diff --git a/lib/c-hyper.c b/lib/c-hyper.c
index 41d758170b..70d60bab70 100644
--- a/lib/c-hyper.c
+++ b/lib/c-hyper.c
@@ -207,7 +207,6 @@ static int hyper_body_chunk(void *userdata, const hyper_buf *chunk)
   CURLcode result = CURLE_OK;
 
   if(0 == k->bodywrites) {
-    bool done = FALSE;
 #if defined(USE_NTLM)
     struct connectdata *conn = data->conn;
     if(conn->bits.close &&
@@ -235,12 +234,12 @@ static int hyper_body_chunk(void *userdata, const hyper_buf *chunk)
     }
     if(data->state.hconnect && (data->req.httpcode/100 != 2) &&
        data->state.authproxy.done) {
-      done = TRUE;
+      data->req.done = TRUE;
       result = CURLE_OK;
     }
     else
-      result = Curl_http_firstwrite(data, data->conn, &done);
-    if(result || done) {
+      result = Curl_http_firstwrite(data);
+    if(result || data->req.done) {
       infof(data, "Return early from hyper_body_chunk");
       data->state.hresult = result;
       return HYPER_ITER_BREAK;
@@ -338,7 +337,6 @@ static CURLcode empty_header(struct Curl_easy *data)
 CURLcode Curl_hyper_stream(struct Curl_easy *data,
                            struct connectdata *conn,
                            int *didwhat,
-                           bool *done,
                            int select_res)
 {
   hyper_response *resp = NULL;
@@ -382,7 +380,6 @@ CURLcode Curl_hyper_stream(struct Curl_easy *data,
     h->write_waker = NULL;
   }
 
-  *done = FALSE;
   do {
     hyper_task_return_type t;
     task = hyper_executor_poll(h->exec);
@@ -425,7 +422,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_hyper_stream(struct Curl_easy *data,
           break;
         }
       }
-      *done = TRUE;
+      data->req.done = TRUE;
       hyper_error_free(hypererr);
       break;
     }
@@ -434,12 +431,11 @@ CURLcode Curl_hyper_stream(struct Curl_easy *data,
       hyper_task_free(task);
       if((userdata_t)userdata == USERDATA_RESP_BODY) {
         /* end of transfer */
-        *done = TRUE;
+        data->req.done = TRUE;
         infof(data, "hyperstream is done");
         if(!k->bodywrites) {
           /* hyper doesn't always call the body write callback */
-          bool stilldone;
-          result = Curl_http_firstwrite(data, data->conn, &stilldone);
+          result = Curl_http_firstwrite(data);
         }
         break;
       }
diff --git a/lib/c-hyper.h b/lib/c-hyper.h
index 4a07233078..a592abf91e 100644
--- a/lib/c-hyper.h
+++ b/lib/c-hyper.h
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ size_t Curl_hyper_send(void *userp, hyper_context *ctx,
 CURLcode Curl_hyper_stream(struct Curl_easy *data,
                            struct connectdata *conn,
                            int *didwhat,
-                           bool *done,
                            int select_res);
 
 CURLcode Curl_hyper_header(struct Curl_easy *data, hyper_headers *headers,
diff --git a/lib/cf-h1-proxy.c b/lib/cf-h1-proxy.c
index deb94580bf..57cf9a1ae1 100644
--- a/lib/cf-h1-proxy.c
+++ b/lib/cf-h1-proxy.c
@@ -832,9 +832,9 @@ static CURLcode recv_CONNECT_resp(struct Curl_cfilter *cf,
   int didwhat;
 
