{"version":"2.1.318","anchor":"mcp-question-pause-timeout-rework","canonical_anchor":"mcp-question-pause-timeout-rework","heading":"MCP tool time limits now account for pauses and for questions","tier":"notice","area":"MCP","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.318\/e\/mcp-question-pause-timeout-rework","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.318","markdown":"### MCP tool time limits now account for pauses and for questions\n\nThe time limit on an MCP tool call now takes pauses into account and has a separate limit tied to questions, reported as `question_bound_timeout`\n\n**Unclear.** It is not clear how long the question time limit is or how pauses change when a call times out.\n\n**What**\n\nMCP 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`.\n\n**Why**\n\nThis changes when an MCP tool that asks you something is cut off for taking too long.\n\n- Area: MCP\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}