diff --git a/libraries/Microsoft.Bot.Connector.Streaming/Session/StreamingSession.cs b/libraries/Microsoft.Bot.Connector.Streaming/Session/StreamingSession.cs
index 6d0027e414..c691b19183 100644
--- a/libraries/Microsoft.Bot.Connector.Streaming/Session/StreamingSession.cs
+++ b/libraries/Microsoft.Bot.Connector.Streaming/Session/StreamingSession.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Net;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Text.Json;
 using System.Threading;
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ public async Task<ReceiveResponse> SendRequestAsync(StreamingRequest request, Ca
                 }
             }
 
-            return await responseCompletionSource.Task.DefaultTimeOutAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);            
+            return await responseCompletionSource.Task.DefaultTimeOutAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
 
         public async Task SendResponseAsync(Header header, StreamingResponse response, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
@@ -194,6 +195,11 @@ public virtual void ReceiveResponse(Header header, ReceiveResponse response)
 
             Log.PayloadReceived(_logger, header);
 
+            if (response.StatusCode == (int)HttpStatusCode.Accepted)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
             lock (_receiveSync)
             {
                 if (!response.Streams.Any())
@@ -358,6 +364,8 @@ private void ProcessRequest(Guid id, ReceiveRequest request)
         {
             _ = Task.Run(async () =>
             {
+                // Send an HTTP 202 (Accepted) response right away, otherwise, while under high streaming load, the conversation times out due to not having a response in the request/response time frame.
+                await SendResponseAsync(new Header { Id = id, Type = PayloadTypes.Response }, new StreamingResponse { StatusCode = (int)HttpStatusCode.Accepted }, _connectionCancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
                 var streamingResponse = await _receiver.ProcessRequestAsync(request, null).ConfigureAwait(false);
                 await SendResponseAsync(new Header() { Id = id, Type = PayloadTypes.Response }, streamingResponse, _connectionCancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
diff --git a/libraries/Microsoft.Bot.Streaming/ProtocolAdapter.cs b/libraries/Microsoft.Bot.Streaming/ProtocolAdapter.cs
index 8ec11383b6..d18e01b511 100644
--- a/libraries/Microsoft.Bot.Streaming/ProtocolAdapter.cs
+++ b/libraries/Microsoft.Bot.Streaming/ProtocolAdapter.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // Licensed under the MIT License.
 
 using System;
+using System.Net;
 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
@@ -75,6 +76,11 @@ private async Task OnReceiveRequestAsync(Guid id, ReceiveRequest request)
 
         private async Task OnReceiveResponseAsync(Guid id, ReceiveResponse response)
         {
+            if (response.StatusCode == (int)HttpStatusCode.Accepted)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
             // we received the response to something, signal it
             await _requestManager.SignalResponseAsync(id, response).ConfigureAwait(false);
         }