diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 3b0e892b..e21802b2 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -402,6 +402,8 @@ type HTTPBodyRewriteConfig struct {
 	Type        string
 	Match       string
 	Replacement string
+	// name of the rewriter plugin (via registry)
+	Rewriter string
 }
 
 type NodeFilterConfig struct {
diff --git a/config/parsing/node/parse.go b/config/parsing/node/parse.go
index feb09096..ce9b7127 100644
--- a/config/parsing/node/parse.go
+++ b/config/parsing/node/parse.go
@@ -29,6 +29,29 @@ import (
 // metadata-driven options (so_mark, interface, netns, proxy protocol), sets up
 // bypass rules, node filters, HTTP settings, and TLS node settings. The hop
 // parameter is used only for logging context.
+
+func parseBodyRewrites(vs []config.HTTPBodyRewriteConfig, log logger.Logger) []chain.HTTPBodyRewriteSettings {
+	var out []chain.HTTPBodyRewriteSettings
+	for _, v := range vs {
+		pattern, _ := regexp.Compile(v.Match)
+		rw := chain.HTTPBodyRewriteSettings{
+			Type:        v.Type,
+			Pattern:     pattern,
+			Replacement: []byte(v.Replacement),
+		}
+		if v.Rewriter != "" {
+			if !registry.RewriterRegistry().IsRegistered(v.Rewriter) {
+				log.Warnf("rewriter %q not found in registry for rewrite rule", v.Rewriter)
+			}
+			rw.Rewriter = registry.RewriterRegistry().Get(v.Rewriter)
+		}
+		if pattern != nil || rw.Rewriter != nil {
+			out = append(out, rw)
+		}
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
 func ParseNode(hop string, cfg *config.NodeConfig, log logger.Logger) (*chain.Node, error) {
 	if cfg == nil {
 		return nil, nil
@@ -226,33 +249,9 @@ func ParseNode(hop string, cfg *config.NodeConfig, log logger.Logger) (*chain.No
 				})
 			}
 		}
-		for _, v := range cfg.HTTP.RewriteBody {
-			if pattern, _ := regexp.Compile(v.Match); pattern != nil {
-				settings.RewriteResponseBody = append(settings.RewriteResponseBody, chain.HTTPBodyRewriteSettings{
-					Type:        v.Type,
-					Pattern:     pattern,
-					Replacement: []byte(v.Replacement),
-				})
-			}
-		}
-		for _, v := range cfg.HTTP.RewriteResponseBody {
-			if pattern, _ := regexp.Compile(v.Match); pattern != nil {
-				settings.RewriteResponseBody = append(settings.RewriteResponseBody, chain.HTTPBodyRewriteSettings{
-					Type:        v.Type,
-					Pattern:     pattern,
-					Replacement: []byte(v.Replacement),
-				})
-			}
-		}
-		for _, v := range cfg.HTTP.RewriteRequestBody {
-			if pattern, _ := regexp.Compile(v.Match); pattern != nil {
-				settings.RewriteRequestBody = append(settings.RewriteRequestBody, chain.HTTPBodyRewriteSettings{
-					Type:        v.Type,
-					Pattern:     pattern,
-					Replacement: []byte(v.Replacement),
-				})
-			}
-		}
+		settings.RewriteResponseBody = append(settings.RewriteResponseBody, parseBodyRewrites(cfg.HTTP.RewriteBody, log)...)
+		settings.RewriteResponseBody = append(settings.RewriteResponseBody, parseBodyRewrites(cfg.HTTP.RewriteResponseBody, log)...)
+		settings.RewriteRequestBody = append(settings.RewriteRequestBody, parseBodyRewrites(cfg.HTTP.RewriteRequestBody, log)...)
 		opts = append(opts, chain.HTTPNodeOption(settings))
 	}
 
