diff --git a/app/src/main/java/net/kollnig/missioncontrol/dns/DnsOverHttpsClient.java b/app/src/main/java/net/kollnig/missioncontrol/dns/DnsOverHttpsClient.java
index 887f73ab..45b85fc3 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/net/kollnig/missioncontrol/dns/DnsOverHttpsClient.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/net/kollnig/missioncontrol/dns/DnsOverHttpsClient.java
@@ -251,12 +251,19 @@ public byte[] resolve(@NonNull byte[] dnsQuery, @Nullable Runnable onFailedAttem
                     long contentLength = responseBody.contentLength();
                     if (contentLength > MAX_DOH_RESPONSE_BYTES) {
                         Log.w(TAG, "DoH response too large: " + contentLength + " bytes");
+                        // An oversized body is a wasted attempt like any other unusable
+                        // response. Leaving it uncounted made the query worth a single
+                        // failure however many attempts it burned, so an endpoint
+                        // spraying junk took ten whole queries to trip the breaker
+                        // while every other failure mode took three.
+                        reportFailedAttempt(onFailedAttempt);
                         continue;
                     }
 
                     byte[] dnsResponse = response.peekBody(MAX_DOH_RESPONSE_BYTES + 1L).bytes();
                     if (dnsResponse.length > MAX_DOH_RESPONSE_BYTES) {
                         Log.w(TAG, "DoH response too large: " + dnsResponse.length + " bytes");
+                        reportFailedAttempt(onFailedAttempt);
                         continue;
                     }
                     if (dnsResponse.length < 12) {
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/net/kollnig/missioncontrol/dns/DnsOverHttpsClientTest.java b/app/src/test/java/net/kollnig/missioncontrol/dns/DnsOverHttpsClientTest.java
index 44375f35..f77c00c9 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/net/kollnig/missioncontrol/dns/DnsOverHttpsClientTest.java
+++ b/app/src/test/java/net/kollnig/missioncontrol/dns/DnsOverHttpsClientTest.java
@@ -204,6 +204,37 @@ public void resolveDoesNotReportCanceledCallAsFailedAttempt() throws Exception {
         assertEquals(0, failures.get());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * An oversized body is a wasted attempt and must be reported, so that an
+     * endpoint spraying junk trips the circuit breaker at the same rate as any
+     * other failing one — see issue #760.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void resolveReportsOversizedDnsResponseAsFailedAttempt() {
+        server.enqueue(dnsResponse(200, responseOfLength(65536)));
+        server.enqueue(dnsResponse(200, responseOfLength(65536)));
+        server.enqueue(dnsResponse(200, responseOfLength(65536)));
+
+        AtomicInteger failures = new AtomicInteger(0);
+        assertNull(client().resolve(QUERY, failures::incrementAndGet));
+
+        assertEquals(3, failures.get());
+        assertEquals(3, server.getRequestCount());
+    }
+
+    /** The chunked path (no declared Content-Length) reports the same way. */
+    @Test
+    public void resolveReportsOversizedChunkedResponseThenRecovers() {
+        server.enqueue(chunkedDnsResponse(200, responseOfLength(65536)));
+        server.enqueue(dnsResponse(200, RESPONSE));
+
+        AtomicInteger failures = new AtomicInteger(0);
+        assertArrayEquals(RESPONSE, client().resolve(QUERY, failures::incrementAndGet));
+
+        assertEquals(1, failures.get());
+        assertEquals(2, server.getRequestCount());
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void resolveRejectsOversizedDnsResponse() {
         DnsOverHttpsClient.setScreenOff(true);