[Feature Request] Make MCP tool timeouts configurable in Claude Desktop
Status Closed — not planned
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Activity 4 comments · opened Aug 6, 2025 · closed Aug 6, 2025
Environment
- Platform (select one):
- [ ] Anthropic API
- [ ] AWS Bedrock
- [ ] Google Vertex AI
- [x] Other: Claude Desktop
- Operating System: macOS Sequoia 15.5
Bug Description
MCP tool timeouts should be configurable (see https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/424#issuecomment-2877535598). Like Claude Code, Claude Desktop would greatly benefit from honoring MCP_TIMEOUT and MCP_TOOL_TIMEOUT in its configuration.
As it stands, long-running operations frequently fail with one of the following errors:
• Error executing code: MCP error -32000: Connection closed
• No result received from client-side tool execution.
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