diff --git a/src/Server/TCP/Connection.php b/src/Server/TCP/Connection.php
index d1b2067..cf264e1 100644
--- a/src/Server/TCP/Connection.php
+++ b/src/Server/TCP/Connection.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace Utopia\Proxy\Server\TCP;
 
 use Swoole\Coroutine\Client;
+use Swoole\Coroutine\Socket;
 
 /**
  * Per-connection state struct.
@@ -16,6 +17,14 @@ class Connection
 {
     public ?Client $backend = null;
 
+    /**
+     * Socket exported from the backend Client for the forward coroutine.
+     * Kept here so onClose can close it directly — after exportSocket()
+     * the Client no longer owns the fd, so Client::close() alone cannot
+     * unblock a coroutine parked on an untimed recv().
+     */
+    public ?Socket $backendSocket = null;
+
     public int $port = 0;
 
     public int $inbound = 0;
@@ -25,6 +34,7 @@ class Connection
     public function reset(): void
     {
         $this->backend = null;
+        $this->backendSocket = null;
         $this->port = 0;
         $this->inbound = 0;
         $this->outbound = 0;
diff --git a/src/Server/TCP/Swoole.php b/src/Server/TCP/Swoole.php
index e4359a7..ffd3e7a 100644
--- a/src/Server/TCP/Swoole.php
+++ b/src/Server/TCP/Swoole.php
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 use Swoole\Constant;
 use Swoole\Coroutine;
-use Swoole\Coroutine\Client;
 use Swoole\Coroutine\Socket;
 use Swoole\Server;
 use Swoole\Server\Port;
@@ -332,7 +331,7 @@ public function onReceive(Server $server, int $fd, string $data, int $port): voi
             // forward loop entirely. Otherwise fall back to the coroutine
             // path as before.
             if (!$adapter->activateSockmap($fd)) {
-                $this->forward($server, $fd, $backend);
+                $this->forward($server, $fd, $connection);
             }
 
         } catch (\Exception $e) {
@@ -349,20 +348,25 @@ public function onReceive(Server $server, int $fd, string $data, int $port): voi
      * read loop because the backend socket is not registered with the
      * server's reactor.
      */
-    protected function forward(Server $server, int $clientFd, Client $backend): void
+    protected function forward(Server $server, int $clientFd, Connection $connection): void
     {
         $bufferSize = $this->config->receiveBufferSize;
-        $exported = $backend->exportSocket();
+        $exported = $connection->backend?->exportSocket();
         if (!$exported instanceof Socket) {
             $server->close($clientFd);
 
             return;
         }
         $backendSocket = $exported;
+        $connection->backendSocket = $backendSocket;
+        // Read with no timeout: the exported backend socket inherits the
+        // connect timeout as its read timeout, so a bare recv() would return
+        // false after a few idle seconds and tear down the session. Dead
+        // peers are detected via TCP keepalive and FIN/RST instead.
         \go(static function () use ($server, $clientFd, $backendSocket, $bufferSize): void {
             while ($server->exist($clientFd)) {
                 /** @var string|false $data */
-                $data = $backendSocket->recv($bufferSize);
+                $data = $backendSocket->recv($bufferSize, -1);
                 if ($data === false || $data === '') {
                     break;
                 }
@@ -412,6 +416,11 @@ public function onClose(Server $server, int $fd, int $reactorId): void
             $adapter->closeConnection($fd);
         }
 
+        // Close the exported backend socket to unblock the forward
+        // coroutine's untimed recv() — Client::close() above cannot, since
+        // the Client no longer owns the fd after exportSocket().
+        $connection->backendSocket?->close();
+
         $connection->reset();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Server/TCP/Swoole/Coroutine.php b/src/Server/TCP/Swoole/Coroutine.php
index c9b8838..d9ad04c 100644
--- a/src/Server/TCP/Swoole/Coroutine.php
+++ b/src/Server/TCP/Swoole/Coroutine.php
@@ -226,10 +226,16 @@ protected function handleConnectionData(Connection $connection, int $port): void
         /** @var Socket $backendSocket */
         $backendSocket = $backendClient->exportSocket();
 
+        // Pipe reads must not inherit socket read timeouts: Client::connect()
+        // re-stamps the connect timeout as the socket's read timeout, so a
+        // bare recv() would return false after a few idle seconds —
+        // indistinguishable from a closed peer — and silently tear down one
+        // direction of a long-lived session. Use -1 (no timeout) and rely on
+        // TCP keepalive and FIN/RST for dead-peer detection.
         \go(function () use ($clientSocket, $backendSocket, $bufferSize, $done): void {
             while (true) {
                 /** @var string|false $data */
-                $data = $backendSocket->recv($bufferSize);
+                $data = $backendSocket->recv($bufferSize, -1);
                 if ($data === false || $data === '') {
                     break;
                 }
@@ -237,6 +243,9 @@ protected function handleConnectionData(Connection $connection, int $port): void
                     break;
                 }
             }
+            // Unblock the client read loop — it has no timeout, so a dead
+            // backend would otherwise leave it parked forever on an idle client.
+            $clientSocket->close();
             $done->push(true);
         });
 
