diff --git a/bot/src/webhook.ts b/bot/src/webhook.ts
index 2ed1018..e75b721 100644
--- a/bot/src/webhook.ts
+++ b/bot/src/webhook.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@
  *     (T-02-03). The bot is instantiated per request because the token only
  *     arrives with `env` (research-verified Workers pattern).
  *   POST /api/session       → the phase's security gate (T-02-01): the caller
- *     posts a verbatim Telegram.WebApp.initData string; only an HMAC-validated,
+ *     posts a verbatim Telegram.WebApp.initData string — capped at 4 KB
+ *     (WR-01: over-cap bodies are rejected 413 before any parsing; real
+ *     initData is ≪ 1 KB, so this touches no legitimate client); only an
+ *     HMAC-validated,
  *     fresh identity obtains a one-time opaque session token (D-06). Rotation
  *     of any prior token for the chat is mintSession's own invariant (D-07) —
  *     this endpoint adds no extra branch and no extra write path (T-02-06).
@@ -42,11 +45,40 @@ export default {
   },
 } satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
 
+/** initData is Telegram's verbatim WebApp string — a few hundred bytes on
+ *  the wire (research: known-good fixtures ≪ 1 KB). 4 KB is generous
+ *  headroom; anything beyond is abuse aimed at the isolate's memory/CPU
+ *  budget (WR-01) — unbounded, `raw.split("&")` would allocate millions of
+ *  entries per multi-MB request. */
+const MAX_INITDATA_CHARS = 4096;
+
+/** Category-only 413 for over-cap bodies (WR-01) — the error carries the
+ *  D-14 category, nothing of the request payload. */
+function oversizeBody(): Response {
+  return new Response(JSON.stringify({ error: "malformed" }), {
+    status: 413,
+    headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
+  });
+}
+
 /** Phase-2 security gate: initData in, one-time opaque session token out —
  *  nothing else; unvalidated identities get a category-only 401 (T-02-01). */
 async function handleSession(req: Request, env: Env): Promise<Response> {
   if (req.method !== "POST") return new Response("Method not allowed", { status: 405 });
+  // WR-01: reject over-cap bodies before any parse work. A declared
+  // Content-Length lets us say no without buffering the stream; lying or
+  // absent headers are covered by the post-read length check. The character
+  // bound is what governs the `split("&")` allocation below — the DoS
+  // surface this cap exists to close.
+  if (Number(req.headers.get("content-length") ?? "0") > MAX_INITDATA_CHARS) {
+    console.log("[initdata] rejected: malformed"); // category ONLY — no payload, no ids, no timestamps
+    return oversizeBody();
+  }
   const raw = await req.text(); // the verbatim Telegram.WebApp.initData string
+  if (raw.length > MAX_INITDATA_CHARS) {
+    console.log("[initdata] rejected: malformed"); // category ONLY — no payload, no ids, no timestamps
+    return oversizeBody();
+  }
   const result = await validateInitData(raw, env.BOT_TOKEN);
   if (!result.ok) {
     console.log(`[initdata] rejected: ${result.reason}`); // D-14: category ONLY — no payload, no ids, no timestamps
diff --git a/bot/test/webhook.test.mjs b/bot/test/webhook.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7276bdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bot/test/webhook.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+/*
+ * webhook.test.mjs — the Worker entry (/api/session + /telegram/webhook gate).
+ * ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * Source-under-test: src/webhook.ts, exercised through its exported
+ * `fetch(request, env)` with undici Request/Response (Node 20+ ships both;
+ * the code paths here are platform-neutral, no workerd needed).
+ *
+ * Scope note (offline-only): grammY's cloudflare-mod adapter calls
+ * `bot.init()` (a live getMe) BEFORE its own secret-token compare, so no
+ * committed case may let an update REACH the framework. Do not add a case
+ * that posts a well-formed update with an ARMED secret — it would call the
+ * live Bot API. Armed-secret behavior is verified by the live smokes in
+ * plan 02-03 instead.
