diff --git a/graphql/graphql_test.go b/graphql/graphql_test.go
index 491c73152..46acd1529 100644
--- a/graphql/graphql_test.go
+++ b/graphql/graphql_test.go
@@ -321,10 +321,11 @@ func TestGraphQLTransactionLogs(t *testing.T) {
 
 func createNode(t *testing.T) *node.Node {
 	stack, err := node.New(&node.Config{
-		HTTPHost: "127.0.0.1",
-		HTTPPort: 0,
-		WSHost:   "127.0.0.1",
-		WSPort:   0,
+		HTTPHost:     "127.0.0.1",
+		HTTPPort:     0,
+		WSHost:       "127.0.0.1",
+		WSPort:       0,
+		HTTPTimeouts: node.DefaultConfig.HTTPTimeouts,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("could not create node: %v", err)
diff --git a/graphql/service.go b/graphql/service.go
index 684fdc712..4392dd83e 100644
--- a/graphql/service.go
+++ b/graphql/service.go
@@ -20,12 +20,16 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"net/http"
+	"strconv"
+	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth/filters"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/internal/ethapi"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/node"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc"
 	"github.com/graph-gophers/graphql-go"
+	gqlErrors "github.com/graph-gophers/graphql-go/errors"
 )
 
 type handler struct {
@@ -43,21 +47,60 @@ func (h handler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(r.Context(), 60*time.Second)
+	var (
+		ctx       = r.Context()
+		responded sync.Once
+		timer     *time.Timer
+		cancel    context.CancelFunc
+	)
+	ctx, cancel = context.WithCancel(ctx)
 	defer cancel()
 
-	response := h.Schema.Exec(ctx, params.Query, params.OperationName, params.Variables)
-	responseJSON, err := json.Marshal(response)
-	if err != nil {
-		http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
-		return
-	}
-	if len(response.Errors) > 0 {
-		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
+	if timeout, ok := rpc.ContextRequestTimeout(ctx); ok {
+		timer = time.AfterFunc(timeout, func() {
+			responded.Do(func() {
+				// Cancel request handling.
+				cancel()
+
+				// Create the timeout response.
+				response := &graphql.Response{
+					Errors: []*gqlErrors.QueryError{{Message: "request timed out"}},
+				}
+				responseJSON, err := json.Marshal(response)
+				if err != nil {
+					http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+					return
+				}
+
+				// Setting this disables gzip compression in package node.
+				w.Header().Set("transfer-encoding", "identity")
+
+				// Flush the response. Since we are writing close to the response timeout,
+				// chunked transfer encoding must be disabled by setting content-length.
+				w.Header().Set("content-type", "application/json")
+				w.Header().Set("content-length", strconv.Itoa(len(responseJSON)))
+				w.Write(responseJSON)
+				if flush, ok := w.(http.Flusher); ok {
+					flush.Flush()
+				}
+			})
+		})
 	}
 
-	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-	w.Write(responseJSON)
+	response := h.Schema.Exec(ctx, params.Query, params.OperationName, params.Variables)
+	timer.Stop()
+	responded.Do(func() {
+		responseJSON, err := json.Marshal(response)
+		if err != nil {
+			http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+			return
+		}
+		if len(response.Errors) > 0 {
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
+		}
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+		w.Write(responseJSON)
+	})
 }
 
 // New constructs a new GraphQL service instance.
diff --git a/node/api_test.go b/node/api_test.go
index d76cb943e..8761c4883 100644
--- a/node/api_test.go
+++ b/node/api_test.go
@@ -252,6 +252,9 @@ func TestStartRPC(t *testing.T) {
 			config := test.cfg
 			// config.Logger = testlog.Logger(t, log.LvlDebug)
 			config.P2P.NoDiscovery = true
+			if config.HTTPTimeouts == (rpc.HTTPTimeouts{}) {
+				config.HTTPTimeouts = rpc.DefaultHTTPTimeouts
+			}
 
 			// Create Node.
 			stack, err := New(&config)
diff --git a/node/node_test.go b/node/node_test.go
index 7c76e21f6..560d487fa 100644
--- a/node/node_test.go
+++ b/node/node_test.go
@@ -559,13 +559,13 @@ func (test rpcPrefixTest) check(t *testing.T, node *Node) {
 	}
 
 	for _, path := range test.wantHTTP {
-		resp := rpcRequest(t, httpBase+path)
+		resp := rpcRequest(t, httpBase+path, testMethod)
 		if resp.StatusCode != 200 {
 			t.Errorf("Error: %s: bad status code %d, want 200", path, resp.StatusCode)
 		}
 	}
 	for _, path := range test.wantNoHTTP {
-		resp := rpcRequest(t, httpBase+path)
+		resp := rpcRequest(t, httpBase+path, testMethod)
 		if resp.StatusCode != 404 {
 			t.Errorf("Error: %s: bad status code %d, want 404", path, resp.StatusCode)
 		}
@@ -586,10 +586,11 @@ func (test rpcPrefixTest) check(t *testing.T, node *Node) {
 
