Biztalk error: The server committed a protocol violation. Section=ResponseHeader Detail=CR must be followed by LF

Jan 26 2012 2:37 PM

Problem
I was getting the below error emanating from a Biztalk HTTP send port.

The server committed a protocol violation. Section=ResponseHeader Detail=CR must be followed by LF

Solution
For each Biztalk server installation there is a BTSNTSvc.exe.config and a BTSNTSvc64.exe.config file which contains some settings, such as dehydration properties and their default values, for Biztalk. More information in this file and its location can be found here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa561903.aspx

In order to fix the above issue the following xml must be added to these config files:

<system.net>
    <settings>
      <httpWebRequest useUnsafeHeaderParsing ="true"/>
    </settings>
</system.net>

(NB I placed it just underneath the </runtime> section, I also placed it in both config files for good measure)

The Biztalk host instances must then be restarted.

Final Note
I have also read elsewhere that unclicking the "Enable Chunked Encoding" setting on the send port might help with the error, however I did not need to do this as the above worked for me.