diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..328f853f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+name: publish to npmjs
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [prereleased, released]
+jobs:
+  build-and-publish:
+    # prevents this action from running on forks
+    if: github.repository == 'chimurai/http-proxy-middleware'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      id-token: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: '22.x'
+          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
+
+      - name: Install Dependencies
+        run: yarn install
+
+      - name: Publish to NPM (beta)
+        if: 'github.event.release.prerelease'
+        run: npm publish --provenance --access public --tag v2-beta
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Publish to NPM (stable)
+        if: '!github.event.release.prerelease'
+        run: npm publish --provenance --access public --tag v2-latest
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1bc441d0..de9c1b0f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [v2.0.7](https://github.com/chimurai/http-proxy-middleware/releases/tag/v2.0.7)
+
+- ci(github actions): add publish.yml
+- fix(filter): handle errors
+
 ## [v2.0.6](https://github.com/chimurai/http-proxy-middleware/releases/tag/v2.0.6)
 
 - fix(proxyReqWs): catch socket errors ([#763](https://github.com/chimurai/http-proxy-middleware/pull/763))
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4b47b4ca..329e6db2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "http-proxy-middleware",
-  "version": "2.0.6",
+  "version": "2.0.7",
   "description": "The one-liner node.js proxy middleware for connect, express and browser-sync",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/src/http-proxy-middleware.ts b/src/http-proxy-middleware.ts
index b93ae92f..a241cd68 100644
--- a/src/http-proxy-middleware.ts
+++ b/src/http-proxy-middleware.ts
@@ -109,8 +109,13 @@ export class HttpProxyMiddleware {
    * @return {Boolean}
    */
   private shouldProxy = (context, req: Request): boolean => {
-    const path = req.originalUrl || req.url;
-    return contextMatcher.match(context, path, req);
+    try {
+      const path = req.originalUrl || req.url;
+      return contextMatcher.match(context, path, req);
+    } catch (error) {
+      this.logger.error(error);
+      return false;
+    }
   };
 
   /**
diff --git a/test/e2e/http-proxy-middleware.spec.ts b/test/e2e/http-proxy-middleware.spec.ts
index 4685cc07..15355e91 100644
--- a/test/e2e/http-proxy-middleware.spec.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/http-proxy-middleware.spec.ts
@@ -153,6 +153,34 @@ describe('E2E http-proxy-middleware', () => {
         const response = await agent.get(`/api/b/c/d`).expect(404);
         expect(response.status).toBe(404);
       });
+
+      it('should not proxy when filter throws Error', async () => {
+        const myError = new Error('MY_ERROR');
+        const filter = (path, req) => {
+          throw myError;
+        };
+
+        const logger = {
+          log: jest.fn(),
+          info: jest.fn(),
+          warn: jest.fn(),
+          error: jest.fn(),
+        };
+
+        agent = request(
+          createApp(
+            createProxyMiddleware(filter, {
+              target: `http://localhost:${mockTargetServer.port}`,
+              logProvider: () => logger,
+            })
+          )
+        );
+
+        await mockTargetServer.get('/api/b/c/d').thenReply(200, 'HELLO WEB');
+        const response = await agent.get(`/api/b/c/d`).expect(404);
+        expect(response.status).toBe(404);
+        expect(logger.error).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.objectContaining(myError));
+      });
     });
 
     describe('multi path', () => {