diff --git a/context.go b/context.go
index 5174033e..8014d4bc 100644
--- a/context.go
+++ b/context.go
@@ -728,11 +728,16 @@ func (c *Context) SaveUploadedFile(file *multipart.FileHeader, dst string, perm
 		mode = perm[0]
 	}
 	dir := filepath.Dir(dst)
+	_, statErr := os.Stat(dir)
 	if err = os.MkdirAll(dir, mode); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err = os.Chmod(dir, mode); err != nil {
-		return err
+	// Only chmod newly created directories to avoid "operation not permitted"
+	// errors on pre-existing directories we may not own (e.g., /tmp).
+	if os.IsNotExist(statErr) {
+		if err = os.Chmod(dir, mode); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 
 	out, err := os.Create(dst)
diff --git a/context_test.go b/context_test.go
index ef60379d..2a3ce70f 100644
--- a/context_test.go
+++ b/context_test.go
@@ -274,6 +274,28 @@ func TestSaveUploadedFileWithPermissionFailed(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Error(t, c.SaveUploadedFile(f, "test/permission_test", mode))
 }
 
+func TestSaveUploadedFileToExistingDir(t *testing.T) {
+	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	mw := multipart.NewWriter(buf)
+	w, err := mw.CreateFormFile("file", "test")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	_, err = w.Write([]byte("test"))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	mw.Close()
+	c, _ := CreateTestContext(httptest.NewRecorder())
+	c.Request, _ = http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/", buf)
+	c.Request.Header.Set("Content-Type", mw.FormDataContentType())
+	f, err := c.FormFile("file")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Save to a pre-existing directory. Previously this would fail with
+	// "chmod <dir>: operation not permitted" when the directory was not
+	// owned by the current process (e.g., /tmp).
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	dst := filepath.Join(dir, "uploaded.txt")
+	require.NoError(t, c.SaveUploadedFile(f, dst))
+}
+
 func TestContextReset(t *testing.T) {
 	router := New()
 	c := router.allocateContext(0)
diff --git a/response_writer.go b/response_writer.go
index 9035e6f1..305322b6 100644
--- a/response_writer.go
+++ b/response_writer.go
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ const (
 	defaultStatus = http.StatusOK
 )
 
-var errHijackAlreadyWritten = errors.New("gin: response body already written")
+var (
+	errHijackAlreadyWritten = errors.New("gin: response body already written")
+	errHijackNotSupported   = errors.New("gin: underlying ResponseWriter does not implement http.Hijacker")
+)
 
 // ResponseWriter ...
 type ResponseWriter interface {
@@ -117,12 +120,21 @@ func (w *responseWriter) Hijack() (net.Conn, *bufio.ReadWriter, error) {
 	if w.size < 0 {
 		w.size = 0
 	}
-	return w.ResponseWriter.(http.Hijacker).Hijack()
+	if hijacker, ok := w.ResponseWriter.(http.Hijacker); ok {
+		return hijacker.Hijack()
+	}
+	return nil, nil, errHijackNotSupported
 }
 
 // CloseNotify implements the http.CloseNotifier interface.
+//
+// Deprecated: the CloseNotifier interface predates Go's context package.
+// New code should use Request.Context instead.
 func (w *responseWriter) CloseNotify() <-chan bool {
-	return w.ResponseWriter.(http.CloseNotifier).CloseNotify()
+	if cn, ok := w.ResponseWriter.(http.CloseNotifier); ok {
+		return cn.CloseNotify()
+	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 // Flush implements the http.Flusher interface.
diff --git a/response_writer_test.go b/response_writer_test.go
index dfc1d2c6..02dbe4dd 100644
--- a/response_writer_test.go
+++ b/response_writer_test.go
@@ -113,15 +113,12 @@ func TestResponseWriterHijack(t *testing.T) {
 	writer.reset(testWriter)
 	w := ResponseWriter(writer)
 
-	assert.Panics(t, func() {
-		_, _, err := w.Hijack()
-		require.NoError(t, err)
-	})
+	_, _, err := w.Hijack()
+	require.ErrorIs(t, err, errHijackNotSupported)
 	assert.True(t, w.Written())
 
-	assert.Panics(t, func() {
-		w.CloseNotify()
-	})
+	ch := w.CloseNotify()
+	assert.Nil(t, ch)
 
 	w.Flush()
 }
@@ -315,3 +312,43 @@ func TestPusherWithoutPusher(t *testing.T) {
 	pusher := w.Pusher()
 	assert.Nil(t, pusher, "Expected pusher to be nil")
 }
+
+// mockCloseNotifier is an http.ResponseWriter that implements http.CloseNotifier.
+type mockCloseNotifier struct {
+	*httptest.ResponseRecorder
+}
+
+func (m *mockCloseNotifier) CloseNotify() <-chan bool {
+	return make(chan bool)
+}
+
+func TestCloseNotifyWithCloseNotifier(t *testing.T) {
+	rw := &mockCloseNotifier{ResponseRecorder: httptest.NewRecorder()}
+	w := &responseWriter{}
+	w.reset(rw)
+
+	ch := w.CloseNotify()
+	assert.NotNil(t, ch, "Expected CloseNotify channel to be non-nil")
+}
+
+func TestCloseNotifyWithoutCloseNotifier(t *testing.T) {
+	// httptest.NewRecorder does not implement http.CloseNotifier
+	rw := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	w := &responseWriter{}
+	w.reset(rw)
+
+	ch := w.CloseNotify()
+	assert.Nil(t, ch, "Expected CloseNotify channel to be nil when underlying writer does not support it")
+}
+
+func TestHijackWithoutHijacker(t *testing.T) {
+	// httptest.NewRecorder does not implement http.Hijacker
+	rw := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	w := &responseWriter{}
+	w.reset(rw)
+
+	conn, buf, err := w.Hijack()
+	assert.Nil(t, conn)
+	assert.Nil(t, buf)
+	require.ErrorIs(t, err, errHijackNotSupported)
+}