From 93b9c5033adb3e3dded2cbbe9c3e2c4027b5f507 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Holliday <ajhollid@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 10:26:10 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] add http metod option, add monitor.method guard to
 buildResponse

---
 server/src/service/network/HttpProvider.ts | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/server/src/service/network/HttpProvider.ts b/server/src/service/network/HttpProvider.ts
index 9f638dbd6..2f08dab00 100644
--- a/server/src/service/network/HttpProvider.ts
+++ b/server/src/service/network/HttpProvider.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,22 @@ export class HttpProvider implements IStatusProvider<HttpStatusPayload> {
 		}
 	): MonitorStatusResponse<T> {
 		const { body, contentType, statusCode, statusUp, message, responseTime, timings } = opts;
+
+		// Return early for HEAD requests, no body to parse
+		if (monitor.method === "HEAD") {
+			return {
+				monitorId: monitor.id,
+				teamId: monitor.teamId,
+				type: monitor.type,
+				status: statusUp,
+				code: statusCode,
+				message,
+				responseTime,
+				timings,
+				payload: body as T | string,
+			};
+		}
+
 		const isJson = contentType.includes("application/json");
 
 		if (monitor.jsonPath && !isJson) {
@@ -155,6 +171,8 @@ export class HttpProvider implements IStatusProvider<HttpStatusPayload> {
 			https: ignoreTlsErrors ? this.httpsAgentInsecure : this.httpsAgent,
 		};
 
+		options.method = monitor.method;
+
 		try {
 			const response = await this.got<string>(url, options);
 			const statusUp = isStatusUp(response.statusCode, monitor.customUpCodes);