diff --git a/msal/oauth2cli/authcode.py b/msal/oauth2cli/authcode.py
index 0a5f0689..1ae2eaf5 100644
--- a/msal/oauth2cli/authcode.py
+++ b/msal/oauth2cli/authcode.py
@@ -136,6 +136,15 @@ def _printify(text):
     return repr(text) if isinstance(text, str) and not text.isprintable() else text
 
 class _AuthCodeHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
+    # Read timeout, in seconds, for each accepted connection. Our server handles
+    # one connection at a time, so a client that connects but sends nothing
+    # would otherwise block the auth response queued behind it, maybe forever.
+    # On timeout, handle_one_request() closes that connection,
+    # so that handle_request() returns and the next one can be accepted.
+    # A client delivering the auth response sends it right after connecting,
+    # so in practice only idle connections would hit this limit.
+    timeout = 10
+
     def do_GET(self):
         qs = parse_qs(urlparse(self.path).query)
         welcome_param = qs.get('welcome', [None])[0]
diff --git a/tests/test_authcode.py b/tests/test_authcode.py
index 178cf285..911b7414 100644
--- a/tests/test_authcode.py
+++ b/tests/test_authcode.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import unittest
 import socket
 import sys
+import threading
+import time
 
 try:  # Python 3
     from unittest.mock import patch, mock_open
@@ -9,7 +11,8 @@
 
 import requests
 
-from msal.oauth2cli.authcode import AuthCodeReceiver, _is_inside_docker
+from msal.oauth2cli.authcode import (
+    AuthCodeReceiver, _AuthCodeHandler, _is_inside_docker)
 
 
 class TestAuthCodeReceiver(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -110,6 +113,44 @@ def test_post_request_state_mismatch(self):
             result = receiver.get_auth_response(timeout=3, state="expected_state")
             self.assertIsNone(result, "Should not receive auth response due to state mismatch")
 
+    def _post_auth_response_behind_idle_connections(self, idle_connections):
+        """Return (expected, actual, elapsed) for an auth response that a browser
+        posts after the given number of idle connections reached the receiver"""
+        expected = {"code": "test_auth_code_12345", "state": "test_state_67890"}
+        with AuthCodeReceiver() as receiver:
+            address = ("127.0.0.1", receiver.get_port())
+            for _ in range(idle_connections):  # They connect but never send a request
+                self.addCleanup(socket.create_connection(address).close)
+
+            def browser_posts_auth_response():
+                time.sleep(1)  # By now, the receiver has accepted an idle connection
+                try:
+                    requests.post(
+                        "http://{}:{}".format(*address), data=expected, timeout=30)
+                except requests.RequestException:
+                    pass  # The receiver closed without reading it. Caller will notice.
+            browser = threading.Thread(target=browser_posts_auth_response)
+            browser.daemon = True
+            browser.start()
+            begin = time.time()
+            result = receiver.get_auth_response(timeout=30, state=expected["state"])
+            elapsed = time.time() - begin
+        browser.join(5)
+        return expected, result, elapsed
+
+    def test_idle_connection_should_not_block_auth_response(self):
+        # Seen behind VS Code port forwarding, see
+        # https://github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-library-for-python/issues/950
+        expected, result, elapsed = self._post_auth_response_behind_idle_connections(1)
+        self.assertEqual(expected, result)
+        self.assertLess(elapsed, _AuthCodeHandler.timeout + 5)
+
+    def test_several_idle_connections_should_not_block_auth_response(self):
+        with patch.object(_AuthCodeHandler, "timeout", 1):  # Keeps this test short
+            expected, result, elapsed = self._post_auth_response_behind_idle_connections(3)
+        self.assertEqual(expected, result)
+        self.assertLess(elapsed, 3 * 1 + 5)
+
 
 class TestIsInsideDocker(unittest.TestCase):
     """Guard the container-detection heuristic used to decide the bind address.