diff --git a/config/parsing/rewriter/parse.go b/config/parsing/rewriter/parse.go
index 3ba5535a..8ad08d6a 100644
--- a/config/parsing/rewriter/parse.go
+++ b/config/parsing/rewriter/parse.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ func ParseRewriter(cfg *config.RewriterConfig) rewriter.Rewriter {
 				cfg.Name, cfg.Plugin.Addr,
 				plugin.TokenOption(cfg.Plugin.Token),
 				plugin.TLSConfigOption(tlsCfg),
+				plugin.TimeoutOption(cfg.Plugin.Timeout),
 			)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/config/parsing/service/parse.go b/config/parsing/service/parse.go
index 2bf7052f..8dded45e 100644
--- a/config/parsing/service/parse.go
+++ b/config/parsing/service/parse.go
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-gost/core/chain"
 	"github.com/go-gost/core/handler"
 	"github.com/go-gost/core/hop"
-	"github.com/go-gost/core/rewriter"
 	"github.com/go-gost/core/listener"
+	"github.com/go-gost/core/rewriter"
 	"github.com/go-gost/core/logger"
 	"github.com/go-gost/core/observer/stats"
 	"github.com/go-gost/core/recorder"
@@ -356,6 +356,9 @@ func ParseService(cfg *config.ServiceConfig) (service.Service, error) {
 
 	var rew rewriter.Rewriter
 	if cfg.Rewriter != "" {
+		if !registry.RewriterRegistry().IsRegistered(cfg.Rewriter) {
+			serviceLogger.Warnf("rewriter %q not found in registry", cfg.Rewriter)
+		}
 		rew = registry.RewriterRegistry().Get(cfg.Rewriter)
 	}
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7f0eb84a..ddb8e599 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20210307081110-f21760c49a8d
 	github.com/gin-contrib/cors v1.7.2
 	github.com/gin-gonic/gin v1.10.1
-	github.com/go-gost/core v0.5.0
+	github.com/go-gost/core v0.5.1
 	github.com/go-gost/go-shadowsocks2 v0.1.3
 	github.com/go-gost/gosocks4 v0.1.0
 	github.com/go-gost/gosocks5 v0.5.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b8d48e92..5149a1cc 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ github.com/gin-gonic/gin v1.10.1 h1:T0ujvqyCSqRopADpgPgiTT63DUQVSfojyME59Ei63pQ=
 github.com/gin-gonic/gin v1.10.1/go.mod h1:4PMNQiOhvDRa013RKVbsiNwoyezlm2rm0uX/T7kzp5Y=
 github.com/go-gost/core v0.5.0 h1:3SkPojjqw2Av9l5OSyRVlBpRvWhaXgU5BWMXB9aR4SM=
 github.com/go-gost/core v0.5.0/go.mod h1:WGI43jOka7FAsSAwi/fSMaqxdR+E339ycb4NBGlFr6A=
+github.com/go-gost/core v0.5.1 h1:HbIn3naEOC661Z4SwzaSYUzffWSRbU0P6gkxiHmuG0I=
+github.com/go-gost/core v0.5.1/go.mod h1:WGI43jOka7FAsSAwi/fSMaqxdR+E339ycb4NBGlFr6A=
 github.com/go-gost/go-shadowsocks2 v0.1.3 h1:6CUZLp+mTWXnKP2aK8/Z9ZP+ERMX9gSbywmPu4kGX/A=
 github.com/go-gost/go-shadowsocks2 v0.1.3/go.mod h1:866zFNNI3He6Wef1M/IvAjTal74WhcfKfBgRpTlkKys=
 github.com/go-gost/gosocks4 v0.1.0 h1:eAzev6qw4fzkFQKC9uCHLVNnnPdHyqCggbnfNN80Pmk=
diff --git a/internal/util/forwarder/sniffer_http.go b/internal/util/forwarder/sniffer_http.go
index 9748b20f..5823d277 100644
--- a/internal/util/forwarder/sniffer_http.go
+++ b/internal/util/forwarder/sniffer_http.go
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ func (h *Sniffer) httpRoundTrip(ctx context.Context, rw, cc io.ReadWriteCloser,
 
