diff --git a/hooks/queue-drain-guard.sh b/hooks/queue-drain-guard.sh
index d79dfcb..6213bb1 100755
--- a/hooks/queue-drain-guard.sh
+++ b/hooks/queue-drain-guard.sh
@@ -85,12 +85,27 @@ case "$INFO" in
   *) note "⚪ 略過" "$INFO"; exit 0 ;;
 esac
 
-# ② 問佇列（同一支 pick、同一套規則）
+# ② 問佇列（同一支 pick、同一套規則），**有時限**
+#   2026-09-13 本機實量：Gitea 同一分鐘 curl 60s 逾時、urllib 17s／0.3s／42s 握手逾時，
+#   整趟 `pick --all` 跑了約 15 分鐘。hooks.json 給本閘 180s；閘被 Claude Code 砍掉＝非阻擋錯誤＝放行收工，
+#   正好又回到「讀不到就停」。⇒ 自己在 150s 收手，逾時當成「讀不到」（擋，叫它重跑 pick）。
 if [ -n "${ISEP_DRAIN_PICK_CMD:-}" ]; then
-  OUT=$(sh -c "$ISEP_DRAIN_PICK_CMD" 2>/dev/null); RC=$?
+  PICK_ARGV="sh -c \"\$ISEP_DRAIN_PICK_CMD\""
 else
-  OUT=$(python3 "$PLUGIN_ROOT/scripts/ticket" pick --json 2>/dev/null); RC=$?
+  PICK_ARGV="python3 \"$PLUGIN_ROOT/scripts/ticket\" pick --json"
 fi
+OUT=$(PICK_ARGV="$PICK_ARGV" python3 -c '
+import os, subprocess, sys
+try:
+    lim = float(os.environ.get("ISEP_DRAIN_PICK_TIMEOUT", "150"))
+except ValueError:
+    lim = 150.0
+try:
+    p = subprocess.run(["sh", "-c", os.environ["PICK_ARGV"]], capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=lim)
+    sys.stdout.write(p.stdout); sys.exit(p.returncode)
+except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
+    sys.exit(124)
+' 2>/dev/null); RC=$?
 
 STATE="$STATE_DIR/.queue-drain-$SID.json"
 VERDICT=$(OUT="$OUT" RC="$RC" STATE="$STATE" python3 -c '
diff --git a/hooks/tests/queue-drain-guard.test.sh b/hooks/tests/queue-drain-guard.test.sh
index e673628..8794aca 100755
--- a/hooks/tests/queue-drain-guard.test.sh
+++ b/hooks/tests/queue-drain-guard.test.sh
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ run "讀不到第 2 次 → 擋" 2 s9 worker.jsonl
 run "★ 讀不到第 3 次 → 放行並留痕" 0 s9 worker.jsonl
 check "log 有 unreachable" "grep -q 'unreachable' '$TMP/state-s9/queue-drain-guard.log'"
 
+printf '0' > "$TMP/rc"; printf '%s' "$TICKET" > "$TMP/out"
+ISEP_DRAIN_PICK_CMD="sleep 5; sh $TMP/pick.sh" ISEP_DRAIN_PICK_TIMEOUT=1 run "★ pick 超過時限（Gitea 慢）→ 當成讀不到而擋，不是被砍掉後放行" 2 s10 worker.jsonl
+check "逾時那次訊息是「讀不到 ≠ 沒票」" "grep -q '讀不到' '$TMP/stderr'"
+
 echo
 echo "── ④ 真的 pick（不帶假指令）接得上 ──"
 unset ISEP_DRAIN_PICK_CMD