Description

Create an Agent with max_execution_time=1 and assign a task that takes longer than 1 second to complete and Observe that the task continues to run without timing out

Environment:

• CrewAI version: version 0.105.0
• Python version: 3.12.9
• Operating System: Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS

Steps to Reproduce

1. project created following the steps from https://docs.crewai.com/quickstart
2. crewai create crew example
3. max_execution_time is set to 1 second

	@agent
	def researcher(self) -> Agent:
		return Agent(
			config=self.agents_config['researcher'],
			verbose=True,
			max_execution_time=1      # should only be 1 second
		)

4. The task continues to run without timing out despite exceeding 1 second. (current run takes 37 seconds)

Expected behavior

The task should timeout after 1 second.

Screenshots/Code snippets

The duration between the two timestamps is 37.10 seconds

[2025-03-16 22:05:47][🤖 LLM CALL STARTED]: 2025-03-16 22:05:47.530395
 
[2025-03-16 22:06:24][✅ LLM CALL COMPLETED]: 2025-03-16 22:06:24.633524

Operating System

Ubuntu 20.04

Python Version

3.12

crewAI Version

0.105.0

crewAI Tools Version

0.37.0

Virtual Environment

Venv

Evidence

No error messages

Possible Solution

None

Additional context

None