diff --git a/.changeset/clean-plums-tap.md b/.changeset/clean-plums-tap.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..010cf1a31824
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/clean-plums-tap.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'astro': patch
+---
+
+Destroy the server response stream if async error is thrown
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/app/node.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/app/node.ts
index b2a60f90ef77..ee9aa0d60c63 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/app/node.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/app/node.ts
@@ -153,8 +153,10 @@ export class NodeApp extends App {
 			}
 			destination.end();
 			// the error will be logged by the "on end" callback above
-		} catch {
-			destination.end('Internal server error');
+		} catch (err) {
+			destination.write('Internal server error', () => {
+				err instanceof Error ? destination.destroy(err) : destination.destroy();
+			});
 		}
 	}
 }