 func createNode(t *testing.T, httpPort, wsPort int) *Node {
 	conf := &Config{
-		HTTPHost: "127.0.0.1",
-		HTTPPort: httpPort,
-		WSHost:   "127.0.0.1",
-		WSPort:   wsPort,
+		HTTPHost:     "127.0.0.1",
+		HTTPPort:     httpPort,
+		WSHost:       "127.0.0.1",
+		WSPort:       wsPort,
+		HTTPTimeouts: rpc.DefaultHTTPTimeouts,
 	}
 	node, err := New(conf)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/node/rpcstack.go b/node/rpcstack.go
index 8244c892f..97d591642 100644
--- a/node/rpcstack.go
+++ b/node/rpcstack.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"sort"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
@@ -196,6 +197,7 @@ func (h *httpServer) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		}
 		return
 	}
+
 	// if http-rpc is enabled, try to serve request
 	rpc := h.httpHandler.Load().(*rpcHandler)
 	if rpc != nil {
@@ -462,17 +464,94 @@ var gzPool = sync.Pool{
 }
 
 type gzipResponseWriter struct {
-	io.Writer
-	http.ResponseWriter
+	resp http.ResponseWriter
+
+	gz            *gzip.Writer
+	contentLength uint64 // total length of the uncompressed response
+	written       uint64 // amount of written bytes from the uncompressed response
+	hasLength     bool   // true if uncompressed response had Content-Length
+	inited        bool   // true after init was called for the first time
+}
+
+// init runs just before response headers are written. Among other things, this function
+// also decides whether compression will be applied at all.
+func (w *gzipResponseWriter) init() {
+	if w.inited {
+		return
+	}
+	w.inited = true
+
+	hdr := w.resp.Header()
+	length := hdr.Get("content-length")
+	if len(length) > 0 {
+		if n, err := strconv.ParseUint(length, 10, 64); err != nil {
+			w.hasLength = true
+			w.contentLength = n
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Setting Transfer-Encoding to "identity" explicitly disables compression. net/http
+	// also recognizes this header value and uses it to disable "chunked" transfer
+	// encoding, trimming the header from the response. This means downstream handlers can
+	// set this without harm, even if they aren't wrapped by newGzipHandler.
+	//
+	// In go-ethereum, we use this signal to disable compression for certain error
+	// responses which are flushed out close to the write deadline of the response. For
+	// these cases, we want to avoid chunked transfer encoding and compression because
+	// they require additional output that may not get written in time.
+	passthrough := hdr.Get("transfer-encoding") == "identity"
+	if !passthrough {
+		w.gz = gzPool.Get().(*gzip.Writer)
+		w.gz.Reset(w.resp)
+		hdr.Del("content-length")
+		hdr.Set("content-encoding", "gzip")
+	}
+}
+
+func (w *gzipResponseWriter) Header() http.Header {
+	return w.resp.Header()
 }
 
 func (w *gzipResponseWriter) WriteHeader(status int) {
-	w.Header().Del("Content-Length")
-	w.ResponseWriter.WriteHeader(status)
+	w.init()
+	w.resp.WriteHeader(status)
 }
 
 func (w *gzipResponseWriter) Write(b []byte) (int, error) {
-	return w.Writer.Write(b)
+	w.init()
+
+	if w.gz == nil {
+		// Compression is disabled.
+		return w.resp.Write(b)
+	}
+
+	n, err := w.gz.Write(b)
+	w.written += uint64(n)
+	if w.hasLength && w.written >= w.contentLength {
+		// The HTTP handler has finished writing the entire uncompressed response. Close
+		// the gzip stream to ensure the footer will be seen by the client in case the
+		// response is flushed after this call to write.
+		err = w.gz.Close()
+	}
+	return n, err
+}
+
+func (w *gzipResponseWriter) Flush() {
+	if w.gz != nil {
+		w.gz.Flush()
+	}
+	if f, ok := w.resp.(http.Flusher); ok {
+		f.Flush()
+	}
+}
+
+func (w *gzipResponseWriter) close() {
+	if w.gz == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	w.gz.Close()
+	gzPool.Put(w.gz)
+	w.gz = nil
 }
 
 func newGzipHandler(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
@@ -482,15 +561,10 @@ func newGzipHandler(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
 			return
 		}
 
-		w.Header().Set("Content-Encoding", "gzip")
+		wrapper := &gzipResponseWriter{resp: w}
+		defer wrapper.close()
 
-		gz := gzPool.Get().(*gzip.Writer)
-		defer gzPool.Put(gz)
-
-		gz.Reset(w)
-		defer gz.Close()
-
-		next.ServeHTTP(&gzipResponseWriter{ResponseWriter: w, Writer: gz}, r)
+		next.ServeHTTP(wrapper, r)
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/node/rpcstack_test.go b/node/rpcstack_test.go
index ebc253800..795bc93c8 100644
--- a/node/rpcstack_test.go
+++ b/node/rpcstack_test.go
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ package node
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
 	"net/url"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -34,29 +36,31 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
+const testMethod = "rpc_modules"
+
 // TestCorsHandler makes sure CORS are properly handled on the http server.
 func TestCorsHandler(t *testing.T) {
-	srv := createAndStartServer(t, &httpConfig{CorsAllowedOrigins: []string{"test", "test.com"}}, false, &wsConfig{})
+	srv := createAndStartServer(t, &httpConfig{CorsAllowedOrigins: []string{"test", "test.com"}}, false, &wsConfig{}, nil)
 	defer srv.stop()
 	url := "http://" + srv.listenAddr()
 
