diff -r 7d0f747afcb8 -r a4d505a32879 rust/hedgewars-server/src/protocol.rs
--- a/rust/hedgewars-server/src/protocol.rs	Tue Feb 01 02:23:35 2022 +0300
+++ b/rust/hedgewars-server/src/protocol.rs	Tue Feb 01 20:58:35 2022 +0300
@@ -1,22 +1,62 @@
 use bytes::{Buf, BufMut, BytesMut};
 use log::*;
-use std::{io, io::ErrorKind, marker::Unpin};
-use tokio::io::AsyncReadExt;
+use std::{
+    error::Error,
+    fmt::{Debug, Display, Formatter},
+    io,
+    io::ErrorKind,
+    marker::Unpin,
+    time::Duration,
+};
+use tokio::{io::AsyncReadExt, time::timeout};
 
+use crate::protocol::ProtocolError::Timeout;
 use hedgewars_network_protocol::{
     messages::HwProtocolMessage,
+    parser::HwProtocolError,
     parser::{malformed_message, message},
 };
 
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum ProtocolError {
+    Eof,
+    Timeout,
+    Network(Box<dyn Error + Send>),
+}
+
+impl Display for ProtocolError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            ProtocolError::Eof => write!(f, "Connection reset by peer"),
+            ProtocolError::Timeout => write!(f, "Read operation timed out"),
+            ProtocolError::Network(source) => write!(f, "{:?}", source),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Error for ProtocolError {
+    fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn Error + 'static)> {
+        if let Self::Network(source) = self {
+            Some(source.as_ref())
+        } else {
+            None
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, ProtocolError>;
+
 pub struct ProtocolDecoder {
     buffer: BytesMut,
+    read_timeout: Duration,
     is_recovering: bool,
 }
 
 impl ProtocolDecoder {
-    pub fn new() -> ProtocolDecoder {
+    pub fn new(read_timeout: Duration) -> ProtocolDecoder {
         ProtocolDecoder {
             buffer: BytesMut::with_capacity(1024),
+            read_timeout,
             is_recovering: false,
         }
     }
@@ -57,17 +97,21 @@
     pub async fn read_from<R: AsyncReadExt + Unpin>(
         &mut self,
         stream: &mut R,
-    ) -> Option<HwProtocolMessage> {
+    ) -> Result<HwProtocolMessage> {
+        use ProtocolError::*;
+
         loop {
             if !self.buffer.has_remaining() {
-                let count = stream.read_buf(&mut self.buffer).await.ok()?;
-                if count == 0 {
-                    return None;
-                }
+                match timeout(self.read_timeout, stream.read_buf(&mut self.buffer)).await {
+                    Err(_) => return Err(Timeout),
+                    Ok(Err(e)) => return Err(Network(Box::new(e))),
+                    Ok(Ok(0)) => return Err(Eof),
+                    Ok(Ok(_)) => (),
+                };
             }
             while !self.buffer.is_empty() {
                 if let Some(result) = self.extract_message() {
-                    return Some(result);
+                    return Ok(result);
                 }
             }
         }