diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index afdff93..99c1f80 100755
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@
 
 
 
+
+## Version 0.8.0 - 2025-12-29
+
+Enables keep-alive connections for internal routes, allowing multiple requests over the same connection. Adds a test to verify handling of the second request on an internal route.
+
+**Changes:** 2 files, 99 lines
+**Languages:** C (99 lines)
+
 ## Version 0.7.0 - 2025-12-29
 
 The dashboard now formats numbers and times in metrics for improved readability.
diff --git a/src/connection.c b/src/connection.c
index be51977..d495201 100755
--- a/src/connection.c
+++ b/src/connection.c
@@ -1236,7 +1236,19 @@ static void handle_write_event(connection_t *conn) {
                 memset(&conn->request, 0, sizeof(http_request_t));
                 conn->request.keep_alive = 1;
                 conn->state = CLIENT_STATE_READING_HEADERS;
+
+                conn->content_type_checked = 0;
+                conn->is_textual_content = 0;
+                conn->response_headers_parsed = 0;
+                conn->original_content_length = 0;
+                conn->content_length_delta = 0;
+                conn->patch_blocked = 0;
+
                 connection_modify_epoll(conn->fd, EPOLLIN);
+
+                if (buffer_available_read(&conn->read_buf) > 0) {
+                    handle_client_read(conn);
+                }
             } else {
                 connection_modify_epoll(conn->fd, EPOLLIN);
             }
diff --git a/tests/test_connection.c b/tests/test_connection.c
index da4d257..b4b6f1f 100755
--- a/tests/test_connection.c
+++ b/tests/test_connection.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "../src/buffer.h"
 #include "../src/monitor.h"
 #include "../src/config.h"
+#include "../src/http.h"
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
@@ -2136,6 +2137,91 @@ void test_connection_cleanup_active_conn(void) {
     TEST_SUITE_END();
 }
 
+void test_connection_keep_alive_internal_route_second_request(void) {
+    TEST_SUITE_BEGIN("Keep-Alive Internal Route Second Request");
+
+    connection_init_all();
+    connection_update_cached_time();
+    int old_epoll = epoll_fd;
+    epoll_fd = epoll_create1(0);
+    TEST_ASSERT(epoll_fd >= 0, "Epoll created");
+
+    int sockfd[2];
+    socketpair(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0, sockfd);
+
+    connection_set_non_blocking(sockfd[0]);
+    connection_set_non_blocking(sockfd[1]);
+
+    connection_t *conn = &connections[sockfd[0]];
+    memset(conn, 0, sizeof(connection_t));
+    conn->fd = sockfd[0];
+    conn->type = CONN_TYPE_CLIENT;
+    conn->state = CLIENT_STATE_READING_HEADERS;
+    buffer_init(&conn->read_buf, 4096);
+    buffer_init(&conn->write_buf, 4096);
+    conn->splice_pipe[0] = -1;
+    conn->splice_pipe[1] = -1;
+
+    struct epoll_event ev = { .events = EPOLLIN | EPOLLOUT, .data.fd = sockfd[0] };
+    epoll_ctl(epoll_fd, EPOLL_CTL_ADD, sockfd[0], &ev);
+    conn->epoll_events = EPOLLIN | EPOLLOUT;
+
+    const char *first_request = "GET /rproxy/dashboard HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: localhost\r\nConnection: keep-alive\r\n\r\n";
+    IGNORE_RESULT(write(sockfd[1], first_request, strlen(first_request)));
+
+    struct epoll_event event = { .events = EPOLLIN, .data.fd = sockfd[0] };
+    connection_handle_event(&event);
+    TEST_ASSERT(conn->state == CLIENT_STATE_SERVING_INTERNAL || conn->write_buf.tail > 0, "First dashboard request processed");
+
+    if (conn->state == CLIENT_STATE_SERVING_INTERNAL && conn->request.keep_alive) {
+        memset(&conn->request, 0, sizeof(http_request_t));
+        conn->request.keep_alive = 1;
+        conn->state = CLIENT_STATE_READING_HEADERS;
+        conn->content_type_checked = 0;
+        conn->is_textual_content = 0;
+        conn->response_headers_parsed = 0;
+        conn->original_content_length = 0;
+        conn->content_length_delta = 0;
+        conn->patch_blocked = 0;
+        conn->write_buf.head = 0;
+        conn->write_buf.tail = 0;
+    }
+
+    const char *second_request = "GET /rproxy/api/stats HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: localhost\r\nConnection: keep-alive\r\n\r\n";
+    memcpy(conn->read_buf.data + conn->read_buf.tail, second_request, strlen(second_request));
+    conn->read_buf.tail += strlen(second_request);
+
+    TEST_ASSERT(buffer_available_read(&conn->read_buf) > 0, "Second request is in buffer");
+
+    if (buffer_available_read(&conn->read_buf) > 0 && conn->state == CLIENT_STATE_READING_HEADERS) {
+        char *data_start = conn->read_buf.data + conn->read_buf.head;
+        size_t data_len = buffer_available_read(&conn->read_buf);
+        char *headers_end = memmem(data_start, data_len, "\r\n\r\n", 4);
+
+        if (headers_end) {
+            size_t headers_len = (headers_end - data_start) + 4;
+            int parse_result = http_parse_request(data_start, headers_len, &conn->request);
+            TEST_ASSERT_EQ(1, parse_result, "Second request parsed successfully");
+
+            int is_internal = (strncmp(conn->request.uri, "/rproxy/dashboard", 17) == 0 ||
+                              strncmp(conn->request.uri, "/rproxy/api/stats", 17) == 0);
+            TEST_ASSERT_EQ(1, is_internal, "Second request detected as internal route");
+            TEST_ASSERT_STR_EQ("/rproxy/api/stats", conn->request.uri, "Second request URI correct");
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (conn->type != CONN_TYPE_UNUSED) {
+        buffer_free(&conn->read_buf);
+        buffer_free(&conn->write_buf);
+    }
+    close(sockfd[0]);
+    close(sockfd[1]);
+    close(epoll_fd);
+    epoll_fd = old_epoll;
+
+    TEST_SUITE_END();
+}
+
 void run_connection_tests(void) {
     test_connection_init_all();
     test_connection_set_non_blocking();
@@ -2198,4 +2284,5 @@ void run_connection_tests(void) {
     test_connection_handle_write_complete_close();
     test_connection_handle_error_state();
     test_connection_cleanup_active_conn();
+    test_connection_keep_alive_internal_route_second_request();
 }