--- parser3/src/targets/cgi/parser3.C	2026/10/05 17:50:18	1.375
+++ parser3/src/targets/cgi/parser3.C	2026/10/16 13:55:16	1.379
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	Authors: Konstantin Morshnev <moko@design.ru>, Alexandr Petrosian <paf@design.ru>
 */
 
-volatile const char * IDENT_PARSER3_C="$Id: parser3.C,v 1.375 2026/10/05 17:50:18 moko Exp $";
+volatile const char * IDENT_PARSER3_C="$Id: parser3.C,v 1.379 2026/10/16 13:55:16 moko Exp $";
 
 #include "pa_config_includes.h"
 
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ volatile const char * IDENT_PARSER3_C="$
 #include "pa_vconsole.h"
 #include "pa_sapi_info.h"
 #include "pa_code_cache.h"
+#include "pa_websocket.h"
 
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
 #include <crtdbg.h>
@@ -330,7 +331,7 @@ static void config_handler(SAPI_Info &in
 #ifdef CODE_CACHE
 	Code_cache_manager::start();
 #endif
-	r.core(config_filespec, false, String::Empty);
+	r.core(config_filespec, String::Empty);
 #ifdef CODE_CACHE
 	Code_cache_manager::finish(r);
 #endif
@@ -358,8 +359,10 @@ static void connection_handler(SAPI_Info
 
 		// prepare to process request
 		Request r(info, request_info, String::Language(String::L_HTML|String::L_OPTIMIZE_BIT));
+		WebSocket websocket(connection);
+		r.websocket=&websocket;
 		// process the request
-		r.core(config_filespec, strcasecmp(request_info.method, "HEAD")==0, main_method_name, &httpd_class_name);
+		r.core(config_filespec, main_method_name, &httpd_class_name);
 	} catch(const Exception& e) { // exception in connection handling
 		SAPI::log(info, "%s", e.comment());
 		const char* status = info.exception_http_status(e.type());
@@ -462,7 +465,7 @@ static void real_parser_handler(bool cgi
 	const char* request_method=getenv("REQUEST_METHOD");
 
 	if(!filespec_to_process){
-		SAPI::send_error(*sapi_info, "Parser/" PARSER_VERSION);
+		SAPI::send_error(*sapi_info, "Parser/" PARSER_VERSION_WITH_FEATURES);
 		exit(1);
 	}
 
@@ -533,14 +536,15 @@ static void real_parser_handler(bool cgi
 	pa_log("request_info: method=%s, uri=%s, q=%s, dr=%s, pt=%s", request_info.method, request_info.uri, request_info.query_string, request_info.document_root, request_info.path_translated);
 #endif
 
-	// prepare to process request
-	Request r(*sapi_info, request_info, cgi ? String::Language(String::L_HTML|String::L_OPTIMIZE_BIT) : String::L_AS_IS);
 	{
+		// prepare to process request
+		Request r(*sapi_info, request_info, cgi ? String::Language(String::L_HTML|String::L_OPTIMIZE_BIT) : String::L_AS_IS);
 		// initing ::request ptr for signal handlers
 		RequestController rc(&r);
 		// process the request
-		r.core(locate_config(config_filespec, parser3_filespec), strcasecmp(request_info.method, "HEAD")==0);
+		r.core(locate_config(config_filespec, parser3_filespec));
 		// clearing ::request in RequestController destructor to prevent signal handlers from accessing invalid memory
+		// then the request is destroyed, before the libraries are unloaded: its pool cleanups call them (memcached)
 	}
 
 	// finalize libraries
@@ -602,7 +606,7 @@ static void usage(const char* message=NU
 		"    -l log_file     Use this log file (/path/to/parser3.log)\n"
 		"    -p [host:]port  Start web server on this port\n"
 		"    -h              Display usage information (this message)\n",
-		PARSER_VERSION,
+		PARSER_VERSION_WITH_FEATURES,
 		parser3_filespec ? parser3_filespec : "parser3" );
 	exit(EINVAL);
 }