 	// Rewrite request body before wrapping for recording,
 	// so the recorder sees the rewritten content.
-	if err = rewriteReqBody(req, reqBodyRewrites...); err != nil {
+	if err = rewriteReqBody(ctx, req, reqBodyRewrites...); err != nil {
 		log.Errorf("rewrite request body: %v", err)
 		return
 	}
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ func (h *Sniffer) httpRoundTrip(ctx context.Context, rw, cc io.ReadWriteCloser,
 		resp.Header.Set("Connection", "close")
 	}
 
-	if err = rewriteRespBody(resp, respBodyRewrites...); err != nil {
+	if err = rewriteRespBody(ctx, resp, respBodyRewrites...); err != nil {
 		log.Errorf("rewrite body: %v", err)
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/internal/util/forwarder/sniffer_rewrite.go b/internal/util/forwarder/sniffer_rewrite.go
index 71adccd3..7b6f8347 100644
--- a/internal/util/forwarder/sniffer_rewrite.go
+++ b/internal/util/forwarder/sniffer_rewrite.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func (h *Sniffer) handleUpgradeResponse(ctx context.Context, rw, cc io.ReadWrite
 	return xnet.Pipe(ctx, rw, cc)
 }
 
-func rewriteRespBody(resp *http.Response, rewrites ...chain.HTTPBodyRewriteSettings) error {
+func rewriteRespBody(ctx context.Context, resp *http.Response, rewrites ...chain.HTTPBodyRewriteSettings) error {
 	if resp == nil || len(rewrites) == 0 || resp.ContentLength <= 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -65,7 +65,12 @@ func rewriteRespBody(resp *http.Response, rewrites ...chain.HTTPBodyRewriteSetti
 			continue
 		}
 
-		if rewrite.Pattern != nil {
+		if rewrite.Rewriter != nil {
+			body, err = rewrite.Rewriter.Rewrite(ctx, body)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		} else if rewrite.Pattern != nil {
 			body = rewrite.Pattern.ReplaceAll(body, rewrite.Replacement)
 		}
 	}
@@ -90,7 +95,7 @@ func drainBody(b io.ReadCloser) (body []byte, err error) {
 	return buf.Bytes(), nil
 }
 
-func rewriteReqBody(req *http.Request, rewrites ...chain.HTTPBodyRewriteSettings) error {
+func rewriteReqBody(ctx context.Context, req *http.Request, rewrites ...chain.HTTPBodyRewriteSettings) error {
 	if req == nil || len(rewrites) == 0 || req.Body == nil || req.ContentLength <= 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -114,7 +119,12 @@ func rewriteReqBody(req *http.Request, rewrites ...chain.HTTPBodyRewriteSettings
 			continue
 		}
 
-		if rewrite.Pattern != nil {
+		if rewrite.Rewriter != nil {
+			body, err = rewrite.Rewriter.Rewrite(ctx, body)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		} else if rewrite.Pattern != nil {
 			body = rewrite.Pattern.ReplaceAll(body, rewrite.Replacement)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/internal/util/forwarder/sniffer_test.go b/internal/util/forwarder/sniffer_test.go
index dd5adda7..304a46f6 100644
--- a/internal/util/forwarder/sniffer_test.go
+++ b/internal/util/forwarder/sniffer_test.go
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ func TestRewriteReqBody(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			if tt.req != nil {
-				_ = rewriteReqBody(tt.req, tt.rewrites...)
+				_ = rewriteReqBody(context.Background(), tt.req, tt.rewrites...)
 				if tt.req.Body != nil {
 					body, _ := io.ReadAll(tt.req.Body)
 					tt.req.Body.Close()
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ func TestRewriteReqBody(t *testing.T) {
 					t.Errorf("ContentLength = %d, want %d", tt.req.ContentLength, tt.wantCL)
 				}
 			} else {
-				_ = rewriteReqBody(nil) // should not panic
+				_ = rewriteReqBody(context.Background(), nil) // should not panic
 			}
 		})
 	}
@@ -344,8 +344,8 @@ func TestDrainBody(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestRewriteRespBody(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("nil response", func(t *testing.T) {
-		if err := rewriteRespBody(nil); err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("rewriteRespBody(nil) = %v, want nil", err)
+		if err := rewriteRespBody(context.Background(), nil); err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("rewriteRespBody(context.Background(), nil) = %v, want nil", err)
 		}
 	})
 
