diff --git a/src/agent/api/mod.rs b/src/agent/api/mod.rs
index d2016c9..26bb293 100644
--- a/src/agent/api/mod.rs
+++ b/src/agent/api/mod.rs
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ impl SseReader {
     pub(crate) fn new(ui_tx: &UiSender) -> Self {
         Self {
             line_buf: String::new(),
-            chunk_timeout: Duration::from_secs(60),
+            chunk_timeout: Duration::from_secs(crate::config::get().api_stream_timeout_secs),
             stream_start: Instant::now(),
             chunks_received: 0,
             sse_lines_parsed: 0,
diff --git a/src/agent/tui.rs b/src/agent/tui.rs
index ceb0937..c93bb86 100644
--- a/src/agent/tui.rs
+++ b/src/agent/tui.rs
@@ -311,6 +311,10 @@ pub struct App {
     activity: String,
     /// When the current turn started (for elapsed timer).
     turn_started: Option<std::time::Instant>,
+    /// When the current LLM call started (for per-call timer).
+    call_started: Option<std::time::Instant>,
+    /// Stream timeout for the current call (for display).
+    call_timeout_secs: u64,
     /// Whether to emit a ● marker before the next assistant TextDelta.
     needs_assistant_marker: bool,
     /// Number of running child processes (updated by main loop).
@@ -392,6 +396,8 @@ impl App {
             },
             activity: String::new(),
             turn_started: None,
+            call_started: None,
+            call_timeout_secs: 60,
             needs_assistant_marker: false,
             running_processes: 0,
             reasoning_effort: "none".to_string(),
@@ -485,6 +491,12 @@ impl App {
                 }
             }
             UiMessage::Activity(text) => {
+                if text.is_empty() {
+                    self.call_started = None;
+                } else if self.activity.is_empty() || self.call_started.is_none() {
+                    self.call_started = Some(std::time::Instant::now());
+                    self.call_timeout_secs = crate::config::get().api_stream_timeout_secs;
+                }
                 self.activity = text;
             }
             UiMessage::Reasoning(text) => {
@@ -874,10 +886,12 @@ impl App {
         }
 
         // Draw status bar with live activity indicator
-        let elapsed = self.turn_started.map(|t| t.elapsed());
-        let timer = match elapsed {
-            Some(d) if !self.activity.is_empty() => format!(" {:.0}s", d.as_secs_f64()),
-            _ => String::new(),
+        let timer = if !self.activity.is_empty() {
+            let total = self.turn_started.map(|t| t.elapsed().as_secs()).unwrap_or(0);
+            let call = self.call_started.map(|t| t.elapsed().as_secs()).unwrap_or(0);
+            format!(" {}s, {}/{}s", total, call, self.call_timeout_secs)
+        } else {
+            String::new()
         };
         let tools_info = if self.status.turn_tools > 0 {
             format!(" ({}t)", self.status.turn_tools)
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index c9c1521..b6c0ea5 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ pub struct ContextGroup {
 
 fn default_true() -> bool { true }
 fn default_context_window() -> usize { 128_000 }
+fn default_stream_timeout() -> u64 { 60 }
 fn default_identity_dir() -> PathBuf {
     PathBuf::from(std::env::var("HOME").expect("HOME not set")).join(".consciousness/identity")
 }
@@ -91,6 +92,9 @@ pub struct Config {
     /// Used to resolve API settings, not stored on Config
     #[serde(default)]
     agent_model: Option<String>,
+    /// Stream chunk timeout in seconds (no data = timeout).
+    #[serde(default = "default_stream_timeout")]
+    pub api_stream_timeout_secs: u64,
     pub api_reasoning: String,
     pub agent_types: Vec<String>,
     /// Surface agent timeout in seconds.
@@ -138,6 +142,7 @@ impl Default for Config {
             api_key: None,
             api_model: None,
             api_context_window: default_context_window(),
+            api_stream_timeout_secs: default_stream_timeout(),
             agent_model: None,
             api_reasoning: "high".to_string(),
             agent_types: vec![