diff --git a/examples/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/examples/streaming/longLastingClient.scala b/examples/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/examples/streaming/longLastingClient.scala
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+//> using dep com.softwaremill.sttp.tapir::tapir-core:1.11.11
+//> using dep org.apache.pekko::pekko-stream:1.1.2
+//> using dep org.typelevel::cats-effect:3.5.7
+//> using dep com.softwaremill.sttp.client3::core:3.10.1
+//> using dep com.softwaremill.sttp.client3::pekko-http-backend:3.10.1
+
+package sttp.tapir.examples.streaming
+
+import cats.effect.{ExitCode, IO, IOApp, Resource}
+import sttp.capabilities.WebSockets
+import sttp.client3.pekkohttp.PekkoHttpBackend
+import sttp.client3.{Response, SttpBackend, UriContext, basicRequest}
+
+import scala.concurrent.Future
+import sttp.model.{Header, HeaderNames, Method, QueryParams}
+import sttp.tapir.*
+import org.apache.pekko
+import org.apache.pekko.actor.ActorSystem
+import sttp.capabilities.pekko.PekkoStreams
+import pekko.stream.scaladsl.{Flow, Source}
+import pekko.util.ByteString
+import cats.effect.*
+import cats.syntax.all.*
+
+import scala.concurrent.duration.*
+import scala.concurrent.duration.FiniteDuration
+
+object longLastingClient extends IOApp:
+  implicit val actorSystem: ActorSystem = ActorSystem("longLastingClient")
+
+  private def makeRequest(backend: SttpBackend[Future, PekkoStreams & WebSockets]): Future[Response[Either[String, String]]] =
+    val stream: Source[ByteString, Any] = Source.tick(1.seconds, 1.seconds, ByteString(Array.fill(10)('A').map(_.toByte))).map { elem =>
+      println(s"$elem ${java.time.LocalTime.now()}"); elem
+    }
+
+    basicRequest
+      .post(uri"http://localhost:9000/chunks")
+      .header(Header(HeaderNames.ContentLength, "10000"))
+      .streamBody(PekkoStreams)(stream)
+      .send(backend)
+
+  override def run(args: List[String]): IO[ExitCode] =
+      val backend = PekkoHttpBackend.usingActorSystem(actorSystem)
+      val responseIO: IO[Response[Either[String, String]]] = IO.fromFuture(IO(makeRequest(backend)))
+      responseIO.flatMap { response =>
+        IO(println(response.body))
+      }.as(ExitCode.Success)
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diff --git a/examples/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/examples/streaming/playServer.scala b/examples/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/examples/streaming/playServer.scala
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+//> using dep com.softwaremill.sttp.tapir::tapir-core:1.11.11
+//> using dep com.softwaremill.sttp.tapir::tapir-play-server:1.11.11
+//> using dep org.playframework::play-netty-server:3.0.6
+//> using dep com.softwaremill.sttp.client3::core:3.10.1
+
+package sttp.tapir.examples.streaming
+
+import play.core.server.*
+import play.api.routing.Router.Routes
+import org.apache.pekko.actor.ActorSystem
+import org.apache.pekko.stream.Materializer
+import sttp.capabilities.pekko.PekkoStreams
+import sttp.tapir.server.ServerEndpoint
+import sttp.tapir.*
+import sttp.tapir.server.play.PlayServerInterpreter
+
+import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext.Implicits.global
+import scala.concurrent.Future
+import sttp.model.{HeaderNames, MediaType, Part, StatusCode}
+import sttp.tapir.*
+import scala.concurrent.{ExecutionContext, Future}
+import scala.util.*
+import org.apache.pekko
+import pekko.stream.scaladsl.{Flow, Source}
+import pekko.util.ByteString
+
+given ExecutionContext = ExecutionContext.global
+
+type ErrorInfo = String
+
+implicit val actorSystem: ActorSystem = ActorSystem("playServer")
+
+def handleErrors[T](f: Future[T]): Future[Either[ErrorInfo, T]] =
+  f.transform {
+    case Success(v) => Success(Right(v))
+    case Failure(e) =>
+      println(s"Exception when running endpoint logic: $e")
+      Success(Left(e.getMessage))
+  }
+
+def logic(s: (Long, Source[ByteString, Any])): Future[(Long, Source[ByteString, Any])] = {
+  val (length, stream) = s
+  println(s"Received $length bytes, ${stream.map(_.length)} bytes in total")
+  Future.successful((length, stream))
+}
+
+val e = endpoint.post
+    .in("chunks")
+    .in(header[Long](HeaderNames.ContentLength))
+    .in(streamTextBody(PekkoStreams)(CodecFormat.TextPlain()))
+    .out(header[Long](HeaderNames.ContentLength))
+    .out(streamTextBody(PekkoStreams)(CodecFormat.TextPlain()))
+    .errorOut(plainBody[ErrorInfo])
+    .serverLogic((logic _).andThen(handleErrors))
+
+val routes = PlayServerInterpreter().toRoutes(e)
+
+@main def playServer(): Unit =
+  import play.api.Configuration
+  import play.api.Mode
+  import play.core.server.ServerConfig
+
+  import java.io.File
+  import java.util.Properties
+
+  val customConfig = Configuration(
+    "play.server.http.idleTimeout" -> "75 seconds",
+    "play.server.https.idleTimeout" -> "75 seconds",
+    "play.server.https.wantClientAuth" -> false,
+    "play.server.https.needClientAuth" -> false,
+    "play.server.netty.server-header" -> null,
+    "play.server.netty.shutdownQuietPeriod" -> "2 seconds",
+    "play.server.netty.maxInitialLineLength" -> "4096",
+    "play.server.netty.maxChunkSize" -> "8192",
+    "play.server.netty.eventLoopThreads" -> "0",
+    "play.server.netty.transport" -> "jdk",
+    "play.server.max-header-size" -> "8k",
+    "play.server.waitBeforeTermination" -> "0",
+    "play.server.deferBodyParsing" -> false,
+    "play.server.websocket.frame.maxLength" -> "64k",
+    "play.server.websocket.periodic-keep-alive-mode" -> "ping",
+    "play.server.websocket.periodic-keep-alive-max-idle" -> "infinite",
+    "play.server.max-content-length" -> "infinite",
+    "play.server.netty.log.wire" -> true,
+    "play.server.netty.option.child.tcpNoDelay" -> true,
+    "play.server.pekko.requestTimeout" -> "5 seconds",
+  )
+  val serverConfig = ServerConfig(
+    rootDir = new File("."),
+    port = Some(9000),
+    sslPort = Some(9443),
+    address = "0.0.0.0",
+    mode = Mode.Dev,
+    properties = System.getProperties,
+    configuration = customConfig
+  )
+
+  NettyServer.fromRouterWithComponents(serverConfig) { components => routes }
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