diff --git a/src/bridge.ts b/src/bridge.ts
index fdf7389..f338244 100644
--- a/src/bridge.ts
+++ b/src/bridge.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export interface TelegramBridgeOptions {
   provider?: string
   model?: string
   maxMessageLength?: number
+  pollingTimeoutSec?: number
   cwd?: string
 }
 
@@ -63,7 +64,9 @@ export class TelegramBridge {
     this.token = options.token
     this.allowedUserIds = options.allowedUserIds
     this.allowAllUsers = options.allowAllUsers
-    this.client = options.client ?? new TelegramClient(options.token)
+    this.client = options.client ?? new TelegramClient(options.token, {
+      pollingTimeoutSec: options.pollingTimeoutSec ?? 30,
+    })
     this.sleep = options.sleep ?? defaultSleep
     this.provider = options.provider ?? 'deepseek-official'
     this.model = options.model ?? 'deepseek-v4-flash'
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 6b2b5a7..742d971 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ export function apply(ctx: Context, config: TelegramChannelConfig): void {
     provider: config.provider ?? 'deepseek-official',
     model: config.model ?? 'deepseek-v4-flash',
     maxMessageLength: config.maxMessageLength ?? 4096,
+    pollingTimeoutSec: config.pollingTimeoutSec ?? 30,
     cwd: config.cwd ?? process.cwd(),
   })
   ctx.effect(() => {
diff --git a/tests/bridge.test.ts b/tests/bridge.test.ts
index dd7934f..0409b44 100644
--- a/tests/bridge.test.ts
+++ b/tests/bridge.test.ts
@@ -315,3 +315,32 @@ test('stop disposes all chat handles', async () => {
   await bridge.stop()
   assert.equal(track.disposeCount, 2)
 })
+
+test('default client uses pollingTimeoutSec from bridge options', async () => {
+  const calls: Array<{ body: unknown }> = []
+  const originalFetch = globalThis.fetch
+  globalThis.fetch = async (_input, init) => {
+    calls.push({ body: JSON.parse(String(init?.body)) })
+    return new Response(JSON.stringify({ ok: true, result: [] }), { status: 200 })
+  }
+  try {
+    const bridge = new TelegramBridge(bridgeCtx(fakeAgents({
+      createCount: 0,
+      disposeCount: 0,
+      sessionIds: [],
+      followups: [],
+    })) as never, {
+      token: 'SECRET-TOKEN',
+      allowedUserIds: [1],
+      allowAllUsers: false,
+      pollingTimeoutSec: 15,
+      sleep: async () => {},
+    })
+    bridge.start()
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 80))
+    await bridge.stop()
+    assert.ok(calls.some((call) => (call.body as { timeout?: number }).timeout === 15))
+  } finally {
+    globalThis.fetch = originalFetch
+  }
+})