+ *
+ * Cases (WR-01 body cap, T-02-01 gate):
+ *   WK1  POST valid initData under the cap → 200 {token: uuid};
+ *        exactly two TTL-carrying KV writes (900 s)
+ *   WK2  POST an over-cap (4 KB+) but VALIDLY SIGNED initData → 413
+ *        {error:"malformed"}, zero KV writes, log is category-only
+ *        ("[initdata] rejected: malformed") and echoes no payload
+ *   WK2b lying Content-Length (declares 100, ships 5000+) → 413 via the
+ *        post-read length check (the header blind spot in WR-01)
+ *   WK3  declared-length 999999 + unreadable body stream → 413 resolved
+ *        WITHOUT pulling the stream (the pre-read check refuses to buffer)
+ *   WK4  GET /api/session → 405 (the cap logic never runs on GET)
+ */
+import { strict as assert } from "node:assert";
+import { createHmac } from "node:crypto";
+import { test } from "./harness.mjs";
+
+const TEST_TOKEN = "12345:TESTTOKEN"; // same signer token as initdata.test.mjs
+
+/* ————— node:crypto signing helpers (test-side, independent path) ————— */
+
+function dataCheckString(fields) {
+  return fields
+    .filter(([key]) => key !== "hash" && key !== "signature")
+    .slice()
+    .sort((a, b) => (a[0] < b[0] ? -1 : a[0] > b[0] ? 1 : 0))
+    .map(([key, value]) => `${key}=${value}`)
+    .join("\n");
+}
+
+function telegramSecretKey(botToken) {
+  return createHmac("sha256", "WebAppData").update(botToken, "utf8").digest();
+}
+
+function buildInitData(fields) {
+  const hash = createHmac("sha256", telegramSecretKey(TEST_TOKEN))
+    .update(dataCheckString(fields), "utf8")
+    .digest("hex");
+  const wire = fields
+    .map(([key, value]) => `${key}=${encodeURIComponent(value)}`)
+    .join("&");
+  return `${wire}&hash=${hash}`;
+}
+
+function signedUser(authDateSeconds, extraFields = []) {
+  return buildInitData([
+    ...extraFields,
+    ["user", JSON.stringify({ id: 42, first_name: "Zul", language_code: "ms" })],
+    ["auth_date", String(authDateSeconds)],
+  ]);
+}
+
+/* ————— env / request harness ————— */
+
+function makeKV() {
+  const map = new Map();
+  const ttlLog = [];
+  return {
+    async get(key) {
+      return map.has(key) ? map.get(key) : null;
+    },
+    async put(key, value, opts) {
+      ttlLog.push({ key, expirationTtl: opts?.expirationTtl ?? null });
+      map.set(key, value);
+    },
+    async delete(key) {
+      map.delete(key);
+    },
+    map,
+    ttlLog,
+  };
+}
+
+function makeEnv(kv) {
+  return { BOT_TOKEN: TEST_TOKEN, WEBHOOK_SECRET: "wk-test-secret", chat_sessions: kv };
+}
+
+const handler = await import("../src/webhook.ts").then((m) => m.default.fetch);
+
+function postSession(body, headers = {}, kvOverride = null) {
+  const kv = kvOverride ?? makeKV();
+  const req = new Request("https://host/api/session", {
+    method: "POST",
+    ...(body !== undefined ? { body, headers } : { headers }),
+  });
+  return { req, kv, resP: handler(req, makeEnv(kv), {}) };
+}
+
+/* ————— WK1 — the happy path still works under the cap ————— */
+
+test("WK1 POST valid initData (under cap) → 200 {token: uuid}; exactly two 900s KV writes", async () => {
+  const { kv, resP } = postSession(signedUser(Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000)));
+  const res = await resP;
+  assert.equal(res.status, 200, `expected 200, got ${res.status}: ${await res.clone().text()}`);
+  const body = await res.json();
+  assert.match(body.token, /^[0-9a-f-]{36}$/, "opaque UUID token (D-06)");
+  assert.equal(kv.ttlLog.length, 2, "mint writes exactly two keys");
