headers = rb_intern("headers");
-    id_body = rb_intern("body");
-    id_error_code = rb_intern("error_code");
-    id_url = rb_intern("url");
-    id_method = rb_intern("method");
-    id_timeout = rb_intern("timeout");
-    id_connections = rb_intern("connections");
-    id_count = rb_intern("count");
-    id_keys = rb_intern("keys");
-    id_retries = rb_intern("retries");
-    id_retry_delay = rb_intern("retry_delay");
-    id_retry_codes = rb_intern("retry_codes");
-
-    sym_status = ID2SYM(id_status);
-    rb_gc_register_address(&sym_status);
-    sym_headers = ID2SYM(id_headers);
-    rb_gc_register_address(&sym_headers);
-    sym_body = ID2SYM(id_body);
-    rb_gc_register_address(&sym_body);
-    sym_error_code = ID2SYM(id_error_code);
-    rb_gc_register_address(&sym_error_code);
-    sym_url = ID2SYM(id_url);
-    rb_gc_register_address(&sym_url);
-    sym_method = ID2SYM(id_method);
-    rb_gc_register_address(&sym_method);
-    sym_timeout = ID2SYM(id_timeout);
-    rb_gc_register_address(&sym_timeout);
-    sym_connections = ID2SYM(id_connections);
-    rb_gc_register_address(&sym_connections);
-    sym_count = ID2SYM(id_count);
-    rb_gc_register_address(&sym_count);
-    sym_retries = ID2SYM(id_retries);
-    rb_gc_register_address(&sym_retries);
-    sym_retry_delay = ID2SYM(id_retry_delay);
-    rb_gc_register_address(&sym_retry_delay);
-    sym_retry_codes = ID2SYM(id_retry_codes);
-    rb_gc_register_address(&sym_retry_codes);
+    for (int i = 0; i < ERR_LAST; i++) {
+        error_syms[i] = ID2SYM(rb_intern(ERROR_KIND_NAMES[i]));
+        rb_gc_register_address(&error_syms[i]);
+    }
 
     VALUE mFastCurl = rb_define_module("FastCurl");
 
+    if (rb_const_defined_at(mFastCurl, rb_intern("Headers"))) {
+        fast_cHeaders = rb_const_get_at(mFastCurl, rb_intern("Headers"));
+        rb_gc_register_address(&fast_cHeaders);
+    }
+
     rb_define_module_function(mFastCurl, "execute", rb_fast_curl_execute, -1);
     rb_define_module_function(mFastCurl, "first_execute", rb_fast_curl_first_execute, -1);
     rb_define_module_function(mFastCurl, "stream_execute", rb_fast_curl_stream_execute, -1);