diff --git a/apps/planner/app/lib/brouter.ts b/apps/planner/app/lib/brouter.ts
index 42f7750..13aa65d 100644
--- a/apps/planner/app/lib/brouter.ts
+++ b/apps/planner/app/lib/brouter.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { mergeGeoJsonSegments, type EnrichedRoute, type NoGoArea, type Waypoint } from "./route-merge";
+import { fetchWithTimeout } from "./http.server";
 
 export { mergeGeoJsonSegments };
 export type { EnrichedRoute, NoGoArea };
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ export class BRouterError extends Error {
 }
 
 async function fetchSegment(url: string): Promise<Record<string, unknown>> {
-  const response = await fetch(url, { headers: authHeaders() });
+  const response = await fetchWithTimeout(url, { headers: authHeaders() });
   if (!response.ok) {
     const body = await response.text();
     throw new BRouterError(body.trim(), response.status);
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ export async function computeSegmentGpx(request: {
   const nogoParam = request.noGoAreas?.length ? noGoAreasToParam(request.noGoAreas) : undefined;
   if (nogoParam) params.set("polygons", nogoParam);
 
-  const resp = await fetch(`${BROUTER_URL}/brouter?${params}`, {
+  const resp = await fetchWithTimeout(`${BROUTER_URL}/brouter?${params}`, {
     headers: authHeaders(),
   });
   if (!resp.ok) {
diff --git a/apps/planner/app/lib/http.server.test.ts b/apps/planner/app/lib/http.server.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6fe9ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/planner/app/lib/http.server.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, vi, afterEach } from "vitest";
+import { fetchWithTimeout } from "./http.server.ts";
+
+const originalFetch = globalThis.fetch;
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  globalThis.fetch = originalFetch;
+  vi.restoreAllMocks();
+});
+
+describe("fetchWithTimeout (planner)", () => {
+  it("aborts when the upstream exceeds the timeout", async () => {
+    globalThis.fetch = vi.fn((_input: RequestInfo | URL, init?: RequestInit) => {
+      return new Promise((_resolve, reject) => {
+        init?.signal?.addEventListener("abort", () => {
+          reject(new DOMException("aborted", "AbortError"));
+        });
+      });
+    }) as typeof fetch;
+    await expect(fetchWithTimeout("https://example.test", {}, 25)).rejects.toThrow();
+  });
+
+  it("returns the response when the call resolves in time", async () => {
+    globalThis.fetch = vi.fn(async () => new Response("ok", { status: 200 })) as typeof fetch;
+    const resp = await fetchWithTimeout("https://example.test", {}, 1000);
+    expect(resp.status).toBe(200);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/planner/app/lib/http.server.ts b/apps/planner/app/lib/http.server.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14e9a41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/planner/app/lib/http.server.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// Default timeout for outbound HTTP calls to third-party services
+// (BRouter, Overpass, …). A hung upstream must not stall the request
+// handler indefinitely.
+export const DEFAULT_EXTERNAL_FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS = 30_000;
+
+export function fetchWithTimeout(
+  input: RequestInfo | URL,
+  init: RequestInit = {},
+  timeoutMs: number = DEFAULT_EXTERNAL_FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS,
+): Promise<Response> {
+  const signal = init.signal
+    ? AbortSignal.any([init.signal, AbortSignal.timeout(timeoutMs)])
+    : AbortSignal.timeout(timeoutMs);
+  return fetch(input, { ...init, signal });
+}