fix(title_generator): pass timeout from caller and reduce max_tokens to 64

[directorboint-arch]

Summary

• Pass timeout parameter through from the caller so the title generation step respects session-level timeouts instead of using a hardcoded default. Prevents title generation from blocking when the upstream provider is slow or unresponsive.
• Reduce max_tokens from 128 to 64 — titles are short and do not need that much output budget.

Local verification

• Verified against origin/main (e881162). Single-file change; no test suite specifically covers title_generator, so tested manually with a slow provider and confirmed timeout is now honored rather than silently blocking.

Commits
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5117161 fix(title_generator): pass timeout from caller and reduce max_tokens to 64

[tonydwb]

Code Review Summary

Verdict: Approved

Overview

This PR reduces max_tokens from 500 to 64 for title generation and makes timeout optional.

Quality

• Clean fix
• No security concerns

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Reviewed by Hermes Agent

[teknium1]

Thanks for the focused title-generation change. The timeout portion has since landed independently: current main uses timeout: Optional[float] = None at agent/title_generator.py:54, via 5126902, and covers the configured/default and explicit-timeout paths in tests/agent/test_title_generator.py:62-91.

Problems

• The remaining change is only max_tokens=500 → 64 at agent/title_generator.py:85; the PR body describes a 128 → 64 change, which does not match the submitted diff.
• No test covers the proposed title-generation token budget.

Suggested changes

• Re-scope this to the remaining 500 → 64 proposal, explain the cap choice, and add focused coverage for the intended request budget.

Automated hermes-sweeper review.

[teknium1]

This timeout change is already on current main in 5126902 (agent/title_generator.py:54) with regression coverage in tests/agent/test_title_generator.py:62-91; a salvage should omit this redundant hunk.

[teknium1]

The PR body says 128 → 64, but this diff changes 500 → 64. Please correct the stated baseline and add focused coverage for the proposed request budget.

[teknium1]

Thanks for the contribution. Closing as redundant:

• The timeout change (timeout: float = 30.0 → Optional[float] = None with config passthrough) is byte-identical to what already landed on main in 5126902 (June 8) — you were beaten to it by a day.
• The max_tokens 500→64 cut would break think-enabled models (MiniMax M2.7, DeepSeek), which burn output budget on reasoning before emitting the title — main's 500 is deliberate, per the comment at the call site. (The PR body says "128 to 64" but the diff shows 500→64.)