diff --git a/AppImage/scripts/ai_providers/openai_provider.py b/AppImage/scripts/ai_providers/openai_provider.py
index 01a33e8a..8ff3dedf 100644
--- a/AppImage/scripts/ai_providers/openai_provider.py
+++ b/AppImage/scripts/ai_providers/openai_provider.py
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ class OpenAIProvider(AIProvider):
     """
     
     NAME = "openai"
+    # The Monitor gives any rewrite 25 s; a local model behind an
+    # OpenAI-compatible endpoint may need all of it.
+    REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 25
     REQUIRES_API_KEY = True
     DEFAULT_API_URL = "https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions"
     DEFAULT_MODELS_URL = "https://api.openai.com/v1/models"
@@ -226,8 +229,8 @@ class OpenAIProvider(AIProvider):
         }
         
         api_url = self._get_api_url()
-        result = self._make_request(api_url, payload, headers)
-        
+        result = self._make_request(api_url, payload, headers, timeout=self.REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECONDS)
+
         try:
             return result['choices'][0]['message']['content'].strip()
         except (KeyError, IndexError) as e:
diff --git a/AppImage/scripts/tests/test_openai_compatible_ai_models.py b/AppImage/scripts/tests/test_openai_compatible_ai_models.py
index 96bceffa..1c8441a8 100644
--- a/AppImage/scripts/tests/test_openai_compatible_ai_models.py
+++ b/AppImage/scripts/tests/test_openai_compatible_ai_models.py
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ class CapturingOpenAIProvider(OpenAIProvider):
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         self.captured_payload = None
 
-    def _make_request(self, url, payload, headers):
+    def _make_request(self, url, payload, headers, timeout=15):
         self.captured_payload = payload
+        self.captured_timeout = timeout
         return {"choices": [{"message": {"content": "ok"}}]}
 
 
@@ -119,6 +120,14 @@ class OpenAICompatibleModelTests(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertNotIn("reasoning_effort", provider.captured_payload)
         self.assertNotIn("max_completion_tokens", provider.captured_payload)
 
+    def test_a_request_waits_as_long_as_the_monitor_allows_a_rewrite(self):
+        # A local model behind an OpenAI-compatible endpoint is slow; the
+        # request must not give up before the Monitor's own limit.
+        provider = CapturingOpenAIProvider(api_key="token", model="gemma-3-1b-it-Q4_K_M",
+                                           base_url="http://192.0.2.22:8080/v1")
+        provider.generate("system", "user", max_tokens=100)
+        self.assertEqual(provider.captured_timeout, notification_manager.AI_REWRITE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS)
+
     def test_official_openai_reasoning_model_still_uses_reasoning_contract(self):
         provider = CapturingOpenAIProvider(
             api_key="token",