diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7c831d63..80dc467d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+## 0.2.10 (Common, Node.js, Web)
+
+### New features
+
+- If `InsertParams.values` is an empty array, no request is sent to the server and `ClickHouseClient.insert` short-circuits itself. In this scenario, the newly added `InsertResult.executed` flag will be `false`, and `InsertResult.query_id` will be an empty string.
+
+### Bug fixes
+
+- Client no longer produces `Code: 354. inflate failed: buffer error` exception if request compression is enabled and `InsertParams.values` is an empty array (see above).
+
 ## 0.2.9 (Common, Node.js, Web)
 
 ### New features
diff --git a/packages/client-common/__tests__/integration/insert.test.ts b/packages/client-common/__tests__/integration/insert.test.ts
index f795e303..e1a6e50e 100644
--- a/packages/client-common/__tests__/integration/insert.test.ts
+++ b/packages/client-common/__tests__/integration/insert.test.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ describe('insert', () => {
   })
 
   it('inserts values using JSON format', async () => {
-    const { query_id } = await client.insert({
+    const result = await client.insert({
       table: tableName,
       values: {
         meta: [
@@ -39,12 +39,13 @@ describe('insert', () => {
       format: 'JSON',
     })
     await assertJsonValues(client, tableName)
-    expect(validateUUID(query_id)).toBeTruthy()
+    expect(validateUUID(result.query_id)).toBeTruthy()
+    expect(result.executed).toBeTruthy()
   })
 
   it('should use provide query_id', async () => {
     const query_id = guid()
-    const { query_id: q_id } = await client.insert({
+    const result = await client.insert({
       table: tableName,
       query_id,
       values: {
@@ -67,7 +68,8 @@ describe('insert', () => {
       format: 'JSON',
     })
     await assertJsonValues(client, tableName)
-    expect(query_id).toEqual(q_id)
+    expect(result.query_id).toEqual(query_id)
+    expect(result.executed).toBeTruthy()
   })
 
   it('inserts values using JSONObjectEachRow format', async () => {
diff --git a/packages/client-common/src/client.ts b/packages/client-common/src/client.ts
index ecfa3f90..a489322c 100644
--- a/packages/client-common/src/client.ts
+++ b/packages/client-common/src/client.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import type {
   Connection,
   ConnectionParams,
   ConnExecResult,
-  ConnInsertResult,
   Logger,
   WithClickHouseSummary,
 } from '@clickhouse/client-common'
@@ -128,7 +127,21 @@ export interface ExecParams extends BaseQueryParams {
 export type CommandParams = ExecParams
 export type CommandResult = { query_id: string } & WithClickHouseSummary
 
-export type InsertResult = ConnInsertResult
+export type InsertResult = {
+  /**
+   * Indicates whether the INSERT statement was executed on the server.
+   * Will be `false` if there was no data to insert.
+   * For example: if {@link InsertParams.values} was an empty array,
+   * the client does not any requests to the server, and {@link executed} is false.
+   */
+  executed: boolean
+  /**
+   * Empty string if {@link executed} is false.
+   * Otherwise, either {@link InsertParams.query_id} if it was set, or the id that was generated by the client.
+   */
+  query_id: string
+} & WithClickHouseSummary
+
 export type ExecResult<Stream> = ConnExecResult<Stream>
 export type PingResult = ConnPingResult
 
@@ -249,15 +262,20 @@ export class ClickHouseClient<Stream = unknown> {
    * consider using {@link ClickHouseClient.command}, passing the entire raw query there (including FORMAT clause).
    */
   async insert<T>(params: InsertParams<Stream, T>): Promise<InsertResult> {
+    if (Array.isArray(params.values) && params.values.length === 0) {
+      return { executed: false, query_id: '' }
+    }
+
     const format = params.format || 'JSONCompactEachRow'
     this.valuesEncoder.validateInsertValues(params.values, format)
 
     const query = getInsertQuery(params, format)
-    return await this.connection.insert({
+    const result = await this.connection.insert({
       query,
       values: this.valuesEncoder.encodeValues(params.values, format),
       ...this.getQueryParams(params),
     })
+    return { ...result, executed: true }
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/packages/client-common/src/version.ts b/packages/client-common/src/version.ts
index e8618bef..f9b280fa 100644
--- a/packages/client-common/src/version.ts
+++ b/packages/client-common/src/version.ts
@@ -1 +1 @@
-export default '0.2.9'
+export default '0.2.10'
diff --git a/packages/client-node/__tests__/integration/node_insert.test.ts b/packages/client-node/__tests__/integration/node_insert.test.ts
index e2d6e0ea..3f72e077 100644
--- a/packages/client-node/__tests__/integration/node_insert.test.ts
+++ b/packages/client-node/__tests__/integration/node_insert.test.ts
@@ -7,29 +7,57 @@ describe('[Node.js] insert', () => {
   let client: ClickHouseClient
   let tableName: string
 
-  beforeEach(async () => {
-    client = await createTestClient()
-    tableName = `insert_test_${guid()}`
-    await createSimpleTable(client, tableName)
-  })
   afterEach(async () => {
     await client.close()
   })
-  it('should provide error details about a dataset with an invalid type', async () => {
-    await expectAsync(
-      client.insert({
+
+  describe('without request compression', () => {
+    beforeEach(async () => {
+      client = createTestClient()
+      tableName = `node_insert_test_${guid()}`
+      await createSimpleTable(client, tableName)
+    })
+
+    it('should provide error details about a dataset with an invalid type', async () => {
+      await expectAsync(
+        client.insert({
+          table: tableName,
+          values: Stream.Readable.from(['42,foobar,"[1,2]"'], {
+            objectMode: false,
+          }),
+          format: 'TabSeparated',
+        })
+      ).toBeRejectedWith(
+        jasmine.objectContaining({
+          message: jasmine.stringContaining('Cannot parse input'),
+          code: '27',
+          type: 'CANNOT_PARSE_INPUT_ASSERTION_FAILED',
+        })
+      )
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('with request compression', () => {
+    beforeEach(async () => {
+      client = createTestClient({
+        compression: {
+          request: true,
+        },
+      })
+      tableName = `node_insert_test_${guid()}`
+      await createSimpleTable(client, tableName)
+    })
+
+    it('should not fail if the values array is empty', async () => {
+      const result = await client.insert({
         table: tableName,
-        values: Stream.Readable.from(['42,foobar,"[1,2]"'], {
-          objectMode: false,
-        }),
-        format: 'TabSeparated',
+        values: [],
+        format: 'JSONEachRow',
       })
-    ).toBeRejectedWith(
-      jasmine.objectContaining({
-        message: jasmine.stringContaining('Cannot parse input'),
-        code: '27',
-        type: 'CANNOT_PARSE_INPUT_ASSERTION_FAILED',
+      expect(result).toEqual({
+        executed: false,
+        query_id: '',
       })
-    )
+    })
   })
 })
diff --git a/packages/client-node/src/version.ts b/packages/client-node/src/version.ts
index e8618bef..f9b280fa 100644
--- a/packages/client-node/src/version.ts
+++ b/packages/client-node/src/version.ts
@@ -1 +1 @@
-export default '0.2.9'
+export default '0.2.10'
diff --git a/packages/client-web/src/version.ts b/packages/client-web/src/version.ts
index e8618bef..f9b280fa 100644
--- a/packages/client-web/src/version.ts
+++ b/packages/client-web/src/version.ts
@@ -1 +1 @@
-export default '0.2.9'
+export default '0.2.10'