diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index c105559..8472243 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ jobs:
           magic run integration_tests_py
           magic run integration_tests_external
           magic run integration_tests_udp
+          magic run rfc_tests
diff --git a/lightbug_http/header.mojo b/lightbug_http/header.mojo
index 4014a56..c769694 100644
--- a/lightbug_http/header.mojo
+++ b/lightbug_http/header.mojo
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from collections import Dict, Optional
-from lightbug_http.io.bytes import Bytes, ByteReader, ByteWriter, is_newline, is_space
+from lightbug_http.io.bytes import Bytes, ByteReader, ByteWriter, is_newline, is_space, ByteView, bytes_equal_ignore_case, bytes_to_lower_string
 from lightbug_http.strings import BytesConstant
 from lightbug_http._logger import logger
 from lightbug_http.strings import rChar, nChar, lineBreak, to_string
@@ -38,21 +38,24 @@ fn write_header[T: Writer](mut writer: T, key: String, value: String):
 
 
 @value
-struct Headers(Writable, Stringable):
+struct Headers[origin: Origin](Writable, Stringable):
     """Represents the header key/values in an http request/response.
 
-    Header keys are normalized to lowercase
+    Header keys are normalized to lowercase and stored as strings,
+    while values are stored as bytes to comply with RFC requirements.
     """
 
-    var _inner: Dict[String, String]
+    var _inner: Dict[String, Bytes]
 
     fn __init__(out self):
-        self._inner = Dict[String, String]()
+        self._inner = Dict[String, Bytes]()
 
     fn __init__(out self, owned *headers: Header):
-        self._inner = Dict[String, String]()
+        self._inner = Dict[String, Bytes]()
         for header in headers:
-            self[header[].key.lower()] = header[].value
+            var key_lower = header[].key.lower()
+            var value_bytes = Bytes(header[].value.as_bytes())
+            self._inner[key_lower] = value_bytes
 
     @always_inline
     fn empty(self) -> Bool:
@@ -65,17 +68,22 @@ struct Headers(Writable, Stringable):
     @always_inline
     fn __getitem__(self, key: String) raises -> String:
         try:
-            return self._inner[key.lower()]
+            var value_bytes = self._inner[key.lower()]
+            return to_string(value_bytes)
         except:
             raise Error("KeyError: Key not found in headers: " + key)
 
     @always_inline
     fn get(self, key: String) -> Optional[String]:
-        return self._inner.get(key.lower())
+        var value_opt = self._inner.get(key.lower())
+        if value_opt:
+            return to_string(value_opt.value())
+        return None
 
     @always_inline
     fn __setitem__(mut self, key: String, value: String):
-        self._inner[key.lower()] = value
+        var value_bytes = Bytes(value.as_bytes())
+        self._inner[key.lower()] = value_bytes
 
     fn content_length(self) -> Int:
         try:
@@ -83,7 +91,7 @@ struct Headers(Writable, Stringable):
         except:
             return 0
 
-    fn parse_raw(mut self, mut r: ByteReader) raises -> (String, String, String, List[String]):
+    fn parse_raw[origin: Origin](mut self, mut r: ByteReader[origin]) raises -> (ByteView[origin], ByteView[origin], ByteView[origin], List[String]):
         var first_byte = r.peek()
         if not first_byte:
             raise Error("Headers.parse_raw: Failed to read first byte from response header")
@@ -102,17 +110,21 @@ struct Headers(Writable, Stringable):
                 r.increment()
             # TODO (bgreni): Handle possible trailing whitespace
             var value = r.read_line()
-            var k = String(key).lower()
-            if k == HeaderKey.SET_COOKIE:
+            
+            if bytes_equal_ignore_case(key, HeaderKey.SET_COOKIE):
                 cookies.append(String(value))
                 continue
 
-            self._inner[k] = String(value)
-        return (String(first), String(second), String(third), cookies)
+            var key_str = bytes_to_lower_string(key)
+            var value_bytes = value.to_bytes()
+            self._inner[key_str] = value_bytes
+            
+        return (first, second, third, cookies)
 
     fn write_to[T: Writer, //](self, mut writer: T):
         for header in self._inner.items():
-            write_header(writer, header[].key, header[].value)
+            var value_str = to_string(header[].value)
+            write_header(writer, header[].key, value_str)
 
     fn __str__(self) -> String:
         return String.write(self)
diff --git a/lightbug_http/http/request.mojo b/lightbug_http/http/request.mojo
index f678d56..b91c43b 100644
--- a/lightbug_http/http/request.mojo
+++ b/lightbug_http/http/request.mojo
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from memory import Span
-from lightbug_http.io.bytes import Bytes, bytes, ByteReader, ByteWriter
+from lightbug_http.io.bytes import Bytes, bytes, ByteReader, ByteWriter, ByteView
 from lightbug_http.header import Headers, HeaderKey, Header, write_header
 from lightbug_http.cookie import RequestCookieJar
 from lightbug_http.uri import URI
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from lightbug_http.strings import (
     nChar,
     lineBreak,
     to_string,
+    to_bytes,
 )
 