   (void)ts;
-  *done = FALSE;
-  result = Curl_hyper_stream(data, cf->conn, &didwhat, done,
+  result = Curl_hyper_stream(data, cf->conn, &didwhat,
                              CURL_CSELECT_IN | CURL_CSELECT_OUT);
+  *done = data->req.done;
   if(result || !*done)
     return result;
   if(h->exec) {
@@ -918,6 +918,7 @@ static CURLcode H1_CONNECT(struct Curl_cfilter *cf,
          * If the other side indicated a connection close, or if someone
          * else told us to close this connection, do so now.
          */
+        Curl_req_soft_reset(&data->req, data);
         if(ts->close_connection || conn->bits.close) {
           /* Close this filter and the sub-chain, re-connect the
            * sub-chain and continue. Closing this filter will
@@ -1003,10 +1004,8 @@ out:
   *done = (result == CURLE_OK) && tunnel_is_established(cf->ctx);
   if(*done) {
     cf->connected = TRUE;
-    /* Restore `data->req` fields that may habe been touched */
-    data->req.header = TRUE; /* assume header */
-    data->req.bytecount = 0;
-    data->req.ignorebody = FALSE;
+    /* The real request will follow the CONNECT, reset request partially */
+    Curl_req_soft_reset(&data->req, data);
     Curl_client_reset(data);
     Curl_pgrsSetUploadCounter(data, 0);
     Curl_pgrsSetDownloadCounter(data, 0);
diff --git a/lib/easy.c b/lib/easy.c
index d41ca32d7f..dc4870608d 100644
--- a/lib/easy.c
+++ b/lib/easy.c
@@ -1040,7 +1040,7 @@ fail:
  */
 void curl_easy_reset(struct Curl_easy *data)
 {
-  Curl_req_reset(&data->req, data);
+  Curl_req_hard_reset(&data->req, data);
 
   /* zero out UserDefined data: */
   Curl_freeset(data);
diff --git a/lib/http.c b/lib/http.c
index 058d079f49..52ae1ae69d 100644
--- a/lib/http.c
+++ b/lib/http.c
@@ -2446,19 +2446,17 @@ CURLcode Curl_http_range(struct Curl_easy *data,
   return CURLE_OK;
 }
 
-CURLcode Curl_http_firstwrite(struct Curl_easy *data,
-                              struct connectdata *conn,
-                              bool *done)
+CURLcode Curl_http_firstwrite(struct Curl_easy *data)
 {
+  struct connectdata *conn = data->conn;
   struct SingleRequest *k = &data->req;
 
-  *done = FALSE;
   if(data->req.newurl) {
     if(conn->bits.close) {
       /* Abort after the headers if "follow Location" is set
          and we're set to close anyway. */
       k->keepon &= ~KEEP_RECV;
-      *done = TRUE;
+      k->done = TRUE;
       return CURLE_OK;
     }
     /* We have a new url to load, but since we want to be able to reuse this
@@ -2477,7 +2475,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_http_firstwrite(struct Curl_easy *data,
       streamclose(conn, "already downloaded");
       /* Abort download */
       k->keepon &= ~KEEP_RECV;
-      *done = TRUE;
+      k->done = TRUE;
       return CURLE_OK;
     }
 
@@ -2495,7 +2493,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_http_firstwrite(struct Curl_easy *data,
        action for an HTTP/1.1 client */
 
     if(!Curl_meets_timecondition(data, k->timeofdoc)) {
-      *done = TRUE;
+      k->done = TRUE;
       /* We're simulating an HTTP 304 from server so we return
          what should have been returned from the server */
       data->info.httpcode = 304;
@@ -3951,10 +3949,8 @@ out:
  */
 CURLcode Curl_http_write_resp_hds(struct Curl_easy *data,
                                   const char *buf, size_t blen,
-                                  size_t *pconsumed,
-                                  bool *done)
+                                  size_t *pconsumed)
 {
-  *done = FALSE;
   if(!data->req.header) {
     *pconsumed = 0;
     return CURLE_OK;
@@ -3965,7 +3961,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_http_write_resp_hds(struct Curl_easy *data,
     result = http_rw_headers(data, buf, blen, pconsumed);
     if(!result && !data->req.header) {
       /* we have successfully finished parsing the HEADERs */
-      result = Curl_http_firstwrite(data, data->conn, done);
+      result = Curl_http_firstwrite(data);
 
       if(!data->req.no_body && Curl_dyn_len(&data->state.headerb)) {
         /* leftover from parsing something that turned out not
@@ -3983,16 +3979,14 @@ CURLcode Curl_http_write_resp_hds(struct Curl_easy *data,
 
 CURLcode Curl_http_write_resp(struct Curl_easy *data,
                               const char *buf, size_t blen,
-                              bool is_eos,
-                              bool *done)
+                              bool is_eos)
 {
   CURLcode result;
   size_t consumed;
   int flags;
 
