diff --git a/packages/replay-internal/src/coreHandlers/util/fetchUtils.ts b/packages/replay-internal/src/coreHandlers/util/fetchUtils.ts
index 6502206b58b6..f218f4ab9b35 100644
--- a/packages/replay-internal/src/coreHandlers/util/fetchUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/replay-internal/src/coreHandlers/util/fetchUtils.ts
@@ -209,6 +209,11 @@ async function _parseFetchResponseBody(response: Response): Promise<[string | un
     const text = await _tryGetResponseText(res);
     return [text];
   } catch (error) {
+    if (error instanceof Error && error.message.indexOf('Timeout') > -1) {
+      DEBUG_BUILD && logger.warn('Parsing text body from response timed out');
+      return [undefined, 'BODY_PARSE_TIMEOUT'];
+    }
+
     DEBUG_BUILD && logger.exception(error, 'Failed to get text body from response');
     return [undefined, 'BODY_PARSE_ERROR'];
   }
@@ -299,8 +304,6 @@ function _tryGetResponseText(response: Response): Promise<string | undefined> {
       )
       .finally(() => clearTimeout(timeout));
   });
-
-  return _getResponseText(response);
 }
 
 async function _getResponseText(response: Response): Promise<string> {
diff --git a/packages/replay-internal/src/types/request.ts b/packages/replay-internal/src/types/request.ts
index 60c25a55ce44..c04b57409d0c 100644
--- a/packages/replay-internal/src/types/request.ts
+++ b/packages/replay-internal/src/types/request.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ export type NetworkMetaWarning =
   | 'TEXT_TRUNCATED'
   | 'URL_SKIPPED'
   | 'BODY_PARSE_ERROR'
+  | 'BODY_PARSE_TIMEOUT'
   | 'UNPARSEABLE_BODY_TYPE';
 
 interface NetworkMeta {
diff --git a/packages/replay-internal/test/unit/coreHandlers/util/fetchUtils.test.ts b/packages/replay-internal/test/unit/coreHandlers/util/fetchUtils.test.ts
index ffd665471975..4da9ecab639e 100644
--- a/packages/replay-internal/test/unit/coreHandlers/util/fetchUtils.test.ts
+++ b/packages/replay-internal/test/unit/coreHandlers/util/fetchUtils.test.ts
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ describe('Unit | coreHandlers | util | fetchUtils', () => {
       ]);
 
       expect(res).toEqual({
-        _meta: { warnings: ['BODY_PARSE_ERROR'] },
+        _meta: { warnings: ['BODY_PARSE_TIMEOUT'] },
         headers: {},
         size: undefined,
       });