diff --git a/actix-files/src/service.rs b/actix-files/src/service.rs
index dc51ada18..31e1434bd 100644
--- a/actix-files/src/service.rs
+++ b/actix-files/src/service.rs
@@ -96,8 +96,7 @@ impl Service<ServiceRequest> for FilesService {
                     return Box::pin(ok(req.into_response(
                         HttpResponse::Found()
                             .insert_header((header::LOCATION, redirect_to))
-                            .body("")
-                            .into_body(),
+                            .finish(),
                     )));
                 }
 
diff --git a/actix-http/src/h1/dispatcher.rs b/actix-http/src/h1/dispatcher.rs
index 7ab89ba87..4f66a4a3b 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/h1/dispatcher.rs
+++ b/actix-http/src/h1/dispatcher.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use futures_core::ready;
 use log::{error, trace};
 use pin_project::pin_project;
 
-use crate::body::{Body, BodySize, MessageBody, ResponseBody};
+use crate::body::{Body, BodySize, MessageBody};
 use crate::config::ServiceConfig;
 use crate::error::{DispatchError, Error};
 use crate::error::{ParseError, PayloadError};
@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@ where
     None,
     ExpectCall(#[pin] X::Future),
     ServiceCall(#[pin] S::Future),
-    SendPayload(#[pin] ResponseBody<B>),
+    SendPayload(#[pin] B),
+    SendErrorPayload(#[pin] Body),
 }
 
 impl<S, B, X> State<S, B, X>
@@ -298,7 +299,7 @@ where
     fn send_response(
         self: Pin<&mut Self>,
         message: Response<()>,
-        body: ResponseBody<B>,
+        body: B,
     ) -> Result<(), DispatchError> {
         let size = body.size();
         let mut this = self.project();
@@ -319,6 +320,32 @@ where
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    fn send_response_any_body(
+        self: Pin<&mut Self>,
+        message: Response<()>,
+        body: Body,
+    ) -> Result<(), DispatchError> {
+        // TODO: de-dupe impl with send_response
+
+        let size = body.size();
+        let mut this = self.project();
+        this.codec
+            .encode(Message::Item((message, size)), &mut this.write_buf)
+            .map_err(|err| {
+                if let Some(mut payload) = this.payload.take() {
+                    payload.set_error(PayloadError::Incomplete(None));
+                }
+                DispatchError::Io(err)
+            })?;
+
+        this.flags.set(Flags::KEEPALIVE, this.codec.keepalive());
+        match size {
+            BodySize::None | BodySize::Empty => this.state.set(State::None),
+            _ => this.state.set(State::SendErrorPayload(body)),
+        };
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     fn send_continue(self: Pin<&mut Self>) {
         self.project()
             .write_buf
@@ -353,8 +380,7 @@ where
                         // send_response would update InnerDispatcher state to SendPayload or
                         // None(If response body is empty).
                         // continue loop to poll it.
-                        self.as_mut()
-                            .send_response(res, ResponseBody::Other(Body::Empty))?;
+                        self.as_mut().send_response_any_body(res, Body::Empty)?;
                     }
 
                     // return with upgrade request and poll it exclusively.
@@ -376,7 +402,7 @@ where
                     Poll::Ready(Err(err)) => {
                         let res = Response::from_error(err.into());
                         let (res, body) = res.replace_body(());
-                        self.as_mut().send_response(res, body.into_body())?;
+                        self.as_mut().send_response_any_body(res, body)?;
                     }
 
                     // service call pending and could be waiting for more chunk messages.
@@ -392,6 +418,41 @@ where
                 },
 
