diff --git a/src/config/types.discord.ts b/src/config/types.discord.ts
index 531fc1106cd..9045ecb6af1 100644
--- a/src/config/types.discord.ts
+++ b/src/config/types.discord.ts
@@ -302,6 +302,20 @@ export type DiscordAccountConfig = {
   activityType?: 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5;
   /** Streaming URL (Twitch/YouTube). Required when activityType=1. */
   activityUrl?: string;
+  /**
+   * Carbon EventQueue configuration. Controls how Discord gateway events are processed.
+   * The most important option is `listenerTimeout` which defaults to 30s in Carbon --
+   * too short for LLM calls with extended thinking. Set a higher value (e.g. 120000)
+   * to prevent the event queue from killing long-running message handlers.
+   */
+  eventQueue?: {
+    /** Max time (ms) a single listener can run before being killed. Default: 120000. */
+    listenerTimeout?: number;
+    /** Max events queued before backpressure is applied. Default: 10000. */
+    maxQueueSize?: number;
+    /** Max concurrent event processing operations. Default: 50. */
+    maxConcurrency?: number;
+  };
 };
 
 export type DiscordConfig = {
diff --git a/src/config/zod-schema.providers-core.ts b/src/config/zod-schema.providers-core.ts
index f0a3a8a1f95..260e202bc04 100644
--- a/src/config/zod-schema.providers-core.ts
+++ b/src/config/zod-schema.providers-core.ts
@@ -517,6 +517,14 @@ export const DiscordAccountSchema = z
       .union([z.literal(0), z.literal(1), z.literal(2), z.literal(3), z.literal(4), z.literal(5)])
       .optional(),
     activityUrl: z.string().url().optional(),
+    eventQueue: z
+      .object({
+        listenerTimeout: z.number().int().positive().optional(),
+        maxQueueSize: z.number().int().positive().optional(),
+        maxConcurrency: z.number().int().positive().optional(),
+      })
+      .strict()
+      .optional(),
   })
   .strict()
   .superRefine((value, ctx) => {
diff --git a/src/discord/monitor/provider.test.ts b/src/discord/monitor/provider.test.ts
index 731f38c32ea..e41fa45ae76 100644
--- a/src/discord/monitor/provider.test.ts
+++ b/src/discord/monitor/provider.test.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import type { RuntimeEnv } from "../../runtime.js";
 const {
   clientFetchUserMock,
   clientGetPluginMock,
+  clientConstructorOptionsMock,
   createDiscordNativeCommandMock,
   createNoopThreadBindingManagerMock,
   createThreadBindingManagerMock,
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ const {
 } = vi.hoisted(() => {
   const createdBindingManagers: Array<{ stop: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn> }> = [];
   return {
+    clientConstructorOptionsMock: vi.fn(),
     clientFetchUserMock: vi.fn(async (_target: string) => ({ id: "bot-1" })),
     clientGetPluginMock: vi.fn<(_name: string) => unknown>(() => undefined),
     createDiscordNativeCommandMock: vi.fn(() => ({ name: "mock-command" })),
@@ -69,9 +71,12 @@ vi.mock("@buape/carbon", () => {
   class Client {
     listeners: unknown[];
     rest: { put: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn> };
-    constructor(_options: unknown, handlers: { listeners?: unknown[] }) {
+    options: unknown;
+    constructor(options: unknown, handlers: { listeners?: unknown[] }) {
+      this.options = options;
       this.listeners = handlers.listeners ?? [];
       this.rest = { put: vi.fn(async () => undefined) };
+      clientConstructorOptionsMock(options);
     }
     async handleDeployRequest() {
       return undefined;
@@ -254,6 +259,7 @@ describe("monitorDiscordProvider", () => {
     }) as OpenClawConfig;
 
   beforeEach(() => {
+    clientConstructorOptionsMock.mockClear();
     clientFetchUserMock.mockClear().mockResolvedValue({ id: "bot-1" });
     clientGetPluginMock.mockClear().mockReturnValue(undefined);
     createDiscordNativeCommandMock.mockClear().mockReturnValue({ name: "mock-command" });
@@ -334,4 +340,47 @@ describe("monitorDiscordProvider", () => {
     expect(lifecycleArgs.pendingGatewayErrors).toHaveLength(1);
     expect(String(lifecycleArgs.pendingGatewayErrors?.[0])).toContain("4014");
   });
+
+  it("passes default eventQueue.listenerTimeout of 120s to Carbon Client", async () => {
+    const { monitorDiscordProvider } = await import("./provider.js");
+
+    await monitorDiscordProvider({
+      config: baseConfig(),
+      runtime: baseRuntime(),
+    });
+
+    expect(clientConstructorOptionsMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    const opts = clientConstructorOptionsMock.mock.calls[0]?.[0] as {
+      eventQueue?: { listenerTimeout?: number };
+    };
+    expect(opts.eventQueue).toBeDefined();
+    expect(opts.eventQueue?.listenerTimeout).toBe(120_000);
+  });
+
+  it("forwards custom eventQueue config from discord config to Carbon Client", async () => {
+    const { monitorDiscordProvider } = await import("./provider.js");
+
+    resolveDiscordAccountMock.mockImplementation(() => ({
+      accountId: "default",
+      token: "cfg-token",
+      config: {
+        commands: { native: true, nativeSkills: false },
+        voice: { enabled: false },
+        agentComponents: { enabled: false },
+        execApprovals: { enabled: false },
+        eventQueue: { listenerTimeout: 300_000 },
+      },
+    }));
+
+    await monitorDiscordProvider({
+      config: baseConfig(),
+      runtime: baseRuntime(),
+    });
+
+    expect(clientConstructorOptionsMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    const opts = clientConstructorOptionsMock.mock.calls[0]?.[0] as {
+      eventQueue?: { listenerTimeout?: number };
+    };
+    expect(opts.eventQueue?.listenerTimeout).toBe(300_000);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/discord/monitor/provider.ts b/src/discord/monitor/provider.ts
index f8614419c5c..977995ab68e 100644
--- a/src/discord/monitor/provider.ts
+++ b/src/discord/monitor/provider.ts
@@ -517,6 +517,12 @@ export async function monitorDiscordProvider(opts: MonitorDiscordOpts = {}) {
     if (voiceEnabled) {
       clientPlugins.push(new VoicePlugin());
     }
+    // Pass eventQueue config to Carbon so the listener timeout can be tuned.
+    // Default listenerTimeout is 120s (Carbon defaults to 30s which is too short for LLM calls).
+    const eventQueueOpts = {
+      listenerTimeout: 120_000,
+      ...discordCfg.eventQueue,
+    };
     const client = new Client(
       {
         baseUrl: "http://localhost",
@@ -525,6 +531,7 @@ export async function monitorDiscordProvider(opts: MonitorDiscordOpts = {}) {
         publicKey: "a",
         token,
         autoDeploy: false,
+        eventQueue: eventQueueOpts,
       },
       {
         commands,