diff --git a/internal/server/http.go b/internal/server/http.go
index dd46ad9..b8fad6b 100644
--- a/internal/server/http.go
+++ b/internal/server/http.go
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pilot-protocol/cosift/internal/store"
 )
 
+// maxRequestBodySize caps the JSON request body to prevent OOM on
+// maliciously large payloads. 1 MiB is generous even for batch endpoints.
+const maxRequestBodySize = 1 << 20
+
 // FetchFn fetches and parses a single URL. Used by /contents on store-miss.
 // Empty title/text + nil error is acceptable; callers can decide what to do.
 // Implementations are responsible for politeness — server doesn't rate-limit.
@@ -497,7 +501,7 @@ func (s *Server) handleFeedback(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 	var req FeedbackRequest
-	if err := json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&req); err != nil {
+	if err := json.NewDecoder(http.MaxBytesReader(w, r.Body, maxRequestBodySize)).Decode(&req); err != nil {
 		writeProblem(w, http.StatusBadRequest, "invalid JSON body")
 		return
 	}
@@ -683,7 +687,7 @@ type AdminRecrawlResponse struct {
 // next pass. This split keeps the API endpoint stateless and quick.
 func (s *Server) handleAdminRecrawl(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	var req AdminRecrawlRequest
-	if err := json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&req); err != nil {
+	if err := json.NewDecoder(http.MaxBytesReader(w, r.Body, maxRequestBodySize)).Decode(&req); err != nil {
 		writeProblem(w, http.StatusBadRequest, "invalid JSON body")
 		return
 	}
@@ -744,7 +748,7 @@ type AdminRecrawlByDomainResponse struct {
 // batch-/contents cap pattern). Larger sweeps should be split.
 func (s *Server) handleAdminRecrawlByDomain(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	var req AdminRecrawlByDomainRequest
-	if err := json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&req); err != nil {
+	if err := json.NewDecoder(http.MaxBytesReader(w, r.Body, maxRequestBodySize)).Decode(&req); err != nil {
 		writeProblem(w, http.StatusBadRequest, "invalid JSON body")
 		return
 	}
@@ -831,7 +835,7 @@ func (s *Server) handleAdminReembed(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	}
 	var req AdminReembedRequest
 	if r.ContentLength > 0 {
-		if err := json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&req); err != nil {
+		if err := json.NewDecoder(http.MaxBytesReader(w, r.Body, maxRequestBodySize)).Decode(&req); err != nil {
 			writeProblem(w, http.StatusBadRequest, "invalid JSON body")
 			return
 		}
@@ -2189,7 +2193,7 @@ type ContentsBatchItem struct {
 func (s *Server) handleContentsBatch(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	start := time.Now()
 	var req ContentsBatchRequest
-	if err := json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&req); err != nil {
+	if err := json.NewDecoder(http.MaxBytesReader(w, r.Body, maxRequestBodySize)).Decode(&req); err != nil {
 		writeProblem(w, http.StatusBadRequest, fmt.Sprintf("invalid json body: %v", err))
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/internal/server/http_test.go b/internal/server/http_test.go
index 2496c58..c4bdf1a 100644
--- a/internal/server/http_test.go
+++ b/internal/server/http_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package server
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
@@ -2728,6 +2729,37 @@ func TestAdminRecrawlBadInput(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestAdminRecrawlRejectsOversizedBody(t *testing.T) {
+	s, _ := store.OpenMemory()
+	t.Cleanup(func() { s.Close() })
+	srv := New(s).WithAdminToken("k")
+	httpSrv := httptest.NewServer(srv.Handler())
+	defer httpSrv.Close()
+
+	// Send a body larger than the 1 MiB limit.
+	large := make([]byte, 2<<20)
+	for i := range large {
+		large[i] = ' '
+	}
+	// Make it valid JSON so the decoder (not the parser) trips the limit.
+	large[0] = '{'
+	large[len(large)-1] = '}'
+
+	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", httpSrv.URL+"/admin/recrawl", bytes.NewReader(large))
+	req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer k")
+	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error sending request: %v", err)
+	}
+	resp.Body.Close()
+	// MaxBytesReader returns 413 (StatusRequestEntityTooLarge) or the decoder
+	// error surfaces as 400. Either is acceptable.
+	if resp.StatusCode != 400 && resp.StatusCode != 413 {
+		t.Errorf("oversized body: got %d, want 400 or 413", resp.StatusCode)
+	}
+}
+
 // paraphraseChat returns a fixed paraphrase JSON array — lets the expand path
 // be exercised without real LLM calls.
 type paraphraseChat struct {