                 StateProj::SendPayload(mut stream) => {
+                    // keep populate writer buffer until buffer size limit hit,
+                    // get blocked or finished.
+                    while this.write_buf.len() < super::payload::MAX_BUFFER_SIZE {
+                        match stream.as_mut().poll_next(cx) {
+                            Poll::Ready(Some(Ok(item))) => {
+                                this.codec.encode(
+                                    Message::Chunk(Some(item)),
+                                    &mut this.write_buf,
+                                )?;
+                            }
+
+                            Poll::Ready(None) => {
+                                this.codec
+                                    .encode(Message::Chunk(None), &mut this.write_buf)?;
+                                // payload stream finished.
+                                // set state to None and handle next message
+                                this.state.set(State::None);
+                                continue 'res;
+                            }
+
+                            Poll::Ready(Some(Err(err))) => {
+                                return Err(DispatchError::Service(err.into()))
+                            }
+
+                            Poll::Pending => return Ok(PollResponse::DoNothing),
+                        }
+                    }
+                    // buffer is beyond max size.
+                    // return and try to write the whole buffer to io stream.
+                    return Ok(PollResponse::DrainWriteBuf);
+                }
+
+                StateProj::SendErrorPayload(mut stream) => {
+                    // TODO: de-dupe impl with SendPayload
+
                     // keep populate writer buffer until buffer size limit hit,
                     // get blocked or finished.
                     while this.write_buf.len() < super::payload::MAX_BUFFER_SIZE {
@@ -433,12 +494,14 @@ where
                         let fut = this.flow.service.call(req);
                         this.state.set(State::ServiceCall(fut));
                     }
+
                     // send expect error as response
                     Poll::Ready(Err(err)) => {
                         let res = Response::from_error(err.into());
                         let (res, body) = res.replace_body(());
-                        self.as_mut().send_response(res, body.into_body())?;
+                        self.as_mut().send_response_any_body(res, body)?;
                     }
+
                     // expect must be solved before progress can be made.
                     Poll::Pending => return Ok(PollResponse::DoNothing),
                 },
@@ -486,7 +549,7 @@ where
                         Poll::Ready(Err(err)) => {
                             let res = Response::from_error(err.into());
                             let (res, body) = res.replace_body(());
-                            return self.send_response(res, body.into_body());
+                            return self.send_response_any_body(res, body);
                         }
                     }
                 }
@@ -506,7 +569,7 @@ where
                         Poll::Ready(Err(err)) => {
                             let res = Response::from_error(err.into());
                             let (res, body) = res.replace_body(());
-                            self.send_response(res, body.into_body())
+                            self.send_response_any_body(res, body)
                         }
                     };
                 }
@@ -706,10 +769,10 @@ where
                             } else {
                                 // timeout on first request (slow request) return 408
                                 trace!("Slow request timeout");
-                                let _ = self.as_mut().send_response(
+                                let _ = self.as_mut().send_response_any_body(
                                     Response::new(StatusCode::REQUEST_TIMEOUT)
                                         .drop_body(),
-                                    ResponseBody::Other(Body::Empty),
+                                    Body::Empty,
                                 );
                                 this = self.project();
                                 this.flags.insert(Flags::STARTED | Flags::SHUTDOWN);
diff --git a/actix-http/src/h1/utils.rs b/actix-http/src/h1/utils.rs
index 73f01e913..90e44daa4 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/h1/utils.rs
+++ b/actix-http/src/h1/utils.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use std::task::{Context, Poll};
 
 use actix_codec::{AsyncRead, AsyncWrite, Framed};
 
-use crate::body::{BodySize, MessageBody, ResponseBody};
+use crate::body::{BodySize, MessageBody};
 use crate::error::Error;
 use crate::h1::{Codec, Message};
 use crate::response::Response;
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use crate::response::Response;
 pub struct SendResponse<T, B> {
     res: Option<Message<(Response<()>, BodySize)>>,
     #[pin]
-    body: Option<ResponseBody<B>>,
+    body: Option<B>,
     #[pin]
     framed: Option<Framed<T, Codec>>,
 }
@@ -62,7 +62,18 @@ where
                         .unwrap()
                         .is_write_buf_full()
                 {
-                    match this.body.as_mut().as_pin_mut().unwrap().poll_next(cx)? {
+                    let next =
+                        // TODO: MSRV 1.51: poll_map_err
+                        match this.body.as_mut().as_pin_mut().unwrap().poll_next(cx) {
+                            Poll::Ready(Some(Ok(item))) => Poll::Ready(Some(item)),
+                            Poll::Ready(Some(Err(err))) => {
+                                return Poll::Ready(Err(err.into()))
+                            }
+                            Poll::Ready(None) => Poll::Ready(None),
+                            Poll::Pending => Poll::Pending,
+                        };
+
+                    match next {
                         Poll::Ready(item) => {
                             // body is done when item is None
                             body_done = item.is_none();
diff --git a/actix-http/src/h2/dispatcher.rs b/actix-http/src/h2/dispatcher.rs
index 07636470b..4a17f4f1a 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/h2/dispatcher.rs
+++ b/actix-http/src/h2/dispatcher.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use h2::{
 use http::header::{HeaderValue, CONNECTION, CONTENT_LENGTH, DATE, TRANSFER_ENCODING};
 use log::{error, trace};
 
