diff --git a/services/transcribestreaming/e2eTest/src/TranscribeStreamingIntegrationTest.kt b/services/transcribestreaming/e2eTest/src/TranscribeStreamingIntegrationTest.kt
index 987ebb48174..a9964392419 100644
--- a/services/transcribestreaming/e2eTest/src/TranscribeStreamingIntegrationTest.kt
+++ b/services/transcribestreaming/e2eTest/src/TranscribeStreamingIntegrationTest.kt
@@ -7,35 +7,51 @@ package aws.sdk.kotlin.e2etest
 import aws.sdk.kotlin.services.transcribestreaming.TranscribeStreamingClient
 import aws.sdk.kotlin.services.transcribestreaming.model.*
 import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
+import kotlinx.coroutines.delay
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.Flow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.flow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.flowOn
 import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.TestInstance
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.assertThrows
 import java.io.File
 import java.nio.file.Paths
 import javax.sound.sampled.AudioSystem
 import kotlin.test.assertTrue
+import kotlin.time.Duration
+import kotlin.time.Duration.Companion.seconds
 
 @TestInstance(TestInstance.Lifecycle.PER_CLASS)
 class TranscribeStreamingIntegrationTest {
+    private fun resource(path: String): File {
+        val url = this::class.java.classLoader.getResource(path) ?: error("failed to load test resource $path")
+        return Paths.get(url.toURI()).toFile()
+    }
 
     @Test
     fun testTranscribeEventStream(): Unit = runBlocking {
-        val url = this::class.java.classLoader.getResource("hello-kotlin-8000.wav") ?: error("failed to load test resource")
-        val audioFile = Paths.get(url.toURI()).toFile()
-
+        val file = resource("hello-kotlin-8000.wav")
+        val audioStream = audioStreamFromFile(file)
         TranscribeStreamingClient { region = "us-west-2" }.use { client ->
-            val transcript = getTranscript(client, audioFile)
+            val transcript = getTranscript(client, audioStream)
             assertTrue(transcript.startsWith("Hello from", true), "full transcript: $transcript")
         }
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testTranscribeEventStreamWithLongPause(): Unit = runBlocking {
+        val file = resource("hello-kotlin-8000.wav")
+        val audioStream = audioStreamFromFile(file, 20.seconds) // ~15 seconds should cause service to terminate stream
+        TranscribeStreamingClient { region = "us-west-2" }.use { client ->
+            assertThrows<BadRequestException> { getTranscript(client, audioStream) }
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 private const val FRAMES_PER_CHUNK = 4096
 
-private fun audioStreamFromFile(file: File): Flow<AudioStream> {
+private fun audioStreamFromFile(file: File, finalDelay: Duration? = null): Flow<AudioStream> {
     val format = AudioSystem.getAudioFileFormat(file)
     val ais = AudioSystem.getAudioInputStream(file)
     val bytesPerFrame = ais.format.frameSize
@@ -46,6 +62,10 @@ private fun audioStreamFromFile(file: File): Flow<AudioStream> {
             val frameBuffer = ByteArray(FRAMES_PER_CHUNK * bytesPerFrame)
             val rc = ais.read(frameBuffer)
             if (rc <= 0) {
+                finalDelay?.let {
+                    println("Artificially delaying for $finalDelay")
+                    delay(it)
+                }
                 break
             }
 
@@ -62,30 +82,32 @@ private fun audioStreamFromFile(file: File): Flow<AudioStream> {
     }.flowOn(Dispatchers.IO)
 }
 
-private suspend fun getTranscript(client: TranscribeStreamingClient, audioFile: File): String {
+private suspend fun getTranscript(client: TranscribeStreamingClient, audioStream: Flow<AudioStream>): String {
     val req = StartStreamTranscriptionRequest {
         languageCode = LanguageCode.EnUs
         mediaSampleRateHertz = 8000
         mediaEncoding = MediaEncoding.Pcm
-        audioStream = audioStreamFromFile(audioFile)
+        this.audioStream = audioStream
     }
 
     val transcript = client.startStreamTranscription(req) { resp ->
         val fullMessage = StringBuilder()
-        resp.transcriptResultStream?.collect { event ->
-            when (event) {
-                is TranscriptResultStream.TranscriptEvent -> {
-                    event.value.transcript?.results?.forEach { result ->
-                        val transcript = result.alternatives?.firstOrNull()?.transcript
-                        println("received TranscriptEvent: isPartial=${result.isPartial}; transcript=$transcript")
-                        if (!result.isPartial) {
-                            transcript?.let { fullMessage.append(it) }
+        resp
+            .transcriptResultStream
+            ?.collect { event ->
+                when (event) {
+                    is TranscriptResultStream.TranscriptEvent -> {
+                        event.value.transcript?.results?.forEach { result ->
+                            val transcript = result.alternatives?.firstOrNull()?.transcript
+                            println("received TranscriptEvent: isPartial=${result.isPartial}; transcript=$transcript")
+                            if (!result.isPartial) {
+                                transcript?.let { fullMessage.append(it) }
+                            }
                         }
                     }
+                    else -> error("unknown event $event")
                 }
-                else -> error("unknown event $event")
             }
-        }
         fullMessage.toString()
     }