diff --git a/reactor-netty-core/src/main/java/reactor/netty/channel/ChannelOperationsHandler.java b/reactor-netty-core/src/main/java/reactor/netty/channel/ChannelOperationsHandler.java
index ff5077bbb0..1842004f7a 100755
--- a/reactor-netty-core/src/main/java/reactor/netty/channel/ChannelOperationsHandler.java
+++ b/reactor-netty-core/src/main/java/reactor/netty/channel/ChannelOperationsHandler.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2011-2023 VMware, Inc. or its affiliates, All Rights Reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2011-2024 VMware, Inc. or its affiliates, All Rights Reserved.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -109,21 +109,29 @@ public final void channelRead(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Object msg) {
 			return;
 		}
 		try {
-			ChannelOperations<?, ?> ops = ChannelOperations.get(ctx.channel());
+			Connection connection = Connection.from(ctx.channel());
+			ChannelOperations<?, ?> ops = connection.as(ChannelOperations.class);
 			if (ops != null) {
 				ops.onInboundNext(ctx, msg);
 			}
 			else {
-				if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
-					if (msg instanceof DecoderResultProvider) {
-						DecoderResult decoderResult = ((DecoderResultProvider) msg).decoderResult();
-						if (decoderResult.isFailure()) {
+				if (msg instanceof DecoderResultProvider) {
+					DecoderResult decoderResult = ((DecoderResultProvider) msg).decoderResult();
+					if (decoderResult.isFailure()) {
+						if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
 							log.debug(format(ctx.channel(), "Decoding failed."), decoderResult.cause());
 						}
+
+						//"FutureReturnValueIgnored" this is deliberate
+						ctx.close();
+						listener.onUncaughtException(connection, decoderResult.cause());
 					}
+				}
 
+				if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
 					log.debug(format(ctx.channel(), "No ChannelOperation attached."));
 				}
+
 				ReferenceCountUtil.release(msg);
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/reactor-netty-http/src/main/java/reactor/netty/http/client/HttpClientOperations.java b/reactor-netty-http/src/main/java/reactor/netty/http/client/HttpClientOperations.java
index cedbbad2de..d114afb0e1 100644
--- a/reactor-netty-http/src/main/java/reactor/netty/http/client/HttpClientOperations.java
+++ b/reactor-netty-http/src/main/java/reactor/netty/http/client/HttpClientOperations.java
@@ -683,11 +683,10 @@ protected void onOutboundError(Throwable err) {
 	protected void onInboundNext(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Object msg) {
 		if (msg instanceof HttpResponse) {
 			HttpResponse response = (HttpResponse) msg;
-			if (response.decoderResult()
-			            .isFailure()) {
-				onInboundError(response.decoderResult()
-				                       .cause());
+			if (response.decoderResult().isFailure()) {
+				onInboundError(response.decoderResult().cause());
 				ReferenceCountUtil.release(msg);
+				terminate();
 				return;
 			}
 			if (HttpResponseStatus.CONTINUE.equals(response.status())) {
@@ -751,6 +750,13 @@ protected void onInboundNext(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Object msg) {
 
 		if (msg instanceof LastHttpContent) {
 			LastHttpContent lastHttpContent = (LastHttpContent) msg;
+			if (lastHttpContent.decoderResult().isFailure()) {
+				onInboundError(lastHttpContent.decoderResult().cause());
+				lastHttpContent.release();
+				terminate();
+				return;
+			}
+
 			if (is100Continue) {
 				lastHttpContent.release();
 				channel().read();
diff --git a/reactor-netty-http/src/test/java/reactor/netty/http/client/HttpClientTest.java b/reactor-netty-http/src/test/java/reactor/netty/http/client/HttpClientTest.java
index 5b8eafc93e..973d2f33d8 100644
--- a/reactor-netty-http/src/test/java/reactor/netty/http/client/HttpClientTest.java
+++ b/reactor-netty-http/src/test/java/reactor/netty/http/client/HttpClientTest.java
@@ -3346,4 +3346,64 @@ private void doTestIssue1943(HttpProtocol protocol) {
 			          .block(Duration.ofSeconds(5));
 		}
 	}
+
+	@Test
+	void testIssue3285NoOperations() throws Exception {
+		testIssue3285("HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Length:4\r\n\r\ntest\r\n\r\nsomething\r\n\r\n", null);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void testIssue3285LastContent() throws Exception {
+		testIssue3285("HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nTransfer-Encoding: chunked\r\n\r\ntest\r\n\r\n", NumberFormatException.class);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void testIssue3285HttpResponse() throws Exception {
+		testIssue3285("HTTP/1 200 OK\r\n\r\n", IllegalArgumentException.class);
+	}
+
+	void testIssue3285(String serverResponse, @Nullable Class<? extends Throwable> expectedException) throws Exception {
+		disposableServer =
+				TcpServer.create()
+				         .host("localhost")
+				         .port(0)
+				         .wiretap(true)
+				         .handle((in, out) -> in.receive().flatMap(b -> out.sendString(Mono.just(serverResponse))))
+				         .bindNow();
+
+		CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(2);
+		ConnectionProvider provider = ConnectionProvider.create("testIssue3285", 1);
+		HttpClient client = createHttpClientForContextWithAddress(provider)
+				.doOnRequest((req, conn) -> conn.channel().closeFuture().addListener(f -> latch.countDown()));
+
+		try (LogTracker logTracker = new LogTracker("reactor.netty.channel.ChannelOperationsHandler", 2, "Decoding failed.")) {
+			testIssue3285SendRequest(client, expectedException);
+
+			testIssue3285SendRequest(client, expectedException);
+
+			assertThat(latch.await(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS)).isTrue();
+
+			if (expectedException == null) {
+				assertThat(logTracker.latch.await(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS)).isTrue();
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	static void testIssue3285SendRequest(HttpClient client, @Nullable Class<? extends Throwable> exception) {
+		Mono<String> response =
+				client.get()
+				      .uri("/")
+				      .responseSingle((res, bytes) -> bytes.asString());
+		if (exception != null) {
+			response.as(StepVerifier::create)
+			        .expectError(exception)
+			        .verify(Duration.ofSeconds(5));
+		}
+		else {
+			response.as(StepVerifier::create)
+			        .expectNext("test")
+			        .expectComplete()
+			        .verify(Duration.ofSeconds(5));
+		}
+	}
 }