-	resp := rpcRequest(t, url, "origin", "test.com")
+	resp := rpcRequest(t, url, testMethod, "origin", "test.com")
 	assert.Equal(t, "test.com", resp.Header.Get("Access-Control-Allow-Origin"))
 
-	resp2 := rpcRequest(t, url, "origin", "bad")
+	resp2 := rpcRequest(t, url, testMethod, "origin", "bad")
 	assert.Equal(t, "", resp2.Header.Get("Access-Control-Allow-Origin"))
 }
 
 // TestVhosts makes sure vhosts are properly handled on the http server.
 func TestVhosts(t *testing.T) {
-	srv := createAndStartServer(t, &httpConfig{Vhosts: []string{"test"}}, false, &wsConfig{})
+	srv := createAndStartServer(t, &httpConfig{Vhosts: []string{"test"}}, false, &wsConfig{}, nil)
 	defer srv.stop()
 	url := "http://" + srv.listenAddr()
 
-	resp := rpcRequest(t, url, "host", "test")
+	resp := rpcRequest(t, url, testMethod, "host", "test")
 	assert.Equal(t, resp.StatusCode, http.StatusOK)
 
-	resp2 := rpcRequest(t, url, "host", "bad")
+	resp2 := rpcRequest(t, url, testMethod, "host", "bad")
 	assert.Equal(t, resp2.StatusCode, http.StatusForbidden)
 }
 
@@ -145,7 +149,7 @@ func TestWebsocketOrigins(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 	for _, tc := range tests {
-		srv := createAndStartServer(t, &httpConfig{}, true, &wsConfig{Origins: splitAndTrim(tc.spec)})
+		srv := createAndStartServer(t, &httpConfig{}, true, &wsConfig{Origins: splitAndTrim(tc.spec)}, nil)
 		url := fmt.Sprintf("ws://%v", srv.listenAddr())
 		for _, origin := range tc.expOk {
 			if err := wsRequest(t, url, "Origin", origin); err != nil {
@@ -231,11 +235,14 @@ func Test_checkPath(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func createAndStartServer(t *testing.T, conf *httpConfig, ws bool, wsConf *wsConfig) *httpServer {
+func createAndStartServer(t *testing.T, conf *httpConfig, ws bool, wsConf *wsConfig, timeouts *rpc.HTTPTimeouts) *httpServer {
 	t.Helper()
 
-	srv := newHTTPServer(testlog.Logger(t, log.LvlDebug), rpc.DefaultHTTPTimeouts)
-	assert.NoError(t, srv.enableRPC(nil, *conf))
+	if timeouts == nil {
+		timeouts = &rpc.DefaultHTTPTimeouts
+	}
+	srv := newHTTPServer(testlog.Logger(t, log.LvlDebug), *timeouts)
+	assert.NoError(t, srv.enableRPC(apis(), *conf))
 	if ws {
 		assert.NoError(t, srv.enableWS(nil, *wsConf))
 	}
@@ -266,16 +273,33 @@ func wsRequest(t *testing.T, url string, extraHeaders ...string) error {
 }
 
 // rpcRequest performs a JSON-RPC request to the given URL.
-func rpcRequest(t *testing.T, url string, extraHeaders ...string) *http.Response {
+func rpcRequest(t *testing.T, url, method string, extraHeaders ...string) *http.Response {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	body := fmt.Sprintf(`{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"%s","params":[]}`, method)
+	return baseRpcRequest(t, url, body, extraHeaders...)
+}
+
+func batchRpcRequest(t *testing.T, url string, methods []string, extraHeaders ...string) *http.Response {
+	reqs := make([]string, len(methods))
+	for i, m := range methods {
+		reqs[i] = fmt.Sprintf(`{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"%s","params":[]}`, m)
+	}
+	body := fmt.Sprintf(`[%s]`, strings.Join(reqs, ","))
+	return baseRpcRequest(t, url, body, extraHeaders...)
+}
+
+func baseRpcRequest(t *testing.T, url, bodyStr string, extraHeaders ...string) *http.Response {
 	t.Helper()
 
 	// Create the request.
-	body := bytes.NewReader([]byte(`{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"rpc_modules","params":[]}`))
+	body := bytes.NewReader([]byte(bodyStr))
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", url, body)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal("could not create http request:", err)
 	}
 	req.Header.Set("content-type", "application/json")
+	req.Header.Set("accept-encoding", "identity")
 
