diff --git a/internal/handlers/webhook.go b/internal/handlers/webhook.go
index 4822013..7bf7660 100644
--- a/internal/handlers/webhook.go
+++ b/internal/handlers/webhook.go
@@ -150,7 +150,9 @@ func (h *Handlers) lookupEntrypoint(
 	return entrypoint, true
 }
 
-// readWebhookBody reads and validates the request body size.
+// readWebhookBody reads and validates the request body size. This is
+// the receiver's only body cap: /h/{uuid} has no MaxBodySize
+// middleware (see Server.setupWebhookRoutes).
 func (h *Handlers) readWebhookBody(
 	w http.ResponseWriter,
 	r *http.Request,
diff --git a/internal/server/routes.go b/internal/server/routes.go
index 85dbb59..1b5c722 100644
--- a/internal/server/routes.go
+++ b/internal/server/routes.go
@@ -304,6 +304,12 @@ func (s *Server) setupSourceRoutes() {
 }
 
 func (s *Server) setupWebhookRoutes() {
+	// No MaxBodySize here, unlike the page groups. The receiver's 1 MB
+	// body cap is in Handlers.readWebhookBody, because the handler
+	// owns the response a sender gets for an oversized body and
+	// MaxBodySize would change it. That cap is the only bound on this
+	// unauthenticated endpoint's body; TestReceiver_OversizeBodyRefused
+	// pins it.
 	s.router.With(s.mw.ReceiverRateLimit()).HandleFunc(
 		"/h/{uuid}",
 		s.h.HandleWebhook(),
diff --git a/internal/server/routes_test.go b/internal/server/routes_test.go
index f25eb86..a640307 100644
--- a/internal/server/routes_test.go
+++ b/internal/server/routes_test.go
@@ -1422,6 +1422,53 @@ func TestReceiver_EntrypointURLIsRateLimited(t *testing.T) {
 	)
 }
 
+// TestReceiver_OversizeBodyRefused pins the receiver's 1 MB body
+// cap, which lives in the handler rather than in a MaxBodySize
+// middleware. A body exactly at the cap is accepted; one byte over is
+// refused with the handler's own 413.
+func TestReceiver_OversizeBodyRefused(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	const bodyCap = 1 << 20 // 1 MB
+
+	env := newTestEnvWithConfig(t, &config.Config{
+		DataDir:           t.TempDir(),
+		Environment:       config.EnvironmentDev,
+		ReceiverRateLimit: 10,
+	})
+
+	userID, _ := env.seedUser(t, "receiver", "somepassword")
+	wh := env.seedWebhook(t, userID)
+	require.NoError(t, env.db.DB().Omit(clause.Associations).Create(
+		&database.Entrypoint{
+			WebhookID: wh.ID,
+			Path:      "0b7c3e5a-2d9f-4a61-8e4b-7c1d6f2a9e35",
+			Active:    true,
+		},
+	).Error)
+
+	send := func(size int) *httptest.ResponseRecorder {
+		req := httptest.NewRequestWithContext(
+			context.Background(), http.MethodPost,
+			"/h/0b7c3e5a-2d9f-4a61-8e4b-7c1d6f2a9e35",
+			strings.NewReader(strings.Repeat("a", size)),
+		)
+		w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		env.router.ServeHTTP(w, req)
+
+		return w
+	}
+
+	assert.Equal(
+		t, http.StatusOK, send(bodyCap).Code,
+		"a body exactly at the cap must be accepted",
+	)
+
+	w := send(bodyCap + 1)
+	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusRequestEntityTooLarge, w.Code)
+	assert.Equal(t, "Request body too large\n", w.Body.String())
+}
+
 // metricsConfig is a Config differing from the routing default only
 // in the two /metrics credentials.
 func metricsConfig(