diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index dc4fe4f..c6e8fad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout main branch
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: main
           fetch-depth: 0
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ jobs:
           git push origin ${{ steps.version.outputs.new_version }}
 
       - name: Create GitHub Release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2.5.0
         with:
           tag_name: ${{ steps.version.outputs.new_version }}
           name: Release ${{ steps.version.outputs.new_version }}
diff --git a/convex/batchProcessor.ts b/convex/batchProcessor.ts
index 6e6a20d..0b20396 100644
--- a/convex/batchProcessor.ts
+++ b/convex/batchProcessor.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { v } from "convex/values"
 import { internal } from "./_generated/api"
 import { internalAction } from "./_generated/server"
 import {
+    POLLINATIONS_FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS,
     buildPollinationsUrl,
     calculateBackoffDelay,
     cropDirtberryImageBuffer,
@@ -40,7 +41,6 @@ const POLLINATIONS_RETRY_CONFIG: RetryConfig = {
     baseDelayMs: 2000,
     maxDelayMs: 30000,
 }
-const POLLINATIONS_FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS = 45_000
 const MAX_POLLINATIONS_ATTEMPTS = POLLINATIONS_RETRY_CONFIG.maxRetries + 1
 const ENABLE_DEV_GENERATION_MOCK = process.env.CONVEX_ENABLE_DEV_GENERATION_MOCK === "true"
 const MOCK_PNG_BASE64 =
diff --git a/convex/lib/index.ts b/convex/lib/index.ts
index 3d50831..5a894ad 100644
--- a/convex/lib/index.ts
+++ b/convex/lib/index.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export { decryptApiKey } from "./crypto"
 // Pollinations API utilities
 export {
     POLLINATIONS_BASE_URL,
+    POLLINATIONS_FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS,
     buildPollinationsUrl,
     classifyHttpError,
     classifyApiError,
diff --git a/convex/lib/pollinations.ts b/convex/lib/pollinations.ts
index 4ce32b7..931ef9f 100644
--- a/convex/lib/pollinations.ts
+++ b/convex/lib/pollinations.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 /** Pollinations API base URL */
 export const POLLINATIONS_BASE_URL = "https://gen.pollinations.ai"
+export const POLLINATIONS_FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS = 10 * 60 * 1000
 
 /** Video model IDs - these are the only models that support duration, aspectRatio, audio, and lastFrameImage */
 const VIDEO_MODELS = ["veo", "seedance", "seedance-pro", "wan", "grok-video"] as const
diff --git a/convex/singleGenerationProcessor.ts b/convex/singleGenerationProcessor.ts
index 38018a4..e876163 100644
--- a/convex/singleGenerationProcessor.ts
+++ b/convex/singleGenerationProcessor.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import type { Id } from "./_generated/dataModel"
 import { internal } from "./_generated/api"
 import { action, internalAction, type ActionCtx } from "./_generated/server"
 import {
+    POLLINATIONS_FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS,
     buildPollinationsUrl,
     calculateBackoffDelay,
     cropDirtberryImageBuffer,
@@ -41,7 +42,6 @@ const POLLINATIONS_RETRY_CONFIG: RetryConfig = {
     baseDelayMs: 2000,
     maxDelayMs: 30000,
 }
-const POLLINATIONS_FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS = 45_000
 const MAX_POLLINATIONS_ATTEMPTS = POLLINATIONS_RETRY_CONFIG.maxRetries + 1
 
 /**