fix(runtime): double default agent timeouts

Author: rcarmo

runtime/src/channels/web/handlers/agent.ts

@@ -864,11 +864,11 @@ export async function processChat(
   const hasActiveClients = channel.sse.clients.size > 0;
   // Keep interactive web turns bounded so stalled sessions still reach a
   // terminal state, but do not clamp them too aggressively. A 5 minute cap
-  // proved too short for legitimate long-running tool workflows, and 15
-  // minutes has still been a little tight for some real sessions, so allow up
-  // to 20 minutes here while still respecting any lower global timeout.
+  // proved too short for legitimate long-running tool workflows, 20 minutes
+  // has still been too tight for some real sessions, so allow up to 40
+  // minutes here while still respecting any lower global timeout.
   const agentRuntimeConfig = getAgentRuntimeConfig();
-  const INTERACTIVE_WEB_TIMEOUT_MS = Math.min(agentRuntimeConfig.timeoutMs, 20 * 60 * 1000);
+  const INTERACTIVE_WEB_TIMEOUT_MS = Math.min(agentRuntimeConfig.timeoutMs, 40 * 60 * 1000);
   const timeoutMs = hasActiveClients
     ? INTERACTIVE_WEB_TIMEOUT_MS
     : (agentRuntimeConfig.backgroundTimeoutMs > 0 ? agentRuntimeConfig.backgroundTimeoutMs : agentRuntimeConfig.timeoutMs);

runtime/src/core/config.ts

@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ export const AGENT_RUNTIME_CONFIG = Object.freeze<AgentRuntimeConfig>({
       envConfig.PICLAW_AGENT_TIMEOUT ||
       process.env.AGENT_TIMEOUT ||
       envConfig.AGENT_TIMEOUT ||
-      "1800000",
+      "3600000",
     10
   ),
   backgroundTimeoutMs: parseInt(

runtime/test/config/config.test.ts

@@ -332,6 +332,19 @@ test("agent runtime config getter groups foreground and background timeout setti
   );
 });
 
+test("agent runtime config defaults to a one-hour foreground timeout", async () => {
+  await withTempWorkspaceEnv(
+    "piclaw-config-",
+    {},
+    async () => {
+      const cfg = await importFresh<typeof import("../../src/core/config.js")>("../src/core/config.js");
+
+      expect(cfg.AGENT_RUNTIME_CONFIG.timeoutMs).toBe(3600000);
+      expect(cfg.AGENT_RUNTIME_CONFIG.backgroundTimeoutMs).toBe(0);
+    },
+  );
+});
+
 test("runtime timing config getter groups poll intervals and timezone", async () => {
   await withTempWorkspaceEnv(
     "piclaw-config-",