diff --git a/tests/mock_rt_server.py b/tests/mock_rt_server.py
index 387c452..a57773a 100644
--- a/tests/mock_rt_server.py
+++ b/tests/mock_rt_server.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import asyncio
 import json
 import logging
 import time
@@ -152,6 +153,19 @@ def dummy_add_transcript():
         ],
     }
 
+async def close_connection(ws):
+    """Closes the connection after a delay."""
+    await asyncio.sleep(5)
+    await ws.send(json.dumps(
+        {
+        "message": "Error",
+        "format": "2.1",
+        "metadata": {"start_time": 0.0, "end_time": 1.0},
+        "type": "idle_timeout"
+        }
+        ))
+    await ws.close(code=1008)
+    logging.info("Connection closed after 5 seconds")
 
 async def mock_server_handler(websocket, logbook):
     mock_server_handler.next_audio_seq_no = 1
@@ -214,6 +228,7 @@ def get_responses(message, is_binary=False):
                         },
                     }
                 )
+                asyncio.create_task(close_connection(websocket))
             elif msg_name == "EndOfStream":
                 responses.append({"message": "EndOfTranscript"})
             elif msg_name == "SetRecognitionConfig":
diff --git a/tests/test_client.py b/tests/test_client.py
index 29361c7..59f0b05 100644
--- a/tests/test_client.py
+++ b/tests/test_client.py
@@ -716,6 +716,57 @@ def test_batch_client_api_key_constructor(mocker):
         assert batch_client.connection_settings.generate_temp_token
 
 
+class BlockingSyncStream:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.content = [b"\x00", b"\x01", b"\x02", b"\x03", b"\x04"]
+
+    def read(self, _):
+        while True:
+            if self.content:
+                # Block forever if the end of the array is reached
+                return self.content.pop(0)
+
+
+class AsyncStream(BlockingSyncStream):
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__()
+
+    async def read(self, _):
+        while True:
+            if self.content:
+                return self.content.pop(0)
+            await asyncio.sleep(0.01)  # Non-blocking wait
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_blocking_stream_close(mock_server):
+    ws_client, transcription_config, audio_settings = default_ws_client_setup(
+        mock_server.url
+    )
+    stream = BlockingSyncStream()
+    try:
+        await asyncio.wait_for(
+            ws_client.run(stream, transcription_config, audio_settings), timeout=10
+        )
+    except asyncio.TimeoutError:
+        assert False, "The command failed to finish within the timeout period"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.xfail(reason="Expected to fail due to malformed input")
+async def test_async_stream_close(mock_server):
+    ws_client, transcription_config, audio_settings = default_ws_client_setup(
+        mock_server.url
+    )
+    stream = AsyncStream()
+    try:
+        await asyncio.wait_for(
+            ws_client.run(stream, transcription_config, audio_settings), timeout=10
+        )
+    except asyncio.TimeoutError:
+        assert False, "The command failed to finish within the timeout period"
+
+
 def deepcopy_state(obj):
     """
     Return a deepcopy of the __dict__ (or state) of an object but ignore