diff --git a/dd-java-agent/agent-tooling/src/main/resources/datadog/trace/agent/tooling/bytebuddy/matcher/ignored_class_name.trie b/dd-java-agent/agent-tooling/src/main/resources/datadog/trace/agent/tooling/bytebuddy/matcher/ignored_class_name.trie
index e86702c934c..e719f4684f1 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/agent-tooling/src/main/resources/datadog/trace/agent/tooling/bytebuddy/matcher/ignored_class_name.trie
+++ b/dd-java-agent/agent-tooling/src/main/resources/datadog/trace/agent/tooling/bytebuddy/matcher/ignored_class_name.trie
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@
 0 akka.http.impl.engine.client.PoolMasterActor
 0 akka.http.impl.engine.client.pool.NewHostConnectionPool$*
 0 akka.http.impl.engine.http2.Http2Ext
+0 akka.http.impl.engine.server.HttpServerBluePrint$TimeoutAccessImpl
 0 akka.http.impl.engine.server.HttpServerBluePrint$TimeoutAccessImpl$*
 0 akka.http.impl.util.StreamUtils$*
 # saves ~0.1s skipping ~233 classes
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/akka/akka-http/akka-http-10.0/src/baseTest/groovy/AkkaHttpTimeoutCleanupTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/akka/akka-http/akka-http-10.0/src/baseTest/groovy/AkkaHttpTimeoutCleanupTest.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..99c1ce703cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/akka/akka-http/akka-http-10.0/src/baseTest/groovy/AkkaHttpTimeoutCleanupTest.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+import akka.actor.ActorSystem
+import akka.actor.Cancellable
+import akka.http.javadsl.model.HttpRequest
+import akka.stream.ActorMaterializer
+import datadog.trace.agent.test.InstrumentationSpecification
+import scala.concurrent.Await
+import scala.concurrent.Promise$
+import scala.concurrent.duration.Duration
+import scala.runtime.BoxedUnit
+import spock.util.concurrent.PollingConditions
+
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
+
+import static datadog.trace.agent.test.utils.TraceUtils.runUnderTrace
+import static datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.AgentTracer.isAsyncPropagationEnabled
+import static datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.AgentTracer.setAsyncPropagationEnabled
+
+class AkkaHttpTimeoutCleanupTest extends InstrumentationSpecification {
+
+  def 'timeout cleanup does not retain a request while its entity is unfinished: propagation=#enabled'() {
+    setup:
+    def system = ActorSystem.create('timeout-cleanup')
+    def materializer = ActorMaterializer.create(system)
+    def requestEnd = Promise$.MODULE$.apply()
+    def type = Class.forName('akka.http.impl.engine.server.HttpServerBluePrint$TimeoutAccessImpl')
+    def constructor = type.declaredConstructors[0]
+    constructor.accessible = true
+    def arguments = [
+      HttpRequest.create(),
+      Duration.create(1, TimeUnit.DAYS),
+      requestEnd.future(),
+      null,
+      materializer
+    ]
+    if (constructor.parameterCount == 6) {
+      arguments.add(system.log())
+    }
+    def access = constructor.newInstance(arguments as Object[])
+    def clear = type.getDeclaredMethod('clear')
+    clear.accessible = true
+
+    when:
+    runUnderTrace('request') {
+      setAsyncPropagationEnabled(enabled)
+      clear.invoke(access)
+      assert isAsyncPropagationEnabled() == enabled
+    }
+
+    then:
+    // The request trace must finish without waiting for the entity or its timeout cleanup.
+    TEST_WRITER.waitForTraces(1)
+    TEST_WRITER.get(0).size() == 1
+    !requestEnd.isCompleted()
+
+    when:
+    requestEnd.success(BoxedUnit.UNIT)
+    def setup = Await.result(access.get(), Duration.create(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS))
+    def scheduledTask = setup.class.getDeclaredMethod('scheduledTask')
+    scheduledTask.accessible = true
+    def task = scheduledTask.invoke(setup) as Cancellable
+
+    then:
+    new PollingConditions(timeout: 5).eventually {
+      assert task.isCancelled()
+    }
+
+    cleanup:
+    requestEnd?.trySuccess(BoxedUnit.UNIT)
+    materializer?.shutdown()
+    if (system != null) {
+      Await.result(system.terminate(), Duration.create(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS))
+    }
+
+    where:
+    enabled << [true, false]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/java/java-concurrent/java-concurrent-1.8/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/java/concurrent/AsyncPropagatingDisableInstrumentation.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/java/java-concurrent/java-concurrent-1.8/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/java/concurrent/AsyncPropagatingDisableInstrumentation.java
index 82578773d74..89dd1c93e43 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/java/java-concurrent/java-concurrent-1.8/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/java/concurrent/AsyncPropagatingDisableInstrumentation.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/java/java-concurrent/java-concurrent-1.8/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/java/concurrent/AsyncPropagatingDisableInstrumentation.java
@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@ public String[] knownMatchingTypes() {
       "io.netty.handler.timeout.IdleStateHandler",
       "io.grpc.netty.shaded.io.netty.handler.timeout.IdleStateHandler",
       "com.linecorp.armeria.client.HttpClientFactory",
-      "com.linecorp.armeria.client.HttpChannelPool"
+      "com.linecorp.armeria.client.HttpChannelPool",
+      "akka.http.impl.engine.server.HttpServerBluePrint$TimeoutAccessImpl"
     };
   }
 
@@ -141,6 +142,14 @@ public ElementMatcher<TypeDescription> hierarchyMatcher() {
   @Override
   public void methodAdvice(MethodTransformer transformer) {
     String advice = getClass().getName() + "$DisableAsyncAdvice";
+    // Timeout cancellation is housekeeping; its request-entity future may never complete.
+    transformer.applyAdvice(
+        named("clear")
+            .and(takesNoArguments())
+            .and(
+                isDeclaredBy(
+                    named("akka.http.impl.engine.server.HttpServerBluePrint$TimeoutAccessImpl"))),
+        advice);
     transformer.applyAdvice(named("schedulePeriodically").and(isDeclaredBy(RX_WORKERS)), advice);
     transformer.applyAdvice(
         named("call").and(isDeclaredBy(named("rx.internal.operators.OperatorTimeoutBase"))),