diff --git a/scripts/release-ci-summary.d.mts b/scripts/release-ci-summary.d.mts
index 5a253c55502c..cb9531bac0db 100644
--- a/scripts/release-ci-summary.d.mts
+++ b/scripts/release-ci-summary.d.mts
@@ -1,4 +1,23 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
+export function runReleaseCiGh(
+  args: string[],
+  params?: {
+    execFileSyncImpl?: (
+      command: string,
+      args: string[],
+      options: {
+        encoding: "utf8";
+        env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
+        killSignal: "SIGKILL";
+        maxBuffer: number;
+        stdio: unknown;
+        timeout: number;
+      },
+    ) => string;
+    stdio?: unknown;
+    timeoutMs?: number;
+  },
+): string;
 export function githubRestArgs(pathSuffix: string, repository?: string): string[];
 export function artifactDownloadArgs(artifactId: string | number, repository?: string): string[];
 export function validateParentRunBinding(
diff --git a/scripts/release-ci-summary.mjs b/scripts/release-ci-summary.mjs
index b8ad40577434..8a04d5e73159 100755
--- a/scripts/release-ci-summary.mjs
+++ b/scripts/release-ci-summary.mjs
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ const MANIFEST_ARTIFACT_ENTRY = "full-release-validation-manifest.json";
 const MAX_MANIFEST_ARTIFACT_ZIP_BYTES = 256 * 1024;
 const MAX_MANIFEST_JSON_BYTES = 128 * 1024;
 const MAX_MANIFEST_ENTRY_LIST_BYTES = 8 * 1024;
+// Release evidence lookups run during full release validation, so keep enough
+// headroom for GitHub latency while preventing one stalled read from consuming
+// the workflow budget.
+const GH_COMMAND_TIMEOUT_MS = 60_000;
 
 const CHILD_DISPATCHES = [
   {
@@ -89,15 +93,24 @@ const RERUN_GROUP_CHILD_KEYS = new Map([
   ["performance", ["productPerformance"]],
 ]);
 
-function gh(args) {
-  return execFileSync(resolvePlainGhBin(), args, {
+export function runReleaseCiGh(args, params = {}) {
+  const execFileSyncImpl = params.execFileSyncImpl ?? execFileSync;
+  const timeoutMs = params.timeoutMs ?? GH_COMMAND_TIMEOUT_MS;
+  const stdio = params.stdio ?? ["ignore", "pipe", "pipe"];
+  return execFileSyncImpl(resolvePlainGhBin(), args, {
     encoding: "utf8",
     env: plainGhEnv(),
+    killSignal: "SIGKILL",
     maxBuffer: 64 * 1024 * 1024,
-    stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "pipe"],
+    stdio,
+    timeout: timeoutMs,
   });
 }
 
+function gh(args) {
+  return runReleaseCiGh(args);
+}
+
 function jsonGh(args) {
   return JSON.parse(gh(args));
 }
@@ -117,8 +130,7 @@ export function artifactDownloadArgs(artifactId, repository = DEFAULT_REPO) {
 function downloadArtifactZip(artifactId, destination, repository = DEFAULT_REPO) {
   const output = openSync(destination, "w");
   try {
-    execFileSync(resolvePlainGhBin(), artifactDownloadArgs(artifactId, repository), {
-      env: plainGhEnv(),
+    runReleaseCiGh(artifactDownloadArgs(artifactId, repository), {
       stdio: ["ignore", output, "pipe"],
     });
   } finally {
diff --git a/test/scripts/release-ci-summary.test.ts b/test/scripts/release-ci-summary.test.ts
index 89fd943af0b8..21293394c06c 100644
--- a/test/scripts/release-ci-summary.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/release-ci-summary.test.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
 import { dirname, join, resolve } from "node:path";
 import { pathToFileURL } from "node:url";
 import { expectDefined } from "@openclaw/normalization-core";
-import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import {
   artifactDownloadArgs,
   expectedChildDispatches,
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {
   releaseCiWatchFingerprint,
   requiredChildKeysForRerunGroup,
   resolveManifestChildOriginAttempt,
+  runReleaseCiGh,
   selectExactChildRun,
   selectExactChildRunFromPages,
   selectManifestArtifact,
@@ -51,6 +52,39 @@ describe("GitHub API commands", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("runReleaseCiGh", () => {
+  it("bounds each GitHub lookup with a timeout and SIGKILL", () => {
+    const execFileSyncImpl = vi.fn(() => "result");
+
+    expect(
+      runReleaseCiGh(["api", "repos/openclaw/openclaw/actions/runs/1"], { execFileSyncImpl }),
+    ).toBe("result");
+    expect(execFileSyncImpl).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(execFileSyncImpl).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.any(String),
+      ["api", "repos/openclaw/openclaw/actions/runs/1"],
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        encoding: "utf8",
+        killSignal: "SIGKILL",
+        timeout: 60_000,
+      }),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("propagates GitHub lookup timeouts", () => {
+    const timeoutError = Object.assign(new Error("spawnSync gh ETIMEDOUT"), {
+      code: "ETIMEDOUT",
+    });
+    expect(() =>
+      runReleaseCiGh(["api", "rate_limit"], {
+        execFileSyncImpl: () => {
+          throw timeoutError;
+        },
+      }),
+    ).toThrow(timeoutError);
+  });
+});
+
 function crc32(input: Buffer): number {
   let crc = 0xffffffff;
   for (const byte of input) {