diff --git a/lib/fetch.js b/lib/fetch.js
index 3ae061c32..8aadf114d 100644
--- a/lib/fetch.js
+++ b/lib/fetch.js
@@ -38,15 +38,29 @@ const fetchH1 = h1NoCache({
     rejectUnauthorized: false   // By default skip auth check for all.
 }).fetch;
 
+export function skipLoggingFetchError(error) {
+    return error?.name === 'AbortError' 
+        || error?.code === 'ECONNRESET'
+        || error?.code === 'ERR_STREAM_PREMATURE_CLOSE'
+        || error?.code === 'ERR_HTTP2_STREAM_ERROR'
+        || error?.code === 'ERR_HTTP2_SESSION_ERROR';
+}
+
 function doFetch(fetch_func, h1_fetch_func, options) {
     
     const fetch_options = Object.assign({}, options);
+    const is_head_request = fetch_options.method === 'HEAD';
     
     // Implement `qs` (get params).
     var uri = options.qs ? createUrl(options.uri, options.qs) : options.uri;
     // Remove hash part of url.
     uri = uri.replace(/#.*/gi, '');
 
+    // Prevent decode body for head request.
+    if (is_head_request) {
+        fetch_options.decode = false;
+    }
+
     const abortController = new HostAbortController(uri);
 
     // Allow request abort before finish.
@@ -73,7 +87,7 @@ function doFetch(fetch_func, h1_fetch_func, options) {
                 // Catch async stream errors (e.g. brotli/gzip decode on truncated responses) to avoid unhandled 'error' crashes.
                 stream.on('error', (err) => {
                     clearTimeout(timeoutTimerId);
-                    if (err?.name === 'AbortError') return;
+                    if (skipLoggingFetchError(err)) return;
                     log('   -- doFetch stream error', uri, err?.code, err?.name, err?.message);
                 });
                 abortController.onResponse(stream);
@@ -91,6 +105,10 @@ function doFetch(fetch_func, h1_fetch_func, options) {
                     stream.headers = headers;
                     stream.abortController = abortController;
                     stream.h2 = response.httpVersion === '2.0';
+                    // HEAD body is empty and no caller reads it; drain so 'end' fires and the socket is released.
+                    if (is_head_request) {
+                        stream.resume();
+                    }
                     resolve(stream);
                 }
             })
@@ -143,9 +161,17 @@ export function fetchData(options) {
     var json = options.json;
     delete options.json;
     var res;
+
     const fetch_options = Object.assign({}, options);
+    const is_head_request = fetch_options.method === 'HEAD';
+
     const uri = options.qs ? createUrl(options.uri, options.qs) : options.uri;
 
+    // Prevent decode body for head request.
+    if (is_head_request) {
+        fetch_options.decode = false;
+    }
+
     const abortController = new HostAbortController(uri);
 
     // Allow request abort before finish.
@@ -160,26 +186,34 @@ export function fetchData(options) {
         a_fetch_func(uri, fetch_options)
             .then(response => {
                 var stream = response.body;
-                // TODO: looks like HEAD request has no END event.
                 stream.on('end', () => {
                     clearTimeout(timeoutTimerId);
                 });
                 // Catch async stream errors (e.g. brotli/gzip decode on truncated responses) to avoid unhandled 'error' crashes.
                 stream.on('error', (err) => {
                     clearTimeout(timeoutTimerId);
-                    if (err?.name === 'AbortError') return;
+                    if (skipLoggingFetchError(err)) return;
                     log('   -- fetchData stream error', uri, err?.code, err?.name, err?.message);
                 });
                 abortController.onResponse(stream);
                 res = response;
-                if (json !== false) {
-                    // If `json` not forbidden, read `content-type`.
-                    json = json || (response.headers.get('content-type').indexOf('application/json') > -1);
-                }
-                if (json) {
-                    return response.json();
+                
+                if (is_head_request) {
+                    // Empty data for HEAD request — drain body so 'end' fires and the socket is released.
+                    stream.resume();
+                    return Promise.resolve('');
                 } else {
-                    return response.text();
+
+                    if (json !== false) {
+                        // If `json` not forbidden, read `content-type`.
+                        json = json || (response.headers.get('content-type').indexOf('application/json') > -1);
+                    }
+
+                    if (json) {
+                        return response.json();
+                    } else {
+                        return response.text();
+                    }
                 }
             })
             .then(data => {
diff --git a/lib/plugins/system/htmlparser/htmlparser.js b/lib/plugins/system/htmlparser/htmlparser.js
index 00e765ca7..ffee38009 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/system/htmlparser/htmlparser.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/system/htmlparser/htmlparser.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { cache } from '../../../cache.js';
 import * as utils from '../../../utils.js';
 import * as libUtils from '../../../utils.js';
 import * as metaUtils from '../meta/utils.js';
-import { extendCookiesJar } from '../../../fetch.js';
+import { extendCookiesJar, skipLoggingFetchError } from '../../../fetch.js';
 var getUrlFunctional = utils.getUrlFunctional;
 import { CollectingHandlerForMutliTarget } from './CollectingHandlerForMutliTarget.js';
 import { HtmlHandler } from './HtmlHandler.js';
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ export default {
                 resp.on('end', parser.end.bind(parser));
                 // Handle stream error.
                 resp.on('error', function(err) {
-                    if (err?.name !== 'AbortError' && options.handleRuntimeError) {
+                    if (!skipLoggingFetchError(err) && options.handleRuntimeError) {
                         options.handleRuntimeError({
                             url: url,
                             code: err?.code,
diff --git a/lib/request.js b/lib/request.js
index 536c6c598..2a13ee4fd 100644
--- a/lib/request.js
+++ b/lib/request.js
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ export default function(options, iframely_options, callback) {
     }
 
     delete options.prepareResult;
+    delete options.allowCache;
     delete options.useCacheOnly;
     delete options.cache_key;
     delete options.new_cache_key;