-use crate::body::{BodySize, MessageBody, ResponseBody};
+use crate::body::{Body, BodySize, MessageBody};
 use crate::config::ServiceConfig;
 use crate::error::{DispatchError, Error};
 use crate::message::ResponseHead;
@@ -135,7 +135,8 @@ struct ServiceResponse<F, I, E, B> {
 #[pin_project::pin_project(project = ServiceResponseStateProj)]
 enum ServiceResponseState<F, B> {
     ServiceCall(#[pin] F, Option<SendResponse<Bytes>>),
-    SendPayload(SendStream<Bytes>, #[pin] ResponseBody<B>),
+    SendPayload(SendStream<Bytes>, #[pin] B),
+    SendErrorPayload(SendStream<Bytes>, #[pin] Body),
 }
 
 impl<F, I, E, B> ServiceResponse<F, I, E, B>
@@ -280,9 +281,8 @@ where
                         if size.is_eof() {
                             Poll::Ready(())
                         } else {
-                            this.state.set(ServiceResponseState::SendPayload(
-                                stream,
-                                body.into_body(),
+                            this.state.set(ServiceResponseState::SendErrorPayload(
+                                stream, body,
                             ));
                             self.poll(cx)
                         }
@@ -331,8 +331,65 @@ where
                                 *this.buffer = Some(chunk);
                             }
 
+                            Some(Err(err)) => {
+                                error!(
+                                    "Response payload stream error: {:?}",
+                                    err.into()
+                                );
+
+                                return Poll::Ready(());
+                            }
+                        },
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            ServiceResponseStateProj::SendErrorPayload(ref mut stream, ref mut body) => {
+                // TODO: de-dupe impl with SendPayload
+                
+                loop {
+                    match this.buffer {
+                        Some(ref mut buffer) => match ready!(stream.poll_capacity(cx)) {
+                            None => return Poll::Ready(()),
+
+                            Some(Ok(cap)) => {
+                                let len = buffer.len();
+                                let bytes = buffer.split_to(cmp::min(cap, len));
+
+                                if let Err(e) = stream.send_data(bytes, false) {
+                                    warn!("{:?}", e);
+                                    return Poll::Ready(());
+                                } else if !buffer.is_empty() {
+                                    let cap = cmp::min(buffer.len(), CHUNK_SIZE);
+                                    stream.reserve_capacity(cap);
+                                } else {
+                                    this.buffer.take();
+                                }
+                            }
+
                             Some(Err(e)) => {
-                                error!("Response payload stream error: {:?}", e);
+                                warn!("{:?}", e);
+                                return Poll::Ready(());
+                            }
+                        },
+
+                        None => match ready!(body.as_mut().poll_next(cx)) {
+                            None => {
+                                if let Err(e) = stream.send_data(Bytes::new(), true) {
+                                    warn!("{:?}", e);
+                                }
+                                return Poll::Ready(());
+                            }
+
+                            Some(Ok(chunk)) => {
+                                stream
+                                    .reserve_capacity(cmp::min(chunk.len(), CHUNK_SIZE));
+                                *this.buffer = Some(chunk);
+                            }
+
+                            Some(Err(err)) => {
+                                error!("Response payload stream error: {:?}", err);
+
                                 return Poll::Ready(());
                             }
                         },
diff --git a/actix-http/src/message.rs b/actix-http/src/message.rs
index 8cb99d43a..3659213ce 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/message.rs
+++ b/actix-http/src/message.rs
@@ -389,12 +389,6 @@ impl BoxedResponseHead {
     pub fn new(status: StatusCode) -> Self {
         RESPONSE_POOL.with(|p| p.get_message(status))
     }
-
-    pub(crate) fn take(&mut self) -> Self {
-        BoxedResponseHead {
-            head: self.head.take(),
-        }
-    }
 }
 
 impl std::ops::Deref for BoxedResponseHead {
diff --git a/actix-http/src/response.rs b/actix-http/src/response.rs
index da5c7e000..ac49c9d13 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/response.rs
+++ b/actix-http/src/response.rs
@@ -2,17 +2,13 @@
 
 use std::{
     cell::{Ref, RefMut},
-    fmt,
-    future::Future,
-    pin::Pin,
-    str,
-    task::{Context, Poll},
+    fmt, str,
 };
 
 use bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut};
 
 use crate::{
-    body::{Body, MessageBody, ResponseBody},
+    body::{Body, MessageBody},
     error::Error,
     extensions::Extensions,
     http::{HeaderMap, StatusCode},
@@ -23,7 +19,7 @@ use crate::{
 /// An HTTP response.
 pub struct Response<B> {
     pub(crate) head: BoxedResponseHead,
-    pub(crate) body: ResponseBody<B>,
+    pub(crate) body: B,
     pub(crate) error: Option<Error>,
 }
 
