=== modified file 'src/client_side.cc'
--- src/client_side.cc	2012-04-25 05:29:20 +0000
+++ src/client_side.cc	2012-06-06 02:16:51 +0000
@@ -4111,3 +4111,29 @@
     /* NOTE: pinning.pinned should be kept. This combined with fd == -1 at the end of a request indicates that the host
      * connection has gone away */
 }
+
+#if USE_DELAY_POOLS
+// TODO: make this a post-config runner task
+void
+clientReassignDelaypools(void)
+{
+    for (dlink_node *i = ClientActiveRequests.head; i; i = i->next) {
+        ClientHttpRequest *http = static_cast<ClientHttpRequest *>(i->data);
+        if (!http) {
+            debugs(33, DBG_IMPORTANT, "BUG: unable to locate active client request state i=" << (i->data));
+            continue;
+        }
+
+	if (http->sc && http->logType != LOG_TCP_DENIED && http->logType != LOG_TAG_NONE)
+            /* delay_id is already set on original store client */
+            http->sc->setDelayId(DelayId::DelayClient(http));
+
+#if 0 // XXX: what is this doing in 2.7? is any of it still relevant to 3.x?
+	if (http->reply)
+	    http->delayMaxBodySize = 0;
+	http->delayAssignedPool = 0;
+	clientDelayMaxBodySize(http->request, http, http->reply);
+#endif
+    }
+}
+#endif

=== modified file 'src/client_side.h'
--- src/client_side.h	2012-04-25 05:29:20 +0000
+++ src/client_side.h	2012-06-06 01:49:22 +0000
@@ -368,4 +368,10 @@
 
 const char *findTrailingHTTPVersion(const char *uriAndHTTPVersion, const char *end = NULL);
 
+#if USE_DELAY_POOLS
+/// Reassign what Delay Pool(s) each active client connection is limited by.
+/// Intended for use after reconfigure changes Delay pools structures
+extern void clientReassignDelayPools(void);
+#endif
+
 #endif /* SQUID_CLIENTSIDE_H */

=== modified file 'src/main.cc'
--- src/main.cc	2012-06-01 07:44:48 +0000
+++ src/main.cc	2012-06-06 01:59:21 +0000
@@ -852,7 +852,8 @@
 #endif
 
 #if USE_DELAY_POOLS
-    Config.ClientDelay.finalize();
+    Config.ClientDelay.finalize(); // client (upload) delay pools
+    clientReassignDelayPools();    // server (download) delay pools
 #endif
 
     if (Config.onoff.announce) {