diff --git a/camel/model_backend.py b/camel/model_backend.py
index c4b6b5879..fda4258a8 100644
--- a/camel/model_backend.py
+++ b/camel/model_backend.py
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ def run(self, *args, **kwargs):
                 client = openai.OpenAI(
                     api_key=OPENAI_API_KEY,
                     base_url=BASE_URL,
+                    timeout=60.0, # Adding a logical timeout for better reliability
+                    max_retries=3  # Standardizing retries
                 )
             else:
                 client = openai.OpenAI(
diff --git a/camel/web_spider.py b/camel/web_spider.py
index 31e1f70d2..3f02484e7 100644
--- a/camel/web_spider.py
+++ b/camel/web_spider.py
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
     client = openai.OpenAI(
         api_key=self_api_key,
         base_url=BASE_URL,
+        timeout=60.0, # Adding a logical timeout for better reliability
+        max_retries=3  # Standardizing retries
     )
 else:
     client = openai.OpenAI(
diff --git a/ecl/embedding.py b/ecl/embedding.py
index f8e90bc49..2f002ac6a 100644
--- a/ecl/embedding.py
+++ b/ecl/embedding.py
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ def get_text_embedding(self,text: str):
                 client = openai.OpenAI(
                     api_key=OPENAI_API_KEY,
                     base_url=BASE_URL,
+                    timeout=60.0, # Adding a logical timeout for better reliability
+                    max_retries=3  # Standardizing retries
                 )
             else:
                 client = openai.OpenAI(
@@ -59,6 +61,8 @@ def get_code_embedding(self,code: str):
                 client = openai.OpenAI(
                     api_key=OPENAI_API_KEY,
                     base_url=BASE_URL,
+                    timeout=60.0, # Adding a logical timeout for better reliability
+                    max_retries=3  # Standardizing retries
                 )
             else:
                 client = openai.OpenAI(
diff --git a/ecl/utils.py b/ecl/utils.py
index 184d90b8f..e25b6a548 100644
--- a/ecl/utils.py
+++ b/ecl/utils.py
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ def run(self, messages) :
             client = openai.OpenAI(
                 api_key=OPENAI_API_KEY,
                 base_url=BASE_URL,
+                timeout=60.0, # Adding a logical timeout for better reliability
+                max_retries=3  # Standardizing retries
             )
         else:
             client = openai.OpenAI(