diff --git a/Program.cs b/Program.cs
index 5119737..d36c7d1 100644
--- a/Program.cs
+++ b/Program.cs
@@ -479,8 +479,10 @@ class Program
             return resp;
 
         var challenges = ParseProxyAuthenticateValues(resp.Raw);
+        Log.Info($"[conn:{connectionId}] upstream challenges: {string.Join(", ", challenges)}");
         if (code != 407 || challenges.Count == 0)
             return resp;
+        await DrainResponseBodyIfAny(upstreamStream, resp.Raw, connectionId, "initial-407");
 
         // 2) Basic fallback.
         if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(UPSTREAM_PROXY_AUTH_HEADER))
@@ -491,6 +493,8 @@ class Program
                 return basicResp;
             resp = basicResp ?? resp;
             challenges = ParseProxyAuthenticateValues(resp.Raw);
+            Log.Info($"[conn:{connectionId}] upstream challenges after basic: {string.Join(", ", challenges)}");
+            await DrainResponseBodyIfAny(upstreamStream, resp.Raw, connectionId, "basic-407");
         }
 
         // 3) Negotiate/NTLM over SSPI (as browsers do for AD proxies).
@@ -523,7 +527,9 @@ class Program
                 return authResp ?? resp;
 
             challenges = ParseProxyAuthenticateValues(authResp.Raw);
+            Log.Info($"[conn:{connectionId}] upstream challenges after {scheme} step {step + 1}: {string.Join(", ", challenges)}");
             inToken = ExtractSchemeToken(challenges, scheme);
+            await DrainResponseBodyIfAny(upstreamStream, authResp.Raw, connectionId, $"{scheme}-{step + 1}-407");
             resp = authResp;
         }
 
@@ -574,6 +580,111 @@ class Program
         }
         return null;
     }
+
+    static async Task DrainResponseBodyIfAny(NetworkStream stream, string rawHeaders, long connectionId, string stage)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(rawHeaders))
+            return;
+
+        int contentLength = 0;
+        bool chunked = false;
+
+        foreach (var line in rawHeaders.Split("\r\n", StringSplitOptions.None))
+        {
+            if (line.StartsWith("Content-Length:", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                var value = line.Substring("Content-Length:".Length).Trim();
+                if (int.TryParse(value, out var len) && len > 0)
+                    contentLength = len;
+            }
+
+            if (line.StartsWith("Transfer-Encoding:", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+                && line.IndexOf("chunked", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) >= 0)
+            {
+                chunked = true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (contentLength > 0)
+        {
+            await ReadExactly(stream, contentLength);
+            Log.Info($"[conn:{connectionId}] drained {contentLength} response bytes ({stage})");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (chunked)
+        {
+            int drained = await DrainChunkedBody(stream);
+            Log.Info($"[conn:{connectionId}] drained chunked body bytes={drained} ({stage})");
+        }
+    }
+
+    static async Task ReadExactly(Stream stream, int count)
+    {
+        var buffer = ArrayPool<byte>.Shared.Rent(2048);
+        try
+        {
+            int remain = count;
+            while (remain > 0)
+            {
+                int read = await stream.ReadAsync(buffer, 0, Math.Min(buffer.Length, remain));
+                if (read <= 0)
+                    break;
+                remain -= read;
+            }
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            ArrayPool<byte>.Shared.Return(buffer);
+        }
+    }
+
+    static async Task<int> DrainChunkedBody(Stream stream)
+    {
+        int total = 0;
+        while (true)
+        {
+            string sizeLine = await ReadAsciiLine(stream);
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(sizeLine))
+                continue;
+
+            string hex = sizeLine.Split(';', 2)[0].Trim();
+            if (!int.TryParse(hex, System.Globalization.NumberStyles.HexNumber, null, out int size))
+                break;
+
+            if (size == 0)
+            {
+                await ReadAsciiLine(stream); // trailing CRLF after last chunk/trailers simplified
+                break;
+            }
+
+            await ReadExactly(stream, size);
+            total += size;
+            await ReadExactly(stream, 2); // CRLF
+        }
+
+        return total;
+    }
+
+    static async Task<string> ReadAsciiLine(Stream stream)
+    {
+        var bytes = new List<byte>(64);
+        var one = new byte[1];
+        while (bytes.Count < 8192)
+        {
+            int read = await stream.ReadAsync(one, 0, 1);
+            if (read <= 0)
+                break;
+            bytes.Add(one[0]);
+            int n = bytes.Count;
+            if (n >= 2 && bytes[n - 2] == '\r' && bytes[n - 1] == '\n')
+                break;
+        }
+
+        if (bytes.Count == 0)
+            return string.Empty;
+        return Encoding.ASCII.GetString(bytes.ToArray()).TrimEnd('\r', '\n');
+    }
 }
 
 sealed class SspiProxyAuthenticator : IDisposable