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when a HTTP header overflow error occurs, instead of a generic 400 response, return 431 Request Header Fields Too Large

Rodrigo Muino Tomonari requested to merge github/fork/albertstill/http-431-header-size into master

Instead of returning a generic 400 response when the max header size is reached, return a 431 Request Header Fields Too Large.

Fixes: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/25528 Refs: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6585#section-5

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  • make -j4 test (UNIX), or vcbuild test (Windows) passes
  • tests and/or benchmarks are included
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