diff --git a/src/server/proxy-core/providers/claudeProviderProfile.ts b/src/server/proxy-core/providers/claudeProviderProfile.ts
index e8301da..57eafe2 100644
--- a/src/server/proxy-core/providers/claudeProviderProfile.ts
+++ b/src/server/proxy-core/providers/claudeProviderProfile.ts
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ function buildClaudeRuntimeHeaders(input: {
     'User-Agent': getInputHeader(input.claudeHeaders, 'user-agent') || CLAUDE_DEFAULT_USER_AGENT,
     Connection: 'keep-alive',
     Accept: input.stream ? 'text/event-stream' : 'application/json',
-    'Accept-Encoding': input.stream ? 'identity' : 'gzip, deflate, br, zstd',
+    'Accept-Encoding': 'identity',
   };
   if (input.isClaudeOauthUpstream) {
     headers.Authorization = `Bearer ${input.tokenValue}`;
diff --git a/src/server/proxy-core/providers/registry.test.ts b/src/server/proxy-core/providers/registry.test.ts
index 8b7c746..e8e149c 100644
--- a/src/server/proxy-core/providers/registry.test.ts
+++ b/src/server/proxy-core/providers/registry.test.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ describe('resolveProviderProfile', () => {
     expect(result.headers.Authorization).toBe('Bearer oauth-access-token');
     expect(result.headers['x-api-key']).toBeUndefined();
     expect(result.headers['anthropic-version']).toBe('2023-06-01');
+    expect(result.headers['Accept-Encoding']).toBe('identity');
     expect(result.runtime).toMatchObject({
       executor: 'claude',
       modelName: 'claude-opus-4-6',
diff --git a/src/server/routes/proxy/chat.count-tokens.test.ts b/src/server/routes/proxy/chat.count-tokens.test.ts
index 831485b..8c1c2b1 100644
--- a/src/server/routes/proxy/chat.count-tokens.test.ts
+++ b/src/server/routes/proxy/chat.count-tokens.test.ts
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ describe('claude count_tokens proxy route', () => {
     expect(targetUrl).toBe('https://api.anthropic.com/v1/messages/count_tokens?beta=true');
     expect(options.headers['anthropic-version']).toBe('2023-06-01');
     expect(options.headers['anthropic-beta']).toContain('claude-code-20250219');
-    expect(options.headers['Accept-Encoding']).toBe('gzip, deflate, br, zstd');
+    expect(options.headers['Accept-Encoding']).toBe('identity');
 
     const forwardedBody = JSON.parse(String(options.body));
     expect(forwardedBody.model).toBe('claude-opus-4-6');
diff --git a/src/server/routes/proxy/upstreamEndpoint.test.ts b/src/server/routes/proxy/upstreamEndpoint.test.ts
index 8492532..3b52b2f 100644
--- a/src/server/routes/proxy/upstreamEndpoint.test.ts
+++ b/src/server/routes/proxy/upstreamEndpoint.test.ts
@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ describe('buildUpstreamEndpointRequest', () => {
     expect(request.headers['Accept-Encoding']).toBe('identity');
   });
 
-  it('uses claude-code beta headers and compressed non-stream responses for claude upstream requests', () => {
+  it('uses claude-code beta headers and uncompressed non-stream responses for claude upstream requests', () => {
     const request = buildUpstreamEndpointRequest({
       endpoint: 'messages',
       modelName: 'claude-opus-4-6',
@@ -887,7 +887,7 @@ describe('buildUpstreamEndpointRequest', () => {
     expect(request.headers['anthropic-beta']).toContain('oauth-2025-04-20');
     expect(request.headers['anthropic-beta']).toContain('context-management-2025-06-27');
     expect(request.headers.Accept).toBe('application/json');
-    expect(request.headers['Accept-Encoding']).toBe('gzip, deflate, br, zstd');
+    expect(request.headers['Accept-Encoding']).toBe('identity');
   });
 
   it('converts system roles to developer in native codex responses bodies', () => {
diff --git a/src/server/routes/proxy/upstreamEndpoint.ts b/src/server/routes/proxy/upstreamEndpoint.ts
index 9a7aec9..0f73d46 100644
--- a/src/server/routes/proxy/upstreamEndpoint.ts
+++ b/src/server/routes/proxy/upstreamEndpoint.ts
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ function buildClaudeRuntimeHeaders(input: {
     'User-Agent': getInputHeader(input.claudeHeaders, 'user-agent') || CLAUDE_DEFAULT_USER_AGENT,
     Connection: 'keep-alive',
     Accept: input.stream ? 'text/event-stream' : 'application/json',
-    'Accept-Encoding': input.stream ? 'identity' : 'gzip, deflate, br, zstd',
+    'Accept-Encoding': 'identity',
   };
   if (input.isClaudeOauthUpstream) {
     headers.Authorization = `Bearer ${input.tokenValue}`;