@@ -33,7 +29,7 @@ impl Response<Body> {
     pub fn new(status: StatusCode) -> Response<Body> {
         Response {
             head: BoxedResponseHead::new(status),
-            body: ResponseBody::Body(Body::Empty),
+            body: Body::Empty,
             error: None,
         }
     }
@@ -84,18 +80,18 @@ impl Response<Body> {
         resp
     }
 
-    /// Convert response to response with body
-    pub fn into_body<B>(self) -> Response<B> {
-        let b = match self.body {
-            ResponseBody::Body(b) => b,
-            ResponseBody::Other(b) => b,
-        };
-        Response {
-            head: self.head,
-            error: self.error,
-            body: ResponseBody::Other(b),
-        }
-    }
+    // /// Convert response to response with body
+    // pub fn into_body<B>(self) -> Response<B> {
+    //     let b = match self.body {
+    //         ResponseBody::Body(b) => b,
+    //         ResponseBody::Other(b) => b,
+    //     };
+    //     Response {
+    //         head: self.head,
+    //         error: self.error,
+    //         body: ResponseBody::Other(b),
+    //     }
+    // }
 }
 
 impl<B> Response<B> {
@@ -104,7 +100,7 @@ impl<B> Response<B> {
     pub fn with_body(status: StatusCode, body: B) -> Response<B> {
         Response {
             head: BoxedResponseHead::new(status),
-            body: ResponseBody::Body(body),
+            body,
             error: None,
         }
     }
@@ -176,7 +172,7 @@ impl<B> Response<B> {
 
     /// Get body of this response
     #[inline]
-    pub fn body(&self) -> &ResponseBody<B> {
+    pub fn body(&self) -> &B {
         &self.body
     }
 
@@ -184,17 +180,17 @@ impl<B> Response<B> {
     pub fn set_body<B2>(self, body: B2) -> Response<B2> {
         Response {
             head: self.head,
-            body: ResponseBody::Body(body),
+            body,
             error: None,
         }
     }
 
     /// Split response and body
-    pub fn into_parts(self) -> (Response<()>, ResponseBody<B>) {
+    pub fn into_parts(self) -> (Response<()>, B) {
         (
             Response {
                 head: self.head,
-                body: ResponseBody::Body(()),
+                body: (),
                 error: self.error,
             },
             self.body,
@@ -205,17 +201,17 @@ impl<B> Response<B> {
     pub fn drop_body(self) -> Response<()> {
         Response {
             head: self.head,
-            body: ResponseBody::Body(()),
+            body: (),
             error: None,
         }
     }
 
     /// Set a body and return previous body value
-    pub(crate) fn replace_body<B2>(self, body: B2) -> (Response<B2>, ResponseBody<B>) {
+    pub(crate) fn replace_body<B2>(self, body: B2) -> (Response<B2>, B) {
         (
             Response {
                 head: self.head,
-                body: ResponseBody::Body(body),
+                body,
                 error: self.error,
             },
             self.body,
@@ -225,7 +221,7 @@ impl<B> Response<B> {
     /// Set a body and return previous body value
     pub fn map_body<F, B2>(mut self, f: F) -> Response<B2>
     where
-        F: FnOnce(&mut ResponseHead, ResponseBody<B>) -> ResponseBody<B2>,
+        F: FnOnce(&mut ResponseHead, B) -> B2,
     {
         let body = f(&mut self.head, self.body);
 
@@ -236,9 +232,14 @@ impl<B> Response<B> {
         }
     }
 
+    // /// Extract response body
+    // pub fn take_body(&mut self) -> ResponseBody<B> {
+    //     self.body.take_body()
+    // }
+
     /// Extract response body
-    pub fn take_body(&mut self) -> ResponseBody<B> {
-        self.body.take_body()
+    pub fn into_body(self) -> B {
+        self.body
     }
 }
 
