diff --git a/packages/services/cdn-worker/src/artifact-handler.ts b/packages/services/cdn-worker/src/artifact-handler.ts
index 143127d29..1eeaa6aad 100644
--- a/packages/services/cdn-worker/src/artifact-handler.ts
+++ b/packages/services/cdn-worker/src/artifact-handler.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ export type GetArtifactActionFn = (
   artifactType: ArtifactsType,
   eTag: string | null,
 ) => Promise<
-  { type: 'notModified' } | { type: 'notFound' } | { type: 'response'; response: Response }
+  | { type: 'notModified' }
+  | { type: 'notFound' }
+  | { type: 'response'; status: Response['status']; headers: Response['headers']; body: string }
 >;
 
 type ArtifactRequestHandler = {
@@ -161,7 +163,9 @@ export const createArtifactRequestHandler = (deps: ArtifactRequestHandler) => {
     }
 
     if (result.type === 'response') {
-      const etag = result.response.headers.get('etag');
+      const etag = result.headers.get('etag');
+      const text = result.body;
+
       if (params.artifactType === 'metadata') {
         // To not change a lot of logic and still reuse the etag bits, we
         // fetch metadata using the redirect location.
@@ -172,18 +176,16 @@ export const createArtifactRequestHandler = (deps: ArtifactRequestHandler) => {
         // and we're fetching the artifact from within the private network.
         // If they are the same, private and public locations will be the same.
 
-        const body = await result.response.clone().text();
-
         // Metadata in SINGLE projects is only Mesh's Metadata, and it always defines _schema
-        const isMeshArtifact = body.includes(`"#/definitions/_schema"`);
-        const hasTopLevelArray = body.startsWith('[') && body.endsWith(']');
+        const isMeshArtifact = text.includes(`"#/definitions/_schema"`);
+        const hasTopLevelArray = text.startsWith('[') && text.endsWith(']');
 
         // Mesh's Metadata shared by Mesh is always an object.
         // The top-level array was caused #3291 and fixed now, but we still need to handle the old data.
         if (isMeshArtifact && hasTopLevelArray) {
           return createResponse(
             analytics,
-            body.substring(1, body.length - 1),
+            text.substring(1, text.length - 1),
             {
               status: 200,
               headers: {
@@ -197,9 +199,6 @@ export const createArtifactRequestHandler = (deps: ArtifactRequestHandler) => {
         }
       }
 
-      breadcrumb('Reading response.text()');
-      const text = await result.response.text();
-      breadcrumb('Returning OK 200');
       return createResponse(
         analytics,
         text,
diff --git a/packages/services/cdn-worker/src/artifact-storage-reader.ts b/packages/services/cdn-worker/src/artifact-storage-reader.ts
index d8d4b7166..8875303c6 100644
--- a/packages/services/cdn-worker/src/artifact-storage-reader.ts
+++ b/packages/services/cdn-worker/src/artifact-storage-reader.ts
@@ -272,7 +272,12 @@ export class ArtifactStorageReader {
     if (response.status === 200) {
       return {
         type: 'response',
-        response,
+        status: response.status,
+        headers: response.headers,
+        body: await response.text().catch(error => {
+          this.breadcrumb('Error reading response body: ' + String(error));
+          return Promise.reject(error);
+        }),
       } as const;
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/services/cdn-worker/src/handler.ts b/packages/services/cdn-worker/src/handler.ts
index 885c52520..fec26d57d 100644
--- a/packages/services/cdn-worker/src/handler.ts
+++ b/packages/services/cdn-worker/src/handler.ts
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ export function createRequestHandler(deps: RequestHandlerDependencies) {
     const rawValueAction = await deps.getArtifactAction(targetId, null, storageKeyType, null);
 
     if (rawValueAction.type === 'response') {
-      const rawValue = await rawValueAction.response.text();
+      const rawValue = rawValueAction.body;
 
       const etag = await createETag(`${kvStorageKey}|${rawValue}`);
       const ifNoneMatch = request.headers.get('if-none-match');
diff --git a/packages/services/cdn-worker/tests/cdn.spec.ts b/packages/services/cdn-worker/tests/cdn.spec.ts
index b07fcc91e..980049321 100644
--- a/packages/services/cdn-worker/tests/cdn.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/services/cdn-worker/tests/cdn.spec.ts
@@ -93,7 +93,9 @@ describe('CDN Worker', () => {
         return map.has(`target:${targetId}:${artifactType}`)
           ? {
               type: 'response',
-              response: new Response(map.get(`target:${targetId}:${artifactType}`)),
+              status: 200,
+              body: map.get(`target:${targetId}:${artifactType}`),
+              headers: new Headers(),
             }
           : {
               type: 'notFound',
@@ -176,7 +178,9 @@ describe('CDN Worker', () => {
         return map.has(`target:${targetId}:${artifactType}`)
           ? {
               type: 'response',
-              response: new Response(map.get(`target:${targetId}:${artifactType}`)),
+              status: 200,
+              headers: new Headers(),
+              body: map.get(`target:${targetId}:${artifactType}`),
             }
           : {
               type: 'notFound',
@@ -275,7 +279,9 @@ describe('CDN Worker', () => {
         return map.has(`target:${targetId}:${artifactType}`)
           ? {
               type: 'response',
-              response: new Response(map.get(`target:${targetId}:${artifactType}`)),
+              status: 200,
+              headers: new Headers(),
+              body: map.get(`target:${targetId}:${artifactType}`),
             }
           : {
               type: 'notFound',
@@ -358,7 +364,9 @@ describe('CDN Worker', () => {
         return map.has(`target:${targetId}:${artifactType}`)
           ? {
               type: 'response',
-              response: new Response(map.get(`target:${targetId}:${artifactType}`)),
+              status: 200,
+              headers: new Headers(),
+              body: map.get(`target:${targetId}:${artifactType}`),
             }
           : {
               type: 'notFound',
@@ -447,7 +455,9 @@ describe('CDN Worker', () => {
         return map.has(`target:${targetId}:${artifactType}`)
           ? {
               type: 'response',
-              response: new Response(map.get(`target:${targetId}:${artifactType}`)),
+              status: 200,
+              headers: new Headers(),
+              body: map.get(`target:${targetId}:${artifactType}`),
             }
           : {
               type: 'notFound',
@@ -534,7 +544,9 @@ describe('CDN Worker', () => {
         return map.has(`target:${targetId}:${artifactType}`)
           ? {
               type: 'response',
-              response: new Response(map.get(`target:${targetId}:${artifactType}`)),
+              status: 200,
+              headers: new Headers(),
+              body: map.get(`target:${targetId}:${artifactType}`),
             }
           : {
               type: 'notFound',
@@ -706,7 +718,9 @@ describe('CDN Worker', () => {
           return map.has(`target:${targetId}:${artifactType}`)
             ? {
                 type: 'response',
-                response: new Response(map.get(`target:${targetId}:${artifactType}`)),
+                status: 200,
+                headers: new Headers(),
+                body: map.get(`target:${targetId}:${artifactType}`),
               }
             : {
                 type: 'notFound',
@@ -761,7 +775,9 @@ describe('CDN Worker', () => {
           return map.has(`target:${targetId}:${artifactType}`)
             ? {
                 type: 'response',
-                response: new Response(map.get(`target:${targetId}:${artifactType}`)),
+                status: 200,
+                headers: new Headers(),
+                body: map.get(`target:${targetId}:${artifactType}`),
               }
             : {
                 type: 'notFound',