diff --git a/nextcloud_mcp_server/models/tables.py b/nextcloud_mcp_server/models/tables.py
index 735a78e6a..ae31d7c25 100644
--- a/nextcloud_mcp_server/models/tables.py
+++ b/nextcloud_mcp_server/models/tables.py
@@ -71,7 +71,11 @@ class Table(BaseModel):
     id: int = Field(description="Table ID")
     title: str = Field(description="Table title")
     emoji: Optional[str] = Field(None, description="Table emoji")
-    ownership: str = Field(description="Table ownership")
+    # Same failure mode as owner_display_name below: a required field here fails
+    # the *whole* nc_tables_list_tables call (server/tables.py splats each dict
+    # straight into Table), so one absent key costs every table. Nothing in this
+    # codebase reads `ownership`, so Optional costs nothing.
+    ownership: Optional[str] = Field(None, description="Table ownership")
     # Tables app v2.0.1 stopped emitting owner_display_name at the top level
     # (still present inside views via get_schema). Optional avoids a 100% failure
     # rate on list_tables — see #728.
@@ -99,8 +103,13 @@ class TableSchema(BaseModel):
     """Model for complete table schema including columns and views."""
 
     table: Table = Field(description="Table information")
-    columns: List[TableColumn] = Field(description="Table columns")
-    views: List[TableView] = Field(description="Table views")
+    # default_factory for the same reason: a schema response that omits either
+    # list (an empty table has no views) should degrade to an empty list rather
+    # than failing the call.
+    columns: List[TableColumn] = Field(
+        default_factory=list, description="Table columns"
+    )
+    views: List[TableView] = Field(default_factory=list, description="Table views")
 
 
 class ListTablesResponse(BaseResponse):
diff --git a/nextcloud_mcp_server/providers/anthropic.py b/nextcloud_mcp_server/providers/anthropic.py
index 0ba56bed1..4cb2a03d3 100644
--- a/nextcloud_mcp_server/providers/anthropic.py
+++ b/nextcloud_mcp_server/providers/anthropic.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import logging
 
+import httpx
 from anthropic import AsyncAnthropic
 from anthropic.types import TextBlock
 
@@ -18,8 +19,17 @@ class AnthropicProvider(Provider):
     Note: Anthropic doesn't provide embedding models, only text generation.
     """
 
+    # 120s read / 5s connect is the house convention (ollama.py, openai.py). The
+    # Anthropic SDK otherwise defaults to 600s, long enough that a wedged request
+    # looks like a hang rather than a failure.
+    DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 120.0
+    DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 5.0
+
     def __init__(
-        self, api_key: str, generation_model: str = "claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022"
+        self,
+        api_key: str,
+        generation_model: str = "claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022",
+        timeout: httpx.Timeout | None = None,
     ):
         """
         Initialize Anthropic provider.
@@ -27,8 +37,15 @@ def __init__(
         Args:
             api_key: Anthropic API key
             generation_model: Model name (e.g., "claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022")
+            timeout: Optional httpx timeout. Defaults to 120s read / 5s connect,
+                matching the other providers.
         """
-        self.client = AsyncAnthropic(api_key=api_key)
+        if timeout is None:
+            timeout = httpx.Timeout(
+                timeout=self.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
+                connect=self.DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
+            )
+        self.client = AsyncAnthropic(api_key=api_key, timeout=timeout)
         self.model = generation_model
 
         logger.info("Initialized Anthropic provider (model=%s)", self.model)
diff --git a/nextcloud_mcp_server/providers/bedrock.py b/nextcloud_mcp_server/providers/bedrock.py
index d8afa40fa..9a47a6389 100644
--- a/nextcloud_mcp_server/providers/bedrock.py
+++ b/nextcloud_mcp_server/providers/bedrock.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 try:
     import boto3
+    from botocore.config import Config as BotoConfig
     from botocore.exceptions import BotoCoreError, ClientError
 
     BOTO3_AVAILABLE = True
@@ -31,6 +32,10 @@ class BedrockProvider(Provider):
     - IAM role (when running on AWS)
     """
 
+    # Matches ollama.py / openai.py / anthropic.py.
+    DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 120
+    DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 5
+
     def __init__(
         self,
         region_name: str | None = None,
@@ -63,8 +68,18 @@ def __init__(
         self.generation_model = generation_model
         self._dimension: int | None = None  # Detected dynamically
 
