diff --git a/ydb/library/yql/providers/common/http_gateway/yql_http_gateway.cpp b/ydb/library/yql/providers/common/http_gateway/yql_http_gateway.cpp
index 45b446879f2c..1c87725912fb 100644
--- a/ydb/library/yql/providers/common/http_gateway/yql_http_gateway.cpp
+++ b/ydb/library/yql/providers/common/http_gateway/yql_http_gateway.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <util/generic/yexception.h>
 #include <util/stream/str.h>
 #include <util/string/builder.h>
+#include <util/datetime/base.h>
 #include <yql/essentials/utils/log/log.h>
 
 #include <thread>
@@ -480,6 +481,8 @@ class TEasyCurlStream : public TEasyCurl {
         IHTTPGateway::TOnNewDataPart onNewData,
         IHTTPGateway::TOnDownloadFinish onFinish,
         const ::NMonitoring::TDynamicCounters::TCounterPtr& inflightCounter,
+        std::weak_ptr<CURLM> handle,
+        size_t threshold,
         const TCurlInitConfig& config = TCurlInitConfig(),
         TDNSGateway<>::TDNSConstCurlListPtr dnsCache = nullptr)
         : TEasyCurl(counter, downloadedBytes, uploadededBytes, url, std::move(headers), EMethod::GET, offset, sizeLimit, 0ULL, std::move(config), std::move(dnsCache))
@@ -488,6 +491,8 @@ class TEasyCurlStream : public TEasyCurl {
         , OnFinish(std::move(onFinish))
         , Counter(std::make_shared<std::atomic_size_t>(0ULL))
         , InflightCounter(inflightCounter)
+        , Handle(std::move(handle))
+        , Threshold(threshold)
     {}
 
     static TPtr Make(
@@ -502,10 +507,12 @@ class TEasyCurlStream : public TEasyCurl {
         IHTTPGateway::TOnNewDataPart onNewData,
         IHTTPGateway::TOnDownloadFinish onFinish,
         const ::NMonitoring::TDynamicCounters::TCounterPtr& inflightCounter,
+        std::weak_ptr<CURLM> handle = {},
+        size_t threshold = 0,
         const TCurlInitConfig& config = TCurlInitConfig(),
         TDNSGateway<>::TDNSConstCurlListPtr dnsCache = nullptr)
     {
-        return std::make_shared<TEasyCurlStream>(counter, downloadedBytes, uploadededBytes, std::move(url), std::move(headers), offset, sizeLimit, std::move(onStart), std::move(onNewData), std::move(onFinish), inflightCounter, std::move(config), std::move(dnsCache));
+        return std::make_shared<TEasyCurlStream>(counter, downloadedBytes, uploadededBytes, std::move(url), std::move(headers), offset, sizeLimit, std::move(onStart), std::move(onNewData), std::move(onFinish), inflightCounter, handle, threshold, std::move(config), std::move(dnsCache));
     }
 
     enum class EAction : i8 {
@@ -565,8 +572,9 @@ class TEasyCurlStream : public TEasyCurl {
     size_t Write(void* contents, size_t size, size_t nmemb) final {
         MaybeStart(CURLE_OK);
         const auto realsize = size * nmemb;
-        if (!Cancelled)
-            OnNewData(IHTTPGateway::TCountedContent(TString(static_cast<char*>(contents), realsize), Counter, InflightCounter));
+        if (!Cancelled) {
+            OnNewData(IHTTPGateway::TCountedContent(TString(static_cast<char*>(contents), realsize), Counter, InflightCounter, Handle, Threshold));
+        }
         return realsize;
     }
 
@@ -583,6 +591,8 @@ class TEasyCurlStream : public TEasyCurl {
     bool Paused = false;
     bool Cancelled = false;
     long HttpResponseCode = 0L;
+    std::weak_ptr<CURLM> Handle;
+    size_t Threshold;
 };
 
 using TKeyType = std::tuple<TString, size_t, IHTTPGateway::THeaders, TString, IHTTPGateway::TRetryPolicy::TPtr>;
@@ -676,8 +686,8 @@ friend class IHTTPGateway;
     }
 
