diff --git a/AppImage/scripts/ai_providers/openai_provider.py b/AppImage/scripts/ai_providers/openai_provider.py
index 8ff3dedf..e1f60f87 100644
--- a/AppImage/scripts/ai_providers/openai_provider.py
+++ b/AppImage/scripts/ai_providers/openai_provider.py
@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@ 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.
+    # The Monitor gives a cloud rewrite 25 s and one on the user's own server
+    # 60 s; each request ends a little before its limit.
     REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 25
+    LOCAL_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 55
     REQUIRES_API_KEY = True
     DEFAULT_API_URL = "https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions"
     DEFAULT_MODELS_URL = "https://api.openai.com/v1/models"
@@ -229,7 +230,9 @@ class OpenAIProvider(AIProvider):
         }
         
         api_url = self._get_api_url()
-        result = self._make_request(api_url, payload, headers, timeout=self.REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECONDS)
+        local = bool(self.base_url) and 'api.openai.com' not in self.base_url
+        timeout = self.LOCAL_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECONDS if local else self.REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECONDS
+        result = self._make_request(api_url, payload, headers, timeout=timeout)
 
         try:
             return result['choices'][0]['message']['content'].strip()
diff --git a/AppImage/scripts/notification_manager.py b/AppImage/scripts/notification_manager.py
index c2e30a26..b3ed6084 100644
--- a/AppImage/scripts/notification_manager.py
+++ b/AppImage/scripts/notification_manager.py
@@ -805,6 +805,18 @@ class BurstAggregator:
 # on the rewrite at AI_REWRITE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS and ship the non-AI version.
 # Audit Tier 3.2 #2.
 AI_REWRITE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 25
+# A model on the user's own hardware (Ollama, or an OpenAI-compatible server
+# at their own address) is much slower than a cloud API. A notification that
+# arrives a little later but translated is worth more than one in English.
+LOCAL_AI_REWRITE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 60
+
+
+def _ai_rewrite_timeout(ai_config):
+    provider = str((ai_config or {}).get('ai_provider') or '')
+    base_url = str((ai_config or {}).get('ai_openai_base_url') or '').strip()
+    if provider == 'ollama' or (provider == 'openai' and base_url and 'api.openai.com' not in base_url):
+        return LOCAL_AI_REWRITE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS
+    return AI_REWRITE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS
 
 # A small dedicated pool so an in-flight AI call never starves the dispatch
 # thread itself. One worker is enough — events serialize through the dispatch
@@ -835,8 +847,8 @@ def _format_with_ai_bounded(format_fn, *args, timeout=AI_REWRITE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS
 
 # ─── Notification Manager ─────────────────────────────────────────
 
-def _format_backup_with_ai_bounded(*args, **kwargs):
-    result = _format_with_ai_bounded(format_backup_diagnostics_with_ai, *args, **kwargs)
+def _format_backup_with_ai_bounded(*args, timeout=AI_REWRITE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS, **kwargs):
+    result = _format_with_ai_bounded(format_backup_diagnostics_with_ai, *args, timeout=timeout, **kwargs)
     if result is not None:
         return result
     return format_backup_diagnostics_with_ai(*args, **kwargs, fallback_only=True)
@@ -1488,6 +1500,7 @@ class NotificationManager:
                         ai_result = _format_backup_with_ai_bounded(
                             ch_title, ch_body, severity, channel_ai_config,
                             event_type=event_type, data=data,
+                            timeout=_ai_rewrite_timeout(channel_ai_config),
                             detail_level=detail_level, use_emojis=use_rich_format,
                         )
                     else:
@@ -1508,6 +1521,7 @@ class NotificationManager:
                         ai_result = _format_with_ai_bounded(
                             format_with_ai_full,
                             ch_title, ch_body, severity, channel_ai_config,
+                            timeout=_ai_rewrite_timeout(channel_ai_config),
                             detail_level=detail_level,
                             journal_context=enriched_context,
                             use_emojis=use_rich_format,
@@ -2590,6 +2604,7 @@ class NotificationManager:
                     ai_result = _format_backup_with_ai_bounded(
                         title, message, severity, channel_ai_config,
                         event_type=event_type, data=data,
+                        timeout=_ai_rewrite_timeout(channel_ai_config),
                         detail_level=detail_level, use_emojis=use_rich_format,
                     )
                     ch_title = title
diff --git a/AppImage/scripts/tests/test_openai_compatible_ai_models.py b/AppImage/scripts/tests/test_openai_compatible_ai_models.py
index 1c8441a8..898e5ab5 100644
--- a/AppImage/scripts/tests/test_openai_compatible_ai_models.py
+++ b/AppImage/scripts/tests/test_openai_compatible_ai_models.py
@@ -120,13 +120,31 @@ 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.
+    def test_a_local_request_waits_longer_but_ends_before_the_monitor_limit(self):
+        # A local model behind an OpenAI-compatible endpoint is slow: its request
+        # gets more than a cloud one and still ends before the rewrite 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)
+        self.assertGreater(provider.captured_timeout, notification_manager.AI_REWRITE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS)
+        self.assertLess(provider.captured_timeout, notification_manager.LOCAL_AI_REWRITE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS)
+
+    def test_a_cloud_request_keeps_the_short_limit(self):
+        provider = CapturingOpenAIProvider(api_key="token", model="gpt-5-mini")
+        provider.generate("system", "user", max_tokens=100)
+        self.assertLess(provider.captured_timeout, notification_manager.LOCAL_AI_REWRITE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS)
+        self.assertLessEqual(provider.captured_timeout, notification_manager.AI_REWRITE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS)
+
+    def test_the_rewrite_limit_follows_where_the_model_runs(self):
+        limit = notification_manager._ai_rewrite_timeout
+        local = notification_manager.LOCAL_AI_REWRITE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS
+        cloud = notification_manager.AI_REWRITE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS
+        self.assertEqual(limit({'ai_provider': 'ollama', 'ai_ollama_url': 'http://localhost:11434'}), local)
+        self.assertEqual(limit({'ai_provider': 'openai', 'ai_openai_base_url': 'http://192.0.2.22:8080/v1'}), local)
+        self.assertEqual(limit({'ai_provider': 'openai', 'ai_openai_base_url': ''}), cloud)
+        self.assertEqual(limit({'ai_provider': 'openai', 'ai_openai_base_url': 'https://api.openai.com/v1'}), cloud)
+        for provider in ('groq', 'gemini', 'anthropic', 'openrouter'):
+            self.assertEqual(limit({'ai_provider': provider}), cloud)
 
     def test_official_openai_reasoning_model_still_uses_reasoning_contract(self):
         provider = CapturingOpenAIProvider(