diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2ca6b87e..476bea3c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ offline-backend-20260512/backend/tests/*
 # Writing-mode first-report pipeline enforcement regressions.
 !offline-backend-20260512/backend/tests/test_writing_mode_report_middleware.py
 !offline-backend-20260512/backend/tests/test_writing_rewrite_prompt.py
+# LLM call timeout retry classification regression coverage.
+!offline-backend-20260512/backend/tests/test_llm_error_handling_middleware.py
 deploy
 .history
 
diff --git a/offline-backend-20260512/backend/packages/harness/deerflow/agents/ai_writing/nodes/_model_fallback.py b/offline-backend-20260512/backend/packages/harness/deerflow/agents/ai_writing/nodes/_model_fallback.py
index 17fb5a8e..4ae8ddc7 100644
--- a/offline-backend-20260512/backend/packages/harness/deerflow/agents/ai_writing/nodes/_model_fallback.py
+++ b/offline-backend-20260512/backend/packages/harness/deerflow/agents/ai_writing/nodes/_model_fallback.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ _UPSTREAM_PATTERNS = ("bad_response_status_code", "bad response status",
                       "expecting ',' delimiter", "expecting value", "expecting property name",
                       "unexpected character", "unterminated string", "jsondecodeerror")
 _TRANSIENT_EXC_NAMES = {"APITimeoutError", "APIConnectionError", "InternalServerError",
-                        "ReadError", "RemoteProtocolError", "TimeoutError"}
+                        "ReadError", "RemoteProtocolError", "ReadTimeout", "ConnectTimeout", "TimeoutError"}
 
 
 def classify_exception(exc: BaseException) -> str:
diff --git a/offline-backend-20260512/backend/packages/harness/deerflow/agents/middlewares/llm_error_handling_middleware.py b/offline-backend-20260512/backend/packages/harness/deerflow/agents/middlewares/llm_error_handling_middleware.py
index ead93c4c..414ac94e 100644
--- a/offline-backend-20260512/backend/packages/harness/deerflow/agents/middlewares/llm_error_handling_middleware.py
+++ b/offline-backend-20260512/backend/packages/harness/deerflow/agents/middlewares/llm_error_handling_middleware.py
@@ -226,6 +226,15 @@ class LLMErrorHandlingMiddleware(AgentMiddleware[AgentState]):
             "InternalServerError",
             "ReadError",  # httpx.ReadError: connection dropped mid-stream
             "RemoteProtocolError",  # httpx: server closed connection unexpectedly
+            # httpx.TimeoutException family escapes the streaming path unwrapped
+            # (seen live: httpx.ReadTimeout mid-generation after 200 OK — the
+            # provider stalled ~17s; that must retry, not fail the whole run).
+            "ReadTimeout",
+            "ConnectTimeout",
+            "WriteTimeout",
+            "PoolTimeout",
+            "TimeoutError",  # asyncio chunk timeout / builtin timeout
+            "ConnectError",  # httpx: connection refused / DNS blip
         }:
             return True, "transient"
         if status_code in _RETRIABLE_STATUS_CODES:
diff --git a/offline-backend-20260512/backend/tests/test_llm_error_handling_middleware.py b/offline-backend-20260512/backend/tests/test_llm_error_handling_middleware.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..79258b8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/offline-backend-20260512/backend/tests/test_llm_error_handling_middleware.py
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+"""LLM 错误分类：httpx 超时族必须可重试（瞬时网络故障不能直接终结 run）。
+
+线上实测：兼容模式流式响应中途 200 OK 后停发数据 ~17s，抛 ``httpx.ReadTimeout``。
+旧名单只认 ``ReadError`` / ``RemoteProtocolError``，ReadTimeout 被归为 generic
+（不可重试），1 次尝试即兜底报错、整个 run 终止。
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+from types import SimpleNamespace
+
+import httpx
+from langchain_core.messages import AIMessage
+
+from deerflow.agents.middlewares.llm_error_handling_middleware import LLM_ERROR_MARKER, LLMErrorHandlingMiddleware
+
+
+def _middleware() -> LLMErrorHandlingMiddleware:
+    config = SimpleNamespace(
+        circuit_breaker=SimpleNamespace(failure_threshold=3, recovery_timeout_sec=30),
+    )
+    middleware = LLMErrorHandlingMiddleware(app_config=config)
+    middleware.retry_base_delay_ms = 0
+    middleware.retry_cap_delay_ms = 0
+    return middleware
+
+
+def test_httpx_read_timeout_is_transient() -> None:
+    assert _middleware()._classify_error(httpx.ReadTimeout("read timed out")) == (True, "transient")
+
+
+def test_httpx_timeout_family_is_transient() -> None:
+    middleware = _middleware()
+    for exc in (
+        httpx.ConnectTimeout("connect timed out"),
+        httpx.WriteTimeout("write timed out"),
+        httpx.PoolTimeout("pool timed out"),
+        httpx.ConnectError("connection refused"),
+        TimeoutError(),
+    ):
+        assert middleware._classify_error(exc) == (True, "transient"), exc
+
+
+def test_value_error_stays_generic() -> None:
+    assert _middleware()._classify_error(ValueError("boom")) == (False, "generic")
+
+
+def test_read_timeout_is_retried_and_recovers() -> None:
+    """第一次 ReadTimeout、第二次成功：必须重试并返回真实结果。"""
+    middleware = _middleware()
+    calls = {"count": 0}
+
+    async def handler(_request):
+        calls["count"] += 1
+        if calls["count"] == 1:
+            raise httpx.ReadTimeout("read timed out")
+        return AIMessage(content="ok")
+
+    result = asyncio.run(middleware.awrap_model_call(SimpleNamespace(), handler))
+
+    assert calls["count"] == 2
+    assert result.content == "ok"
+
+
+def test_persistent_read_timeout_falls_back_with_transient_reason() -> None:
+    """连续超时到重试上限：兜底消息 reason=transient（而非 generic）。"""
+    middleware = _middleware()
+
+    async def handler(_request):
+        raise httpx.ReadTimeout("read timed out")
+
+    result = asyncio.run(middleware.awrap_model_call(SimpleNamespace(), handler))
+
+    assert isinstance(result, AIMessage)
+    assert result.additional_kwargs[LLM_ERROR_MARKER] == "transient"