{"version":"2.1.210","anchor":"pretooluse-hook-timeout-message-improved","canonical_anchor":"pretooluse-hook-timeout-message-improved","heading":"PreToolUse Hook Timeout Message Improved","tier":null,"area":null,"scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.210\/e\/pretooluse-hook-timeout-message-improved","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.210","markdown":"### PreToolUse Hook Timeout Message Improved\n\n**What**\n\nWhen a PreToolUse hook times out before the host client responds, the error message now explicitly states that the tool call was not executed and that other hooks may not have run.\n\n**Details**\n\n- Old behavior: the hook timeout error was surfaced as a generic error with less context.\n- New message: `\"PreToolUse hook did not respond before its timeout (host client may be unreachable). The tool call was not executed; other configured hooks may not have completed.\"`\n\n**Evidence**\n\nNew message constant (search for `\"PreToolUse hook did not respond before its timeout\"`)"}