@@ -264,17 +265,18 @@ where
     }
 }
 
-impl<B: Unpin> Future for Response<B> {
-    type Output = Result<Response<B>, Error>;
+// TODO: document why this is needed
+// impl<B: Unpin> Future for Response<B> {
+//     type Output = Result<Response<B>, Infallible>;
 
-    fn poll(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, _: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Self::Output> {
-        Poll::Ready(Ok(Response {
-            head: self.head.take(),
-            body: self.body.take_body(),
-            error: self.error.take(),
-        }))
-    }
-}
+//     fn poll(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, _: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Self::Output> {
+//         Poll::Ready(Ok(Response {
+//             head: self.head.take(),
+//             body: self.body.take_body(),
+//             error: self.error.take(),
+//         }))
+//     }
+// }
 
 /// Helper converters
 impl<I: Into<Response<Body>>, E: Into<Error>> From<Result<I, E>> for Response<Body> {
diff --git a/actix-http/src/response_builder.rs b/actix-http/src/response_builder.rs
index 0105f70cf..5d94f2eb7 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/response_builder.rs
+++ b/actix-http/src/response_builder.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use bytes::Bytes;
 use futures_core::Stream;
 
 use crate::{
-    body::{Body, BodyStream, ResponseBody},
+    body::{Body, BodyStream},
     error::{Error, HttpError},
     header::{self, IntoHeaderPair, IntoHeaderValue},
     message::{BoxedResponseHead, ConnectionType, ResponseHead},
@@ -242,15 +242,16 @@ impl ResponseBuilder {
     ///
     /// This `ResponseBuilder` will be left in a useless state.
     pub fn message_body<B>(&mut self, body: B) -> Response<B> {
-        if let Some(e) = self.err.take() {
-            return Response::from(Error::from(e)).into_body();
-        }
+        // TODO: put error handling back somehow
+        // if let Some(e) = self.err.take() {
+        //     return Response::from(Error::from(e)).into_body();
+        // }
 
         let response = self.head.take().expect("cannot reuse response builder");
 
         Response {
             head: response,
-            body: ResponseBody::Body(body),
+            body,
             error: None,
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/middleware/compat.rs b/src/middleware/compat.rs
index 3a85591da..4f2f2a504 100644
--- a/src/middleware/compat.rs
+++ b/src/middleware/compat.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 //! For middleware documentation, see [`Compat`].
 
 use std::{
+    error::Error as StdError,
     future::Future,
     pin::Pin,
     task::{Context, Poll},
 };
 
-use actix_http::body::{Body, MessageBody, ResponseBody};
+use actix_http::body::{Body, MessageBody};
 use actix_service::{Service, Transform};
 use futures_core::{future::LocalBoxFuture, ready};
 
@@ -116,10 +117,10 @@ pub trait MapServiceResponseBody {
 impl<B> MapServiceResponseBody for ServiceResponse<B>
 where
     B: MessageBody + Unpin + 'static,
-    B::Error: Into<Error>,
+    B::Error: Into<Box<dyn StdError + 'static>>,
 {
     fn map_body(self) -> ServiceResponse {
-        self.map_body(|_, body| ResponseBody::Other(Body::from_message(body)))
+        self.map_body(|_, body| Body::from_message(body))
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/middleware/compress.rs b/src/middleware/compress.rs
index 6a56e6de0..f8514c7cc 100644
--- a/src/middleware/compress.rs
+++ b/src/middleware/compress.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use std::{
 };
 
 use actix_http::{
-    body::MessageBody,
+    body::{MessageBody, ResponseBody},
     encoding::Encoder,
     http::header::{ContentEncoding, ACCEPT_ENCODING},
     Error,
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ where
     B: MessageBody,
     S: Service<ServiceRequest, Response = ServiceResponse<B>, Error = Error>,
 {
-    type Response = ServiceResponse<Encoder<B>>;
+    type Response = ServiceResponse<ResponseBody<Encoder<B>>>;
     type Error = Error;
     type Transform = CompressMiddleware<S>;
     type InitError = ();
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ where
     B: MessageBody,
     S: Service<ServiceRequest, Response = ServiceResponse<B>, Error = Error>,
 {
-    type Response = ServiceResponse<Encoder<B>>;
+    type Response = ServiceResponse<ResponseBody<Encoder<B>>>;
     type Error = Error;
     type Future = CompressResponse<S, B>;
 
