diff --git a/devolutions-gateway/src/listener.rs b/devolutions-gateway/src/listener.rs
index 048d590aa..db5926be5 100644
--- a/devolutions-gateway/src/listener.rs
+++ b/devolutions-gateway/src/listener.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ use anyhow::Context;
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use devolutions_gateway_task::{ChildTask, ShutdownSignal, Task};
 use futures::TryFutureExt as _;
-use tap::Pipe as _;
 use tokio::io::{AsyncRead, AsyncWrite};
 use tokio::net::{TcpListener, TcpSocket, TcpStream};
 use tracing::Instrument as _;
@@ -220,17 +219,39 @@ async fn run_https_listener(listener: TcpListener, state: DgwState) -> anyhow::R
     }
 }
 
+/// Checks if an error represents a benign client disconnect.
+///
+/// Walks the error chain and returns true if any cause is a `std::io::Error`
+/// with kind `BrokenPipe`, `ConnectionReset`, or `UnexpectedEof`.
+fn is_benign_disconnect(err: &anyhow::Error) -> bool {
+    use std::io::ErrorKind::{BrokenPipe, ConnectionReset, UnexpectedEof};
+
+    err.chain().any(|cause| {
+        if let Some(ioe) = cause.downcast_ref::<std::io::Error>() {
+            return matches!(ioe.kind(), BrokenPipe | ConnectionReset | UnexpectedEof);
+        }
+        false
+    })
+}
+
 async fn handle_https_peer(
     stream: TcpStream,
     tls_acceptor: tokio_rustls::TlsAcceptor,
     state: DgwState,
     peer_addr: SocketAddr,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-    let tls_stream = tls_acceptor
-        .accept(stream)
-        .await
-        .context("TLS handshake failed")?
-        .pipe(tokio_rustls::TlsStream::Server);
+    let tls_stream = match tls_acceptor.accept(stream).await {
+        Ok(stream) => tokio_rustls::TlsStream::Server(stream),
+        Err(e) => {
+            let e = anyhow::Error::from(e);
+            if is_benign_disconnect(&e) {
+                debug!(error = format!("{e:#}"), %peer_addr, "TLS handshake ended by peer");
+                return Ok(());
+            } else {
+                return Err(e.context("TLS handshake failed"));
+            }
+        }
+    };
 
     handle_http_peer(tls_stream, state, peer_addr).await
 }
@@ -259,13 +280,24 @@ where
 
