Unclear It is not clear how long the question time limit is or how pauses change when a call times out.
What
MCP servers are add-ons that give Claude extra tools, and some of them can stop to ask you a question while a tool is running. The time limit on an MCP tool call now takes pauses into account and has a separate limit linked to those questions. A call that runs past it ends with the reason question_bound_timeout.
Why
This changes when an MCP tool that asks you something is cut off for taking too long.
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It is not clear how long the question time limit is or how pauses change when a call times out.