diff --git a/spring-5-webflux/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/serverconfig/TimeoutController.java b/spring-5-webflux/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/serverconfig/TimeoutController.java
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+package com.baeldung.spring.serverconfig;
+
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
+
+import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
+
+@RestController
+@RequestMapping("/timeout")
+public class TimeoutController {
+
+    @GetMapping("/{timeout}")
+    private Mono<String> timeout(@PathVariable int timeout) {
+        try {
+            Thread.sleep(timeout * 1000);
+        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+            Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+        }
+        return Mono.just("OK");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-5-webflux/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/serverconfig/TimeoutLiveTest.java b/spring-5-webflux/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/serverconfig/TimeoutLiveTest.java
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+package com.baeldung.spring.serverconfig;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLException;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest.WebEnvironment;
+import org.springframework.http.client.reactive.ReactorClientHttpConnector;
+import org.springframework.test.annotation.DirtiesContext;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringRunner;
+import org.springframework.test.web.reactive.server.WebTestClient;
+
+import io.netty.channel.ChannelOption;
+import io.netty.handler.ssl.SslContext;
+import io.netty.handler.ssl.SslContextBuilder;
+import io.netty.handler.ssl.util.InsecureTrustManagerFactory;
+import io.netty.handler.timeout.ReadTimeoutException;
+import io.netty.handler.timeout.ReadTimeoutHandler;
+import io.netty.handler.timeout.WriteTimeoutHandler;
+import reactor.netty.http.client.HttpClient;
+import reactor.netty.tcp.TcpClient;
+
+@RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
+@SpringBootTest(webEnvironment = WebEnvironment.DEFINED_PORT)
+@DirtiesContext
+public class TimeoutLiveTest {
+
+    private static final String BASE_URL = "https://localhost:8443";
+    private static final int TIMEOUT_MILLIS = 2000;
+
+    private WebTestClient webTestClient;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setup() throws SSLException {
+        webTestClient = WebTestClient.bindToServer(getConnector())
+                                     .baseUrl(BASE_URL)
+                                     .build();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldTimeout() {
+        try {
+            webTestClient.get()
+              .uri("/timeout/{timeout}", 3)
+              .exchange();
+            Assert.fail();
+        } catch (ReadTimeoutException ignore) {
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldNotTimeout() {
+        try {
+            WebTestClient.ResponseSpec response = webTestClient.get()
+              .uri("/timeout/{timeout}", 1)
+              .exchange();
+            response.expectStatus()
+              .isOk()
+              .expectBody(String.class)
+              .isEqualTo("OK");
+        } catch (ReadTimeoutException e) {
+            Assert.fail();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private ReactorClientHttpConnector getConnector() throws SSLException {
+        SslContext sslContext = SslContextBuilder
+                .forClient()
+                .trustManager(InsecureTrustManagerFactory.INSTANCE)
+                .build();
+
+        TcpClient tcpClient = TcpClient
+          .create()
+          .option(ChannelOption.CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MILLIS, TIMEOUT_MILLIS)
+          .doOnConnected(connection -> {
+              connection.addHandlerLast(new ReadTimeoutHandler(TIMEOUT_MILLIS, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS));
+              connection.addHandlerLast(new WriteTimeoutHandler(TIMEOUT_MILLIS, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS));
+          });
+
+        HttpClient httpClient = HttpClient.from(tcpClient).secure(t -> t.sslContext(sslContext));
+        return new ReactorClientHttpConnector(httpClient);
+    }
+}