diff --git a/apps/api/src/services/decision_manager.py b/apps/api/src/services/decision_manager.py
index 469c4c3a..db316dbe 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/services/decision_manager.py
+++ b/apps/api/src/services/decision_manager.py
@@ -548,41 +548,51 @@ class DecisionManager:
                 _push_decision_to_telegram(incident, token.proposal_data)
             )
 
+    async def _query_kb_context_inner(self, incident: Incident) -> str:
+        """KB RAG 實際查詢邏輯，由 _query_kb_context 包裝 timeout 後呼叫"""
+        from src.services.knowledge_service import get_knowledge_service
+        query_parts = list(incident.affected_services)
+        if incident.signals:
+            query_parts.insert(0, getattr(incident.signals[0], "alert_name", ""))
+        query = " ".join(filter(None, query_parts))
+
+        svc = get_knowledge_service()
+        results = await svc.semantic_search(query, limit=3, threshold=0.4)
+        if not results:
+            return ""
+
+        lines = ["## Knowledge Base Related Entries (KB RAG)"]
+        for entry, score in results:
+            lines.append(
+                f"\n### [{entry.entry_type}] {entry.title} (similarity={score:.2f})"
+            )
+            lines.append(entry.content[:500])
+            if len(entry.content) > 500:
+                lines.append("... (truncated)")
+
+        logger.info(
+            "kb_rag_context_injected",
+            incident_id=incident.incident_id,
+            kb_hits=len(results),
+        )
+        return "\n".join(lines)
+
     async def _query_kb_context(self, incident: Incident) -> str:
         """
         KB Phase 2: 語意搜尋相關 KB 條目，組裝為 LLM context 字串
         2026-04-04 Claude Code: KB RAG 整合
 
-        失敗時靜默降級，不影響主分析流程
+        C1 修復 (首席架構師審查): 5 秒 hard timeout，防止 Ollama 慢響應威脅 30s SLA
+        失敗/timeout 時靜默降級，不影響主分析流程
         """
         try:
-            from src.services.knowledge_service import get_knowledge_service
-            query_parts = list(incident.affected_services)
-            if incident.signals:
-                query_parts.insert(0, getattr(incident.signals[0], "alert_name", ""))
-            query = " ".join(filter(None, query_parts))
-
-            svc = get_knowledge_service()
-            results = await svc.semantic_search(query, limit=3, threshold=0.4)
-            if not results:
-                return ""
-
-            lines = ["## 📚 Knowledge Base 相關條目 (KB RAG)"]
-            for entry, score in results:
-                lines.append(
-                    f"\n### [{entry.entry_type}] {entry.title} (similarity={score:.2f})"
-                )
-                lines.append(entry.content[:500])
-                if len(entry.content) > 500:
-                    lines.append("... (truncated)")
-
-            logger.info(
-                "kb_rag_context_injected",
-                incident_id=incident.incident_id,
-                kb_hits=len(results),
+            return await asyncio.wait_for(
+                self._query_kb_context_inner(incident),
+                timeout=5.0,
             )
-            return "\n".join(lines)
-
+        except asyncio.TimeoutError:
+            logger.warning("kb_rag_timeout", incident_id=incident.incident_id)
+            return ""
         except Exception as e:
             logger.warning("kb_rag_failed", incident_id=incident.incident_id, error=str(e))
             return ""