if (userRequest.header("Host") == null) {
      requestBuilder.header("Host", userRequest.url.toHostHeader())
    }

    if (userRequest.header("Connection") == null) {
      requestBuilder.header("Connection", "Keep-Alive")
    }

    // If we add an "Accept-Encoding: gzip" header field we're responsible for also decompressing
    // the transfer stream.
    var transparentGzip = false