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fix: add modelSettings.timeout.stepMs to orchestrator agent
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fix: add modelSettings.timeout.stepMs to research agent
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fix: add modelSettings.timeout.stepMs to explore agent
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fix: add a bounded timeout to fetch_url
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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions src/mastra/agents/explore.ts
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Expand Up @@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ export const exploreAgent = new Agent({
maxRetries: 5,
reasoning: 'medium',
topP: 0.95,
// See orchestrator.ts: without this, a delegated explore turn can
// stall on a stuck provider stream or a hanging tool call (e.g.
// fetch_url on a slow page) with no reply and no trace ever recorded.
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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printf '%s\n' '--- orchestrator references ---'
rg -n -C 5 'stepMs|modelSettings|fetch_url|timeout|orchestrator' src/mastra
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rg -n -C 2 '"`@mastra/`(core|mcp)|mastra"|`@mastra/core`' package.json package-lock.json pnpm-lock.yaml yarn.lock 2>/dev/null || true

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Mastra modelSettings.timeout.stepMs agent tool timeout documentation @mastra/core 1.60.0

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In Mastra, modelSettings.timeout provides time-based execution budgets for agent runs, helping prevent long-running calls from stalling the agent loop [1][2][3]. The timeout settings are defined within the modelSettings object under the timeout property, which accepts an object of type ModelTimeoutSettings [1][2]. Key timeout properties: totalMs: Specifies the maximum wall-clock duration (in milliseconds) for an entire agent run, including all loop iterations, tool calls, and retries [1][3]. If this limit is exceeded, the run is aborted with a MastraTimeoutError; fallback models are not attempted because this is treated as a hard deadline for the total operation [1][2][3]. stepMs: Specifies the maximum wall-clock duration (in milliseconds) for a single model call [1][3]. This covers both establishing the stream and consuming it [1]. If exceeded, the call fails with a MastraTimeoutError; while the specific model call is not retried, the agent will advance to the next configured model if fallback models are defined [1][2][3]. Implementation Example: const result = await agent.generate('Prompt content', { modelSettings: { timeout: { totalMs: 60000, // 60 seconds total stepMs: 10000, // 10 seconds per model call }, }, }); Tool Execution Timeouts: In addition to model-level timeouts, individual tool execution can be constrained using the timeoutMs option within ToolOptions [4]. Setting this value ensures that a stalled tool execution does not block the agent loop indefinitely [4]. If a tool exceeds its assigned timeoutMs, it throws a MastraError with the ID TOOL_EXECUTION_TIMEOUT [4]. These features are part of the Mastra core framework as of version 1.60.0 and subsequent releases [2][5].

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Correct the timeout comments in both agents.

modelSettings.timeout.stepMs limits a provider model call. It does not time out tool execution. fetchUrlTool already applies its own 20-second timeout. Rewrite both comments so they describe only the provider-step guarantee and do not attribute fetch_url protection to stepMs.

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  • src/mastra/agents/explore.ts#L59-L61 (this comment)
  • src/mastra/agents/research.ts#L53-L55
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In `@src/mastra/agents/explore.ts` around lines 59 - 61, Rewrite the timeout
comments near the agent model settings in src/mastra/agents/explore.ts lines
59-61 and src/mastra/agents/research.ts lines 53-55 to state only that
modelSettings.timeout.stepMs limits provider model calls. Remove claims that
stepMs times out tool execution or protects fetch_url; fetchUrlTool’s existing
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timeout: { stepMs: 180_000 },
},
stopWhen: stepCountIs(config.maxSteps),
autoResumeSuspendedTools: true,
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13 changes: 11 additions & 2 deletions src/mastra/agents/orchestrator.ts
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Expand Up @@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ const orchestrator = new Agent({
if (userInstructions) {
messages.push({
role: 'system' as const,
content: `<user_instructions>\n${userInstructions}\n</user_instructions>`,
content: `<user_instructions>
${userInstructions}
</user_instructions>`,
});
}
const mcpServers = userId
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maxRetries: 5,
topP: 0.95,
reasoning: 'medium',
// A provider that opens a stream and then stalls (no further chunks,
// no error) otherwise hangs the turn indefinitely: no reply, and no
// trace is ever recorded since the step never completes. This lets
// Mastra escalate to the next fallback model instead. See TODO.md.
timeout: { stepMs: 180_000 },
},
delegation: {
messageFilter: ({ messages }) =>
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -168,7 +175,9 @@ const orchestrator = new Agent({
toolDisplay: 'hidden',
typingStatus: status,
formatError: (error) =>
`*Oops, something went wrong.*\n\n> ${error.message}`,
`*Oops, something went wrong.*

> ${error.message}`,
},
},
threadContext: { maxMessages: 10 },
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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions src/mastra/agents/research.ts
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Expand Up @@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ export const researchAgent = new Agent({
maxOutputTokens: 16_384,
maxRetries: 5,
reasoning: 'medium',
// See orchestrator.ts: without this, a delegated research turn can
// stall on a stuck provider stream or a hanging tool call (e.g.
// fetch_url on a slow page) with no reply and no trace ever recorded.
timeout: { stepMs: 180_000 },
},
stopWhen: stepCountIs(config.maxSteps),
autoResumeSuspendedTools: true,
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29 changes: 25 additions & 4 deletions src/mastra/tools/fetch-url.ts
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Expand Up @@ -3,6 +3,19 @@ import { z } from 'zod';
import { exa } from '../lib/exa';
import { input, output } from '../types/tools/index';

const FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS = 20_000;

function withTimeout<T>(promise: Promise<T>, ms: number, label: string): Promise<T> {
let timeoutId: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>;
const timeout = new Promise<never>((_, reject) => {
timeoutId = setTimeout(
() => reject(new Error(`${label} timed out after ${ms}ms.`)),
ms
);
});
return Promise.race([promise, timeout]).finally(() => clearTimeout(timeoutId));

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Abort the underlying Exa fetch when the tool timeout fires.

withTimeout only rejects the wrapper. In exa-js@2.16.3, getContents sends livecrawlTimeout in the /contents body, but request calls fetchImpl without an AbortSignal. A stalled fetch can therefore remain pending after fetchUrlTool rejects. Use livecrawlTimeout for Exa's crawl budget and an abort-capable request path for the 20-second outer timeout.

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In `@src/mastra/tools/fetch-url.ts` at line 16, Update withTimeout and the Exa
request flow in fetchUrlTool so the 20-second outer timeout aborts the
underlying getContents fetch rather than only rejecting the wrapper. Preserve
livecrawlTimeout for Exa’s crawl budget, and route the request through an
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}

export const fetchUrlTool = createTool({
id: 'fetch_url',
description: `Fetch a readable excerpt from a specific, known public URL (an article, doc page, README, or link someone shared). Not for search; use search_web to find URLs first.
Expand All @@ -29,11 +42,19 @@ This extracts readable article content, so it fails on anything that isn't a pla
},
},
execute: async ({ url }) => {
// A slow or hanging page here has no bound of its own, and used to be
// able to block the whole step (and by extension the turn) with no
// error and no trace, since the agent-level step timeout only fires
// between steps, not inside one still-running tool call.
const [result] = (
await exa.getContents([url], {
text: { maxCharacters: 8000 },
livecrawl: 'preferred',
})
await withTimeout(
exa.getContents([url], {
text: { maxCharacters: 8000 },
livecrawl: 'preferred',
}),
FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS,
`Fetching ${url}`
)
).results;
if (!result) {
throw new Error(`Could not fetch content from ${url}.`);
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