       connection:       @resources.connIndex
 
     protocol = @resources.browser.getProtocol()
+    # http is always http/1.1
+    if httpRequest.plain
+      protocol = 'http/1.1'
 
     prxy = @resources.browser.getProxy()
     if prxy

    @h1_agent = undefined
    @h1s_agent = undefined
    @connIndex = 0


  # Make an HTTP request (also supports file: protocol).
  #

        cookies:          [httpRequest.headers.cookie]
        headers:          httpRequest.headers
        queryString:      httpRequest.query
        headersSize:      @resources.headersSize(httpRequest.headers)
        bodySize:         0
      response:         null
      timings:          
