diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 72edf88f..ed210a6f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -8293,6 +8293,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "flate2",
  "gix",
  "imara-diff",
+ "libc",
  "notify",
  "yas-fssync",
 ]
diff --git a/UNSAFE.md b/UNSAFE.md
index 086ebb72..9ec59a65 100644
--- a/UNSAFE.md
+++ b/UNSAFE.md
@@ -142,6 +142,10 @@ To prevent this, every long-lived service `Command::new()…spawn()` in [`crates
 
 `prctl(PR_SET_PDEATHSIG, …)` is async-signal-safe and is invoked inside the closure passed to `CommandExt::pre_exec`. The `unsafe` block is confined to the closure body — the outer `pdeathsig_hook()` function is safe. SIGTERM (not SIGKILL) is used so children can clean up their own resources before exiting. Both modules are `#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]`, so there is no cross-platform shim needed.
 
+## Git fetch process-group kill in `git`
+
+`run_git` in [`crates/git/src/reads.rs`](crates/git/src/reads.rs) starts `git fetch` in its own process group (`CommandExt::process_group(0)`). On timeout or cancellation, `kill_git` calls `libc::kill(-pid, SIGKILL)` so that what git started (ssh, a credential helper, a local upload-pack) dies with it, then reaps git. The pid comes from the still-unreaped child, so the group it names cannot have been recycled. Unix only; on Windows only git itself is killed.
+
 ## `sd_notify` socket address in `sd-notify`
 
 [`crates/sd-notify/src/lib.rs`](crates/sd-notify/src/lib.rs) constructs a `sockaddr_un` by hand and calls `libc::socket` / `libc::sendto` to deliver `READY=1` to systemd. We do not link `libsystemd`. The whole module is `#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]` (other OSes get a no-op stub) since systemd is Linux-only and constants like `SOCK_CLOEXEC` and `MSG_NOSIGNAL` aren't portable to macOS. The unsafe surface is small and one-shot: build `sockaddr_un`, send one datagram, close the fd. The invariants: the path from `NOTIFY_SOCKET` is length-checked against `sun_path` before any byte is written so we never overflow the address buffer; only paths starting with `/` (filesystem) or `@` (Linux abstract namespace, leading byte rewritten to NUL) are accepted, anything else is silently dropped; the computed `addr_len` matches the documented kernel encoding for each form (sa_family + path bytes for abstract, sa_family + path bytes + trailing NUL for filesystem); the fd is opened with `SOCK_CLOEXEC` so it can't leak into PTY children; and every error path is best-effort — a missing `NOTIFY_SOCKET`, a truncated path, a failing `socket()`, or a failing `sendto()` all fall through to a normal return so the daemon never aborts on a notification failure.
diff --git a/crates/git/Cargo.toml b/crates/git/Cargo.toml
index eca01282..eaf65923 100644
--- a/crates/git/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/git/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,3 +27,6 @@ notify = "8"
 # `GIT binary patch` bodies are zlib streams, as git writes them. Already in
 # the tree via gix's own object store, so this adds an edge, not a crate.
 flate2 = "1"
+
+[target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
+libc = "0.2"
diff --git a/crates/git/src/model.rs b/crates/git/src/model.rs
index a7fe4057..d33f2447 100644
--- a/crates/git/src/model.rs
+++ b/crates/git/src/model.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ pub const GIT_STATUS_CANCELLED: u8 = 8;
 pub const GIT_STATUS_OTHER: u8 = 9;
 pub const GIT_STATUS_CONFLICT: u8 = 11;
 pub const GIT_STATUS_NO_MERGE_BASE: u8 = 12;
+pub const GIT_STATUS_TIMEOUT: u8 = 13;
 
 pub const GIT_OID_FORMAT_SHA1: u8 = 0;
 pub const GIT_OID_FORMAT_SHA256: u8 = 1;
diff --git a/crates/git/src/native.rs b/crates/git/src/native.rs
index fa1e1b9e..929cc8d8 100644
--- a/crates/git/src/native.rs
+++ b/crates/git/src/native.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ pub enum Status {
     Invalid,
     Cancelled,
     Conflict,
+    Timeout,
     Other,
 }
 
