diff --git a/packages/react-client/src/ReactFlightClient.js b/packages/react-client/src/ReactFlightClient.js
index 8e00df7c1c2e9..30d340ac56700 100644
--- a/packages/react-client/src/ReactFlightClient.js
+++ b/packages/react-client/src/ReactFlightClient.js
@@ -307,6 +307,8 @@ export type Response = {
   _rowTag: number, // 0 indicates that we're currently parsing the row ID
   _rowLength: number, // remaining bytes in the row. 0 indicates that we're looking for a newline.
   _buffer: Array<Uint8Array>, // chunks received so far as part of this row
+  _closed: boolean,
+  _closedReason: mixed,
   _tempRefs: void | TemporaryReferenceSet, // the set temporary references can be resolved from
   _timeOrigin: number, // Profiling-only
   _debugRootOwner?: null | ReactComponentInfo, // DEV-only
@@ -358,7 +360,7 @@ function createBlockedChunk<T>(response: Response): BlockedChunk<T> {
 
 function createErrorChunk<T>(
   response: Response,
-  error: Error | Postpone,
+  error: mixed,
 ): ErroredChunk<T> {
   // $FlowFixMe[invalid-constructor] Flow doesn't support functions as constructors
   return new ReactPromise(ERRORED, null, error, response);
@@ -639,6 +641,8 @@ function initializeModuleChunk<T>(chunk: ResolvedModuleChunk<T>): void {
 // Report that any missing chunks in the model is now going to throw this
 // error upon read. Also notify any pending promises.
 export function reportGlobalError(response: Response, error: Error): void {
+  response._closed = true;
+  response._closedReason = error;
   response._chunks.forEach(chunk => {
     // If this chunk was already resolved or errored, it won't
     // trigger an error but if it wasn't then we need to
@@ -913,7 +917,13 @@ function getChunk(response: Response, id: number): SomeChunk<any> {
   const chunks = response._chunks;
   let chunk = chunks.get(id);
   if (!chunk) {
-    chunk = createPendingChunk(response);
+    if (response._closed) {
+      // We have already errored the response and we're not going to get
+      // anything more streaming in so this will immediately error.
+      chunk = createErrorChunk(response, response._closedReason);
+    } else {
+      chunk = createPendingChunk(response);
+    }
     chunks.set(id, chunk);
   }
   return chunk;
@@ -1640,6 +1650,8 @@ function ResponseInstance(
   this._rowTag = 0;
   this._rowLength = 0;
   this._buffer = [];
+  this._closed = false;
+  this._closedReason = null;
   this._tempRefs = temporaryReferences;
   if (enableProfilerTimer && enableComponentPerformanceTrack) {
     this._timeOrigin = 0;
diff --git a/packages/react-noop-renderer/src/ReactNoopFlightClient.js b/packages/react-noop-renderer/src/ReactNoopFlightClient.js
index 346433404e235..3f71a13872f2b 100644
--- a/packages/react-noop-renderer/src/ReactNoopFlightClient.js
+++ b/packages/react-noop-renderer/src/ReactNoopFlightClient.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ type Source = Array<Uint8Array>;
 
 const decoderOptions = {stream: true};
 
-const {createResponse, processBinaryChunk, getRoot, close} = ReactFlightClient({
+const {createResponse, processBinaryChunk, getRoot} = ReactFlightClient({
   createStringDecoder() {
     return new TextDecoder();
   },
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ function read<T>(source: Source, options: ReadOptions): Thenable<T> {
   for (let i = 0; i < source.length; i++) {
     processBinaryChunk(response, source[i], 0);
   }
-  close(response);
   return getRoot(response);
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/react-server-dom-webpack/src/__tests__/ReactFlightDOM-test.js b/packages/react-server-dom-webpack/src/__tests__/ReactFlightDOM-test.js
index 1cd688632c41e..0b16b3b32114d 100644
--- a/packages/react-server-dom-webpack/src/__tests__/ReactFlightDOM-test.js
+++ b/packages/react-server-dom-webpack/src/__tests__/ReactFlightDOM-test.js
@@ -2902,16 +2902,7 @@ describe('ReactFlightDOM', () => {
       abortFizz('bam');
     });
 
-    if (__DEV__) {
-      expect(errors).toEqual([new Error('Connection closed.')]);
-    } else {
-      // This is likely a bug. In Dev we get a connection closed error
-      // because the debug info creates a chunk that has a pending status
-      // and when the stream finishes we error if any chunks are still pending.
-      // In production there is no debug info so the missing chunk is never instantiated
-      // because nothing triggers model evaluation before the stream completes
-      expect(errors).toEqual(['bam']);
-    }
+    expect(errors).toEqual([new Error('Connection closed.')]);
 
     const container = document.createElement('div');
     await readInto(container, fizzReadable);
@@ -3066,17 +3057,8 @@ describe('ReactFlightDOM', () => {
     });
 