 	// Apply extra headers.
 	if len(extraHeaders)%2 != 0 {
@@ -315,7 +339,7 @@ func TestJWT(t *testing.T) {
 		return ss
 	}
 	srv := createAndStartServer(t, &httpConfig{jwtSecret: []byte("secret")},
-		true, &wsConfig{Origins: []string{"*"}, jwtSecret: []byte("secret")})
+		true, &wsConfig{Origins: []string{"*"}, jwtSecret: []byte("secret")}, nil)
 	wsUrl := fmt.Sprintf("ws://%v", srv.listenAddr())
 	htUrl := fmt.Sprintf("http://%v", srv.listenAddr())
 
@@ -348,7 +372,7 @@ func TestJWT(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Errorf("test %d-ws, token '%v': expected ok, got %v", i, token, err)
 		}
 		token = tokenFn()
-		if resp := rpcRequest(t, htUrl, "Authorization", token); resp.StatusCode != 200 {
+		if resp := rpcRequest(t, htUrl, testMethod, "Authorization", token); resp.StatusCode != 200 {
 			t.Errorf("test %d-http, token '%v': expected ok, got %v", i, token, resp.StatusCode)
 		}
 	}
@@ -414,10 +438,176 @@ func TestJWT(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 
 		token = tokenFn()
-		resp := rpcRequest(t, htUrl, "Authorization", token)
+		resp := rpcRequest(t, htUrl, testMethod, "Authorization", token)
 		if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusUnauthorized {
 			t.Errorf("tc %d-http, token '%v': expected not to allow,  got %v", i, token, resp.StatusCode)
 		}
 	}
 	srv.stop()
 }
+
+func TestGzipHandler(t *testing.T) {
+	type gzipTest struct {
+		name    string
+		handler http.HandlerFunc
+		status  int
+		isGzip  bool
+		header  map[string]string
+	}
+	tests := []gzipTest{
+		{
+			name: "Write",
+			handler: func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+				w.Write([]byte("response"))
+			},
+			isGzip: true,
+			status: 200,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "WriteHeader",
+			handler: func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+				w.Header().Set("x-foo", "bar")
+				w.WriteHeader(205)
+				w.Write([]byte("response"))
+			},
+			isGzip: true,
+			status: 205,
+			header: map[string]string{"x-foo": "bar"},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "WriteContentLength",
+			handler: func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+				w.Header().Set("content-length", "8")
+				w.Write([]byte("response"))
+			},
+			isGzip: true,
+			status: 200,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Flush",
+			handler: func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+				w.Write([]byte("res"))
+				w.(http.Flusher).Flush()
+				w.Write([]byte("ponse"))
+			},
+			isGzip: true,
+			status: 200,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "disable",
+			handler: func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+				w.Header().Set("transfer-encoding", "identity")
+				w.Header().Set("x-foo", "bar")
+				w.Write([]byte("response"))
+			},
+			isGzip: false,
+			status: 200,
+			header: map[string]string{"x-foo": "bar"},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "disable-WriteHeader",
+			handler: func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+				w.Header().Set("transfer-encoding", "identity")
+				w.Header().Set("x-foo", "bar")
+				w.WriteHeader(205)
+				w.Write([]byte("response"))
+			},
+			isGzip: false,
+			status: 205,
+			header: map[string]string{"x-foo": "bar"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		test := test
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			srv := httptest.NewServer(newGzipHandler(test.handler))
+			defer srv.Close()
+
+			resp, err := http.Get(srv.URL)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+			content, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			wasGzip := resp.Uncompressed
+
+			if string(content) != "response" {
+				t.Fatalf("wrong response content %q", content)
+			}
+			if wasGzip != test.isGzip {