     match result {
         Ok(()) => Ok(()),
-        Err(e) => match e.downcast_ref::<hyper::Error>() {
-            Some(e) if e.is_canceled() || e.is_incomplete_message() => {
-                debug!(error = %e, "Request was cancelled");
+        Err(error) => {
+            // Check for hyper-specific benign cases first.
+            if let Some(hyper_err) = error.downcast_ref::<hyper::Error>()
+                && (hyper_err.is_canceled() || hyper_err.is_incomplete_message())
+            {
+                debug!(error = format!("{:#}", anyhow::anyhow!(error)), %peer_addr, "Request was cancelled/incomplete");
+                return Ok(());
+            }
+
+            // Then check for underlying io::Error kinds via anyhow chain.
+            let error = anyhow::Error::from_boxed(error);
+            if is_benign_disconnect(&error) {
+                debug!(error = format!("{error:#}"), %peer_addr, "Client disconnected");
                 Ok(())
+            } else {
+                Err(error.context("HTTP server"))
             }
-            _ => Err(anyhow::anyhow!(e).context("HTTP server")),
-        },
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/testsuite/tests/cli/dgw/benign_disconnect.rs b/testsuite/tests/cli/dgw/benign_disconnect.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a53802665
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/tests/cli/dgw/benign_disconnect.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+//! Tests for benign client disconnect handling.
+//!
+//! These tests verify that common client disconnects (e.g., health checks, aborted
+//! connections) are logged at DEBUG level instead of ERROR.
+//!
+//! Note: HTTPS disconnect handling is implemented in handle_https_peer and uses the same
+//! benign disconnect detection logic. However, testing HTTPS requires TLS configuration
+//! which is not included in the default test setup.
+
+use anyhow::Context as _;
+use rstest::rstest;
+use testsuite::cli::{dgw_tokio_cmd, wait_for_tcp_port};
+use testsuite::dgw_config::{DgwConfig, DgwConfigHandle, VerbosityProfile};
+use tokio::io::{AsyncBufReadExt, AsyncWriteExt, BufReader};
+use tokio::process::Child;
+
+/// Starts a gateway instance and returns the process and a handle to collect stderr.
+///
+/// The gateway is configured with DEBUG logging enabled to capture disconnect logs.
+/// Stderr is collected in a background task and returned when the handle is awaited.
+async fn start_gateway_with_logs(
+    config_handle: &DgwConfigHandle,
+) -> anyhow::Result<(Child, tokio::task::JoinHandle<Vec<String>>)> {
+    let mut process = dgw_tokio_cmd()
+        .env("DGATEWAY_CONFIG_PATH", config_handle.config_dir())
+        .env("RUST_LOG", "devolutions_gateway=debug")
+        .kill_on_drop(true)
+        .stdout(std::process::Stdio::piped())
+        .stderr(std::process::Stdio::piped())
+        .spawn()
+        .context("failed to start Devolutions Gateway")?;
+
+    let stderr = process.stderr.take().context("failed to take stderr")?;
+    let stderr_handle = tokio::spawn(async move {
+        let mut stderr_reader = BufReader::new(stderr);
+        let mut lines = Vec::new();
+        let mut line_buf = String::new();
+        loop {
+            match stderr_reader.read_line(&mut line_buf).await {
+                Ok(0) => break,
+                Ok(_) => {
+                    lines.push(line_buf.clone());
+                    line_buf.clear();
+                }
+                Err(_) => break,
+            }
+        }
+        lines
+    });
+
+    // Wait for HTTP port to be ready.
+    wait_for_tcp_port(config_handle.http_port()).await?;
+
+    Ok((process, stderr_handle))
+}
+
+/// Test that benign HTTP disconnects log DEBUG, not ERROR.
+///
+/// Tests various scenarios where clients disconnect without error:
+/// - Connecting and immediately closing (e.g., health checks, port scanners)
+/// - Sending partial request then closing (e.g., aborted browser requests)
+#[rstest]
+#[case::connect_and_close(None)]
+#[case::abort_mid_request(Some("GET /jet/health HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: localhost\r\n".as_bytes()))]
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn benign_http_disconnect(#[case] payload: Option<&[u8]>) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    // 1) Start the gateway with DEBUG logging.
+    let config_handle = DgwConfig::builder()
+        .disable_token_validation(true)
+        .verbosity_profile(VerbosityProfile::DEBUG)
+        .build()
+        .init()
+        .context("init config")?;
+
+    let (mut process, stderr_handle) = start_gateway_with_logs(&config_handle).await?;
+
+    // 2) Connect to HTTP port.
+    let mut stream = tokio::net::TcpStream::connect(("127.0.0.1", config_handle.http_port()))
+        .await
+        .context("failed to connect to HTTP port")?;
+
+    // 3) Send payload if provided.
+    if let Some(data) = payload {
+        stream.write_all(data).await.context("failed to send payload")?;
+    }
+
+    // 4) Close the connection.
+    drop(stream);
+
+    // Wait a bit for the log to be written.
+    tokio::time::sleep(tokio::time::Duration::from_millis(500)).await;
+
+    // 5) Stop the gateway and collect logs.
+    let _ = process.start_kill();
+    let stderr_lines = tokio::time::timeout(tokio::time::Duration::from_secs(5), stderr_handle)
+        .await
+        .context("timeout waiting for stderr")?
+        .context("wait for stderr collection")?;
+    let _ = process.wait().await;
+
+    // 6) Verify no ERROR logs about "HTTP server" or "handle_http_peer failed".
+    let has_error = stderr_lines.iter().any(|line| {
+        line.contains("ERROR") && (line.contains("HTTP server") || line.contains("handle_http_peer failed"))
+    });
+
+    assert!(
+        !has_error,
+        "Expected no ERROR logs for benign HTTP disconnect, but found one"
+    );
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/testsuite/tests/cli/dgw/mod.rs b/testsuite/tests/cli/dgw/mod.rs
index 7680745c8..5afb954f6 100644
--- a/testsuite/tests/cli/dgw/mod.rs
+++ b/testsuite/tests/cli/dgw/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 mod ai_gateway;
+mod benign_disconnect;
 mod preflight;
 mod tls_anchoring;
 mod traffic_audit;