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ where
     B: MessageBody,
     S: Service<ServiceRequest, Response = ServiceResponse<B>, Error = Error>,
 {
-    type Output = Result<ServiceResponse<Encoder<B>>, Error>;
+    type Output = Result<ServiceResponse<ResponseBody<Encoder<B>>>, Error>;
 
     fn poll(self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Self::Output> {
         let this = self.project();
@@ -140,9 +140,9 @@ where
                     *this.encoding
                 };
 
-                Poll::Ready(Ok(
-                    resp.map_body(move |head, body| Encoder::response(enc, head, body))
-                ))
+                Poll::Ready(Ok(resp.map_body(move |head, body| {
+                    Encoder::response(enc, head, ResponseBody::Body(body))
+                })))
             }
             Err(e) => Poll::Ready(Err(e)),
         }
diff --git a/src/middleware/logger.rs b/src/middleware/logger.rs
index 8a60d6c70..bbb0e3dc4 100644
--- a/src/middleware/logger.rs
+++ b/src/middleware/logger.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ use regex::{Regex, RegexSet};
 use time::OffsetDateTime;
 
 use crate::{
-    dev::{BodySize, MessageBody, ResponseBody},
+    dev::{BodySize, MessageBody},
     http::{HeaderName, StatusCode},
     service::{ServiceRequest, ServiceResponse},
     Error, HttpResponse, Result,
@@ -289,13 +289,11 @@ where
         let time = *this.time;
         let format = this.format.take();
 
-        Poll::Ready(Ok(res.map_body(move |_, body| {
-            ResponseBody::Body(StreamLog {
-                body,
-                time,
-                format,
-                size: 0,
-            })
+        Poll::Ready(Ok(res.map_body(move |_, body| StreamLog {
+            body,
+            time,
+            format,
+            size: 0,
         })))
     }
 }
@@ -305,7 +303,7 @@ use pin_project::{pin_project, pinned_drop};
 #[pin_project(PinnedDrop)]
 pub struct StreamLog<B> {
     #[pin]
-    body: ResponseBody<B>,
+    body: B,
     format: Option<Format>,
     size: usize,
     time: OffsetDateTime,
@@ -342,12 +340,15 @@ where
         cx: &mut Context<'_>,
     ) -> Poll<Option<Result<Bytes, Self::Error>>> {
         let this = self.project();
-        match this.body.poll_next(cx) {
-            Poll::Ready(Some(Ok(chunk))) => {
+
+        // TODO: MSRV 1.51: poll_map_err
+        match ready!(this.body.poll_next(cx)) {
+            Some(Ok(chunk)) => {
                 *this.size += chunk.len();
                 Poll::Ready(Some(Ok(chunk)))
             }
-            val => val,
+            Some(Err(err)) => Poll::Ready(Some(Err(err.into()))),
+            None => Poll::Ready(None),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/response/builder.rs b/src/response/builder.rs
index 8b3c0f10d..7afffb2cf 100644
--- a/src/response/builder.rs
+++ b/src/response/builder.rs
@@ -318,9 +318,9 @@ impl HttpResponseBuilder {
     ///
     /// `HttpResponseBuilder` can not be used after this call.
     pub fn message_body<B>(&mut self, body: B) -> HttpResponse<B> {
-        if let Some(err) = self.err.take() {
-            return HttpResponse::from_error(Error::from(err)).into_body();
-        }
+        // if let Some(err) = self.err.take() {
+        //     return HttpResponse::from_error(Error::from(err)).into_body();
+        // }
 
         let res = self
             .res
@@ -336,7 +336,8 @@ impl HttpResponseBuilder {
             for cookie in jar.delta() {
                 match HeaderValue::from_str(&cookie.to_string()) {
                     Ok(val) => res.headers_mut().append(header::SET_COOKIE, val),
-                    Err(err) => return HttpResponse::from_error(Error::from(err)).into_body(),
+                    Err(err) => res.error = Some(err.into()),
+                    // Err(err) => return HttpResponse::from_error(Error::from(err)).into_body(),
                 };
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/response/response.rs b/src/response/response.rs
index 6e09a0136..5d129ba67 100644
--- a/src/response/response.rs
+++ b/src/response/response.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use std::{
 };
 
 use actix_http::{
-    body::{Body, MessageBody, ResponseBody},
+    body::{Body, MessageBody},
     http::{header::HeaderMap, StatusCode},
     Extensions, Response, ResponseHead,
 };
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ use crate::{error::Error, HttpResponseBuilder};
 /// An HTTP Response
 pub struct HttpResponse<B = Body> {
     res: Response<B>,
-    error: Option<Error>,
+    pub(crate) error: Option<Error>,
 }
 
 impl HttpResponse<Body> {
@@ -57,13 +57,13 @@ impl HttpResponse<Body> {
         }
     }
 