+				t.Fatalf("response gzipped == %t, want %t", wasGzip, test.isGzip)
+			}
+			if resp.StatusCode != test.status {
+				t.Fatalf("response status == %d, want %d", resp.StatusCode, test.status)
+			}
+			for name, expectedValue := range test.header {
+				if v := resp.Header.Get(name); v != expectedValue {
+					t.Fatalf("response header %s == %s, want %s", name, v, expectedValue)
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHTTPWriteTimeout(t *testing.T) {
+	const (
+		timeoutRes = `{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"error":{"code":-32002,"message":"request timed out"}}`
+		greetRes   = `{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":"Hello"}`
+	)
+	// Set-up server
+	timeouts := rpc.DefaultHTTPTimeouts
+	timeouts.WriteTimeout = time.Second
+	srv := createAndStartServer(t, &httpConfig{Modules: []string{"test"}}, false, &wsConfig{}, &timeouts)
+	url := fmt.Sprintf("http://%v", srv.listenAddr())
+
+	// Send normal request
+	t.Run("message", func(t *testing.T) {
+		resp := rpcRequest(t, url, "test_sleep")
+		defer resp.Body.Close()
+		body, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		if string(body) != timeoutRes {
+			t.Errorf("wrong response. have %s, want %s", string(body), timeoutRes)
+		}
+	})
+
+	// Batch request
+	t.Run("batch", func(t *testing.T) {
+		want := fmt.Sprintf("[%s,%s,%s]", greetRes, timeoutRes, timeoutRes)
+		resp := batchRpcRequest(t, url, []string{"test_greet", "test_sleep", "test_greet"})
+		defer resp.Body.Close()
+		body, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		if string(body) != want {
+			t.Errorf("wrong response. have %s, want %s", string(body), want)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func apis() []rpc.API {
+	return []rpc.API{
+		{
+			Namespace: "test",
+			Service:   &testService{},
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+type testService struct{}
+
+func (s *testService) Greet() string {
+	return "Hello"
+}
+
+func (s *testService) Sleep() {
+	time.Sleep(1500 * time.Millisecond)
+}
diff --git a/p2p/simulations/adapters/inproc.go b/p2p/simulations/adapters/inproc.go
index 1cb26a8ea..36b528651 100644
--- a/p2p/simulations/adapters/inproc.go
+++ b/p2p/simulations/adapters/inproc.go
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ func (sn *SimNode) ServeRPC(conn *websocket.Conn) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	codec := rpc.NewFuncCodec(conn, conn.WriteJSON, conn.ReadJSON)
+	codec := rpc.NewFuncCodec(conn, func(v any, _ bool) error { return conn.WriteJSON(v) }, conn.ReadJSON)
 	handler.ServeCodec(codec, 0)
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/rpc/client.go b/rpc/client.go
index d89aa6927..a509cb2e0 100644
--- a/rpc/client.go
+++ b/rpc/client.go
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ func (c *Client) write(ctx context.Context, msg interface{}, retry bool) error {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
-	err := c.writeConn.writeJSON(ctx, msg)
+	err := c.writeConn.writeJSON(ctx, msg, false)
 	if err != nil {
 		c.writeConn = nil
 		if !retry {
@@ -660,7 +660,8 @@ func (c *Client) read(codec ServerCodec) {
 	for {
 		msgs, batch, err := codec.readBatch()
 		if _, ok := err.(*json.SyntaxError); ok {
-			codec.writeJSON(context.Background(), errorMessage(&parseError{err.Error()}))
+			msg := errorMessage(&parseError{err.Error()})
+			codec.writeJSON(context.Background(), msg, true)
 		}
 		if err != nil {
 			c.readErr <- err
diff --git a/rpc/errors.go b/rpc/errors.go
index 9a19e9fe6..7188332d5 100644
--- a/rpc/errors.go
+++ b/rpc/errors.go
@@ -60,10 +60,15 @@ var (
 const (
 	errcodeDefault                  = -32000
 	errcodeNotificationsUnsupported = -32001
+	errcodeTimeout                  = -32002
 	errcodePanic                    = -32603
 	errcodeMarshalError             = -32603
 )
 
