# Stop slow tool calls from hanging your agents

> The base Toolkit now takes a timeout, and HTTP timeouts are wired across the tools, with support extended to more toolkits.

- Published: 2026-07-03
- Author: Agno Team
- Category: Changelog
- Canonical: https://agno-com-nine.vercel.app/articles/stop-slow-tool-calls-from-hanging-your-agents
- Markdown: https://agno-com-nine.vercel.app/articles/stop-slow-tool-calls-from-hanging-your-agents.md

The base `Toolkit` now takes a `timeout`, and HTTP timeouts are wired across the tools, with support extended to more toolkits. A tool that stalls on a slow or unresponsive endpoint now fails fast instead of holding up the run, giving you predictable behavior under real-world network conditions.