diff --git a/scripts/check-mcp-release-due.mjs b/scripts/check-mcp-release-due.mjs
index 0aa6d3a92e..fa92e5d767 100644
--- a/scripts/check-mcp-release-due.mjs
+++ b/scripts/check-mcp-release-due.mjs
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ import { pathToFileURL } from "node:url";
 import { buildMcpReleaseIssue, buildMcpReleaseReport, latestSemverTag, MCP_RELEASE_DUE_MARKER } from "./mcp-release-core.mjs";
 
 const packageJsonPath = "packages/loopover-mcp/package.json";
+// Per-request timeout so a hung api.github.com connection can't block the unattended mcp-release-watch job
+// indefinitely, matching the connection guard sibling release/observability scripts already use (#7014).
+const GITHUB_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS = 30_000;
 
 async function main() {
   const args = parseArgs(process.argv.slice(2));
@@ -144,6 +147,7 @@ async function githubRequest({ token, method, path, body }) {
       "x-github-api-version": "2022-11-28",
     },
     body: body ? JSON.stringify(body) : undefined,
+    signal: AbortSignal.timeout(GITHUB_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS),
   });
   const text = await response.text();
   const payload = text ? JSON.parse(text) : null;
diff --git a/scripts/smoke-observability-metrics.mjs b/scripts/smoke-observability-metrics.mjs
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 78bd82e7f4..6d1b61a1f2
--- a/scripts/smoke-observability-metrics.mjs
+++ b/scripts/smoke-observability-metrics.mjs
@@ -47,20 +47,21 @@ const body = {
 const push = await fetch("http://otel-collector:4318/v1/metrics", {
   method: "POST",
   headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
-  body: JSON.stringify(body)
+  body: JSON.stringify(body),
+  signal: AbortSignal.timeout(${JSON.stringify(timeoutMs)})
 });
 if (!push.ok) throw new Error("collector rejected smoke metric: " + push.status + " " + await push.text());
 const deadline = Date.now() + ${JSON.stringify(timeoutMs)};
 let last = "";
 while (Date.now() <= deadline) {
-  const res = await fetch("http://otel-collector:8889/metrics");
+  const res = await fetch("http://otel-collector:8889/metrics", { signal: AbortSignal.timeout(${JSON.stringify(timeoutMs)}) });
   if (res.ok) {
     const text = await res.text();
     if (text.includes(metricName)) {
       // Second check: the app's own /metrics is basic-shape sane (real HELP/TYPE lines exist), not just
       // that the process answers 200. Independent of the collector path above -- this is the app's own
       // in-process registry (src/selfhost/metrics.ts), not something the collector could mask a break in.
-      const appRes = await fetch("http://localhost:8787/metrics");
+      const appRes = await fetch("http://localhost:8787/metrics", { signal: AbortSignal.timeout(${JSON.stringify(timeoutMs)}) });
       if (!appRes.ok) throw new Error("app /metrics returned " + appRes.status);
       const appText = await appRes.text();
       if (!appText.includes("# HELP loopover_uptime_seconds") || !appText.includes("# TYPE loopover_uptime_seconds gauge")) {
diff --git a/scripts/smoke-observability-traces.mjs b/scripts/smoke-observability-traces.mjs
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 173610661f..f3aa0e7d11
--- a/scripts/smoke-observability-traces.mjs
+++ b/scripts/smoke-observability-traces.mjs
@@ -48,13 +48,14 @@ const body = {
 const push = await fetch("http://otel-collector:4318/v1/traces", {
   method: "POST",
   headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
-  body: JSON.stringify(body)
+  body: JSON.stringify(body),
+  signal: AbortSignal.timeout(${JSON.stringify(timeoutMs)})
 });
 if (!push.ok) throw new Error("collector rejected smoke trace: " + push.status + " " + await push.text());
 const deadline = Date.now() + ${JSON.stringify(timeoutMs)};
 let last = "";
 while (Date.now() <= deadline) {
-  const res = await fetch("http://tempo:3200/api/traces/" + traceId);
+  const res = await fetch("http://tempo:3200/api/traces/" + traceId, { signal: AbortSignal.timeout(${JSON.stringify(timeoutMs)}) });
   if (res.ok) {
     const json = await res.json();
     if (JSON.stringify(json).includes("selfhost.observability.smoke")) {
diff --git a/test/unit/observability-release-fetch-timeout.test.ts b/test/unit/observability-release-fetch-timeout.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cc6e4b3cd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/observability-release-fetch-timeout.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+// #7014: these unattended, CI-workflow-driven scripts make outbound fetches with no per-request timeout, so a
+// single hung connection could block the job past its intended deadline (or indefinitely). Every fetch they
+// make must now carry an AbortSignal timeout. Asserted structurally because the scripts run against live
+// container/GitHub endpoints that a unit test can't stand up.
+
+it("check-mcp-release-due's githubRequest fetch carries an AbortSignal timeout", () => {
+  const src = readFileSync("scripts/check-mcp-release-due.mjs", "utf8");
+  const fetchCount = (src.match(/\bfetch\(/g) ?? []).length;
+  const timeoutCount = (src.match(/AbortSignal\.timeout\(/g) ?? []).length;
+  expect(fetchCount).toBe(1);
+  expect(timeoutCount).toBe(1);
+});
+
+describe("smoke-observability scripts (#7014): every generated fetch is timeout-guarded", () => {
+  for (const path of ["scripts/smoke-observability-traces.mjs", "scripts/smoke-observability-metrics.mjs"]) {
+    it(`${path} bounds every fetch with AbortSignal.timeout`, () => {
+      const src = readFileSync(path, "utf8");
+      const fetchCount = (src.match(/\bawait fetch\(/g) ?? []).length;
+      const timeoutCount = (src.match(/AbortSignal\.timeout\(/g) ?? []).length;
+      expect(fetchCount, `${path}: expected fetch calls`).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+      // One timeout per fetch — no un-bounded outbound call is left in the generated smoke script.
+      expect(timeoutCount, `${path}: every fetch guarded`).toBe(fetchCount);
+    });
+  }
+});