-  *done = FALSE;
-  result = Curl_http_write_resp_hds(data, buf, blen, &consumed, done);
-  if(result || *done)
+  result = Curl_http_write_resp_hds(data, buf, blen, &consumed);
+  if(result || data->req.done)
     goto out;
 
   DEBUGASSERT(consumed <= blen);
diff --git a/lib/http.h b/lib/http.h
index c77d9c6ba5..7ff61f5e57 100644
--- a/lib/http.h
+++ b/lib/http.h
@@ -121,9 +121,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_http_cookies(struct Curl_easy *data,
 #endif
 CURLcode Curl_http_range(struct Curl_easy *data,
                          Curl_HttpReq httpreq);
-CURLcode Curl_http_firstwrite(struct Curl_easy *data,
-                              struct connectdata *conn,
-                              bool *done);
+CURLcode Curl_http_firstwrite(struct Curl_easy *data);
 
 /* protocol-specific functions set up to be called by the main engine */
 CURLcode Curl_http_setup_conn(struct Curl_easy *data,
@@ -135,8 +133,7 @@ int Curl_http_getsock_do(struct Curl_easy *data, struct connectdata *conn,
                          curl_socket_t *socks);
 CURLcode Curl_http_write_resp(struct Curl_easy *data,
                               const char *buf, size_t blen,
-                              bool is_eos,
-                              bool *done);
+                              bool is_eos);
 
 /* These functions are in http.c */
 CURLcode Curl_http_input_auth(struct Curl_easy *data, bool proxy,
@@ -197,8 +194,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_http_size(struct Curl_easy *data);
 
 CURLcode Curl_http_write_resp_hds(struct Curl_easy *data,
                                   const char *buf, size_t blen,
-                                  size_t *pconsumed,
-                                  bool *done);
+                                  size_t *pconsumed);
 
 /**
  * Curl_http_output_auth() setups the authentication headers for the
diff --git a/lib/http2.c b/lib/http2.c
index 60b924de06..115def26c3 100644
--- a/lib/http2.c
+++ b/lib/http2.c
@@ -951,10 +951,8 @@ static CURLcode recvbuf_write_hds(struct Curl_cfilter *cf,
                                   struct Curl_easy *data,
                                   const char *buf, size_t blen)
 {
-  bool done;
-
   (void)cf;
-  return Curl_xfer_write_resp(data, (char *)buf, blen, FALSE, &done);
+  return Curl_xfer_write_resp(data, (char *)buf, blen, FALSE);
 }
 
 static CURLcode on_stream_frame(struct Curl_cfilter *cf,
@@ -1234,7 +1232,6 @@ static int on_data_chunk_recv(nghttp2_session *session, uint8_t flags,
   struct h2_stream_ctx *stream;
   struct Curl_easy *data_s;
   CURLcode result;
-  bool done;
   (void)flags;
 
   DEBUGASSERT(stream_id); /* should never be a zero stream ID here */
@@ -1257,7 +1254,7 @@ static int on_data_chunk_recv(nghttp2_session *session, uint8_t flags,
   if(!stream)
     return NGHTTP2_ERR_CALLBACK_FAILURE;
 
-  result = Curl_xfer_write_resp(data_s, (char *)mem, len, FALSE, &done);
+  result = Curl_xfer_write_resp(data_s, (char *)mem, len, FALSE);
   if(result && result != CURLE_AGAIN)
     return NGHTTP2_ERR_CALLBACK_FAILURE;
 
diff --git a/lib/multi.c b/lib/multi.c
index 800a7c1e46..ed9cac7962 100644
--- a/lib/multi.c
+++ b/lib/multi.c
@@ -1843,7 +1843,6 @@ static CURLMcode multi_runsingle(struct Curl_multi *multi,
   bool async;
   bool protocol_connected = FALSE;
   bool dophase_done = FALSE;
-  bool done = FALSE;
   CURLMcode rc;
   CURLcode result = CURLE_OK;
   timediff_t recv_timeout_ms;
@@ -2405,9 +2404,9 @@ static CURLMcode multi_runsingle(struct Curl_multi *multi,
       }
 
       /* read/write data if it is ready to do so */
-      result = Curl_readwrite(data, &done);
+      result = Curl_readwrite(data);
 