-    /// Convert response to response with body
-    pub fn into_body<B>(self) -> HttpResponse<B> {
-        HttpResponse {
-            res: self.res.into_body(),
-            error: self.error,
-        }
-    }
+    // /// Convert response to response with body
+    // pub fn into_body<B>(self) -> HttpResponse<B> {
+    //     HttpResponse {
+    //         res: self.res.into_body(),
+    //         error: self.error,
+    //     }
+    // }
 }
 
 impl<B> HttpResponse<B> {
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ impl<B> HttpResponse<B> {
 
     /// Get body of this response
     #[inline]
-    pub fn body(&self) -> &ResponseBody<B> {
+    pub fn body(&self) -> &B {
         self.res.body()
     }
 
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ impl<B> HttpResponse<B> {
     }
 
     /// Split response and body
-    pub fn into_parts(self) -> (HttpResponse<()>, ResponseBody<B>) {
+    pub fn into_parts(self) -> (HttpResponse<()>, B) {
         let (head, body) = self.res.into_parts();
 
         (
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ impl<B> HttpResponse<B> {
     /// Set a body and return previous body value
     pub fn map_body<F, B2>(self, f: F) -> HttpResponse<B2>
     where
-        F: FnOnce(&mut ResponseHead, ResponseBody<B>) -> ResponseBody<B2>,
+        F: FnOnce(&mut ResponseHead, B) -> B2,
     {
         HttpResponse {
             res: self.res.map_body(f),
@@ -237,9 +237,14 @@ impl<B> HttpResponse<B> {
         }
     }
 
+    // /// Extract response body
+    // pub fn take_body(&mut self) -> ResponseBody<B> {
+    //     self.res.take_body()
+    // }
+    
     /// Extract response body
-    pub fn take_body(&mut self) -> ResponseBody<B> {
-        self.res.take_body()
+    pub fn into_body(self) -> B {
+        self.res.into_body()
     }
 }
 
@@ -286,9 +291,9 @@ impl Future for HttpResponse {
     type Output = Result<Response<Body>, Error>;
 
     fn poll(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, _: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Self::Output> {
-        if let Some(err) = self.error.take() {
-            return Poll::Ready(Ok(Response::from_error(err).into_body()));
-        }
+        // if let Some(err) = self.error.take() {
+        //     return Poll::Ready(Ok(Response::from_error(err).into_body()));
+        // }
 
         Poll::Ready(Ok(mem::replace(
             &mut self.res,
diff --git a/src/service.rs b/src/service.rs
index 0c03f84ad..23b772574 100644
--- a/src/service.rs
+++ b/src/service.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use std::cell::{Ref, RefMut};
 use std::rc::Rc;
 use std::{fmt, net};
 
-use actix_http::body::{Body, MessageBody, ResponseBody};
+use actix_http::body::{Body, MessageBody};
 use actix_http::http::{HeaderMap, Method, StatusCode, Uri, Version};
 use actix_http::{
     Error, Extensions, HttpMessage, Payload, PayloadStream, RequestHead, Response, ResponseHead,
@@ -110,9 +110,9 @@ impl ServiceRequest {
 
     /// Create service response for error
     #[inline]
-    pub fn error_response<B, E: Into<Error>>(self, err: E) -> ServiceResponse<B> {
+    pub fn error_response<E: Into<Error>>(self, err: E) -> ServiceResponse {
         let res = HttpResponse::from_error(err.into());
-        ServiceResponse::new(self.req, res.into_body())
+        ServiceResponse::new(self.req, res)
     }
 
     /// This method returns reference to the request head
@@ -335,22 +335,24 @@ pub struct ServiceResponse<B = Body> {
     response: HttpResponse<B>,
 }
 
+impl ServiceResponse<Body> {
+    /// Create service response from the error
+    pub fn from_err<E: Into<Error>>(err: E, request: HttpRequest) -> Self {
+        let response = HttpResponse::from_error(err.into());
+        ServiceResponse { request, response }
+    }
+}
+
 impl<B> ServiceResponse<B> {
     /// Create service response instance
     pub fn new(request: HttpRequest, response: HttpResponse<B>) -> Self {
         ServiceResponse { request, response }
     }
 
