diff --git a/sources/seaweedfs-config/templates/seaweedfs-httproute.yaml b/sources/seaweedfs-config/templates/seaweedfs-httproute.yaml
index 536469e2..5875f6d2 100644
--- a/sources/seaweedfs-config/templates/seaweedfs-httproute.yaml
+++ b/sources/seaweedfs-config/templates/seaweedfs-httproute.yaml
@@ -15,4 +15,10 @@ spec:
         - headers:
           - type: RegularExpression
             name: Host
-            value: "seaweed\\..*"
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+            value: "seaweed\\..*"
+      # Object transfers routinely outlast Envoy's 15s default request timeout, which resets the
+      # stream mid-transfer and truncates the object. The limit is duration, not size, so on a slow
+      # client link even a small object fails.
+      timeouts:
+        request: 30m
+        backendRequest: 30m
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