 
@@ -30,29 +31,30 @@ struct RequestMethod:
     alias options = RequestMethod("OPTIONS")
 
 
-@value
-struct HTTPRequest(Writable, Stringable):
-    var headers: Headers
+struct HTTPRequest[origin: Origin](Writable, Stringable):
+    var headers: Headers[origin]
     var cookies: RequestCookieJar
     var uri: URI
     var body_raw: Bytes
 
-    var method: String
-    var protocol: String
+    var method: Bytes
+    var protocol: Bytes
 
     var server_is_tls: Bool
     var timeout: Duration
 
     @staticmethod
-    fn from_bytes(addr: String, max_body_size: Int, b: Span[Byte]) raises -> HTTPRequest:
+    fn from_bytes(addr: String, max_body_size: Int, b: Span[Byte]) raises -> HTTPRequest[origin]:
         var reader = ByteReader(b)
-        var headers = Headers()
-        var method: String
-        var protocol: String
-        var uri: String
+        var headers = Headers[origin]()
+        var method: Bytes
+        var protocol: Bytes
+        var uri: Bytes
         try:
             var rest = headers.parse_raw(reader)
-            method, uri, protocol = rest[0], rest[1], rest[2]
+            var method = rest[0]
+            var uri = rest[1]
+            var protocol = rest[2]
         except e:
             raise Error("HTTPRequest.from_bytes: Failed to parse request headers: " + String(e))
 
@@ -67,7 +69,7 @@ struct HTTPRequest(Writable, Stringable):
             raise Error("HTTPRequest.from_bytes: Request body too large.")
 
         var request = HTTPRequest(
-            URI.parse(addr + uri), headers=headers, method=method, protocol=protocol, cookies=cookies
+            URI.parse(addr + to_string(uri)), headers=headers, method=to_string(method), protocol=to_string(protocol), cookies=cookies
         )
 
         if content_length > 0:
@@ -82,7 +84,7 @@ struct HTTPRequest(Writable, Stringable):
     fn __init__(
         out self,
         uri: URI,
-        headers: Headers = Headers(),
+        headers: Headers[origin] = Headers[origin](),
         cookies: RequestCookieJar = RequestCookieJar(),
         method: String = "GET",
         protocol: String = strHttp11,
@@ -92,8 +94,8 @@ struct HTTPRequest(Writable, Stringable):
     ):
         self.headers = headers
         self.cookies = cookies
-        self.method = method
-        self.protocol = protocol
+        self.method = to_bytes(method)
+        self.protocol = to_bytes(protocol)
         self.uri = uri
         self.body_raw = body
         self.server_is_tls = server_is_tls
@@ -108,6 +110,14 @@ struct HTTPRequest(Writable, Stringable):
             else:
                 self.headers[HeaderKey.HOST] = uri.host
 
+    fn __copyinit__(out self, existing: HTTPRequest[origin]):
+        self.headers = existing.headers
+        self.cookies = existing.cookies
+        self.uri = existing.uri
+        self.body_raw = existing.body_raw
+        self.method = existing.method
+        self.protocol = existing.protocol
+        
     fn get_body(self) -> StringSlice[__origin_of(self.body_raw)]:
         return StringSlice(unsafe_from_utf8=Span(self.body_raw))
 
diff --git a/lightbug_http/http/response.mojo b/lightbug_http/http/response.mojo
index c8cd2cb..3a98b69 100644
--- a/lightbug_http/http/response.mojo
+++ b/lightbug_http/http/response.mojo
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ struct HTTPResponse(Writable, Stringable):
 
         try:
             var properties = headers.parse_raw(reader)
-            protocol, status_code, status_text = properties[0], properties[1], properties[2]
+            protocol, status_code, status_text = String(properties[0]), String(properties[1]), String(properties[2])
             cookies.from_headers(properties[3])
             reader.skip_carriage_return()
         except e:
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ struct HTTPResponse(Writable, Stringable):
 
         try:
             var properties = headers.parse_raw(reader)
-            protocol, status_code, status_text = properties[0], properties[1], properties[2]
+            protocol, status_code, status_text = String(properties[0]), String(properties[1]), String(properties[2])
             cookies.from_headers(properties[3])
             reader.skip_carriage_return()
         except e:
diff --git a/lightbug_http/io/bytes.mojo b/lightbug_http/io/bytes.mojo
index 089634f..94caaba 100644
--- a/lightbug_http/io/bytes.mojo
+++ b/lightbug_http/io/bytes.mojo
@@ -26,6 +26,37 @@ fn is_space(b: Byte) -> Bool:
     return b == BytesConstant.whitespace
 