-      if(done || (result == CURLE_RECV_ERROR)) {
+      if(data->req.done || (result == CURLE_RECV_ERROR)) {
         /* If CURLE_RECV_ERROR happens early enough, we assume it was a race
          * condition and the server closed the reused connection exactly when
          * we wanted to use it, so figure out if that is indeed the case.
@@ -2422,7 +2421,7 @@ static CURLMcode multi_runsingle(struct Curl_multi *multi,
           /* if we are to retry, set the result to OK and consider the
              request as done */
           result = CURLE_OK;
-          done = TRUE;
+          data->req.done = TRUE;
         }
       }
       else if((CURLE_HTTP2_STREAM == result) &&
@@ -2442,7 +2441,7 @@ static CURLMcode multi_runsingle(struct Curl_multi *multi,
              as done */
           retry = TRUE;
           result = CURLE_OK;
-          done = TRUE;
+          data->req.done = TRUE;
         }
         else
           result = ret;
@@ -2464,7 +2463,7 @@ static CURLMcode multi_runsingle(struct Curl_multi *multi,
         Curl_posttransfer(data);
         multi_done(data, result, TRUE);
       }
-      else if(done) {
+      else if(data->req.done) {
 
         /* call this even if the readwrite function returned error */
         Curl_posttransfer(data);
diff --git a/lib/request.c b/lib/request.c
index 7d43acfcdd..2a92630d67 100644
--- a/lib/request.c
+++ b/lib/request.c
@@ -46,12 +46,23 @@ CURLcode Curl_req_init(struct SingleRequest *req)
   return CURLE_OK;
 }
 
-CURLcode Curl_req_start(struct SingleRequest *req,
-                        struct Curl_easy *data)
+CURLcode Curl_req_soft_reset(struct SingleRequest *req,
+                             struct Curl_easy *data)
 {
   CURLcode result;
 
-  req->start = Curl_now();
+  req->done = FALSE;
+  req->upload_done = FALSE;
+  req->download_done = FALSE;
+  req->ignorebody = FALSE;
+  req->bytecount = 0;
+  req->writebytecount = 0;
+  req->header = TRUE; /* assume header */
+  req->headerline = 0;
+  req->headerbytecount = 0;
+  req->allheadercount =  0;
+  req->deductheadercount = 0;
+
   result = Curl_client_start(data);
   if(result)
     return result;
@@ -73,6 +84,13 @@ CURLcode Curl_req_start(struct SingleRequest *req,
   return CURLE_OK;
 }
 
+CURLcode Curl_req_start(struct SingleRequest *req,
+                        struct Curl_easy *data)
+{
+  req->start = Curl_now();
+  return Curl_req_soft_reset(req, data);
+}
+
 static CURLcode req_flush(struct Curl_easy *data);
 
 CURLcode Curl_req_done(struct SingleRequest *req,
@@ -85,7 +103,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_req_done(struct SingleRequest *req,
   return CURLE_OK;
 }
 
-void Curl_req_reset(struct SingleRequest *req, struct Curl_easy *data)
+void Curl_req_hard_reset(struct SingleRequest *req, struct Curl_easy *data)
 {
   struct curltime t0 = {0, 0};
 
diff --git a/lib/request.h b/lib/request.h
index 2298e79d73..3b2462ee74 100644
--- a/lib/request.h
+++ b/lib/request.h
@@ -123,6 +123,9 @@ struct SingleRequest {
   unsigned char setcookies;
 #endif
   BIT(header);        /* incoming data has HTTP header */
+  BIT(done);          /* request is done, e.g. no more send/recv should
+                       * happen. This can be TRUE before `upload_done` or
+                       * `download_done` is TRUE. */
   BIT(content_range); /* set TRUE if Content-Range: was found */
   BIT(download_done); /* set to TRUE when download is complete */
   BIT(eos_written);   /* iff EOS has been written to client */
@@ -153,11 +156,18 @@ struct SingleRequest {
 CURLcode Curl_req_init(struct SingleRequest *req);
 
 /**
- * The request is about to start.
+ * The request is about to start. Record time and do a soft reset.
  */
 CURLcode Curl_req_start(struct SingleRequest *req,
                         struct Curl_easy *data);
 
