diff --git a/cmd/agent-compose/cli_daemon.go b/cmd/agent-compose/cli_daemon.go
index 98bbae55..a6779c0b 100644
--- a/cmd/agent-compose/cli_daemon.go
+++ b/cmd/agent-compose/cli_daemon.go
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ type daemonServer struct {
 	listener net.Listener
 	server   *http.Server
 	cleanup  func() error
+	h2c      *http2.Server
 }
 
 type localUnixSocketRequestKey struct{}
@@ -271,7 +272,15 @@ func isLoopbackListenAddress(address string) bool {
 }
 
 func (s *daemonServers) add(name, value string, listener net.Listener, handler http.Handler, cleanup func() error) {
-	server := &http.Server{Handler: h2c.NewHandler(handler, &http2.Server{})} //nolint:staticcheck // h2c is required for unencrypted HTTP/2 compatibility with Connect bidi streams.
+	// Keep HTTP/2 connection timeouts disabled: this server carries long-lived
+	// Connect bidi streams, whose idle periods are part of the protocol.
+	h2cConfig := &http2.Server{}
+	server := &http.Server{
+		Handler:           h2c.NewHandler(handler, h2cConfig), //nolint:staticcheck // h2c is required for unencrypted HTTP/2 compatibility with Connect bidi streams.
+		ReadHeaderTimeout: 5 * time.Second,
+		IdleTimeout:       2 * time.Minute,
+		MaxHeaderBytes:    64 << 10,
+	}
 	if listener.Addr().Network() == "unix" {
 		server.ConnContext = func(ctx context.Context, conn net.Conn) context.Context {
 			if isTrustedUnixSocketConn(conn) {
@@ -286,6 +295,7 @@ func (s *daemonServers) add(name, value string, listener net.Listener, handler h
 		listener: listener,
 		server:   server,
 		cleanup:  cleanup,
+		h2c:      h2cConfig,
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/agent-compose/cli_daemon_server_test.go b/cmd/agent-compose/cli_daemon_server_test.go
index f22c50fb..0ef83b93 100644
--- a/cmd/agent-compose/cli_daemon_server_test.go
+++ b/cmd/agent-compose/cli_daemon_server_test.go
@@ -22,6 +22,29 @@ import (
 	"github.com/samber/do/v2"
 )
 
+func TestDaemonServerConfiguresConnectionLimits(t *testing.T) {
+	listener, err := net.Listen("tcp", "127.0.0.1:0")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("listen tcp: %v", err)
+	}
+	servers := &daemonServers{}
+	servers.add("HTTP_LISTEN", listener.Addr().String(), listener, http.NewServeMux(), nil)
+	server := servers.items[0].server
+	if server.ReadHeaderTimeout != 5*time.Second || server.IdleTimeout != 2*time.Minute || server.MaxHeaderBytes != 64<<10 {
+		t.Fatalf("server limits = header %s idle %s max-header %d", server.ReadHeaderTimeout, server.IdleTimeout, server.MaxHeaderBytes)
+	}
+	if server.WriteTimeout != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("server WriteTimeout = %s, want zero for long-running streams", server.WriteTimeout)
+	}
+	config := servers.items[0].h2c
+	if config == nil || config.IdleTimeout != 0 || config.ReadIdleTimeout != 0 || config.PingTimeout != 0 || config.WriteByteTimeout != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("h2c connection limits = %#v, want all zero for long-running streams", config)
+	}
+	if err := servers.shutdown(context.Background()); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("shutdown server: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestDaemonTCPServerAttachAgentRunBidiUsesH2C(t *testing.T) {
 	seen := make(chan string, 1)
 	mux := http.NewServeMux()
diff --git a/test/e2e/graceful_sandbox_stop_contract_test.go b/test/e2e/graceful_sandbox_stop_contract_test.go
index e799be42..a5aa1e41 100644
--- a/test/e2e/graceful_sandbox_stop_contract_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/graceful_sandbox_stop_contract_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"connectrpc.com/connect"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/durationpb"
 
 	"github.com/chaitin/agent-compose/pkg/agentcompose/api"
@@ -68,9 +69,9 @@ func TestGracefulSandboxStopOutcomesUsePublicConnectContract(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Cleanup(server.Close)
 			client := agentcomposev2connect.NewSandboxServiceClient(server.Client(), server.URL)
 
-			request := *test.request
+			request := proto.Clone(test.request).(*agentcomposev2.StopSandboxRequest)
 			request.SandboxId = sandboxID
-			response, err := client.StopSandbox(context.Background(), connect.NewRequest(&request))
+			response, err := client.StopSandbox(context.Background(), connect.NewRequest(request))
 			if test.wantCode != 0 {
 				if connect.CodeOf(err) != test.wantCode {
 					t.Fatalf("StopSandbox() error = %v, code = %s, want %s", err, connect.CodeOf(err), test.wantCode)