diff --git a/apps/loopover-miner-extension/background.js b/apps/loopover-miner-extension/background.js
index 0c29bf9f8d..307ea7c432 100644
--- a/apps/loopover-miner-extension/background.js
+++ b/apps/loopover-miner-extension/background.js
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ const toolbarBadgeApi = globalThis.__loopoverMinerToolbarBadge;
 const PING_MESSAGE = "loopover-miner:ping";
 const ISSUE_CONTEXT_MESSAGE = "loopover-miner:issue-context";
 const SYNC_RANKED_CANDIDATES_MESSAGE = "loopover-miner:sync-ranked-candidates";
+// Short: this is a same-machine localhost call, not a round-trip to a remote server -- a stalled connection
+// (miner-ui running but unresponsive) should fail fast and let the next 10-minute alarm retry, following the
+// timeout pattern established in review-enrichment/src/external-fetch.ts.
+const RANKED_CANDIDATES_FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS = 3000;
 
 chrome.runtime.onMessage.addListener((message, _sender, sendResponse) => {
   if (!message || typeof message.type !== "string") return false;
@@ -108,7 +112,9 @@ async function loadMinerUiUrl() {
 async function syncRankedCandidatesFromMinerUi() {
   const minerUiUrl = await loadMinerUiUrl();
   try {
-    const response = await fetch(`${minerUiUrl}/api/ranked-candidates`);
+    const response = await fetch(`${minerUiUrl}/api/ranked-candidates`, {
+      signal: AbortSignal.timeout(RANKED_CANDIDATES_FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS),
+    });
     if (!response.ok) {
       return { ok: false, error: `miner UI responded ${response.status}`, minerUiUrl };
     }
diff --git a/apps/loopover-miner-extension/test/background.test.ts b/apps/loopover-miner-extension/test/background.test.ts
index 0009483d82..0ca224e5f9 100644
--- a/apps/loopover-miner-extension/test/background.test.ts
+++ b/apps/loopover-miner-extension/test/background.test.ts
@@ -120,6 +120,34 @@ describe("background service worker", () => {
     expect(failed).toMatchObject({ ok: false, error: "connection refused" });
   });
 
+  it("REGRESSION (#7007): bounds the miner-ui fetch with a 3s AbortSignal timeout", async () => {
+    const timeoutSpy = vi.spyOn(AbortSignal, "timeout");
+    const { backgroundInternals } = await loadExtensionModules({
+      fetchImpl: jsonFetch(200, { candidates: [] }),
+    });
+    await backgroundInternals.syncRankedCandidatesFromMinerUi();
+    expect(timeoutSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(3000);
+    timeoutSpy.mockRestore();
+  });
+
+  it("REGRESSION (#7007): a stalled miner-ui connection times out instead of hanging the sync alarm forever", async () => {
+    // Mirrors what a real fetch does under an aborted signal: the promise never resolves on its own, it only
+    // rejects once the signal fires -- so this proves the timeout actually bounds a genuinely-hung connection,
+    // not just a fast-failing one.
+    const hangingFetch = (async (_url: string, init?: RequestInit) =>
+      new Promise((_resolve, reject) => {
+        init?.signal?.addEventListener("abort", () => reject(new DOMException("The operation was aborted.", "TimeoutError")));
+      })) as typeof fetch;
+    const { backgroundInternals } = await loadExtensionModules({ fetchImpl: hangingFetch });
+
+    const startedAt = Date.now();
+    const result = await backgroundInternals.syncRankedCandidatesFromMinerUi();
+    const elapsedMs = Date.now() - startedAt;
+
+    expect(result.ok).toBe(false);
+    expect(elapsedMs).toBeLessThan(4000); // bounded well under what an unbounded hang would take
+  }, 10_000);
+
   it("falls back to the default miner UI URL when sync storage is empty or malformed", async () => {
     const empty = await loadExtensionModules({ minerUiUrl: "" });
     expect(await empty.backgroundInternals.loadMinerUiUrl()).toBe(