diff --git a/Plugin/unraid/include/common.php b/Plugin/unraid/include/common.php
index cd503f2..fee1391 100644
--- a/Plugin/unraid/include/common.php
+++ b/Plugin/unraid/include/common.php
@@ -544,7 +544,10 @@ function vv_network_stats(): array {
     }
 
     // Tailscale IP — use `tailscale ip` CLI (interface name varies: tailscale0, tailscale1, etc.)
-    $tsIp = trim(shell_exec('tailscale ip -4 2>/dev/null | head -1') ?: '');
+    // Bounded like every other tailscale lookup in the tree. vv_network_stats() is served by
+    // api/monitor_fast.php, which the Monitor page polls once a second; an unbounded call here
+    // makes a slow tailscale silently drop that live cadence to whatever the CLI takes.
+    $tsIp = trim(shell_exec('timeout 2 tailscale ip -4 2>/dev/null | head -1') ?: '');
 
     return [
         'available'  => true,
diff --git a/common.sh b/common.sh
index 5840b49..818f82f 100755
--- a/common.sh
+++ b/common.sh
@@ -910,8 +910,12 @@ resolve_remote_ip() {
     local attempts=3
 
     for ((i=1; i<=attempts; i++)); do
-        # Direct lookup — works when MagicDNS short-name resolution is active
-        REMOTE_SERVER=$(tailscale ip -4 "$ts_name" 2>/dev/null)
+        # Direct lookup — works when MagicDNS short-name resolution is active.
+        # Bounded, because it is not active here: the two hosts sit on separate tailnets, so
+        # this call cannot succeed and blocks ~5s before giving up, while the status fallback
+        # below answers in milliseconds. resolve_tailscale_ip() was bounded for this reason;
+        # this function has the same lookup and was missed.
+        REMOTE_SERVER=$(timeout 2 tailscale ip -4 "$ts_name" 2>/dev/null)
 
         # Fallback — parse tailscale status for FQDN entries (e.g. hostname.tailXXXX.ts.net)
         if [[ -z "$REMOTE_SERVER" ]]; then