diff --git a/open-sse/config/providers.js b/open-sse/config/providers.js
index 14e73f29..1dbc3df7 100644
--- a/open-sse/config/providers.js
+++ b/open-sse/config/providers.js
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ export const PROVIDERS = {
     baseUrl: "https://api3.qoder.sh/algo/api/v2/service/pro/sse/agent_chat_generation",
     format: "openai",
     headers: {},
+    // Reasoning models think long before first byte; raise both timeouts.
+    timeoutMs: 120000,
+    stallTimeoutMs: 120000,
   },
   antigravity: {
     baseUrls: [
diff --git a/open-sse/executors/qoder.js b/open-sse/executors/qoder.js
index 3be1f00f..fa9bcbad 100644
--- a/open-sse/executors/qoder.js
+++ b/open-sse/executors/qoder.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import { createHash } from "crypto";
 import { BaseExecutor } from "./base.js";
 import { PROVIDERS } from "../config/providers.js";
 import { proxyAwareFetch } from "../utils/proxyFetch.js";
+import { FETCH_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MS } from "../config/runtimeConfig.js";
 import {
   QODER_CHAT_URL_ENCODED,
   QODER_MODEL_MAP,
@@ -407,15 +408,21 @@ export class QoderExecutor extends BaseExecutor {
       ...cosyHeaders,
     };
 
+    // Abort if upstream doesn't return response headers within connect timeout.
+    const timeoutMs = this.config?.timeoutMs || FETCH_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MS;
+    const connectCtrl = new AbortController();
+    const connectTimer = setTimeout(() => connectCtrl.abort(new Error("fetch connect timeout")), timeoutMs);
+    const mergedSignal = signal ? AbortSignal.any([signal, connectCtrl.signal]) : connectCtrl.signal;
+
     let response;
     try {
       response = await proxyAwareFetch(
         url,
-        { method: "POST", headers, body: encodedBodyBuf, signal },
+        { method: "POST", headers, body: encodedBodyBuf, signal: mergedSignal },
         proxyOptions,
       );
-    } catch (err) {
-      throw err;
+    } finally {
+      clearTimeout(connectTimer);
     }
 
     if (!response.ok) {
diff --git a/open-sse/handlers/chatCore/streamingHandler.js b/open-sse/handlers/chatCore/streamingHandler.js
index 89339587..f96bb9bd 100644
--- a/open-sse/handlers/chatCore/streamingHandler.js
+++ b/open-sse/handlers/chatCore/streamingHandler.js
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import { FORMATS } from "../../translator/formats.js";
 import { needsTranslation } from "../../translator/index.js";
 import { createSSETransformStreamWithLogger, createPassthroughStreamWithLogger } from "../../utils/stream.js";
 import { pipeWithDisconnect } from "../../utils/streamHandler.js";
+import { PROVIDERS } from "../../config/providers.js";
+import { STREAM_STALL_TIMEOUT_MS } from "../../config/runtimeConfig.js";
 import { buildAbortedResponsesTerminalBytes } from "../../utils/responsesStreamHelpers.js";
 import { buildRequestDetail, extractRequestConfig, saveUsageStats } from "./requestDetail.js";
 import { saveRequestDetail } from "@/lib/usageDb.js";
@@ -48,7 +50,8 @@ export function handleStreamingResponse({ providerResponse, provider, model, sou
   // Responses passthrough: synthesize response.failed + [DONE] if the stream aborts/stalls before a terminal event
   const isResponsesPassthrough = sourceFormat === FORMATS.OPENAI_RESPONSES && targetFormat === FORMATS.OPENAI_RESPONSES;
   const onAbortTerminal = isResponsesPassthrough ? buildAbortedResponsesTerminalBytes : null;
-  const transformedBody = pipeWithDisconnect(providerResponse, transformStream, streamController, onAbortTerminal);
+  const stallTimeoutMs = PROVIDERS[provider]?.stallTimeoutMs || STREAM_STALL_TIMEOUT_MS;
+  const transformedBody = pipeWithDisconnect(providerResponse, transformStream, streamController, onAbortTerminal, stallTimeoutMs);
 
   const streamDetailId = `${Date.now()}-${Math.random().toString(36).slice(2, 11)}`;
   saveRequestDetail(buildRequestDetail({
diff --git a/open-sse/utils/streamHandler.js b/open-sse/utils/streamHandler.js
index 35ef5e4a..6c8b031a 100644
--- a/open-sse/utils/streamHandler.js
+++ b/open-sse/utils/streamHandler.js
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ export function createDisconnectAwareStream(transformStream, streamController, o
  * @param {TransformStream} transformStream - Transform stream for SSE
  * @param {object} streamController - Stream controller from createStreamController
  */
-export function pipeWithDisconnect(providerResponse, transformStream, streamController, onAbortTerminal = null) {
+export function pipeWithDisconnect(providerResponse, transformStream, streamController, onAbortTerminal = null, stallTimeoutMs = STREAM_STALL_TIMEOUT_MS) {
   let stallTimer = null;
   let chunkCount = 0;
   let totalBytes = 0;
@@ -198,10 +198,10 @@ export function pipeWithDisconnect(providerResponse, transformStream, streamCont
     clearStall();
     stallTimer = setTimeout(() => {
       stallTimer = null;
-      dbg(tag, `STALL TIMEOUT ${STREAM_STALL_TIMEOUT_MS}ms | chunks=${chunkCount} | bytes=${totalBytes} | sinceLast=${Date.now() - lastChunkAt}ms`);
+      dbg(tag, `STALL TIMEOUT ${stallTimeoutMs}ms | chunks=${chunkCount} | bytes=${totalBytes} | sinceLast=${Date.now() - lastChunkAt}ms`);
       streamController.handleError?.(new Error("stream stall timeout"));
       streamController.abort?.();
-    }, STREAM_STALL_TIMEOUT_MS);
+    }, stallTimeoutMs);
   };
 
   // Wrap controller so every termination path clears the stall timer.
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ export function pipeWithDisconnect(providerResponse, transformStream, streamCont
   };
 
   armStall();
-  dbg(tag, `pipe start | stallTimeout=${STREAM_STALL_TIMEOUT_MS}ms`);
+  dbg(tag, `pipe start | stallTimeout=${stallTimeoutMs}ms`);
 
   const upstreamTap = new TransformStream({
     transform(chunk, controller) {