diff --git a/weed/mq/kafka/protocol/handler.go b/weed/mq/kafka/protocol/handler.go
index 64397bdc1..465a6647e 100644
--- a/weed/mq/kafka/protocol/handler.go
+++ b/weed/mq/kafka/protocol/handler.go
@@ -279,51 +279,54 @@ func (h *Handler) HandleConn(ctx context.Context, conn net.Conn) error {
 			}
 		}
 
-		// Read message size (4 bytes)
+		// Read message size (4 bytes) with context cancellation
 		fmt.Printf("DEBUG: [%s] About to read message size header\n", connectionID)
 		var sizeBytes [4]byte
-		if _, err := io.ReadFull(r, sizeBytes[:]); err != nil {
-			if err == io.EOF {
-				fmt.Printf("DEBUG: [%s] Client closed connection (clean EOF)\n", connectionID)
-				return nil // clean disconnect
-			}
 
-			// Check if it's a timeout error
-			if netErr, ok := err.(net.Error); ok && netErr.Timeout() {
-				fmt.Printf("DEBUG: [%s] Read timeout (likely due to context cancellation or client disconnect)\n", connectionID)
-				// Check if context was cancelled
-				select {
-				case <-ctx.Done():
-					fmt.Printf("DEBUG: [%s] Context was cancelled, returning context error\n", connectionID)
-					return ctx.Err()
-				default:
-					fmt.Printf("DEBUG: [%s] Timeout without context cancellation, treating as client disconnect\n", connectionID)
-					return nil // treat as clean disconnect
+		// Use a channel to make the read operation cancellable
+		type readResult struct {
+			n   int
+			err error
+		}
+		readChan := make(chan readResult, 1)
+
+		go func() {
+			n, err := io.ReadFull(r, sizeBytes[:])
+			readChan <- readResult{n: n, err: err}
+		}()
+
+		// Wait for either the read to complete or context cancellation
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			fmt.Printf("DEBUG: [%s] Context cancelled during read, closing connection\n", connectionID)
+			return ctx.Err()
+		case result := <-readChan:
+			if result.err != nil {
+				if result.err == io.EOF {
+					fmt.Printf("DEBUG: [%s] Client closed connection (clean EOF)\n", connectionID)
+					return nil // clean disconnect
 				}
-			}
 
-			// Use centralized error classification
-			errorCode := ClassifyNetworkError(err)
-			switch errorCode {
-			case ErrorCodeRequestTimedOut:
-				// Check if error is due to context cancellation
-				select {
-				case <-ctx.Done():
-					fmt.Printf("DEBUG: [%s] Read timeout due to context cancellation\n", connectionID)
-					return ctx.Err()
-				default:
-					fmt.Printf("DEBUG: [%s] Read timeout: %v\n", connectionID, err)
-					return fmt.Errorf("read timeout: %w", err)
+				// Check if it's a timeout error
+				if netErr, ok := result.err.(net.Error); ok && netErr.Timeout() {
+					fmt.Printf("DEBUG: [%s] Read timeout (likely due to context cancellation or client disconnect)\n", connectionID)
+					// Check if context was cancelled
+					select {
+					case <-ctx.Done():
+						fmt.Printf("DEBUG: [%s] Context was cancelled, returning context error\n", connectionID)
+						return ctx.Err()
+					default:
+						fmt.Printf("DEBUG: [%s] Timeout without context cancellation, treating as client disconnect\n", connectionID)
+						return nil // treat as clean disconnect
+					}
 				}
-			case ErrorCodeNetworkException:
-				fmt.Printf("DEBUG: [%s] Network error reading message size: %v\n", connectionID, err)
-				return fmt.Errorf("network error: %w", err)
-			default:
-				fmt.Printf("DEBUG: [%s] Error reading message size: %v (code: %d)\n", connectionID, err, errorCode)
-				return fmt.Errorf("read size: %w", err)
+
+				fmt.Printf("DEBUG: [%s] Read error: %v\n", connectionID, result.err)
+				return fmt.Errorf("read message size: %w", result.err)
 			}
 		}
 
+		// Successfully read the message size
 		size := binary.BigEndian.Uint32(sizeBytes[:])
 		fmt.Printf("DEBUG: [%s] Read message size header: %d bytes\n", connectionID, size)
 		if size == 0 || size > 1024*1024 { // 1MB limit