Weird, $ua->request() by me crashes. The error reported by Perl is none (the crash is uncontrolled). The system exception code c0000005 stands for memory access violation (attempt to write or read to/from invalid address). What's your Perl version and can you share your ssleay32.dll and libeay32.dll?

Event:    APPCRASH
Application:    perl.exe
App version:    5.26.3.2603
Error module:    perl526.dll
Error module version:    0.0.0.0
Exception code:    c0000005
Exception offset:    000000000013ada7
OS version:    6.3.9600.2.0.0.256.4
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