diff --git a/clientv3/integration/watch_test.go b/clientv3/integration/watch_test.go
index ce5d7ed0e..e33e7605a 100644
--- a/clientv3/integration/watch_test.go
+++ b/clientv3/integration/watch_test.go
@@ -609,6 +609,9 @@ func TestConfigurableWatchProgressNotifyInterval(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestWatchRequestProgress(t *testing.T) {
+	if integration.ThroughProxy {
+		t.Skipf("grpc-proxy does not support WatchProgress yet")
+	}
 	testCases := []struct {
 		name     string
 		watchers []string
diff --git a/integration/cluster_direct.go b/integration/cluster_direct.go
index a3764d9ce..0db7b232e 100644
--- a/integration/cluster_direct.go
+++ b/integration/cluster_direct.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 	pb "go.etcd.io/etcd/v3/etcdserver/etcdserverpb"
 )
 
-const throughProxy = false
+const ThroughProxy = false
 
 func toGRPC(c *clientv3.Client) grpcAPI {
 	return grpcAPI{
diff --git a/integration/cluster_proxy.go b/integration/cluster_proxy.go
index 0b024c719..b5e2b9571 100644
--- a/integration/cluster_proxy.go
+++ b/integration/cluster_proxy.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
 
-const throughProxy = true
+const ThroughProxy = true
 
 var (
 	pmu     sync.Mutex
diff --git a/integration/v3_watch_test.go b/integration/v3_watch_test.go
index 1717c0537..38cc17dd9 100644
--- a/integration/v3_watch_test.go
+++ b/integration/v3_watch_test.go
@@ -1242,7 +1242,7 @@ func TestV3WatchCancellation(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	var expected string
-	if throughProxy {
+	if ThroughProxy {
 		// grpc proxy has additional 2 watches open
 		expected = "3"
 	} else {
@@ -1279,7 +1279,7 @@ func TestV3WatchCloseCancelRace(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	var expected string
-	if throughProxy {
+	if ThroughProxy {
 		// grpc proxy has additional 2 watches open
 		expected = "2"
 	} else {
diff --git a/proxy/grpcproxy/watch.go b/proxy/grpcproxy/watch.go
index fc62c4aa3..bbde0ad59 100644
--- a/proxy/grpcproxy/watch.go
+++ b/proxy/grpcproxy/watch.go
@@ -272,7 +272,8 @@ func (wps *watchProxyStream) recvLoop() error {
 			wps.delete(uv.CancelRequest.WatchId)
 			wps.lg.Debug("cancel watcher", zap.Int64("watcherId", uv.CancelRequest.WatchId))
 		default:
-			panic("not implemented")
+			// Panic or Fatalf would allow to network clients to crash the serve remotely.
+			wps.lg.Error("not supported request type by gRPC proxy", zap.Stringer("request", req))
 		}
 	}
 }