+const (
+	errMsgTimeout = "request timed out"
+)
+
 type methodNotFoundError struct{ method string }
 
 func (e *methodNotFoundError) ErrorCode() int { return -32601 }
diff --git a/rpc/handler.go b/rpc/handler.go
index f3052e7eb..c2e7d7dc0 100644
--- a/rpc/handler.go
+++ b/rpc/handler.go
@@ -91,12 +91,83 @@ func newHandler(connCtx context.Context, conn jsonWriter, idgen func() ID, reg *
 	return h
 }
 
+// batchCallBuffer manages in progress call messages and their responses during a batch
+// call. Calls need to be synchronized between the processing and timeout-triggering
+// goroutines.
+type batchCallBuffer struct {
+	mutex sync.Mutex
+	calls []*jsonrpcMessage
+	resp  []*jsonrpcMessage
+	wrote bool
+}
+
+// nextCall returns the next unprocessed message.
+func (b *batchCallBuffer) nextCall() *jsonrpcMessage {
+	b.mutex.Lock()
+	defer b.mutex.Unlock()
+
+	if len(b.calls) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	// The popping happens in `pushAnswer`. The in progress call is kept
+	// so we can return an error for it in case of timeout.
+	msg := b.calls[0]
+	return msg
+}
+
+// pushResponse adds the response to last call returned by nextCall.
+func (b *batchCallBuffer) pushResponse(answer *jsonrpcMessage) {
+	b.mutex.Lock()
+	defer b.mutex.Unlock()
+
+	if answer != nil {
+		b.resp = append(b.resp, answer)
+	}
+	b.calls = b.calls[1:]
+}
+
+// write sends the responses.
+func (b *batchCallBuffer) write(ctx context.Context, conn jsonWriter) {
+	b.mutex.Lock()
+	defer b.mutex.Unlock()
+
+	b.doWrite(ctx, conn, false)
+}
+
+// timeout sends the responses added so far. For the remaining unanswered call
+// messages, it sends a timeout error response.
+func (b *batchCallBuffer) timeout(ctx context.Context, conn jsonWriter) {
+	b.mutex.Lock()
+	defer b.mutex.Unlock()
+
+	for _, msg := range b.calls {
+		if !msg.isNotification() {
+			resp := msg.errorResponse(&internalServerError{errcodeTimeout, errMsgTimeout})
+			b.resp = append(b.resp, resp)
+		}
+	}
+	b.doWrite(ctx, conn, true)
+}
+
+// doWrite actually writes the response.
+// This assumes b.mutex is held.
+func (b *batchCallBuffer) doWrite(ctx context.Context, conn jsonWriter, isErrorResponse bool) {
+	if b.wrote {
+		return
+	}
+	b.wrote = true // can only write once
+	if len(b.resp) > 0 {
+		conn.writeJSON(ctx, b.resp, isErrorResponse)
+	}
+}
+
 // handleBatch executes all messages in a batch and returns the responses.
 func (h *handler) handleBatch(msgs []*jsonrpcMessage) {
 	// Emit error response for empty batches:
 	if len(msgs) == 0 {
 		h.startCallProc(func(cp *callProc) {
-			h.conn.writeJSON(cp.ctx, errorMessage(&invalidRequestError{"empty batch"}))
+			resp := errorMessage(&invalidRequestError{"empty batch"})
+			h.conn.writeJSON(cp.ctx, resp, true)
 		})
 		return
 	}
@@ -113,16 +184,42 @@ func (h *handler) handleBatch(msgs []*jsonrpcMessage) {
 	}
 	// Process calls on a goroutine because they may block indefinitely:
 	h.startCallProc(func(cp *callProc) {
-		answers := make([]*jsonrpcMessage, 0, len(msgs))
-		for _, msg := range calls {
-			if answer := h.handleCallMsg(cp, msg); answer != nil {
-				answers = append(answers, answer)
+		var (
+			timer      *time.Timer
+			cancel     context.CancelFunc
+			callBuffer = &batchCallBuffer{calls: calls, resp: make([]*jsonrpcMessage, 0, len(calls))}
+		)
+
+		cp.ctx, cancel = context.WithCancel(cp.ctx)
+		defer cancel()
+
+		// Cancel the request context after timeout and send an error response. Since the
+		// currently-running method might not return immediately on timeout, we must wait
+		// for the timeout concurrently with processing the request.
+		if timeout, ok := ContextRequestTimeout(cp.ctx); ok {
+			timer = time.AfterFunc(timeout, func() {
+				cancel()
+				callBuffer.timeout(cp.ctx, h.conn)
+			})
+		}
+
+		for {
+			// No need to handle rest of calls if timed out.
+			if cp.ctx.Err() != nil {
+				break
 			}
+			msg := callBuffer.nextCall()
+			if msg == nil {
+				break
+			}
+			resp := h.handleCallMsg(cp, msg)
+			callBuffer.pushResponse(resp)
 		}
+		if timer != nil {
+			timer.Stop()
+		}
+		callBuffer.write(cp.ctx, h.conn)
 		h.addSubscriptions(cp.notifiers)
-		if len(answers) > 0 {
-			h.conn.writeJSON(cp.ctx, answers)
-		}
 		for _, n := range cp.notifiers {
 			n.activate()
 		}
@@ -135,10 +232,36 @@ func (h *handler) handleMsg(msg *jsonrpcMessage) {
 		return
 	}
 	h.startCallProc(func(cp *callProc) {
+		var (
+			responded sync.Once
+			timer     *time.Timer
+			cancel    context.CancelFunc
+		)
+		cp.ctx, cancel = context.WithCancel(cp.ctx)
+		defer cancel()
+
+		// Cancel the request context after timeout and send an error response. Since the
+		// running method might not return immediately on timeout, we must wait for the
+		// timeout concurrently with processing the request.
+		if timeout, ok := ContextRequestTimeout(cp.ctx); ok {
+			timer = time.AfterFunc(timeout, func() {
+				cancel()
+				responded.Do(func() {
+					resp := msg.errorResponse(&internalServerError{errcodeTimeout, errMsgTimeout})
+					h.conn.writeJSON(cp.ctx, resp, true)
+				})
+			})
+		}
+
 		answer := h.handleCallMsg(cp, msg)
+		if timer != nil {
+			timer.Stop()
+		}
 		h.addSubscriptions(cp.notifiers)
 		if answer != nil {
-			h.conn.writeJSON(cp.ctx, answer)
+			responded.Do(func() {
+				h.conn.writeJSON(cp.ctx, answer, false)
+			})
 		}
 		for _, n := range cp.notifiers {
 			n.activate()
@@ -334,7 +457,6 @@ func (h *handler) handleCall(cp *callProc, msg *jsonrpcMessage) *jsonrpcMessage
 	}
 	start := time.Now()
 	answer := h.runMethod(cp.ctx, msg, callb, args)
-
 	// Collect the statistics for RPC calls if metrics is enabled.
 	// We only care about pure rpc call. Filter out subscription.
 	if callb != h.unsubscribeCb {
diff --git a/rpc/http.go b/rpc/http.go
index 0ba6588f9..bbabe15ba 100644
--- a/rpc/http.go
+++ b/rpc/http.go
@@ -23,9 +23,11 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"math"
 	"mime"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
+	"strconv"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -52,7 +54,7 @@ type httpConn struct {
 // and some methods don't work. The panic() stubs here exist to ensure
 // this special treatment is correct.
 