-    /// Create service response from the error
-    pub fn from_err<E: Into<Error>>(err: E, request: HttpRequest) -> Self {
-        let response = HttpResponse::from_error(err.into()).into_body();
-        ServiceResponse { request, response }
-    }
-
     /// Create service response for error
     #[inline]
-    pub fn error_response<E: Into<Error>>(self, err: E) -> Self {
-        Self::from_err(err, self.request)
+    pub fn error_response<E: Into<Error>>(self, err: E) -> ServiceResponse {
+        ServiceResponse::from_err(err, self.request)
     }
 
     /// Create service response
@@ -396,23 +398,29 @@ impl<B> ServiceResponse<B> {
     }
 
     /// Execute closure and in case of error convert it to response.
-    pub fn checked_expr<F, E>(mut self, f: F) -> Self
+    pub fn checked_expr<F, E>(mut self, f: F) -> Result<Self, Error>
     where
         F: FnOnce(&mut Self) -> Result<(), E>,
         E: Into<Error>,
     {
         match f(&mut self) {
-            Ok(_) => self,
+            Ok(_) => Ok(self),
             Err(err) => {
-                let res = HttpResponse::from_error(err.into());
-                ServiceResponse::new(self.request, res.into_body())
+                Err(err.into())
+                // let res = HttpResponse::from_error(err.into());
+                // ServiceResponse::new(self.request, res.into_body())
             }
         }
     }
 
+    // /// Extract response body
+    // pub fn take_body(&mut self) -> ResponseBody<B> {
+    //     self.response.take_body()
+    // }
+
     /// Extract response body
-    pub fn take_body(&mut self) -> ResponseBody<B> {
-        self.response.take_body()
+    pub fn into_body(self) -> B {
+        self.response.into_body()
     }
 }
 
@@ -420,7 +428,7 @@ impl<B> ServiceResponse<B> {
     /// Set a new body
     pub fn map_body<F, B2>(self, f: F) -> ServiceResponse<B2>
     where
-        F: FnOnce(&mut ResponseHead, ResponseBody<B>) -> ResponseBody<B2>,
+        F: FnOnce(&mut ResponseHead, B) -> B2,
     {
         let response = self.response.map_body(f);
 
diff --git a/src/test.rs b/src/test.rs
index 9fe5e9b5d..df72fa279 100644
--- a/src/test.rs
+++ b/src/test.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use actix_http::{
 };
 use actix_router::{Path, ResourceDef, Url};
 use actix_service::{IntoService, IntoServiceFactory, Service, ServiceFactory};
-use actix_utils::future::ok;
+use actix_utils::future::{ok, poll_fn};
 use futures_core::Stream;
 use futures_util::StreamExt as _;
 use serde::{de::DeserializeOwned, Serialize};
@@ -153,16 +153,17 @@ where
     B: MessageBody + Unpin,
     B::Error: Into<Error>,
 {
-    let mut resp = app
+    let resp = app
         .call(req)
         .await
         .unwrap_or_else(|e| panic!("read_response failed at application call: {}", e));
 
-    let mut body = resp.take_body();
+    let body = resp.into_body();
     let mut bytes = BytesMut::new();
 
-    while let Some(item) = body.next().await {
-        bytes.extend_from_slice(&item.unwrap());
+    actix_rt::pin!(body);
+    while let Some(item) = poll_fn(|cx| body.as_mut().poll_next(cx)).await {
+        bytes.extend_from_slice(&item.map_err(Into::into).unwrap());
     }
 
     bytes.freeze()
@@ -194,16 +195,19 @@ where
 ///     assert_eq!(result, Bytes::from_static(b"welcome!"));
 /// }
 /// ```
-pub async fn read_body<B>(mut res: ServiceResponse<B>) -> Bytes
+pub async fn read_body<B>(res: ServiceResponse<B>) -> Bytes
 where
     B: MessageBody + Unpin,
     B::Error: Into<Error>,
 {
-    let mut body = res.take_body();
+    let body = res.into_body();
     let mut bytes = BytesMut::new();
-    while let Some(item) = body.next().await {
-        bytes.extend_from_slice(&item.unwrap());
+
+    actix_rt::pin!(body);
+    while let Some(item) = poll_fn(|cx| body.as_mut().poll_next(cx)).await {
+        bytes.extend_from_slice(&item.map_err(Into::into).unwrap());
     }
+
     bytes.freeze()
 }