diff --git a/backend/src/services/feed_parser.rs b/backend/src/services/feed_parser.rs
index 6234a26..27b5748 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/feed_parser.rs
+++ b/backend/src/services/feed_parser.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ pub const MIN_FEED_ENTRIES: usize = 3;
 /// Number of days before a cached feed URL is re-verified.
 pub const REDISCOVERY_DAYS: i64 = 30;
 
+/// Maximum response body size in bytes (5 MB), matching the scraper limit.
+const MAX_FEED_BODY_SIZE: usize = 5_000_000;
+
 /// Parse an RSS/Atom feed URL and return entries sorted by date (newest first).
 ///
 /// Uses the `feed-rs` crate which handles RSS 1.0, RSS 2.0, Atom, and JSON Feed.
@@ -53,7 +56,7 @@ pub async fn parse_feed(
         return Ok(Vec::new());
     }
 
-    let response = http_client
+    let mut response = http_client
         .get(feed_url)
         .send()
         .await
@@ -67,9 +70,28 @@ pub async fn parse_feed(
         return Ok(Vec::new());
     }
 
-    let body = response.bytes().await.map_err(|e| {
+    // Enforce body size limit (chunked reading, matching scraper pattern)
+    let content_length = response.content_length();
+    if let Some(len) = content_length {
+        if len as usize > MAX_FEED_BODY_SIZE {
+            tracing::warn!(url = feed_url, size = len, "Feed body exceeds size limit");
+            return Ok(Vec::new());
+        }
+    }
+    let mut bytes = match content_length {
+        Some(len) => Vec::with_capacity(len as usize),
+        None => Vec::new(),
+    };
+    while let Some(chunk) = response.chunk().await.map_err(|e| {
         AppError::Internal(anyhow::anyhow!("Failed to read feed body: {}", e))
-    })?;
+    })? {
+        if bytes.len() + chunk.len() > MAX_FEED_BODY_SIZE {
+            tracing::warn!(url = feed_url, "Feed body exceeds size limit during download");
+            return Ok(Vec::new());
+        }
+        bytes.extend_from_slice(&chunk);
+    }
+    let body = bytes;
 
     let feed = feed_rs::parser::parse(&body[..]).map_err(|e| {
         tracing::warn!(url = feed_url, error = %e, "Failed to parse feed");
@@ -152,7 +174,7 @@ pub async fn discover_feed(
         return None;
     }
 
-    let response = http_client
+    let mut response = http_client
         .get(source_url)
         .send()
         .await
@@ -179,7 +201,26 @@ pub async fn discover_feed(
     }
 
     // For anything else (HTML or unknown content-type), try HTML link discovery
-    let body = response.text().await.ok()?;
+    // Enforce body size limit
+    let content_length = response.content_length();
+    if let Some(len) = content_length {
+        if len as usize > MAX_FEED_BODY_SIZE {
+            tracing::warn!(url = source_url, size = len, "Source page exceeds size limit during feed discovery");
+            return None;
+        }
+    }
+    let mut body_bytes = match content_length {
+        Some(len) => Vec::with_capacity(len as usize),
+        None => Vec::new(),
+    };
+    while let Some(chunk) = response.chunk().await.ok()? {
+        if body_bytes.len() + chunk.len() > MAX_FEED_BODY_SIZE {
+            tracing::warn!(url = source_url, "Source page exceeds size limit during feed discovery");
+            return None;
+        }
+        body_bytes.extend_from_slice(&chunk);
+    }
+    let body = String::from_utf8_lossy(&body_bytes).to_string();
     let document = scraper::Html::parse_document(&body);
 
     let selector = scraper::Selector::parse(r#"link[rel="alternate"]"#)
@@ -751,4 +792,27 @@ mod tests {
         // No feed found — pipeline would fall back to source_scraper
         assert!(matches!(result, FeedResult::NotFound));
     }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn parse_feed_rejects_oversized_body() {
+        skip_ssrf_for_test();
+        let server = MockServer::start().await;
+
+        // Create a response larger than MAX_FEED_BODY_SIZE (5 MB).
+        // The Content-Length header must match the actual body size so that
+        // hyper does not panic; we rely on the fast-reject path that checks
+        // content_length() before reading any bytes.
+        let big_body = vec![b'x'; MAX_FEED_BODY_SIZE + 1];
+        Mock::given(method("GET"))
+            .respond_with(
+                ResponseTemplate::new(200)
+                    .set_body_bytes(big_body)
+            )
+            .mount(&server)
+            .await;
+
+        let client = reqwest::Client::new();
+        let entries = parse_feed(&client, &server.uri(), 10).await.unwrap();
+        assert!(entries.is_empty(), "Should reject oversized feed");
+    }
 }