-        # Initialize bedrock-runtime client
-        client_kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {}
+        # Initialize bedrock-runtime client.
+        #
+        # botocore's defaults are 60s connect and 60s read with 3 retries, so a
+        # wedged endpoint can hold a request for minutes. Pin the same 120s read
+        # / 5s connect the other providers use; retries stay at botocore's
+        # default since Bedrock throttling is expected and handled upstream.
+        client_kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {
+            "config": BotoConfig(
+                connect_timeout=self.DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
+                read_timeout=self.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
+            )
+        }
         if region_name:
             client_kwargs["region_name"] = region_name
         if aws_access_key_id:
diff --git a/tests/unit/providers/test_provider_timeouts.py b/tests/unit/providers/test_provider_timeouts.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3fba6d9d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/providers/test_provider_timeouts.py
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+"""Every provider must pin an explicit timeout.
+
+The house convention is 120s read / 5s connect (ollama.py, openai.py). Without
+it the underlying SDKs fall back to their own defaults — 600s for the Anthropic
+SDK, 60s read with 3 retries for botocore — long enough that a wedged endpoint
+looks like a hang rather than a failure.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import pytest
+
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.unit
+
+
+def test_anthropic_provider_pins_a_timeout(mocker):
+    from nextcloud_mcp_server.providers.anthropic import AnthropicProvider
+
+    ctor = mocker.patch("nextcloud_mcp_server.providers.anthropic.AsyncAnthropic")
+
+    AnthropicProvider(api_key="k")
+
+    timeout = ctor.call_args.kwargs["timeout"]
+    assert timeout.read == AnthropicProvider.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS
+    assert timeout.connect == AnthropicProvider.DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS
+
+
+def test_anthropic_provider_accepts_an_explicit_timeout(mocker):
+    import httpx
+
+    from nextcloud_mcp_server.providers.anthropic import AnthropicProvider
+
+    ctor = mocker.patch("nextcloud_mcp_server.providers.anthropic.AsyncAnthropic")
+    supplied = httpx.Timeout(timeout=7, connect=1)
+
+    AnthropicProvider(api_key="k", timeout=supplied)
+
+    assert ctor.call_args.kwargs["timeout"] is supplied
+
+
+def test_bedrock_provider_pins_botocore_timeouts(mocker):
+    bedrock = pytest.importorskip("nextcloud_mcp_server.providers.bedrock")
+    if not bedrock.BOTO3_AVAILABLE:
+        pytest.skip("boto3 not installed")
+
+    client = mocker.patch.object(bedrock.boto3, "client")
+
+    bedrock.BedrockProvider(region_name="us-east-1")
+
+    config = client.call_args.kwargs["config"]
+    assert (
+        config.connect_timeout
+        == bedrock.BedrockProvider.DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS
+    )
+    assert config.read_timeout == bedrock.BedrockProvider.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_response_models.py b/tests/unit/test_response_models.py
index b4d0ff142..a28404b67 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_response_models.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_response_models.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     SamplingSearchResponse,
     SemanticSearchResult,
 )
-from nextcloud_mcp_server.models.tables import Table
+from nextcloud_mcp_server.models.tables import Table, TableSchema
 from nextcloud_mcp_server.server.calendar import _event_dict_to_summary
 from nextcloud_mcp_server.server.contacts import _raw_contact_to_model
 
@@ -1042,3 +1042,26 @@ def test_contact_mapping_truncates_overlong_address_components():
 
     assert len(contact.addresses[0].components) == 7
     assert contact.addresses[0].components == ["0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6"]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.unit
+def test_table_tolerates_missing_ownership():
+    """A required `ownership` failed the *entire* nc_tables_list_tables call.
+
+    server/tables.py splats each raw dict straight into Table, so one table
+    missing the key costs every table in the response — the same failure mode as
+    owner_display_name in #728. Nothing in the codebase reads `ownership`.
+    """
+    table = Table(id=1, title="Budget")
+
+    assert table.ownership is None
+    assert table.owner_display_name is None
+
+
+@pytest.mark.unit
+def test_table_schema_tolerates_missing_columns_and_views():
+    """An empty table has no views; a schema response may omit either list."""
+    schema = TableSchema(table=Table(id=1, title="Budget"))
+
+    assert schema.columns == []
+    assert schema.views == []