+/**
+ * The request may continue with a follow up. Reset
+ * members, but keep start time for overall duration calc.
+ */
+CURLcode Curl_req_soft_reset(struct SingleRequest *req,
+                             struct Curl_easy *data);
+
 /**
  * The request is done. If not aborted, make sure that buffers are
  * flushed to the client.
@@ -174,10 +184,10 @@ CURLcode Curl_req_done(struct SingleRequest *req,
 void Curl_req_free(struct SingleRequest *req, struct Curl_easy *data);
 
 /**
- * Reset the state of the request for new use, given the
- * settings.
+ * Hard reset the state of the request to virgin state base on
+ * transfer settings.
  */
-void Curl_req_reset(struct SingleRequest *req, struct Curl_easy *data);
+void Curl_req_hard_reset(struct SingleRequest *req, struct Curl_easy *data);
 
 #ifndef USE_HYPER
 /**
diff --git a/lib/rtsp.c b/lib/rtsp.c
index a0b978d92a..d8545bfc9c 100644
--- a/lib/rtsp.c
+++ b/lib/rtsp.c
@@ -70,8 +70,7 @@ static int rtsp_getsock_do(struct Curl_easy *data,
 static CURLcode rtsp_rtp_write_resp(struct Curl_easy *data,
                                     const char *buf,
                                     size_t blen,
-                                    bool is_eos,
-                                    bool *done);
+                                    bool is_eos);
 
 static CURLcode rtsp_setup_connection(struct Curl_easy *data,
                                       struct connectdata *conn);
@@ -790,8 +789,7 @@ out:
 static CURLcode rtsp_rtp_write_resp(struct Curl_easy *data,
                                     const char *buf,
                                     size_t blen,
-                                    bool is_eos,
-                                    bool *done)
+                                    bool is_eos)
 {
   struct rtsp_conn *rtspc = &(data->conn->proto.rtspc);
   CURLcode result = CURLE_OK;
@@ -799,7 +797,6 @@ static CURLcode rtsp_rtp_write_resp(struct Curl_easy *data,
 
   if(!data->req.header)
     rtspc->in_header = FALSE;
-  *done = FALSE;
   if(!blen) {
     goto out;
   }
@@ -823,7 +820,7 @@ static CURLcode rtsp_rtp_write_resp(struct Curl_easy *data,
   /* we want to parse headers, do so */
   if(data->req.header && blen) {
     rtspc->in_header = TRUE;
-    result = Curl_http_write_resp_hds(data, buf, blen, &consumed, done);
+    result = Curl_http_write_resp_hds(data, buf, blen, &consumed);
     if(result)
       goto out;
 
@@ -849,13 +846,14 @@ static CURLcode rtsp_rtp_write_resp(struct Curl_easy *data,
   }
 
   if(rtspc->state != RTP_PARSE_SKIP)
-    *done = FALSE;
+    data->req.done = FALSE;
   /* we SHOULD have consumed all bytes, unless the response is borked.
    * In which case we write out the left over bytes, letting the client
    * writer deal with it (it will report EXCESS and fail the transfer). */
   DEBUGF(infof(data, "rtsp_rtp_write_resp(len=%zu, in_header=%d, done=%d "
                " rtspc->state=%d, req.size=%" CURL_FORMAT_CURL_OFF_T ")",
-               blen, rtspc->in_header, *done, rtspc->state, data->req.size));
+               blen, rtspc->in_header, data->req.done, rtspc->state,
+               data->req.size));
   if(!result && (is_eos || blen)) {
     result = Curl_client_write(data, CLIENTWRITE_BODY|
                                (is_eos? CLIENTWRITE_EOS:0),
diff --git a/lib/transfer.c b/lib/transfer.c
index 669beebd3a..ffe7adfc19 100644
--- a/lib/transfer.c
+++ b/lib/transfer.c
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ static ssize_t Curl_xfer_recv_resp(struct Curl_easy *data,
  */
 static CURLcode readwrite_data(struct Curl_easy *data,
                                struct SingleRequest *k,
-                               int *didwhat, bool *done)
+                               int *didwhat)
 {
   struct connectdata *conn = data->conn;
   CURLcode result = CURLE_OK;
@@ -219,8 +219,6 @@ static CURLcode readwrite_data(struct Curl_easy *data,
   curl_off_t total_received = 0;
   bool is_multiplex = FALSE;
 
-  *done = FALSE;
-
   result = Curl_multi_xfer_buf_borrow(data, &xfer_buf, &xfer_blen);
   if(result)
     goto out;
@@ -281,8 +279,8 @@ static CURLcode readwrite_data(struct Curl_easy *data,
     }
     total_received += blen;
 