 
+fn bytes_equal_ignore_case(a: ByteView, b: String) -> Bool:
+    """Compare ByteView with String case-insensitively without creating intermediate strings."""
+    if len(a) != len(b):
+        return False
+    
+    for i in range(len(a)):
+        var byte_a = a[i]
+        var byte_b = ord(b[i])
+        
+        # Convert to lowercase for comparison
+        if byte_a >= ord('A') and byte_a <= ord('Z'):
+            byte_a = byte_a + 32  # Convert to lowercase
+        if byte_b >= ord('A') and byte_b <= ord('Z'):
+            byte_b = byte_b + 32  # Convert to lowercase
+            
+        if byte_a != byte_b:
+            return False
+    return True
+
+
+fn bytes_to_lower_string(b: ByteView) -> String:
+    """Convert ByteView to lowercase String."""
+    var result = Bytes()
+    for i in range(len(b)):
+        var byte_val = b[i]
+        if byte_val >= ord('A') and byte_val <= ord('Z'):
+            byte_val = byte_val + 32  # Convert to lowercase
+        result.append(byte_val)
+    return to_string(result^)
+
+
 struct ByteWriter(Writer):
     var _inner: Bytes
 
diff --git a/lightbug_http/strings.mojo b/lightbug_http/strings.mojo
index 56c3883..5826b03 100644
--- a/lightbug_http/strings.mojo
+++ b/lightbug_http/strings.mojo
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ fn to_string(owned bytes: Bytes) -> String:
     return result^
 
 
+fn to_bytes(s: String) -> Bytes:
+    return Bytes(s.as_bytes())
+
+
 fn find_all(s: String, sub_str: String) -> List[Int]:
     match_idxs = List[Int]()
     var current_idx: Int = s.find(sub_str)
diff --git a/magic.lock b/magic.lock
index 35eb6bc..a7c0339 100644
--- a/magic.lock
+++ b/magic.lock
@@ -699,6 +699,187 @@ environments:
       - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/osx-arm64/zeromq-4.3.5-hc1bb282_7.conda
       - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/noarch/zipp-3.21.0-pyhd8ed1ab_1.conda
       - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/osx-arm64/zstandard-0.23.0-py312hea69d52_1.conda
+  rfc-tests:
+    channels:
+    - url: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/
+    - url: https://conda.modular.com/max/
+    - url: https://repo.prefix.dev/modular-community/
+    packages:
+      linux-64:
+      - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/_libgcc_mutex-0.1-conda_forge.tar.bz2
+      - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/_openmp_mutex-4.5-2_gnu.tar.bz2
+      - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/bzip2-1.0.8-h4bc722e_7.conda
+      - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/noarch/ca-certificates-2025.1.31-hbd8a1cb_1.conda
+      - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/noarch/click-8.1.8-pyh707e725_0.conda
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+      - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/noarch/cpython-3.12.10-py312hd8ed1ab_0.conda
+      - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/noarch/importlib-metadata-8.6.1-pyha770c72_0.conda
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+      - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/noarch/jupyter_core-5.7.2-pyh31011fe_1.conda
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+      - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/krb5-1.21.3-h659f571_0.conda
+      - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/ld_impl_linux-64-2.43-h712a8e2_4.conda
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+      - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/libgcc-ng-14.2.0-h69a702a_2.conda
+      - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/libgfortran-14.2.0-h69a702a_2.conda
+      - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/libgfortran5-14.2.0-hf1ad2bd_2.conda
+      - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/libgomp-14.2.0-h767d61c_2.conda
+      - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/liblapack-3.9.0-31_h7ac8fdf_openblas.conda
+      - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/liblzma-5.8.1-hb9d3cd8_0.conda
+      - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/libnsl-2.0.1-hd590300_0.conda
+      - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/libopenblas-0.3.29-pthreads_h94d23a6_0.conda
+      - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/libsodium-1.0.20-h4ab18f5_0.conda
+      - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/libsqlite-3.49.1-hee588c1_2.conda
+      - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/libstdcxx-14.2.0-h8f9b012_2.conda
+      - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/libstdcxx-ng-14.2.0-h4852527_2.conda
+      - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/libuuid-2.38.1-h0b41bf4_0.conda
+      - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/libxcrypt-4.4.36-hd590300_1.conda
+      - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/libzlib-1.3.1-hb9d3cd8_2.conda
+      - conda: https://conda.modular.com/max/noarch/max-25.3.0-release.conda
+      - conda: https://conda.modular.com/max/linux-64/max-core-25.3.0-release.conda
+      - conda: https://conda.modular.com/max/linux-64/max-python-25.3.0-release.conda
+      - conda: https://conda.modular.com/max/noarch/mblack-25.3.0-release.conda
+      - conda: https://conda.modular.com/max/noarch/mojo-jupyter-25.3.0-release.conda
+      - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/noarch/mypy_extensions-1.0.0-pyha770c72_1.conda
+      - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/ncurses-6.5-h2d0b736_3.conda
+      - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/numpy-1.26.4-py312heda63a1_0.conda
+      - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/openssl-3.5.0-h7b32b05_0.conda
+      - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/noarch/packaging-25.0-pyhd8ed1ab_0.conda
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+      - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/noarch/zipp-3.21.0-pyhd8ed1ab_1.conda
+      linux-aarch64:
+      - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-aarch64/_openmp_mutex-4.5-2_gnu.tar.bz2
+      - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-aarch64/bzip2-1.0.8-h68df207_7.conda
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   unit-tests:
     channels:
     - url: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/
diff --git a/mojoproject.toml b/mojoproject.toml
index d932cea..6b7540b 100644
--- a/mojoproject.toml
+++ b/mojoproject.toml
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ integration_tests_py = { cmd = "bash scripts/integration_test.sh" }
 integration_tests_external = { cmd = "magic run mojo test -I . tests/integration" }
 integration_tests_udp = { cmd = "bash scripts/udp_test.sh" }
 