     ~THTTPMultiGateway() {
-        curl_multi_wakeup(Handle);
         IsStopped = true;
+        curl_multi_wakeup(Handle.get());
         if (Thread.joinable()) {
             Thread.join();
         }
@@ -691,11 +701,18 @@ friend class IHTTPGateway;
     TCurlInitConfig InitConfig;
 
     void InitCurl() {
+        // FIXME: NOT SAFE (see man libcurl(3))
         const CURLcode globalInitResult = curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL);
         if (globalInitResult != CURLE_OK) {
            throw yexception() << "curl_global_init error " << int(globalInitResult) << ": " << curl_easy_strerror(globalInitResult) << Endl;
         }
-        Handle = curl_multi_init();
+        Handle = std::shared_ptr<CURLM>(curl_multi_init(), [](auto handle) {
+            const CURLMcode multiCleanupResult = curl_multi_cleanup(handle);
+            if (multiCleanupResult != CURLM_OK) {
+                Cerr << "curl_multi_cleanup error " << int(multiCleanupResult) << ": " << curl_multi_strerror(multiCleanupResult) << Endl;
+            }
+            curl_global_cleanup(); // FIXME: NOT SAFE (see man libcurl(3))
+        });
         if (!Handle) {
             throw yexception() << "curl_multi_init error";
         }
@@ -703,11 +720,7 @@ friend class IHTTPGateway;
 
     void UninitCurl() {
         Y_ABORT_UNLESS(Handle);
-        const CURLMcode multiCleanupResult = curl_multi_cleanup(Handle);
-        if (multiCleanupResult != CURLM_OK) {
-            Cerr << "curl_multi_cleanup error " << int(multiCleanupResult) << ": " << curl_multi_strerror(multiCleanupResult) << Endl;
-        }
-        curl_global_cleanup();
+        Handle.reset();
     }
 
     void Perform() {
@@ -722,14 +735,14 @@ friend class IHTTPGateway;
             OutputMemory->Set(OutputSize);
 
             int running = 0;
-            if (const auto c = curl_multi_perform(Handle, &running); CURLM_OK != c) {
+            if (const auto c = curl_multi_perform(Handle.get(), &running); CURLM_OK != c) {
                 Fail(c);
                 break;
             }
 
             if (running < int(handlers)) {
                 for (int messages = int(handlers) - running; messages;) {
-                    if (const auto msg = curl_multi_info_read(Handle, &messages)) {
+                    if (const auto msg = curl_multi_info_read(Handle.get(), &messages)) {
                         if(msg->msg == CURLMSG_DONE) {
                             Done(msg->easy_handle, msg->data.result);
                         }
@@ -737,7 +750,7 @@ friend class IHTTPGateway;
                 }
             } else {
                 const int timeoutMs = 300;
-                if (const auto c = curl_multi_poll(Handle, nullptr, 0, timeoutMs, nullptr); CURLM_OK != c) {
+                if (const auto c = curl_multi_poll(Handle.get(), nullptr, 0, timeoutMs, nullptr); CURLM_OK != c) {
                     Fail(c);
                     break;
                 }
@@ -752,7 +765,7 @@ friend class IHTTPGateway;
                 const auto streamHandle = stream->GetHandle();
                 switch (stream->GetAction(BuffersSizePerStream)) {
                     case TEasyCurlStream::EAction::Init:
-                        curl_multi_add_handle(Handle, streamHandle);
+                        curl_multi_add_handle(Handle.get(), streamHandle);
                         break;
                     case TEasyCurlStream::EAction::Work:
                         curl_easy_pause(streamHandle, CURLPAUSE_RECV_CONT);
@@ -761,7 +774,7 @@ friend class IHTTPGateway;
                         curl_easy_pause(streamHandle, CURL_WRITEFUNC_PAUSE);
                         break;
                     case TEasyCurlStream::EAction::Drop:
-                        curl_multi_remove_handle(Handle, streamHandle);
+                        curl_multi_remove_handle(Handle.get(), streamHandle);
                         Allocated.erase(streamHandle);
                         break;
                     case TEasyCurlStream::EAction::None:
@@ -784,7 +797,7 @@ friend class IHTTPGateway;
             const auto handle = Await.front()->GetHandle();
             Allocated.emplace(handle, std::move(Await.front()));
             Await.pop();
-            curl_multi_add_handle(Handle, handle);
+            curl_multi_add_handle(Handle.get(), handle);
         }
         AwaitQueue->Set(Await.size());
         AllocatedMemory->Set(AllocatedSize);
@@ -859,7 +872,7 @@ friend class IHTTPGateway;
 