-func (hc *httpConn) writeJSON(context.Context, interface{}) error {
+func (hc *httpConn) writeJSON(context.Context, interface{}, bool) error {
 	panic("writeJSON called on httpConn")
 }
 
@@ -256,7 +258,42 @@ type httpServerConn struct {
 func newHTTPServerConn(r *http.Request, w http.ResponseWriter) ServerCodec {
 	body := io.LimitReader(r.Body, maxRequestContentLength)
 	conn := &httpServerConn{Reader: body, Writer: w, r: r}
-	return NewCodec(conn)
+
+	encoder := func(v any, isErrorResponse bool) error {
+		if !isErrorResponse {
+			return json.NewEncoder(conn).Encode(v)
+		}
+
+		// It's an error response and requires special treatment.
+		//
+		// In case of a timeout error, the response must be written before the HTTP
+		// server's write timeout occurs. So we need to flush the response. The
+		// Content-Length header also needs to be set to ensure the client knows
+		// when it has the full response.
+		encdata, err := json.Marshal(v)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		w.Header().Set("content-length", strconv.Itoa(len(encdata)))
+
+		// If this request is wrapped in a handler that might remove Content-Length (such
+		// as the automatic gzip we do in package node), we need to ensure the HTTP server
+		// doesn't perform chunked encoding. In case WriteTimeout is reached, the chunked
+		// encoding might not be finished correctly, and some clients do not like it when
+		// the final chunk is missing.
+		w.Header().Set("transfer-encoding", "identity")
+
+		_, err = w.Write(encdata)
+		if f, ok := w.(http.Flusher); ok {
+			f.Flush()
+		}
+		return err
+	}
+
+	dec := json.NewDecoder(conn)
+	dec.UseNumber()
+
+	return NewFuncCodec(conn, encoder, dec.Decode)
 }
 
 // Close does nothing and always returns nil.
@@ -326,3 +363,35 @@ func validateRequest(r *http.Request) (int, error) {
 	err := fmt.Errorf("invalid content type, only %s is supported", contentType)
 	return http.StatusUnsupportedMediaType, err
 }
+
+// ContextRequestTimeout returns the request timeout derived from the given context.
+func ContextRequestTimeout(ctx context.Context) (time.Duration, bool) {
+	timeout := time.Duration(math.MaxInt64)
+	hasTimeout := false
+	setTimeout := func(d time.Duration) {
+		if d < timeout {
+			timeout = d
+			hasTimeout = true
+		}
+	}
+
+	if deadline, ok := ctx.Deadline(); ok {
+		setTimeout(time.Until(deadline))
+	}
+
+	// If the context is an HTTP request context, use the server's WriteTimeout.
+	httpSrv, ok := ctx.Value(http.ServerContextKey).(*http.Server)
+	if ok && httpSrv.WriteTimeout > 0 {
+		wt := httpSrv.WriteTimeout
+		// When a write timeout is configured, we need to send the response message before
+		// the HTTP server cuts connection. So our internal timeout must be earlier than
+		// the server's true timeout.
+		//
+		// Note: Timeouts are sanitized to be a minimum of 1 second.
+		// Also see issue: https://github.com/golang/go/issues/47229
+		wt -= 100 * time.Millisecond
+		setTimeout(wt)
+	}
+
+	return timeout, hasTimeout
+}
diff --git a/rpc/json.go b/rpc/json.go
index 1064939ff..8a3b162ca 100644
--- a/rpc/json.go
+++ b/rpc/json.go
@@ -168,18 +168,22 @@ type ConnRemoteAddr interface {
 // support for parsing arguments and serializing (result) objects.
 type jsonCodec struct {
 	remote  string
-	closer  sync.Once                 // close closed channel once
-	closeCh chan interface{}          // closed on Close
-	decode  func(v interface{}) error // decoder to allow multiple transports
-	encMu   sync.Mutex                // guards the encoder
-	encode  func(v interface{}) error // encoder to allow multiple transports
+	closer  sync.Once        // close closed channel once
+	closeCh chan interface{} // closed on Close
+	decode  decodeFunc       // decoder to allow multiple transports
+	encMu   sync.Mutex       // guards the encoder
+	encode  encodeFunc       // encoder to allow multiple transports
 	conn    deadlineCloser
 }
 
