diff --git a/packages/utils/httpServer.ts b/packages/utils/httpServer.ts
index e85b30d4af686..2af198eb2cfcd 100644
--- a/packages/utils/httpServer.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/httpServer.ts
@@ -254,16 +254,25 @@ export class HttpServer {
       return response.end();
     }
 
-    // Sending Partial Content: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7233#section-4.1
-    response.writeHead(206, {
-      'Content-Range': `bytes ${start}-${end}/${size}`,
-      'Accept-Ranges': 'bytes',
-      'Content-Length': end - start + 1,
-      'Content-Type': mime.getType(path.extname(absoluteFilePath))!,
-    });
-
     const readable = fs.createReadStream(absoluteFilePath, { start, end });
-    readable.pipe(response);
+    readable.on('error', error => {
+      if (response.headersSent) {
+        response.destroy(error);
+        return;
+      }
+      response.writeHead(500);
+      response.end();
+    });
+    readable.on('open', () => {
+      // Sending Partial Content: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7233#section-4.1
+      response.writeHead(206, {
+        'Content-Range': `bytes ${start}-${end}/${size}`,
+        'Accept-Ranges': 'bytes',
+        'Content-Length': end - start + 1,
+        'Content-Type': mime.getType(path.extname(absoluteFilePath))!,
+      });
+      readable.pipe(response);
+    });
   }
 
   private _onRequest(request: http.IncomingMessage, response: http.ServerResponse) {
diff --git a/tests/library/http-server.spec.ts b/tests/library/http-server.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..70945bf46135d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/library/http-server.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import fs from 'fs';
+import http from 'http';
+import os from 'os';
+import path from 'path';
+import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';
+import { HttpServer } from '../../packages/utils/httpServer';
+
+async function startServer(dir: string) {
+  const server = new HttpServer(dir);
+  server.routePrefix('/', (request, response) => {
+    const url = new URL(request.url!, 'http://localhost');
+    const filePath = path.join(dir, path.basename(url.pathname));
+    return server.serveFile(request, response, filePath);
+  });
+  await server.start({ port: 0, host: '127.0.0.1' });
+  return server;
+}
+
+test('range request returns partial content', async ({}, testInfo) => {
+  const dir = testInfo.outputPath();
+  const file = path.join(dir, 'data.bin');
+  fs.writeFileSync(file, Buffer.from('abcdefghij'));
+  const server = await startServer(dir);
+  try {
+    const url = server.urlPrefix('precise') + '/data.bin';
+    const res = await fetch(url, { headers: { Range: 'bytes=2-5' } });
+    expect(res.status).toBe(206);
+    expect(await res.text()).toBe('cdef');
+  } finally {
+    await server.stop();
+  }
+});
+
+test('unreadable file range request does not crash the server', async ({}, testInfo) => {
+  test.skip(process.platform === 'win32', 'chmod is not a reliable ACL on Windows');
+  test.skip(os.userInfo().uid === 0, 'root can read chmod 0 files');
+  const dir = testInfo.outputPath();
+  const file = path.join(dir, 'data.bin');
+  fs.writeFileSync(file, Buffer.alloc(1024, 1));
+  fs.chmodSync(file, 0);
+  const server = await startServer(dir);
+  try {
+    const url = server.urlPrefix('precise') + '/data.bin';
+    const status = await new Promise<number>((resolve, reject) => {
+      const req = http.get(url, { headers: { Range: 'bytes=0-10' } }, res => {
+        res.resume();
+        res.on('end', () => resolve(res.statusCode || 0));
+      });
+      req.on('error', reject);
+      req.setTimeout(5000, () => {
+        req.destroy();
+        reject(new Error('range request hung'));
+      });
+    });
+    expect(status).toBe(500);
+  } finally {
+    fs.chmodSync(file, 0o644);
+    await server.stop();
+  }
+});