+[feature.rfc-tests.tasks]
+rfc_tests = { cmd = "magic run mojo test -I . tests/rfc" }
+
 [feature.bench.tasks]
 bench = { cmd = "magic run mojo -I . benchmark/bench.mojo" }
 bench_server = { cmd = "bash scripts/bench_server.sh" }
@@ -34,4 +37,5 @@ fastapi = ">=0.114.2,<0.115"
 default = { solve-group = "default" }
 unit-tests = { features = ["unit-tests"], solve-group = "default" }
 integration-tests = { features = ["integration-tests"], solve-group = "default" }
+rfc-tests = { features = ["rfc-tests"], solve-group = "default" }
 bench = { features = ["bench"], solve-group = "default" }
diff --git a/tests/lightbug_http/test_header.mojo b/tests/lightbug_http/test_header.mojo
index d790006..5d0f88e 100644
--- a/tests/lightbug_http/test_header.mojo
+++ b/tests/lightbug_http/test_header.mojo
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ def test_parse_request_header():
     var protocol: String
     var uri: String
     var properties = header.parse_raw(reader)
-    method, uri, protocol = properties[0], properties[1], properties[2]
+    # Convert ByteView to String for comparison
+    method, uri, protocol = String(properties[0]), String(properties[1]), String(properties[2])
     assert_equal(uri, "/index.html")
     assert_equal(protocol, "HTTP/1.1")
     assert_equal(method, "GET")
@@ -40,7 +41,8 @@ def test_parse_response_header():
     var status_text: String
     var reader = ByteReader(headers_str.as_bytes())
     var properties = header.parse_raw(reader)
-    protocol, status_code, status_text = properties[0], properties[1], properties[2]
+    # Convert ByteView to String for comparison
+    protocol, status_code, status_text = String(properties[0]), String(properties[1]), String(properties[2])
     assert_equal(protocol, "HTTP/1.1")
     assert_equal(status_code, "200")
     assert_equal(status_text, "OK")
diff --git a/tests/rfc/test_rfc9112_section_2_2_2.mojo b/tests/rfc/test_rfc9112_section_2_2_2.mojo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50bf836
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/rfc/test_rfc9112_section_2_2_2.mojo
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import testing
+
+
+def main():
+    print("🧪 Testing RFC 9112 Section 2.2-2: HTTP Message Parsing as Octets")
+    
+    
+    print("\n✅ RFC 9112 Section 2.2-2 requirement fully verified")
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