Restricted keepalive_disable safari to OS X only. The problem doesn't affect non-Apple systems for sure, and many pretend to be Safari now. Prodded by Piotr Sikora.
diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http_request.c b/src/http/ngx_http_request.c index a8515f3..441517e 100644 --- a/src/http/ngx_http_request.c +++ b/src/http/ngx_http_request.c
@@ -1493,7 +1493,9 @@ } else if (ngx_strstrn(user_agent, "Chrome/", 7 - 1)) { r->headers_in.chrome = 1; - } else if (ngx_strstrn(user_agent, "Safari/", 7 - 1)) { + } else if (ngx_strstrn(user_agent, "Safari/", 7 - 1) + && ngx_strstrn(user_agent, "Mac OS X", 8 - 1)) + { r->headers_in.safari = 1; } else if (ngx_strstrn(user_agent, "Konqueror", 9 - 1)) {