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ func TestRewriteRespBody(t *testing.T) {
 			ContentLength: 100,
 			Body:          io.NopCloser(strings.NewReader("original")),
 		}
-		_ = rewriteRespBody(resp)
+		_ = rewriteRespBody(context.Background(), resp)
 		// Body unchanged
 		got, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 		if string(got) != "original" {
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ func TestRewriteRespBody(t *testing.T) {
 			ContentLength: 0,
 			Body:          io.NopCloser(strings.NewReader("original")),
 		}
-		_ = rewriteRespBody(resp, chain.HTTPBodyRewriteSettings{
+		_ = rewriteRespBody(context.Background(), resp, chain.HTTPBodyRewriteSettings{
 			Pattern:     regexp.MustCompile("."),
 			Type:        "*",
 			Replacement: []byte("replaced"),
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ func TestRewriteRespBody(t *testing.T) {
 			ContentLength: 100,
 			Body:          io.NopCloser(strings.NewReader("original")),
 		}
-		_ = rewriteRespBody(resp, chain.HTTPBodyRewriteSettings{
+		_ = rewriteRespBody(context.Background(), resp, chain.HTTPBodyRewriteSettings{
 			Type:        "*",
 			Replacement: []byte("replaced"),
 		})
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ func TestRewriteRespBodyContentTypeFilter(t *testing.T) {
 			ContentLength: 100,
 			Body:          io.NopCloser(strings.NewReader("original")),
 		}
-		_ = rewriteRespBody(resp, makeRewrite("text/html", "replaced"))
+		_ = rewriteRespBody(context.Background(), resp, makeRewrite("text/html", "replaced"))
 		got, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 		if string(got) != "replaced" {
 			t.Errorf("body = %q, want %q", string(got), "replaced")
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ func TestRewriteRespBodyContentTypeFilter(t *testing.T) {
 			ContentLength: 100,
 			Body:          io.NopCloser(strings.NewReader("hello")),
 		}
-		_ = rewriteRespBody(resp, makeRewrite("*", "world"))
+		_ = rewriteRespBody(context.Background(), resp, makeRewrite("*", "world"))
 		got, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 		if string(got) != "world" {
 			t.Errorf("body = %q, want %q", string(got), "world")
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ func TestRewriteRespBodyContentTypeFilter(t *testing.T) {
 			ContentLength: 100,
 			Body:          io.NopCloser(strings.NewReader("original")),
 		}
-		_ = rewriteRespBody(resp, makeRewrite("text/html", "replaced"))
+		_ = rewriteRespBody(context.Background(), resp, makeRewrite("text/html", "replaced"))
 		got, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 		if string(got) != "original" {
 			t.Errorf("body = %q, want %q (unchanged)", string(got), "original")
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ func TestRewriteRespBodyContentTypeFilter(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 		// Empty type defaults to "text/html", and response has no Content-Type -> "" containing "text/html"? No.
 		// strings.Contains("text/html", "") is always true, so rewrite should happen.
-		_ = rewriteRespBody(resp, makeRewrite("", "replaced"))
+		_ = rewriteRespBody(context.Background(), resp, makeRewrite("", "replaced"))
 		got, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 		if string(got) != "replaced" {
