diff --git a/strix/config/models.py b/strix/config/models.py
index 931d15b1..a54edd4d 100644
--- a/strix/config/models.py
+++ b/strix/config/models.py
@@ -21,6 +21,19 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from strix.config.settings import Settings
 
 
+def request_timeout_extra_args(timeout_s: float | None) -> dict[str, float] | None:
+    """Per-request model timeout (connect + read/inactivity) as ``extra_args``.
+
+    Restores pre-v1 behavior: a stalled model stream trips this timeout and is
+    retried by ``DEFAULT_MODEL_RETRY`` instead of hanging the agent indefinitely.
+    The value is forwarded to the underlying ``responses.create`` /
+    ``chat.completions.create`` / ``litellm.acompletion`` call.
+    """
+    if not timeout_s or timeout_s <= 0:
+        return None
+    return {"timeout": float(timeout_s)}
+
+
 def _retry_statusless_provider_errors(context: RetryPolicyContext) -> bool:
     """Retry statusless provider errors (e.g. mid-stream quota/billing), but not aborts."""
     normalized = context.normalized
diff --git a/strix/core/inputs.py b/strix/core/inputs.py
index 1712fbd3..de922d07 100644
--- a/strix/core/inputs.py
+++ b/strix/core/inputs.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from strix.config.models import (
     DEFAULT_MODEL_RETRY,
     is_known_openai_bare_model,
     model_supports_reasoning,
+    request_timeout_extra_args,
 )
 from strix.core.sessions import scrub_images_from_items
 
@@ -126,11 +127,13 @@ def make_model_settings(
     *,
     model_name: str,
     force_required_tool_choice: bool = False,
+    request_timeout: float | None = None,
 ) -> ModelSettings:
     model_settings = ModelSettings(
         parallel_tool_calls=False,
         retry=DEFAULT_MODEL_RETRY,
         include_usage=True,
+        extra_args=request_timeout_extra_args(request_timeout),
     )
     if (
         reasoning_effort is not None
diff --git a/strix/core/runner.py b/strix/core/runner.py
index e6a15dc3..153d16dd 100644
--- a/strix/core/runner.py
+++ b/strix/core/runner.py
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ async def run_strix_scan(
             settings.llm.reasoning_effort,
             model_name=resolved_model,
             force_required_tool_choice=settings.llm.force_required_tool_choice,
+            request_timeout=settings.llm.timeout,
         )
         run_config = RunConfig(
             model=resolved_model,
diff --git a/strix/report/dedupe.py b/strix/report/dedupe.py
index b670a410..c2970d95 100644
--- a/strix/report/dedupe.py
+++ b/strix/report/dedupe.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ from strix.config.models import (
     DEFAULT_MODEL_RETRY,
     StrixProvider,
     configure_sdk_model_defaults,
+    request_timeout_extra_args,
 )
 from strix.report.state import get_global_report_state
 
@@ -310,7 +311,11 @@ async def check_duplicate(
         response = await model.get_response(
             system_instructions=DEDUPE_SYSTEM_PROMPT,
             input=user_msg,
-            model_settings=ModelSettings(retry=DEFAULT_MODEL_RETRY, include_usage=True),
+            model_settings=ModelSettings(
+                retry=DEFAULT_MODEL_RETRY,
+                include_usage=True,
+                extra_args=request_timeout_extra_args(settings.llm.timeout),
+            ),
             tools=[],
             output_schema=None,
             handoffs=[],
diff --git a/tests/test_inputs.py b/tests/test_inputs.py
index 486c7e54..7c51c795 100644
--- a/tests/test_inputs.py
+++ b/tests/test_inputs.py
@@ -155,3 +155,31 @@ def test_make_model_settings_forces_required_for_anyllm_routed_openai_model() ->
     )
 