-    result = Curl_xfer_write_resp(data, buf, blen, is_eos, done);
-    if(result || *done)
+    result = Curl_xfer_write_resp(data, buf, blen, is_eos);
+    if(result || data->req.done)
       goto out;
 
     /* if we are done, we stop receiving. On multiplexed connections,
@@ -403,8 +401,7 @@ static int select_bits_paused(struct Curl_easy *data, int select_bits)
  * Curl_readwrite() is the low-level function to be called when data is to
  * be read and written to/from the connection.
  */
-CURLcode Curl_readwrite(struct Curl_easy *data,
-                        bool *done)
+CURLcode Curl_readwrite(struct Curl_easy *data)
 {
   struct connectdata *conn = data->conn;
   struct SingleRequest *k = &data->req;
@@ -450,8 +447,8 @@ CURLcode Curl_readwrite(struct Curl_easy *data,
 
 #ifdef USE_HYPER
   if(conn->datastream) {
-    result = conn->datastream(data, conn, &didwhat, done, select_bits);
-    if(result || *done)
+    result = conn->datastream(data, conn, &didwhat, select_bits);
+    if(result || data->req.done)
       goto out;
   }
   else {
@@ -460,8 +457,8 @@ CURLcode Curl_readwrite(struct Curl_easy *data,
      the stream was rewound (in which case we have data in a
      buffer) */
   if((k->keepon & KEEP_RECV) && (select_bits & CURL_CSELECT_IN)) {
-    result = readwrite_data(data, k, &didwhat, done);
-    if(result || *done)
+    result = readwrite_data(data, k, &didwhat);
+    if(result || data->req.done)
       goto out;
   }
 
@@ -561,8 +558,10 @@ CURLcode Curl_readwrite(struct Curl_easy *data,
     }
   }
 
-  /* Now update the "done" boolean we return */
-  *done = (0 == (k->keepon&(KEEP_RECVBITS|KEEP_SENDBITS))) ? TRUE : FALSE;
+  /* If there is nothing more to send/recv, the request is done */
+  if(0 == (k->keepon&(KEEP_RECVBITS|KEEP_SENDBITS)))
+    data->req.done = TRUE;
+
 out:
   if(result)
     DEBUGF(infof(data, "Curl_readwrite() -> %d", result));
@@ -937,7 +936,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_follow(struct Curl_easy *data,
 
   data->state.url = newurl;
   data->state.url_alloc = TRUE;
-
+  Curl_req_soft_reset(&data->req, data);
   infof(data, "Issue another request to this URL: '%s'", data->state.url);
 
   /*
@@ -1209,14 +1208,14 @@ void Curl_xfer_setup(
 
 CURLcode Curl_xfer_write_resp(struct Curl_easy *data,
                               char *buf, size_t blen,
-                              bool is_eos, bool *done)
+                              bool is_eos)
 {
   CURLcode result = CURLE_OK;
 
   if(data->conn->handler->write_resp) {
     /* protocol handlers offering this function take full responsibility
      * for writing all received download data to the client. */
-    result = data->conn->handler->write_resp(data, buf, blen, is_eos, done);
+    result = data->conn->handler->write_resp(data, buf, blen, is_eos);
   }
   else {
     /* No special handling by protocol handler, write all received data
diff --git a/lib/transfer.h b/lib/transfer.h
index 96e69988ad..e65b2b1472 100644
--- a/lib/transfer.h
+++ b/lib/transfer.h
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ typedef enum {
 
 CURLcode Curl_follow(struct Curl_easy *data, char *newurl,
                      followtype type);
-CURLcode Curl_readwrite(struct Curl_easy *data, bool *done);
+CURLcode Curl_readwrite(struct Curl_easy *data);
 int Curl_single_getsock(struct Curl_easy *data,
                         struct connectdata *conn, curl_socket_t *socks);
 CURLcode Curl_retry_request(struct Curl_easy *data, char **url);
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ bool Curl_meets_timecondition(struct Curl_easy *data, time_t timeofdoc);
  */
 CURLcode Curl_xfer_write_resp(struct Curl_easy *data,
                               char *buf, size_t blen,
-                              bool is_eos, bool *done);
+                              bool is_eos);
 
