diff --git a/hyperactor_mesh/src/v1/actor_mesh.rs b/hyperactor_mesh/src/v1/actor_mesh.rs
index 0710883a3..3fc6f9d4a 100644
--- a/hyperactor_mesh/src/v1/actor_mesh.rs
+++ b/hyperactor_mesh/src/v1/actor_mesh.rs
@@ -405,6 +405,7 @@ mod tests {
     use crate::v1::ActorMeshRef;
     use crate::v1::Name;
     use crate::v1::ProcMesh;
+    use crate::v1::proc_mesh::GET_ACTOR_STATE_MAX_IDLE;
     use crate::v1::testactor;
     use crate::v1::testing;
 
@@ -577,6 +578,9 @@ mod tests {
     async fn test_actor_states_with_process_exit() {
         hyperactor_telemetry::initialize_logging_for_test();
 
+        let config = hyperactor::config::global::lock();
+        let _guard = config.override_key(GET_ACTOR_STATE_MAX_IDLE, Duration::from_secs(1));
+
         let instance = testing::instance().await;
         // Listen for supervision events sent to the parent instance.
         let (supervision_port, mut supervision_receiver) =
diff --git a/hyperactor_mesh/src/v1/proc_mesh.rs b/hyperactor_mesh/src/v1/proc_mesh.rs
index b27f97e7a..6365fb9f1 100644
--- a/hyperactor_mesh/src/v1/proc_mesh.rs
+++ b/hyperactor_mesh/src/v1/proc_mesh.rs
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ declare_attrs! {
     /// The maximum idle time between updates while spawning actor meshes.
     @meta(CONFIG_ENV_VAR = "HYPERACTOR_MESH_ACTOR_SPAWN_MAX_IDLE".to_string())
     pub attr ACTOR_SPAWN_MAX_IDLE: Duration = Duration::from_secs(30);
+
+    @meta(CONFIG_ENV_VAR = "HYPERACTOR_MESH_GET_ACTOR_STATE_MAX_IDLE".to_string())
+    pub attr GET_ACTOR_STATE_MAX_IDLE: Duration = Duration::from_secs(30);
 }
 
 /// A reference to a single [`hyperactor::Proc`].
@@ -545,7 +548,9 @@ impl ProcMeshRef {
             // the agent will be unresponsive.
             // We handle this by setting a timeout on the recv, and if we don't get a
             // message we assume the agent is dead and return a failed state.
-            let state = RealClock.timeout(Duration::from_secs(1), rx.recv()).await;
+            let state = RealClock
+                .timeout(config::global::get(GET_ACTOR_STATE_MAX_IDLE), rx.recv())
+                .await;
             if let Ok(state) = state {
                 // Handle non-timeout receiver error.
                 let state = state?;
diff --git a/python/tests/test_actor_error.py b/python/tests/test_actor_error.py
index 34ed57611..b1a7e4400 100644
--- a/python/tests/test_actor_error.py
+++ b/python/tests/test_actor_error.py
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ async def test_supervision_with_proc_mesh_stopped(mesh, v1: bool) -> None:
 # TODO - re-enable after resolving T232206970
 @pytest.mark.oss_skip
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("v1", [True, False])
-@pytest.mark.timeout(30)
+@pytest.mark.timeout(60)
 async def test_supervision_with_sending_error(v1: bool) -> None:
     # Messages of length > this will cause a send error and a returned
     # undeliverable.