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ impl Status {
             engine::GIT_STATUS_INVALID => Self::Invalid,
             engine::GIT_STATUS_CANCELLED => Self::Cancelled,
             engine::GIT_STATUS_CONFLICT | engine::GIT_STATUS_NO_MERGE_BASE => Self::Conflict,
+            engine::GIT_STATUS_TIMEOUT => Self::Timeout,
             _ => Self::Other,
         }
     }
diff --git a/crates/git/src/reads.rs b/crates/git/src/reads.rs
index 950b904b..ea70f07e 100644
--- a/crates/git/src/reads.rs
+++ b/crates/git/src/reads.rs
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ use crate::model::{
     GIT_FETCH_REF_TAG_UPDATE, GIT_FOUND_BARE, GIT_FOUND_LINKED, GIT_OID_NONE,
     GIT_REFLOG_OLDEST_FIRST, GIT_REFLOG_TRUNCATED, GIT_STATUS_CANCELLED, GIT_STATUS_INVALID,
     GIT_STATUS_NOT_FOUND, GIT_STATUS_OK, GIT_STATUS_OTHER, GIT_STATUS_PERMISSION,
-    GIT_STATUS_WRONG_TYPE, GIT_WORKTREE_BARE, GIT_WORKTREE_CURRENT, GIT_WORKTREE_DETACHED,
-    GIT_WORKTREE_LOCKED, GIT_WORKTREE_MAIN, GIT_WORKTREE_PRUNABLE, GIT_WORKTREES_TRUNCATED,
-    GitBlameRecord, GitBlameRequest, GitDiscoverRecord, GitFetchRecord, GitFetchRequest,
-    GitReflogRecord, GitReflogRequest, GitWorktreeRecord, GitWorktreesRequest, OwnedGitBlameRecord,
-    OwnedGitDiscoverRecord, OwnedGitFetchRecord, OwnedGitReflogRecord, OwnedGitWorktreeRecord,
-    Response, blame_response, discover_response, fetch_response, push_git_blame_record,
-    push_git_discover_record, push_git_fetch_record, push_git_reflog_record,
+    GIT_STATUS_TIMEOUT, GIT_STATUS_WRONG_TYPE, GIT_WORKTREE_BARE, GIT_WORKTREE_CURRENT,
+    GIT_WORKTREE_DETACHED, GIT_WORKTREE_LOCKED, GIT_WORKTREE_MAIN, GIT_WORKTREE_PRUNABLE,
+    GIT_WORKTREES_TRUNCATED, GitBlameRecord, GitBlameRequest, GitDiscoverRecord, GitFetchRecord,
+    GitFetchRequest, GitReflogRecord, GitReflogRequest, GitWorktreeRecord, GitWorktreesRequest,
+    OwnedGitBlameRecord, OwnedGitDiscoverRecord, OwnedGitFetchRecord, OwnedGitReflogRecord,
+    OwnedGitWorktreeRecord, Response, blame_response, discover_response, fetch_response,
+    push_git_blame_record, push_git_discover_record, push_git_fetch_record, push_git_reflog_record,
     push_git_worktree_record, reflog_response, worktrees_response,
 };
 
@@ -711,7 +711,12 @@ fn run_git(
 ) -> Result<GitOutput, u8> {
     use std::io::Read as _;
     use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
-    let mut child = Command::new("git")
+    let mut command = Command::new("git");
+    // Its own process group, so a kill reaches what git runs: ssh, a
+    // credential helper, a local upload-pack.
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    std::os::unix::process::CommandExt::process_group(&mut command, 0);
+    let mut child = command
         .current_dir(dir)
         .args(args)
         .env("GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT", "0")
@@ -756,14 +761,12 @@ fn run_git(
             Err(_) => return Err(GIT_STATUS_OTHER),
         }
         if cancel.is_cancelled() {
-            let _ = child.kill();
-            let _ = child.wait();
+            kill_git(&mut child);
             return Err(GIT_STATUS_CANCELLED);
         }
         if std::time::Instant::now() >= deadline {
-            let _ = child.kill();
-            let _ = child.wait();
-            return Err(GIT_STATUS_OTHER);
+            kill_git(&mut child);
+            return Err(GIT_STATUS_TIMEOUT);
         }
         std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(20));
     };
@@ -774,6 +777,19 @@ fn run_git(
     })
 }
 