@@ -251,7 +260,7 @@ protected function handleConnectionData(Connection $connection, int $port): void
 
         while (true) {
             /** @var string|false $data */
-            $data = $clientSocket->recv($bufferSize);
+            $data = $clientSocket->recv($bufferSize, -1);
             if ($data === false || $data === '') {
                 break;
             }
@@ -261,8 +270,9 @@ protected function handleConnectionData(Connection $connection, int $port): void
         }
 
         $backendSocket->close();
+        // The relay coroutine closes the client socket before signalling,
+        // so no further close is needed once pop() returns.
         $done->pop();
-        $clientSocket->close();
 
         $adapter->closeConnection($clientId);
 
diff --git a/tests/Integration/CoroutinePipeIdleTest.php b/tests/Integration/CoroutinePipeIdleTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6135dcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Integration/CoroutinePipeIdleTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Utopia\Tests\Integration;
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use Swoole\Coroutine;
+use Swoole\Coroutine\Socket;
+use Utopia\Proxy\Resolver\Fixed;
+use Utopia\Proxy\Server\TCP\Config;
+use Utopia\Proxy\Server\TCP\Swoole\Coroutine as CoroutineServer;
+
+/**
+ * Regression test for the pipe-loop timeout bug: relay recv() calls with no
+ * timeout argument inherit the socket's read timeout. The backend client
+ * socket gets the connect timeout re-stamped as its read timeout by
+ * Client::connect(), so recv() returned false (ETIMEDOUT) after a few idle
+ * seconds — indistinguishable from a closed peer — and the backend→client
+ * relay silently died on idle long-lived sessions.
+ *
+ * The fix reads with recv($bufferSize, -1) and relies on TCP keepalive and
+ * FIN/RST for dead-peer detection.
+ *
+ * @group integration
+ */
+class CoroutinePipeIdleTest extends TestCase
+{
+    protected function setUp(): void
+    {
+        if (! \extension_loaded('swoole')) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('ext-swoole is required.');
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function testBackendRelaySurvivesIdleBeyondConnectTimeout(): void
+    {
+        $received = [];
+        $error = null;
+
+        Coroutine\run(function () use (&$received, &$error): void {
+            $server = null;
+            $client = null;
+
+            try {
+                // Backend that answers, goes idle for longer than the proxy's
+                // connect/read timeouts, then sends a delayed payload.
+                $listener = new Socket(\AF_INET, \SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+                $listener->bind('127.0.0.1', 0);
+                $listener->listen(128);
+
+                /** @var array{port: int} $address */
+                $address = $listener->getsockname();
+                $backendPort = $address['port'];
+
+                Coroutine::create(function () use ($listener): void {
+                    /** @var Socket $peer */
+                    $peer = $listener->accept(5.0);
+                    $peer->recv(4096, 5.0);
+                    $peer->send('first');
+                    Coroutine::sleep(1.0);
+                    $peer->send('second');
+                    $peer->recv(4096, 5.0);
+                    $peer->close();
+                    $listener->close();
+                });
+
+                [$server, $proxyPort] = $this->startProxy($backendPort);
+                $server->start();
+                Coroutine::sleep(0.05);
+
+                $client = new Socket(\AF_INET, \SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+                $this->assertTrue($client->connect('127.0.0.1', $proxyPort, 2.0));
+                $this->assertNotFalse($client->send('init'));
+
+                $received[] = $client->recv(4096, 2.0);
+
+                // The backend stays silent for 1.0s here — longer than the
+                // 0.4s timeouts. Without the fix the backend→client relay
+                // breaks during this idle window and 'second' never arrives.
+                $received[] = $client->recv(4096, 3.0);
+            } catch (\Throwable $e) {
+                $error = $e;
+            } finally {
+                $client?->close();
+                $server?->shutdown();
+            }
+        });
+
+        if ($error !== null) {
+            throw $error;
+        }
+
+        $this->assertSame('first', $received[0] ?? null);
+        $this->assertSame('second', $received[1] ?? null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Bind the proxy on a random port, retrying on collision.
+     *
+     * @return array{0: CoroutineServer, 1: int}
+     */
+    private function startProxy(int $backendPort): array
+    {
+        $resolver = new Fixed("127.0.0.1:{$backendPort}");
+        $attempts = 0;
+
+        while (true) {
+            $proxyPort = \random_int(20_000, 60_000);
+
+            $config = new Config(
+                ports: [$proxyPort],
+                host: '127.0.0.1',
+                timeout: 0.4,
+                connectTimeout: 0.4,
+                skipValidation: true,
+            );
+
+            try {
+                return [new CoroutineServer($resolver, $config), $proxyPort];
+            } catch (\Swoole\Exception $e) {
+                if (++$attempts >= 10) {
+                    throw $e;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}