     // one error per boundary
-    if (__DEV__) {
-      const err = new Error('Connection closed.');
-      expect(errors).toEqual([err, err, err]);
-    } else {
-      // This is likely a bug. In Dev we get a connection closed error
-      // because the debug info creates a chunk that has a pending status
-      // and when the stream finishes we error if any chunks are still pending.
-      // In production there is no debug info so the missing chunk is never instantiated
-      // because nothing triggers model evaluation before the stream completes
-      expect(errors).toEqual(['boom', 'boom', 'boom']);
-    }
+    const err = new Error('Connection closed.');
+    expect(errors).toEqual([err, err, err]);
 
     const container = document.createElement('div');
     await readInto(container, fizzReadable);
diff --git a/packages/react-server-dom-webpack/src/__tests__/ReactFlightDOMBrowser-test.js b/packages/react-server-dom-webpack/src/__tests__/ReactFlightDOMBrowser-test.js
index 6ac9609f5f108..3eccca1a9ba70 100644
--- a/packages/react-server-dom-webpack/src/__tests__/ReactFlightDOMBrowser-test.js
+++ b/packages/react-server-dom-webpack/src/__tests__/ReactFlightDOMBrowser-test.js
@@ -2574,17 +2574,7 @@ describe('ReactFlightDOMBrowser', () => {
       root.render(<ClientRoot response={response} />);
     });
 
-    if (__DEV__) {
-      expect(errors).toEqual([new Error('Connection closed.')]);
-      expect(container.innerHTML).toBe('');
-    } else {
-      // This is likely a bug. In Dev we get a connection closed error
-      // because the debug info creates a chunk that has a pending status
-      // and when the stream finishes we error if any chunks are still pending.
-      // In production there is no debug info so the missing chunk is never instantiated
-      // because nothing triggers model evaluation before the stream completes
-      expect(errors).toEqual([]);
-      expect(container.innerHTML).toBe('<div>loading...</div>');
-    }
+    expect(errors).toEqual([new Error('Connection closed.')]);
+    expect(container.innerHTML).toBe('');
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/react-server-dom-webpack/src/__tests__/ReactFlightDOMEdge-test.js b/packages/react-server-dom-webpack/src/__tests__/ReactFlightDOMEdge-test.js
index f88e51a878ac9..f2814f250a2df 100644
--- a/packages/react-server-dom-webpack/src/__tests__/ReactFlightDOMEdge-test.js
+++ b/packages/react-server-dom-webpack/src/__tests__/ReactFlightDOMEdge-test.js
@@ -1245,20 +1245,59 @@ describe('ReactFlightDOMEdge', () => {
       ),
     );
     fizzController.abort('bam');
-    if (__DEV__) {
-      expect(errors).toEqual([new Error('Connection closed.')]);
-    } else {
-      // This is likely a bug. In Dev we get a connection closed error
-      // because the debug info creates a chunk that has a pending status
-      // and when the stream finishes we error if any chunks are still pending.
-      // In production there is no debug info so the missing chunk is never instantiated
-      // because nothing triggers model evaluation before the stream completes
-      expect(errors).toEqual(['bam']);
-    }
+    expect(errors).toEqual([new Error('Connection closed.')]);
     // Should still match the result when parsed
     const result = await readResult(ssrStream);
     const div = document.createElement('div');
     div.innerHTML = result;
     expect(div.textContent).toBe('loading...');
   });
+
+  // @gate enableHalt
+  it('should abort parsing an incomplete prerender payload', async () => {
+    const infinitePromise = new Promise(() => {});
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    const errors = [];
+    const {pendingResult} = await serverAct(async () => {
+      // destructure trick to avoid the act scope from awaiting the returned value
+      return {
+        pendingResult: ReactServerDOMStaticServer.unstable_prerender(
+          {promise: infinitePromise},
+          webpackMap,
+          {
+            signal: controller.signal,
+            onError(err) {
+              errors.push(err);
+            },
+          },
+        ),
+      };
+    });
+
+    controller.abort();
+    const {prelude} = await pendingResult;
+
+    expect(errors).toEqual([]);
+
+    const response = ReactServerDOMClient.createFromReadableStream(prelude, {
+      serverConsumerManifest: {
+        moduleMap: {},
+        moduleLoading: {},
+      },
+    });
+
+    // Wait for the stream to finish and therefore abort before we try to .then the response.
+    await 0;
+
+    const result = await response;
+
+    let error = null;
+    try {
+      await result.promise;
+    } catch (x) {
+      error = x;
+    }
+    expect(error).not.toBe(null);
+    expect(error.message).toBe('Connection closed.');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/react-server-dom-webpack/src/__tests__/ReactFlightDOMNode-test.js b/packages/react-server-dom-webpack/src/__tests__/ReactFlightDOMNode-test.js
index 20f461708ae65..43e36348327ff 100644
--- a/packages/react-server-dom-webpack/src/__tests__/ReactFlightDOMNode-test.js
+++ b/packages/react-server-dom-webpack/src/__tests__/ReactFlightDOMNode-test.js
@@ -508,16 +508,7 @@ describe('ReactFlightDOMNode', () => {
       ),
     );
     ssrStream.abort('bam');
-    if (__DEV__) {
-      expect(errors).toEqual([new Error('Connection closed.')]);
-    } else {
-      // This is likely a bug. In Dev we get a connection closed error
-      // because the debug info creates a chunk that has a pending status
-      // and when the stream finishes we error if any chunks are still pending.
-      // In production there is no debug info so the missing chunk is never instantiated
-      // because nothing triggers model evaluation before the stream completes
-      expect(errors).toEqual(['bam']);
-    }
+    expect(errors).toEqual([new Error('Connection closed.')]);
     // Should still match the result when parsed
     const result = await readResult(ssrStream);
     const div = document.createElement('div');