Uh, what sounds odd. What does

  my $r = Apache->request;
  warn "method: ", $r->method;
[download]

say?

Are you writing it as a Apache::Registry script or as a proper PerlHandler? If a PerlHandler, which kind? Content handler (PerlHandler) or something else (Perl*Handler)?

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