+  for (const entry of kv.ttlLog) assert.strictEqual(entry.expirationTtl, 900, "TTL-only (PRIV-02)");
+});
+
+/* ————— WK2 — over-cap signed body → 413, category-only, no side effects ————— */
+
+test("WK2 POST 4KB+ validly-signed initData → 413 malformed; zero KV writes; log carries ONLY the category", async () => {
+  const kv = makeKV();
+  const seen = [];
+  const orig = console.log;
+  console.log = (...args) => seen.push(args.map((a) => String(a)).join(" "));
+  let res;
+  try {
+    // validly signed — proves the cap fires before/instead of validation,
+    // and that a real signature cannot buy the body past the cap
+    const overCapSigned = signedUser(Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000), [["start_param", "p".repeat(4900)]]);
+    assert.ok(overCapSigned.length > 4096, "fixture must exceed the cap");
+    res = await handler(
+      new Request("https://host/api/session", { method: "POST", body: overCapSigned }),
+      makeEnv(kv),
+      {},
+    );
+  } finally {
+    console.log = orig;
+  }
+  assert.equal(res.status, 413, `expected 413, got ${res.status}`);
+  assert.deepEqual(await res.json(), { error: "malformed" }, "category-only body (D-14)");
+  assert.equal(kv.map.size, 0, "no session minted");
+  assert.equal(kv.ttlLog.length, 0, "no KV writes at all");
+  assert.deepEqual(seen, ["[initdata] rejected: malformed"], "log is the category ONLY — no payload fragment, no ids");
+});
+
+/* ————— WK2b/WK3 — the two blind spots of a naive body cap ————— */
+
+/* ————— WK2b/WK3 — the two blind spots of a naive body cap ————— */
+
+test("WK2b lying Content-Length (declares 100, ships 5000+) → 413 via the post-read check", async () => {
+  const { kv, resP } = postSession("a=".concat("b".repeat(5000)), { "content-length": "100" });
+  const res = await resP;
+  assert.equal(res.status, 413, "the post-read length check must backstop a lying header");
+  assert.deepEqual(await res.json(), { error: "malformed" });
+  assert.equal(kv.map.size, 0);
+});
+
+test("WK3 declared-length 999999 + unreadable body stream → handler RESOLVES 413 (must not await the body)", async () => {
+  // The stream errors if any consumer pulls it. The assertion that matters:
+  // handler() resolves with 413 — had the handler awaited req.text() on a
+  // broken stream, the fetch call would REJECT instead. (Node/undici pulls
+  // stream bodies opportunistically after construction, so pull-tracking is
+  // implementation noise, not boundable here; the resolution outcome is.)
+  let pulled = false;
+  const unreadable = new ReadableStream({
+    pull(controller) {
+      pulled = true;
+      controller.error(new Error("body must never be read (WR-01 pre-read path)"));
+    },
+  });
+  void pulled;
+  const kv = makeKV();
+  const req = new Request("https://host/api/session", {
+    method: "POST",
+    headers: { "content-length": "999999" },
+    body: unreadable,
+    duplex: "half", // required by undici for stream bodies
+  });
+  const res = await handler(req, makeEnv(kv), {});
+  assert.equal(res.status, 413, "resolve 413 — the pre-read check must refuse to buffer the declared-oversize body");
+  assert.equal(kv.map.size, 0);
+});
+
+/* ————— WK4 — method gate ————— */
+
+test("WK4 GET /api/session → 405", async () => {
+  const req = new Request("https://host/api/session", { method: "GET" });
+  const res = await handler(req, makeEnv(makeKV()), {});
+  assert.equal(res.status, 405);
+});