 /* This sets up a forthcoming transfer */
 void Curl_xfer_setup(struct Curl_easy *data,
diff --git a/lib/url.c b/lib/url.c
index 7c1621cf26..5eefd2a871 100644
--- a/lib/url.c
+++ b/lib/url.c
@@ -3839,8 +3839,8 @@ CURLcode Curl_connect(struct Curl_easy *data,
 
   *asyncp = FALSE; /* assume synchronous resolves by default */
 
-  /* init the single-transfer specific data */
-  Curl_req_reset(&data->req, data);
+  /* Set the request to virgin state based on transfer settings */
+  Curl_req_hard_reset(&data->req, data);
 
   /* call the stuff that needs to be called */
   result = create_conn(data, &conn, asyncp);
@@ -3883,8 +3883,6 @@ CURLcode Curl_connect(struct Curl_easy *data,
 
 CURLcode Curl_init_do(struct Curl_easy *data, struct connectdata *conn)
 {
-  struct SingleRequest *k = &data->req;
-
   /* if this is a pushed stream, we need this: */
   CURLcode result = Curl_preconnect(data);
   if(result)
@@ -3910,10 +3908,6 @@ CURLcode Curl_init_do(struct Curl_easy *data, struct connectdata *conn)
   if(result)
     return result;
 
-  k->header = TRUE; /* assume header */
-  k->bytecount = 0;
-  k->ignorebody = FALSE;
-
   Curl_speedinit(data);
   Curl_pgrsSetUploadCounter(data, 0);
   Curl_pgrsSetDownloadCounter(data, 0);
diff --git a/lib/urldata.h b/lib/urldata.h
index ef78797288..933a2e2470 100644
--- a/lib/urldata.h
+++ b/lib/urldata.h
@@ -163,7 +163,6 @@ typedef ssize_t (Curl_recv)(struct Curl_easy *data,   /* transfer */
 typedef CURLcode (*Curl_datastream)(struct Curl_easy *data,
                                     struct connectdata *conn,
                                     int *didwhat,
-                                    bool *done,
                                     int select_res);
 #endif
 
@@ -703,7 +702,7 @@ struct Curl_handler {
      allow the protocol to do extra handling in writing response to
      the client. */
   CURLcode (*write_resp)(struct Curl_easy *data, const char *buf, size_t blen,
-                         bool is_eos, bool *done);
+                         bool is_eos);
 
   /* This function can perform various checks on the connection. See
      CONNCHECK_* for more information about the checks that can be performed,
diff --git a/lib/vquic/curl_ngtcp2.c b/lib/vquic/curl_ngtcp2.c
index 54dfbeeaa7..4f5da87ab9 100644
--- a/lib/vquic/curl_ngtcp2.c
+++ b/lib/vquic/curl_ngtcp2.c
@@ -762,8 +762,7 @@ static int cb_h3_stream_close(nghttp3_conn *conn, int64_t stream_id,
 static CURLcode write_resp_hds(struct Curl_easy *data,
                                const char *buf, size_t blen)
 {
-  bool done;
-  return Curl_xfer_write_resp(data, (char *)buf, blen, FALSE, &done);
+  return Curl_xfer_write_resp(data, (char *)buf, blen, FALSE);
 }
 
 static int cb_h3_recv_data(nghttp3_conn *conn, int64_t stream3_id,
@@ -775,7 +774,6 @@ static int cb_h3_recv_data(nghttp3_conn *conn, int64_t stream3_id,
   struct Curl_easy *data = stream_user_data;
   struct h3_stream_ctx *stream = H3_STREAM_CTX(data);
   CURLcode result;
-  bool done;
 
   (void)conn;
   (void)stream3_id;
@@ -783,7 +781,7 @@ static int cb_h3_recv_data(nghttp3_conn *conn, int64_t stream3_id,
   if(!stream)
     return NGHTTP3_ERR_CALLBACK_FAILURE;
 
-  result = Curl_xfer_write_resp(data, (char *)buf, blen, FALSE, &done);
+  result = Curl_xfer_write_resp(data, (char *)buf, blen, FALSE);
   if(result) {
     CURL_TRC_CF(data, cf, "[%" PRId64 "] DATA len=%zu, ERROR receiving %d",
                 stream->id, blen, result);