         const TIssue error(curl_multi_strerror(result));
         while (!works.empty()) {
-            curl_multi_remove_handle(Handle, works.top()->GetHandle());
+            curl_multi_remove_handle(Handle.get(), works.top()->GetHandle());
             works.top()->Fail(CURLE_OK, error);
             works.pop();
         }
@@ -914,7 +927,7 @@ friend class IHTTPGateway;
         TOnDownloadFinish onFinish,
         const ::NMonitoring::TDynamicCounters::TCounterPtr& inflightCounter) final
     {
-        auto stream = TEasyCurlStream::Make(InFlightStreams, DownloadedBytes, UploadedBytes, std::move(url), std::move(headers), offset, sizeLimit, std::move(onStart), std::move(onNewData), std::move(onFinish), inflightCounter, InitConfig, DnsGateway.GetDNSCurlList());
+        auto stream = TEasyCurlStream::Make(InFlightStreams, DownloadedBytes, UploadedBytes, std::move(url), std::move(headers), offset, sizeLimit, std::move(onStart), std::move(onNewData), std::move(onFinish), inflightCounter, Handle, BuffersSizePerStream, InitConfig, DnsGateway.GetDNSCurlList());
         const std::unique_lock lock(SyncRef());
         const auto handle = stream->GetHandle();
         TEasyCurlStream::TWeakPtr weak = stream;
@@ -942,12 +955,12 @@ friend class IHTTPGateway;
     void Wakeup(size_t sizeLimit) {
         AwaitQueue->Set(Await.size());
         if (Allocated.size() < MaxHandlers && AllocatedSize + sizeLimit + OutputSize.load() <= MaxSimulatenousDownloadsSize) {
-            curl_multi_wakeup(Handle);
+            curl_multi_wakeup(Handle.get());
         }
     }
 
     CURLM* GetHandle() const {
-        return Handle;
+        return Handle.get();
     }
 
 private:
@@ -955,7 +968,7 @@ friend class IHTTPGateway;
         return *Sync;
     }
 
-    CURLM* Handle = nullptr;
+    std::shared_ptr<CURLM> Handle;
 
     std::queue<TEasyCurlBuffer::TPtr> Await;
     std::vector<TEasyCurlStream::TWeakPtr> Streams;
@@ -1043,8 +1056,9 @@ IHTTPGateway::TContent::TContent(const TString& data, long httpResponseCode, con
 {}
 
 IHTTPGateway::TCountedContent::TCountedContent(TString&& data, const std::shared_ptr<std::atomic_size_t>& counter,
-    const ::NMonitoring::TDynamicCounters::TCounterPtr& inflightCounter)
+    const ::NMonitoring::TDynamicCounters::TCounterPtr& inflightCounter, std::weak_ptr<CURLM> handle, size_t threshold)
     : TContentBase(std::move(data)), Counter(counter), InflightCounter(inflightCounter)
+    , Handle(handle), Threshold(threshold)
 {
     Counter->fetch_add(size());
     if (InflightCounter) {
@@ -1052,19 +1066,24 @@ IHTTPGateway::TCountedContent::TCountedContent(TString&& data, const std::shared
     }
 }
 
-IHTTPGateway::TCountedContent::~TCountedContent()
-{
-    Counter->fetch_sub(size());
+void IHTTPGateway::TCountedContent::BeforeRelease() {
+    auto oldSize = Counter->fetch_sub(size());
+    if (oldSize >= Threshold && oldSize - size() < Threshold) {
+        if (auto handle = Handle.lock()) {
+            curl_multi_wakeup(handle.get());
+        }
+    }
     if (InflightCounter) {
         InflightCounter->Sub(size());
     }
 }
 
+IHTTPGateway::TCountedContent::~TCountedContent() {
+    BeforeRelease();
+}
+
 TString IHTTPGateway::TCountedContent::Extract() {
-    Counter->fetch_sub(size());
-    if (InflightCounter) {
-        InflightCounter->Sub(size());
-    }
+    BeforeRelease();
     return TContentBase::Extract();
 }
 
diff --git a/ydb/library/yql/providers/common/http_gateway/yql_http_gateway.h b/ydb/library/yql/providers/common/http_gateway/yql_http_gateway.h
index 2095419a6270..2ac830acf4cc 100644
--- a/ydb/library/yql/providers/common/http_gateway/yql_http_gateway.h
+++ b/ydb/library/yql/providers/common/http_gateway/yql_http_gateway.h
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class IHTTPGateway {
 
     class TCountedContent : public TContentBase {
     public:
-        TCountedContent(TString&& data, const std::shared_ptr<std::atomic_size_t>& counter, const ::NMonitoring::TDynamicCounters::TCounterPtr& inflightCounter);
+        TCountedContent(TString&& data, const std::shared_ptr<std::atomic_size_t>& counter, const ::NMonitoring::TDynamicCounters::TCounterPtr& inflightCounter, std::weak_ptr<CURLM> handle, size_t threshold);
         ~TCountedContent();
 
         TCountedContent(TCountedContent&&) = default;
@@ -109,8 +109,12 @@ class IHTTPGateway {
 
         TString Extract();
     private:
+        void BeforeRelease();
+
         const std::shared_ptr<std::atomic_size_t> Counter;
         const ::NMonitoring::TDynamicCounters::TCounterPtr InflightCounter;
+        std::weak_ptr<CURLM> Handle;
+        const size_t Threshold;
     };
 
     using TOnDownloadStart = std::function<void(CURLcode, long)>; // http code.