diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/components/RequestPane/WsQueryUrl/StyledWrapper.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/components/RequestPane/WsQueryUrl/StyledWrapper.js
index f8f88a764..ecada4e18 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-app/src/components/RequestPane/WsQueryUrl/StyledWrapper.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/components/RequestPane/WsQueryUrl/StyledWrapper.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import styled from 'styled-components';
 
 const StyledWrapper = styled.div`
   height: 2.3rem;
+  position: relative;
 
   .input-container {
     background-color: ${(props) => props.theme.requestTabPanel.url.bg};
diff --git a/packages/bruno-lang/v2/src/bruToJson.js b/packages/bruno-lang/v2/src/bruToJson.js
index 6355fb9a3..7652f003d 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-lang/v2/src/bruToJson.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-lang/v2/src/bruToJson.js
@@ -425,18 +425,24 @@ const sem = grammar.createSemantics().addAttribute('ast', {
     let settings = mapPairListToKeyValPair(dictionary.ast);
     const getNumFromRecord = createGetNumFromRecord(settings);
 
-    const keepAliveInterval = getNumFromRecord('keepAliveInterval', {
-      fallback: 0
-    });
+    const keepAliveInterval = getNumFromRecord('keepAliveInterval');
 
     const timeout = getNumFromRecord('timeout');
 
+    const _settings = {
+      encodeUrl: typeof settings.encodeUrl === 'boolean' ? settings.encodeUrl : settings.encodeUrl === 'true'
+    };
+
+    if (keepAliveInterval) {
+      _settings.keepAliveInterval = keepAliveInterval;
+    }
+
+    if (timeout) {
+      _settings.timeout = timeout;
+    }
+
     return {
-      settings: {
-        encodeUrl: typeof settings.encodeUrl === 'boolean' ? settings.encodeUrl : settings.encodeUrl === 'true',
-        keepAliveInterval,
-        timeout
-      }
+      settings: _settings
     };
   },
   grpc(_1, dictionary) {
diff --git a/packages/bruno-lang/v2/tests/bruToJson.spec.js b/packages/bruno-lang/v2/tests/bruToJson.spec.js
index a6199abb6..aa94ccef1 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-lang/v2/tests/bruToJson.spec.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-lang/v2/tests/bruToJson.spec.js
@@ -30,18 +30,11 @@ settings {
         },
         settings: {
           encodeUrl: false,
-          keepAliveInterval: 0,
           timeout: 30
         }
       };
 
       const output = parser(input);
-
-      // Stub value if it doesn't exist in the input
-      expect(output).toHaveProperty('settings.keepAliveInterval');
-
-      // value needs to be a number
-      expect(output.settings.keepAliveInterval).toBe(0);
       expect(output).toEqual(expected);
     });
   });
diff --git a/tests/request/save/save.spec.ts b/tests/request/save/save.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fbd74ea0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/request/save/save.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+import { test, expect, Locator, Page } from '../../../playwright';
+import { closeAllCollections } from '../../utils/page';
+import { buildCommonLocators } from '../../utils/page/locators';
+import { waitForPredicate } from '../../utils/wait';
+
+const isRequestSaved = async (saveButton: Locator) => {
+  const savedColor = '#9f9f9f';
+  return (await saveButton.evaluate((d) => d.querySelector('svg')?.getAttribute('stroke') ?? '#invalid')) === savedColor;
+};
+
+const setup = async (page: Page, createTmpDir: (tag?: string | undefined) => Promise<string>) => {
+  await page.locator('.dropdown-icon').click();
+  await page.locator('.dropdown-item').filter({ hasText: 'Create Collection' }).click();
+  await page.getByLabel('Name').fill('source-collection');
+  await page.getByLabel('Location').fill(await createTmpDir('source-collection'));
+  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Create', exact: true }).click();
+  await expect(page.locator('#sidebar-collection-name').filter({ hasText: 'source-collection' })).toBeVisible();
+  await page.locator('#sidebar-collection-name').filter({ hasText: 'source-collection' }).click();
+  await page.getByLabel('Safe Mode').check();
+  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Save' }).click();
+  const sourceCollection = page.locator('.collection-name').filter({ hasText: 'source-collection' });
+  await sourceCollection.locator('.collection-actions').hover();
+  await sourceCollection.locator('.collection-actions .icon').click();
+  await page.locator('.dropdown-item').filter({ hasText: 'New Request' }).click();
+  await page.getByPlaceholder('Request Name').fill('test-request');
+  await page.locator('#new-request-url .CodeMirror').click();
+  await page.locator('textarea').fill('https://httpbin.org/get');
+  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Create' }).click();
+  await expect(page.locator('.collection-item-name').filter({ hasText: 'test-request' })).toBeVisible();
+};
+
+test.describe.serial('save requests', () => {
+  test.beforeAll(async ({ page }) => {
+    await closeAllCollections(page);
+  });
+
+  test('saves new http request', async ({ page, createTmpDir }) => {
+    // prep the collection by creating a new collection and a new http request
+    await setup(page, createTmpDir);
+
+    const locators = buildCommonLocators(page);
+    const originalUrl = 'https://httpbin.org/get';
+    const replacementUrl = 'ws://localhost:8082';
+
+    const clearText = async (text: string) => {
+      for (let i = text.length; i > 0; i--) {
+        await page.keyboard.press('Backspace');
+      }
+    };
+
+    // Open the request tab
+    await page.locator('.collection-item-name').filter({ hasText: 'test-request' }).dblclick();
+    await expect(page.locator('.request-tab .tab-label').filter({ hasText: 'test-request' })).toBeVisible();
+
+    // remove the original url from the request
+    await page.locator('.input-container').filter({ hasText: originalUrl }).first().click();
+    await clearText(originalUrl);
+
+    // replace it with an arbitrary url
+    await page.keyboard.insertText(replacementUrl);
+
+    // check if the request is now unsaved
+    expect(await isRequestSaved(locators.saveButton())).toBe(false);
+
+    // trigger a save
+    locators.saveButton().click();
+
+    // Wait for it to be saved
+    const result = await waitForPredicate(() => isRequestSaved(locators.saveButton()));
+    expect(result).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tests/utils/page/locators.ts b/tests/utils/page/locators.ts
index 47d674d4b..bd969eaeb 100644
--- a/tests/utils/page/locators.ts
+++ b/tests/utils/page/locators.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 import { Page } from '../../../playwright';
 
-export const buildWebsocketCommonLocators = (page: Page) => ({
+export const buildCommonLocators = (page: Page) => ({
   runner: () => page.getByTestId('run-button'),
   saveButton: () => page
     .locator('.infotip')
-    .filter({ hasText: /^Save/ }),
+    .filter({ hasText: /^Save/ })
+});
+
+export const buildWebsocketCommonLocators = (page: Page) => ({
+  ...buildCommonLocators(page),
   connectionControls: {
     connect: () =>
       page