diff --git a/src/chatgpt-api.ts b/src/chatgpt-api.ts
index 2165956..1826356 100644
--- a/src/chatgpt-api.ts
+++ b/src/chatgpt-api.ts
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ export class ChatGPTAPI {
    * @param opts.timeoutMs - Optional timeout in milliseconds (defaults to no timeout)
    * @param opts.onProgress - Optional callback which will be invoked every time the partial response is updated
    * @param opts.abortSignal - Optional callback used to abort the underlying `fetch` call using an [AbortController](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbortController)
+   * @param opts.waitTimeMsBeforeThrow - Optional the amount of time to wait before throwing an error(defaults to 0,means immediately)
    * @param completionParams - Optional overrides to send to the [OpenAI chat completion API](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/chat/create). Options like `temperature` and `presence_penalty` can be tweaked to change the personality of the assistant.
    *
    * @returns The response from ChatGPT
@@ -145,7 +146,8 @@ export class ChatGPTAPI {
       onProgress,
       stream = onProgress ? true : false,
       completionParams,
-      conversationId
+      conversationId,
+      waitTimeMsBeforeThrow = 0
     } = opts
 
     let { abortSignal } = opts
@@ -205,6 +207,7 @@ export class ChatGPTAPI {
         }
 
         if (stream) {
+          let waitTimeMsBeforeThrowId: NodeJS.Timeout | null = null
           fetchSSE(
             url,
             {
@@ -213,6 +216,11 @@ export class ChatGPTAPI {
               body: JSON.stringify(body),
               signal: abortSignal,
               onMessage: (data: string) => {
+                if (waitTimeMsBeforeThrowId) {
+                  clearTimeout(waitTimeMsBeforeThrowId)
+                  waitTimeMsBeforeThrowId = null
+                }
+
                 if (data === '[DONE]') {
                   result.text = result.text.trim()
                   return resolve(result)
@@ -239,8 +247,13 @@ export class ChatGPTAPI {
                     onProgress?.(result)
                   }
                 } catch (err) {
-                  console.warn('OpenAI stream SEE event unexpected error', err)
-                  return reject(err)
+                  waitTimeMsBeforeThrowId = setTimeout(() => {
+                    console.warn(
+                      'OpenAI stream SEE event unexpected error',
+                      err
+                    )
+                    return reject(err)
+                  }, waitTimeMsBeforeThrow)
                 }
               }
             },
diff --git a/src/chatgpt-unofficial-proxy-api.ts b/src/chatgpt-unofficial-proxy-api.ts
index 57a3b0d..fec6f9c 100644
--- a/src/chatgpt-unofficial-proxy-api.ts
+++ b/src/chatgpt-unofficial-proxy-api.ts
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ export class ChatGPTUnofficialProxyAPI {
    * @param opts.timeoutMs - Optional timeout in milliseconds (defaults to no timeout)
    * @param opts.onProgress - Optional callback which will be invoked every time the partial response is updated
    * @param opts.abortSignal - Optional callback used to abort the underlying `fetch` call using an [AbortController](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbortController)
+   * @param opts.waitTimeMsBeforeThrow - Optional the amount of time to wait before throwing an error(defaults to 0,means immediately)
    *
    * @returns The response from ChatGPT
    */
@@ -128,7 +129,8 @@ export class ChatGPTUnofficialProxyAPI {
       messageId = uuidv4(),
       action = 'next',
       timeoutMs,
-      onProgress
+      onProgress,
+      waitTimeMsBeforeThrow = 0
     } = opts
 
     let { abortSignal } = opts
@@ -180,6 +182,7 @@ export class ChatGPTUnofficialProxyAPI {
         console.log('POST', url, { body, headers })
       }
 
+      let waitTimeMsBeforeThrowId: NodeJS.Timeout | null = null
       fetchSSE(
         url,
         {
@@ -188,6 +191,11 @@ export class ChatGPTUnofficialProxyAPI {
           body: JSON.stringify(body),
           signal: abortSignal,
           onMessage: (data: string) => {
+            if (waitTimeMsBeforeThrowId) {
+              clearTimeout(waitTimeMsBeforeThrowId)
+              waitTimeMsBeforeThrowId = null
+            }
+
             if (data === '[DONE]') {
               return resolve(result)
             }
@@ -218,7 +226,9 @@ export class ChatGPTUnofficialProxyAPI {
                 }
               }
             } catch (err) {
-              reject(err)
+              waitTimeMsBeforeThrowId = setTimeout(() => {
+                reject(err)
+              }, waitTimeMsBeforeThrow)
             }
           },
           onError: (err) => {
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index 2328584..66dbb3b 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ export type SendMessageOptions = {
   timeoutMs?: number
   onProgress?: (partialResponse: ChatMessage) => void
   abortSignal?: AbortSignal
+  waitTimeMsBeforeThrow?: number
   completionParams?: Partial<
     Omit<openai.CreateChatCompletionRequest, 'messages' | 'n' | 'stream'>
   >
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ export type SendMessageBrowserOptions = {
   timeoutMs?: number
   onProgress?: (partialResponse: ChatMessage) => void
   abortSignal?: AbortSignal
+  waitTimeMsBeforeThrow?: number
 }
 
 export interface ChatMessage {