+/// Kill git and the process group it leads, then reap it.
+fn kill_git(child: &mut std::process::Child) {
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    if let Ok(pid) = libc::pid_t::try_from(child.id()) {
+        // SAFETY: plain syscall on the process group this child leads.
+        unsafe {
+            libc::kill(-pid, libc::SIGKILL);
+        }
+    }
+    let _ = child.kill();
+    let _ = child.wait();
+}
+
 /// One `git fetch --porcelain` line: `<flag> <old> <new> <ref>`, where
 /// flag is ` ` fast-forward, `+` forced, `-` pruned, `*` new, `!` rejected,
 /// `=` up to date.
diff --git a/crates/git/tests/engine.rs b/crates/git/tests/engine.rs
index 78a9d285..b94c26f3 100644
--- a/crates/git/tests/engine.rs
+++ b/crates/git/tests/engine.rs
@@ -514,6 +514,48 @@ fn semantic_fetch_reports_local_remote_ref_updates() {
     }));
 }
 
+#[cfg(unix)]
+#[test]
+fn fetch_timeout_reports_timeout_and_kills_what_git_started() {
+    if !native::fetch_available() {
+        return;
+    }
+    let source = Repository::new();
+    source.git(&["commit", "-q", "--allow-empty", "-m", "remote"]);
+    let consumer = Repository::new();
+    consumer.git(&["remote", "add", "origin", &source.remote_path()]);
+    // The remote side stalls past the deadline, leaving its pid behind.
+    let pid_file = consumer.0.join("upload-pack.pid");
+    consumer.git(&[
+        "config",
+        "remote.origin.uploadpack",
+        &format!(
+            "echo $$ > '{}'; sleep 30; git-upload-pack",
+            pid_file.display()
+        ),
+    ]);
+    let (handle, _) = native::open_path(&consumer.0).unwrap();
+    let error = handle
+        .native_fetch("origin", &[], 0, 500, &Cancel::default())
+        .unwrap_err();
+    assert_eq!(error.status, Status::Timeout);
+
+    let pid = std::fs::read_to_string(&pid_file).unwrap();
+    let alive = || {
+        Command::new("kill")
+            .args(["-0", pid.trim()])
+            .stderr(std::process::Stdio::null())
+            .status()
+            .unwrap()
+            .success()
+    };
+    let deadline = std::time::Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(5);
+    while alive() && std::time::Instant::now() < deadline {
+        std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(20));
+    }
+    assert!(!alive(), "upload-pack {} outlived the fetch", pid.trim());
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn status_keeps_tracked_files_and_ancestors_observable_despite_ignore_rules() {
     for untracked in [false, true] {
diff --git a/crates/server/src/yas_git.rs b/crates/server/src/yas_git.rs
index 1790b7a9..0f93bb0b 100644
--- a/crates/server/src/yas_git.rs
+++ b/crates/server/src/yas_git.rs
@@ -790,6 +790,7 @@ fn native_error(error: yas_git::native::Failure) -> Error {
             yas_git::native::Status::ResourceExhausted => Status::ResourceExhausted,
             yas_git::native::Status::Cancelled => Status::Cancelled,
             yas_git::native::Status::Conflict => Status::Conflict,
+            yas_git::native::Status::Timeout => Status::Timeout,
             yas_git::native::Status::Other => Status::Internal,
         },
         error.detail,
@@ -805,6 +806,7 @@ fn native_status(status: yas_git::native::Status) -> Status {
         yas_git::native::Status::ResourceExhausted => Status::ResourceExhausted,
         yas_git::native::Status::Cancelled => Status::Cancelled,
         yas_git::native::Status::Conflict => Status::Conflict,
+        yas_git::native::Status::Timeout => Status::Timeout,
         yas_git::native::Status::Other => Status::Internal,
     }
 }