diff --git a/src/parser/index.ts b/src/parser/index.ts
index 084f40a..5a1ba36 100644
--- a/src/parser/index.ts
+++ b/src/parser/index.ts
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ export class YouMdParserImpl implements YouMdParser {
         }
       }
 
-      const content = await response.text();
+      const content = await this.readResponseTextWithLimit(response, maxSize);
       const result = this.parse(content, parseOptions);
 
       // Add source URL to profile
@@ -397,6 +397,23 @@ export class YouMdParserImpl implements YouMdParser {
         };
       }
 
+      if (
+        err instanceof Error &&
+        err.message.includes("exceeds maximum")
+      ) {
+        return {
+          profile: createEmptyProfile(),
+          success: false,
+          errors: [
+            {
+              code: "FILE_TOO_LARGE",
+              message: err.message,
+            },
+          ],
+          warnings: [],
+        };
+      }
+
       return {
         profile: createEmptyProfile(),
         success: false,
@@ -413,6 +430,53 @@ export class YouMdParserImpl implements YouMdParser {
     }
   }
 
+  private async readResponseTextWithLimit(
+    response: Response,
+    maxSize: number
+  ): Promise<string> {
+    if (!response.body) {
+      const content = await response.text();
+      const size = new TextEncoder().encode(content).length;
+      if (size > maxSize) {
+        throw new Error(
+          `Response size ${size} bytes exceeds maximum ${maxSize} bytes`
+        );
+      }
+      return content;
+    }
+
+    const reader = response.body.getReader();
+    const chunks: Uint8Array[] = [];
+    let totalBytes = 0;
+
+    while (true) {
+      const { done, value } = await reader.read();
+      if (done) {
+        break;
+      }
+
+      if (value) {
+        totalBytes += value.byteLength;
+        if (totalBytes > maxSize) {
+          await reader.cancel();
+          throw new Error(
+            `Response size ${totalBytes} bytes exceeds maximum ${maxSize} bytes`
+          );
+        }
+        chunks.push(value);
+      }
+    }
+
+    const contentBytes = new Uint8Array(totalBytes);
+    let offset = 0;
+    for (const chunk of chunks) {
+      contentBytes.set(chunk, offset);
+      offset += chunk.byteLength;
+    }
+
+    return new TextDecoder().decode(contentBytes);
+  }
+
   async discover(options?: DiscoveryOptions): Promise<ParseResult | null> {
     const path = await discoverProfilePath(options);
 
diff --git a/test/parser/loadFromUrl.test.ts b/test/parser/loadFromUrl.test.ts
index 5fb3dde..4a591f9 100644
--- a/test/parser/loadFromUrl.test.ts
+++ b/test/parser/loadFromUrl.test.ts
@@ -47,4 +47,33 @@ describe("loadFromUrl hardening", () => {
     expect(result.success).toBe(false);
     expect(result.errors.some((e) => e.code === "TIMEOUT")).toBe(true);
   });
+
+  it("rejects oversized streamed responses when content-length is missing", async () => {
+    const parser = createParser();
+    const encoder = new TextEncoder();
+
+    const stream = new ReadableStream<Uint8Array>({
+      start(controller) {
+        controller.enqueue(encoder.encode("a".repeat(600)));
+        controller.enqueue(encoder.encode("b".repeat(600)));
+        controller.close();
+      },
+    });
+
+    vi.spyOn(globalThis, "fetch").mockResolvedValue({
+      ok: true,
+      status: 200,
+      statusText: "OK",
+      headers: { get: () => null },
+      body: stream,
+      text: vi.fn(async () => ""),
+    } as unknown as Response);
+
+    const result = await parser.loadFromUrl("https://example.com/profile.md", undefined, {
+      maxFileSize: 1024,
+    });
+
+    expect(result.success).toBe(false);
+    expect(result.errors.some((e) => e.code === "FILE_TOO_LARGE")).toBe(true);
+  });
 });