diff --git a/caddy/caddy_test.go b/caddy/caddy_test.go
index 41a5daa4ef..1bf6fc066b 100644
--- a/caddy/caddy_test.go
+++ b/caddy/caddy_test.go
@@ -967,6 +967,74 @@ func TestMaxWaitTime(t *testing.T) {
 	require.True(t, success.Load(), "At least one request should have failed with a 504 Gateway Timeout status")
 }
 
+func TestMaxWaitTimeWorker(t *testing.T) {
+	tester := caddytest.NewTester(t)
+	tester.InitServer(`
+		{
+			skip_install_trust
+			admin localhost:2999
+			http_port `+testPort+`
+			metrics
+
+			frankenphp {
+				num_threads 2
+				max_wait_time 1ns
+				worker {
+					num 1
+					name service
+					file ../testdata/sleep.php
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		localhost:`+testPort+` {
+			route {
+				root ../testdata
+				php
+			}
+		}
+		`, "caddyfile")
+
+	// send 10 requests simultaneously, at least one request should be stalled longer than 1ns
+	// since we only have 1 thread, this will cause a 504 Gateway Timeout
+	wg := sync.WaitGroup{}
+	success := atomic.Bool{}
+	wg.Add(10)
+	for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
+		go func() {
+			statusCode := getStatusCode("http://localhost:"+testPort+"/sleep.php?sleep=10000&iteration=1", t)
+			if statusCode == http.StatusGatewayTimeout {
+				success.Store(true)
+			}
+			wg.Done()
+		}()
+	}
+	wg.Wait()
+	require.True(t, success.Load(), "At least one request should have failed with a 504 Gateway Timeout status")
+
+	// Fetch metrics
+	resp, err := http.Get("http://localhost:2999/metrics")
+	require.NoError(t, err, "failed to fetch metrics")
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	// Read and parse metrics
+	metrics := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	_, err = metrics.ReadFrom(resp.Body)
+
+	expectedMetrics := `
+	# TYPE frankenphp_worker_queue_depth gauge
+	frankenphp_worker_queue_depth{worker="service"} 0
+	`
+
+	ctx := caddy.ActiveContext()
+	require.NoError(t,
+		testutil.GatherAndCompare(
+			ctx.GetMetricsRegistry(),
+			strings.NewReader(expectedMetrics),
+			"frankenphp_worker_queue_depth",
+		))
+}
+
 func getStatusCode(url string, t *testing.T) int {
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/context.go b/context.go
index 0336e07223..822a5ff5c6 100644
--- a/context.go
+++ b/context.go
@@ -152,7 +152,10 @@ func (fc *frankenPHPContext) reject(statusCode int, message string) {
 	if rw != nil {
 		rw.WriteHeader(statusCode)
 		_, _ = rw.Write([]byte(message))
-		rw.(http.Flusher).Flush()
+		
+		if f, ok := rw.(http.Flusher); ok {
+    		f.Flush()
+		}
 	}
 
 	fc.closeContext()
diff --git a/worker.go b/worker.go
index 22d904a2f9..3c9455b775 100644
--- a/worker.go
+++ b/worker.go
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ func (worker *worker) handleRequest(fc *frankenPHPContext) {
 		case scaleChan <- fc:
 			// the request has triggered scaling, continue to wait for a thread
 		case <-timeoutChan(maxWaitTime):
+			metrics.DequeuedWorkerRequest(worker.name)
 			// the request has timed out stalling
 			fc.reject(504, "Gateway Timeout")
 			return