+type encodeFunc = func(v interface{}, isErrorResponse bool) error
+
+type decodeFunc = func(v interface{}) error
+
 // NewFuncCodec creates a codec which uses the given functions to read and write. If conn
 // implements ConnRemoteAddr, log messages will use it to include the remote address of
 // the connection.
-func NewFuncCodec(conn deadlineCloser, encode, decode func(v interface{}) error) ServerCodec {
+func NewFuncCodec(conn deadlineCloser, encode encodeFunc, decode decodeFunc) ServerCodec {
 	codec := &jsonCodec{
 		closeCh: make(chan interface{}),
 		encode:  encode,
@@ -198,7 +202,11 @@ func NewCodec(conn Conn) ServerCodec {
 	enc := json.NewEncoder(conn)
 	dec := json.NewDecoder(conn)
 	dec.UseNumber()
-	return NewFuncCodec(conn, enc.Encode, dec.Decode)
+
+	encode := func(v interface{}, isErrorResponse bool) error {
+		return enc.Encode(v)
+	}
+	return NewFuncCodec(conn, encode, dec.Decode)
 }
 
 func (c *jsonCodec) peerInfo() PeerInfo {
@@ -228,7 +236,7 @@ func (c *jsonCodec) readBatch() (messages []*jsonrpcMessage, batch bool, err err
 	return messages, batch, nil
 }
 
-func (c *jsonCodec) writeJSON(ctx context.Context, v interface{}) error {
+func (c *jsonCodec) writeJSON(ctx context.Context, v interface{}, isErrorResponse bool) error {
 	c.encMu.Lock()
 	defer c.encMu.Unlock()
 
@@ -237,7 +245,7 @@ func (c *jsonCodec) writeJSON(ctx context.Context, v interface{}) error {
 		deadline = time.Now().Add(defaultWriteTimeout)
 	}
 	c.conn.SetWriteDeadline(deadline)
-	return c.encode(v)
+	return c.encode(v, isErrorResponse)
 }
 
 func (c *jsonCodec) close() {
diff --git a/rpc/server.go b/rpc/server.go
index fe162d5a4..9c72c26d7 100644
--- a/rpc/server.go
+++ b/rpc/server.go
@@ -125,7 +125,8 @@ func (s *Server) serveSingleRequest(ctx context.Context, codec ServerCodec) {
 	reqs, batch, err := codec.readBatch()
 	if err != nil {
 		if err != io.EOF {
-			codec.writeJSON(ctx, errorMessage(&invalidMessageError{"parse error"}))
+			resp := errorMessage(&invalidMessageError{"parse error"})
+			codec.writeJSON(ctx, resp, true)
 		}
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/rpc/subscription.go b/rpc/subscription.go
index d7ba784fc..334ead3ac 100644
--- a/rpc/subscription.go
+++ b/rpc/subscription.go
@@ -175,11 +175,13 @@ func (n *Notifier) activate() error {
 func (n *Notifier) send(sub *Subscription, data json.RawMessage) error {
 	params, _ := json.Marshal(&subscriptionResult{ID: string(sub.ID), Result: data})
 	ctx := context.Background()
-	return n.h.conn.writeJSON(ctx, &jsonrpcMessage{
+
+	msg := &jsonrpcMessage{
 		Version: vsn,
 		Method:  n.namespace + notificationMethodSuffix,
 		Params:  params,
-	})
+	}
+	return n.h.conn.writeJSON(ctx, msg, false)
 }
 
 // A Subscription is created by a notifier and tied to that notifier. The client can use
diff --git a/rpc/types.go b/rpc/types.go
index e7158796e..9dda067e7 100644
--- a/rpc/types.go
+++ b/rpc/types.go
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ type ServerCodec interface {
 // jsonWriter can write JSON messages to its underlying connection.
 // Implementations must be safe for concurrent use.
 type jsonWriter interface {
-	writeJSON(context.Context, interface{}) error
+	// writeJSON writes a message to the connection.
+	writeJSON(ctx context.Context, msg interface{}, isError bool) error
+
 	// Closed returns a channel which is closed when the connection is closed.
 	closed() <-chan interface{}
 	// RemoteAddr returns the peer address of the connection.
diff --git a/rpc/websocket.go b/rpc/websocket.go
index 21e446e9f..0ac2a2792 100644
--- a/rpc/websocket.go
+++ b/rpc/websocket.go
@@ -287,8 +287,12 @@ func newWebsocketCodec(conn *websocket.Conn, host string, req http.Header) Serve
 		conn.SetReadDeadline(time.Time{})
 		return nil
 	})
+
+	encode := func(v interface{}, isErrorResponse bool) error {
+		return conn.WriteJSON(v)
+	}
 	wc := &websocketCodec{
-		jsonCodec: NewFuncCodec(conn, conn.WriteJSON, conn.ReadJSON).(*jsonCodec),
+		jsonCodec: NewFuncCodec(conn, encode, conn.ReadJSON).(*jsonCodec),
 		conn:      conn,
 		pingReset: make(chan struct{}, 1),
 		info: PeerInfo{
@@ -315,8 +319,8 @@ func (wc *websocketCodec) peerInfo() PeerInfo {
 	return wc.info
 }
 
-func (wc *websocketCodec) writeJSON(ctx context.Context, v interface{}) error {
-	err := wc.jsonCodec.writeJSON(ctx, v)
+func (wc *websocketCodec) writeJSON(ctx context.Context, v interface{}, isError bool) error {
+	err := wc.jsonCodec.writeJSON(ctx, v, isError)
 	if err == nil {
 		// Notify pingLoop to delay the next idle ping.
 		select {