     assert settings.tool_choice == "required"
+
+
+def test_make_model_settings_sets_request_timeout() -> None:
+    settings = make_model_settings(
+        "none",
+        model_name="gpt-4o",
+        request_timeout=300.0,
+    )
+
+    assert settings.extra_args == {"timeout": 300.0}
+
+
+def test_make_model_settings_omits_timeout_when_unset() -> None:
+    settings = make_model_settings("none", model_name="gpt-4o")
+
+    assert settings.extra_args is None
+
+
+def test_make_model_settings_timeout_survives_reasoning_resolve() -> None:
+    # Reasoning is resolved via ModelSettings.resolve(); the timeout in extra_args
+    # must not be dropped when a reasoning override is merged in.
+    settings = make_model_settings(
+        "high",
+        model_name="openai/o3",
+        request_timeout=120.0,
+    )
+
+    assert settings.extra_args == {"timeout": 120.0}
diff --git a/tests/test_model_retry.py b/tests/test_model_retry.py
index 64b4002f..af2ae67a 100644
--- a/tests/test_model_retry.py
+++ b/tests/test_model_retry.py
@@ -55,6 +55,14 @@ def test_rate_limit_and_server_errors_are_retried() -> None:
         assert _retries(ModelRetryNormalizedError(status_code=status)) is True
 
 
+def test_timeout_error_is_retried() -> None:
+    # A stalled model stream trips the per-request read/inactivity timeout, which
+    # the SDK normalizes as a timeout. DEFAULT_MODEL_RETRY must retry it so a hung
+    # turn recovers instead of silently wedging the agent.
+    assert _retries(ModelRetryNormalizedError(is_timeout=True)) is True
+    assert _retries(ModelRetryNormalizedError(is_network_error=True)) is True
+
+
 def test_policy_helper_matches_statusless_only() -> None:
     assert _retry_statusless_provider_errors(_context(ModelRetryNormalizedError())) is True
     assert (
diff --git a/tests/test_models.py b/tests/test_models.py
index dc86e98f..cda1c6b6 100644
--- a/tests/test_models.py
+++ b/tests/test_models.py
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import pytest
 
-from strix.config.models import RECOMMENDED_MODEL_NAMES, is_recommended_or_frontier_model
+from strix.config.models import (
+    RECOMMENDED_MODEL_NAMES,
+    is_recommended_or_frontier_model,
+    request_timeout_extra_args,
+)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("model_name", RECOMMENDED_MODEL_NAMES)
@@ -12,6 +16,16 @@ def test_recommended_models_are_accepted(model_name: str) -> None:
     assert is_recommended_or_frontier_model(model_name)
 
 
+def test_request_timeout_extra_args_positive() -> None:
+    assert request_timeout_extra_args(300) == {"timeout": 300.0}
+    assert request_timeout_extra_args(120.5) == {"timeout": 120.5}
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("value", [None, 0, -1])
+def test_request_timeout_extra_args_disabled(value: float | None) -> None:
+    assert request_timeout_extra_args(value) is None
+
+
 def test_recommended_models_are_matched_case_insensitively() -> None:
     assert is_recommended_or_frontier_model("Vertex_AI/Gemini-3-Pro-Preview")
 
diff --git a/tests/test_runner_rate_limit.py b/tests/test_runner_rate_limit.py
index 401caa15..62242339 100644
--- a/tests/test_runner_rate_limit.py
+++ b/tests/test_runner_rate_limit.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ async def test_persistent_rate_limit_stops_gracefully(
             model="openai/gpt-4o",
             reasoning_effort="high",
             force_required_tool_choice=False,
+            timeout=300,
         ),
         runtime=types.SimpleNamespace(max_context_images=3),
     )
diff --git a/tests/test_runner_root_prompt.py b/tests/test_runner_root_prompt.py
index 3692d4d4..e765b196 100644
--- a/tests/test_runner_root_prompt.py
+++ b/tests/test_runner_root_prompt.py
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ def _patch_engine_scaffold(
             model="openai/gpt-4o",
             reasoning_effort="high",
             force_required_tool_choice=False,
+            timeout=300,
         )
     )
     monkeypatch.setattr(runner, "load_settings", lambda: settings)
@@ -124,8 +125,7 @@ async def test_root_prompt_options_flow_into_root_agent(
     assert "https://example.com" in instructions_override
     assert "CUSTOM SCAN PROMPT" in instructions_override
     assert (
-        "cannot expand, replace, or weaken authorized target constraints"
-        in instructions_override
+        "cannot expand, replace, or weaken authorized target constraints" in instructions_override
     )
     assert kwargs["system_prompt_context"] == {
         **scope_context,