diff --git a/DomainTests/ZlibLimitTests.swift b/DomainTests/ZlibLimitTests.swift
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a9862e5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/DomainTests/ZlibLimitTests.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import Foundation
+import Testing
+
+@testable import VitrineDomain
+
+@Suite("Zlib output limits")
+struct ZlibLimitTests {
+    /// A raw DEFLATE stream holding nothing: one empty, final, fixed-Huffman block. Built
+    /// by hand so the test does not depend on how `NSData` compresses empty input.
+    private static let emptyStream = Data([0x03, 0x00])
+
+    @Test func maximumIntegerLimitDoesNotOverflow() throws {
+        let original = Data("small payload".utf8)
+        let compressed = try Zlib.compress(original)
+        #expect(try Zlib.decompress(compressed, maxOutputBytes: Int.max) == original)
+    }
+
+    @Test(arguments: [64 * 1024 - 1, 64 * 1024, 64 * 1024 + 1])
+    func exactAndInsufficientLimitsAroundTheChunkBoundary(length: Int) throws {
+        let original = Data(repeating: 65, count: length)
+        let compressed = try Zlib.compress(original)
+        #expect(try Zlib.decompress(compressed, maxOutputBytes: length) == original)
+        #expect(throws: Zlib.ZlibError.outputTooLarge) {
+            try Zlib.decompress(compressed, maxOutputBytes: length - 1)
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test func zeroLimitAcceptsOnlyAnEmptyStream() throws {
+        #expect(try Zlib.decompress(Self.emptyStream, maxOutputBytes: 0).isEmpty)
+        let nonempty = try Zlib.compress(Data([65]))
+        #expect(throws: Zlib.ZlibError.outputTooLarge) {
+            try Zlib.decompress(nonempty, maxOutputBytes: 0)
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test(arguments: [-1, -2, Int.min])
+    func negativeLimitsFailClosedWithoutTrapping(limit: Int) throws {
+        let nonempty = try Zlib.compress(Data([65]))
+        #expect(throws: Zlib.ZlibError.decompressionFailed) {
+            try Zlib.decompress(nonempty, maxOutputBytes: limit)
+        }
+        #expect(throws: Zlib.ZlibError.decompressionFailed) {
+            try Zlib.decompress(Self.emptyStream, maxOutputBytes: limit)
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/VitrineDomain/Models/ShareLinkCoding.swift b/VitrineDomain/Models/ShareLinkCoding.swift
index 2d23ff71..8643e0a5 100644
--- a/VitrineDomain/Models/ShareLinkCoding.swift
+++ b/VitrineDomain/Models/ShareLinkCoding.swift
@@ -38,7 +38,12 @@ public enum Zlib {
             stream.deallocate()
         }
 
-        let bufferSize = min(64 * 1024, max(maxOutputBytes + 1, 1))
+        // Chunk size: the limit plus one spare byte, capped at 64 KiB. Clamping before the
+        // `+ 1` keeps `Int.max` a valid ceiling, and the lower bound keeps the capacity at
+        // least 1 even if the guard above ever changes (a negative capacity traps). For a
+        // limit below the cap, the spare byte exposes an overrun inside the same chunk;
+        // above it, the overrun surfaces on the next iteration instead.
+        let bufferSize = min(max(maxOutputBytes, 0), 64 * 1024 - 1) + 1
         let destination = UnsafeMutablePointer<UInt8>.allocate(capacity: bufferSize)
         defer { destination.deallocate() }