diff --git a/sdk/packages/llms/src/providers/ai-sdk.ts b/sdk/packages/llms/src/providers/ai-sdk.ts
index 1376a94147..f959b0e4c7 100644
--- a/sdk/packages/llms/src/providers/ai-sdk.ts
+++ b/sdk/packages/llms/src/providers/ai-sdk.ts
@@ -1487,6 +1487,29 @@ interface CapturedStreamError {
 	reported?: boolean;
 	requestId?: string;
 	baseMessage: string;
+	/** For a timeout: whether the provider went silent before or during its reply. */
+	timeoutPhase?: "before_reply" | "mid_reply";
+}
+
+/**
+ * A native timeout means the runtime stopped waiting on a silent provider
+ * (Bun's fetch gives up after 300 s). Tell the user what happened in plain
+ * words; telemetry keeps the raw error text in `baseMessage`. Updated in
+ * place so `reportError` still recognises an already-reported failure.
+ */
+function describeProviderTimeout(
+	captured: CapturedStreamError,
+	sawVisibleContent: boolean,
+): void {
+	captured.timeoutPhase = sawVisibleContent ? "mid_reply" : "before_reply";
+	const what =
+		captured.timeoutPhase === "mid_reply"
+			? "The model provider stopped responding partway through its reply."
+			: "The model provider stopped responding before it started its reply.";
+	captured.message = appendRequestId(
+		`${what} Send a message to continue, or switch models if this keeps happening.`,
+		captured.requestId,
+	);
 }
 
 function captureStreamError(
@@ -2035,6 +2058,9 @@ async function* emitAiSdkEvents(
 		};
 	}
 
+	if (streamError && isTimeoutReason(streamError.error)) {
+		describeProviderTimeout(streamError, sawVisibleContent);
+	}
 	if (streamError) await reportError?.(streamError);
 
 	const finishRequestId = requestId ?? streamError?.requestId;
@@ -2234,6 +2260,7 @@ function createAiSdkProvider(
 						aiSdkCallId: getAiSdkCallId?.(),
 						errorPhase: captured.phase,
 						errorTurnRetryable: captured.retryable,
+						timeoutPhase: captured.timeoutPhase,
 						providerId: request.providerId,
 						modelId: request.modelId,
 						providerKind: kind,
diff --git a/sdk/packages/llms/src/providers/gateway.test.ts b/sdk/packages/llms/src/providers/gateway.test.ts
index 20f06ab4c0..4ee40ffb30 100644
--- a/sdk/packages/llms/src/providers/gateway.test.ts
+++ b/sdk/packages/llms/src/providers/gateway.test.ts
@@ -2775,6 +2775,62 @@ describe("sdk-gateway", () => {
 		).toHaveLength(1);
 	});
 
+	it.each([
+		{
+			timeoutPhase: "before_reply",
+			parts: [],
+			message:
+				"The model provider stopped responding before it started its reply.",
+		},
+		{
+			timeoutPhase: "mid_reply",
+			parts: [{ type: "text-delta", text: "Now I will" }],
+			message:
+				"The model provider stopped responding partway through its reply.",
+		},
+	])("explains a provider that went silent ($timeoutPhase)", async ({
+		timeoutPhase,
+		parts,
+		message,
+	}) => {
+		// Bun's fetch gives up on a silent provider with this native error.
+		const error = new DOMException("The operation timed out.", "TimeoutError");
+		streamTextSpy.mockReturnValue({
+			fullStream: (async function* () {
+				yield* parts;
+				throw error;
+			})(),
+		});
+		const { telemetry, capture } = createTelemetryMock();
+		const gateway = createGateway({
+			telemetry,
+			logger: { error: vi.fn(), log: vi.fn() },
+			providerConfigs: [{ providerId: "openai-native", apiKey: "test" }],
+		});
+		const events = await collect(
+			await gateway.stream({
+				providerId: "openai-native",
+				modelId: "gpt-5-mini",
+				messages: baseMessages,
+			}),
+		);
+		expect(events.at(-1)).toMatchObject({
+			type: "finish",
+			reason: "error",
+			error: `${message} Send a message to continue, or switch models if this keeps happening.`,
+			// Retry decisions are unchanged: a timeout alone is not retried.
+			errorRetryable: false,
+		});
+		expect(capture).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+			event: "sdk.error",
+			properties: expect.objectContaining({
+				error_type: "TimeoutError",
+				error_message: "The operation timed out.",
+				timeoutPhase,
+			}),
+		});
+	});
+
 	it.each([
 		"AbortError",
 		"TimeoutError",