diff --git a/lib/dl_api_commons/dl_api_commons_tests/unit/aio/test_timeout.py b/lib/dl_api_commons/dl_api_commons_tests/unit/aio/test_timeout.py
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+import asyncio
+
+from aiohttp import web
+import pytest
+
+from dl_api_commons.aio.middlewares.request_bootstrap import RequestBootstrap
+from dl_api_commons.aio.middlewares.request_id import RequestId
+from dl_api_commons.aio.middlewares.error_handling_outer import (
+    AIOHTTPErrorHandler,
+    ErrorData,
+    ErrorLevel,
+)
+from dl_api_commons.aiohttp.aiohttp_wrappers import DLRequestView
+from dl_api_commons.exc import RequestTimeoutError
+
+
+class SleepingErrorHandler(AIOHTTPErrorHandler):
+    def _classify_error(self, err: Exception, request: web.Request) -> ErrorData:
+        if isinstance(err, RequestTimeoutError):
+            return ErrorData(
+                status_code=424,
+                response_body=dict(code=err.err_code, message=err.message),
+                level=ErrorLevel.info,
+            )
+        return ErrorData(status_code=500, response_body=dict(details=str(err)), level=ErrorLevel.error)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_request_bootstrap_timeout(aiohttp_client):
+    common_timeout = 0.5
+
+    app = web.Application(
+        middlewares=[
+            RequestBootstrap(
+                req_id_service=RequestId(),
+                error_handler=SleepingErrorHandler(use_sentry=False, sentry_app_name_tag=""),
+                timeout_sec=common_timeout,
+            ).middleware,
+        ]
+    )
+
+    class TestView(DLRequestView):
+        async def get(self):
+            to_sleep = float(self.request.rel_url.query["time_to_sleep"])
+            await asyncio.sleep(to_sleep)
+            return web.json_response({})
+
+    app.router.add_route("*", "/sleeping_view", TestView)
+    client = await aiohttp_client(app)
+
+    resp = await client.get("/sleeping_view", params={"time_to_sleep": common_timeout + 0.1})
+    try:
+        assert resp.status == 424
+        resp_json = await resp.json()
+        assert resp_json["code"] == ["REQUEST_TIMEOUT"]
+    finally:
+        resp.close()
+
+    resp = await client.get("/sleeping_view", params={"time_to_sleep": common_timeout - 0.1})
+    try:
+        assert resp.status == 200
+    finally:
+        resp.close()