 			t.Errorf("body = %q, want %q (should be rewritten)", string(got), "replaced")
@@ -1146,7 +1146,7 @@ func TestRewriteRespBody_PatternReplacement(t *testing.T) {
 		ContentLength: 100,
 		Body:          io.NopCloser(strings.NewReader("<title>Old Title</title>")),
 	}
-	err := rewriteRespBody(resp, chain.HTTPBodyRewriteSettings{
+	err := rewriteRespBody(context.Background(), resp, chain.HTTPBodyRewriteSettings{
 		Pattern:     regexp.MustCompile("Old"),
 		Type:        "text/html",
 		Replacement: []byte("New"),
@@ -1169,7 +1169,7 @@ func TestRewriteRespBody_MultipleRewrites(t *testing.T) {
 		ContentLength: 100,
 		Body:          io.NopCloser(strings.NewReader("hello")),
 	}
-	err := rewriteRespBody(resp,
+	err := rewriteRespBody(context.Background(), resp,
 		chain.HTTPBodyRewriteSettings{
 			Pattern:     regexp.MustCompile("h.*o"),
 			Type:        "text/html",
@@ -1196,7 +1196,7 @@ func TestRewriteRespBody_NilPattern(t *testing.T) {
 		ContentLength: 100,
 		Body:          io.NopCloser(strings.NewReader("original")),
 	}
-	err := rewriteRespBody(resp, chain.HTTPBodyRewriteSettings{
+	err := rewriteRespBody(context.Background(), resp, chain.HTTPBodyRewriteSettings{
 		Pattern:     nil,
 		Type:        "*",
 		Replacement: []byte("replaced"),
@@ -1215,7 +1215,7 @@ func TestRewriteRespBody_EmptyContentTypeUsesDefault(t *testing.T) {
 		ContentLength: 100,
 		Body:          io.NopCloser(strings.NewReader("original")),
 	}
-	err := rewriteRespBody(resp, chain.HTTPBodyRewriteSettings{
+	err := rewriteRespBody(context.Background(), resp, chain.HTTPBodyRewriteSettings{
 		Pattern:     regexp.MustCompile(".*"),
 		Type:        "",
 		Replacement: []byte("rewritten"),
@@ -1235,7 +1235,7 @@ func TestRewriteRespBody_NegativeContentLength(t *testing.T) {
 		ContentLength: -1,
 		Body:          io.NopCloser(strings.NewReader("original")),
 	}
-	err := rewriteRespBody(resp, chain.HTTPBodyRewriteSettings{
+	err := rewriteRespBody(context.Background(), resp, chain.HTTPBodyRewriteSettings{
 		Pattern:     regexp.MustCompile(".*"),
 		Type:        "*",
 		Replacement: []byte("replaced"),
diff --git a/rewriter/plugin/grpc.go b/rewriter/plugin/grpc.go
index dfb18464..71b7e134 100644
--- a/rewriter/plugin/grpc.go
+++ b/rewriter/plugin/grpc.go
@@ -33,14 +33,15 @@ func NewGRPCPlugin(name string, addr string, opts ...plugin.Option) rewriter.Rew
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error(err)
 	}
+	if conn == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
 
 	p := &grpcPlugin{
 		conn: conn,
 		log:  log,
 	}
-	if conn != nil {
-		p.client = proto.NewRewriterClient(conn)
-	}
+	p.client = proto.NewRewriterClient(conn)
 	return p
 }
 
diff --git a/rewriter/plugin/http.go b/rewriter/plugin/http.go
index ee49da29..172cfcbe 100644
--- a/rewriter/plugin/http.go
+++ b/rewriter/plugin/http.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
 
 	"github.com/go-gost/core/logger"
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ func (p *httpPlugin) Rewrite(ctx context.Context, b []byte, opts ...rewriter.Rew
 		return b, err
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
+	defer io.Copy(io.Discard, resp.Body)
 
 	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
 		return b, nil