diff --git a/cli/tests/unit/http_test.ts b/cli/tests/unit/http_test.ts
index bd02e88f0ff81f..c6513c6dff052e 100644
--- a/cli/tests/unit/http_test.ts
+++ b/cli/tests/unit/http_test.ts
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ unitTest(
           const reqBody = await request.text();
           assertEquals("hello world", reqBody);
           await respondWith(new Response(""));
-          break;
         }
         break;
       }
@@ -83,7 +82,9 @@ unitTest(
     const resp = await fetch("http://127.0.0.1:4501/", {
       body: stream.readable,
       method: "POST",
+      headers: { "connection": "close" },
     });
+
     await resp.arrayBuffer();
     await promise;
   },
diff --git a/runtime/js/40_http.js b/runtime/js/40_http.js
index 9a008f3cfabd53..0248891329884b 100644
--- a/runtime/js/40_http.js
+++ b/runtime/js/40_http.js
@@ -186,11 +186,7 @@
           );
           if (read > 0) {
             // We read some data. Enqueue it onto the stream.
-            if (chunk.length == read) {
-              controller.enqueue(chunk);
-            } else {
-              controller.enqueue(chunk.subarray(0, read));
-            }
+            controller.enqueue(chunk.subarray(0, read));
           } else {
             // We have reached the end of the body, so we close the stream.
             controller.close();
diff --git a/runtime/ops/http.rs b/runtime/ops/http.rs
index aeca0ca880110f..664776b4b029c1 100644
--- a/runtime/ops/http.rs
+++ b/runtime/ops/http.rs
@@ -157,13 +157,13 @@ pub struct NextRequestResponse(
 
 pub async fn op_next_request(
   state: Rc<RefCell<OpState>>,
-  rid: ResourceId,
+  conn_rid: ResourceId,
   _data: Option<ZeroCopyBuf>,
 ) -> Result<NextRequestResponse, AnyError> {
   let conn_resource = state
     .borrow()
     .resource_table
-    .get::<ConnResource>(rid)
+    .get::<ConnResource>(conn_rid)
     .ok_or_else(bad_resource_id)?;
 
   poll_fn(|cx| {
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ pub async fn op_next_request(
         let stream_reader = StreamReader::new(stream);
         let mut state = state.borrow_mut();
         let request_body_rid = state.resource_table.add(RequestBodyResource {
+          conn_rid,
           reader: AsyncRefCell::new(stream_reader),
           cancel: CancelHandle::default(),
         });
@@ -221,7 +222,7 @@ pub async fn op_next_request(
       let response_sender_rid =
         state.resource_table.add(ResponseSenderResource {
           sender: tx,
-          conn_rid: rid,
+          conn_rid,
         });
 
       let req_json = NextRequestResponse(
@@ -346,12 +347,11 @@ pub fn op_respond(
     let (sender, body) = Body::channel();
     res = builder.body(body)?;
 
-    let response_body_rid =
-      state.resource_table.add(DyperResponseBodyResource {
-        body: AsyncRefCell::new(sender),
-        cancel: CancelHandle::default(),
-        conn_rid: response_sender.conn_rid,
-      });
+    let response_body_rid = state.resource_table.add(ResponseBodyResource {
+      body: AsyncRefCell::new(sender),
+      cancel: CancelHandle::default(),
+      conn_rid: response_sender.conn_rid,
+    });
 
     Some(response_body_rid)
   };
@@ -404,10 +404,39 @@ pub async fn op_read_request(
     .resource_table
     .get::<RequestBodyResource>(rid as u32)
     .ok_or_else(bad_resource_id)?;
+
+  let conn_resource = state
+    .borrow()
+    .resource_table
+    .get::<ConnResource>(resource.conn_rid)
+    .ok_or_else(bad_resource_id)?;
+
   let mut reader = RcRef::map(&resource, |r| &r.reader).borrow_mut().await;
   let cancel = RcRef::map(resource, |r| &r.cancel);
-  let read = reader.read(&mut data).try_or_cancel(cancel).await?;
-  Ok(read)
+  let mut read_fut = reader.read(&mut data).try_or_cancel(cancel).boxed_local();
+
+  poll_fn(|cx| {
+    let r = read_fut.poll_unpin(cx);
+
+    let poll_result = match &conn_resource.hyper_connection {
+      ConnType::Tcp(c) => c.borrow_mut().poll_unpin(cx),
+      ConnType::Tls(c) => c.borrow_mut().poll_unpin(cx),
+    };
+
+    if let Poll::Ready(Err(e)) = poll_result {
+      // close ConnResource
+      // close RequestResource associated with connection
+      // close ResponseBodyResource associated with connection
+      return Poll::Ready(Err(AnyError::from(e)));
+    }
+
+    if let Poll::Ready(result) = r {
+      return Poll::Ready(result.map_err(AnyError::from));
+    }
+
+    Poll::Pending
+  })
+  .await
 }
 
 pub async fn op_write_response(
@@ -419,7 +448,7 @@ pub async fn op_write_response(
   let resource = state
     .borrow()
     .resource_table
-    .get::<DyperResponseBodyResource>(rid as u32)
+    .get::<ResponseBodyResource>(rid as u32)
     .ok_or_else(bad_resource_id)?;
 
   let conn_resource = state
@@ -466,6 +495,7 @@ type BytesStream =
   Pin<Box<dyn Stream<Item = std::io::Result<bytes::Bytes>> + Unpin>>;
 
 struct RequestBodyResource {
+  conn_rid: ResourceId,
   reader: AsyncRefCell<StreamReader<BytesStream, bytes::Bytes>>,
   cancel: CancelHandle,
 }
@@ -487,13 +517,13 @@ impl Resource for ResponseSenderResource {
   }
 }
 
-struct DyperResponseBodyResource {
+struct ResponseBodyResource {
   body: AsyncRefCell<hyper::body::Sender>,
   cancel: CancelHandle,
   conn_rid: ResourceId,
 }
 
-impl Resource for DyperResponseBodyResource {
+impl Resource for ResponseBodyResource {
   fn name(&self) -> Cow<str> {
     "responseBody".into()
   }