diff --git a/.github/workflows/agentex-tutorials-test.yml b/.github/workflows/agentex-tutorials-test.yml
index a31a59bfb..7f2c762dd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/agentex-tutorials-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/agentex-tutorials-test.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: Test Tutorial Agents
 
 on:
   pull_request:
-    branches: [main]
+    branches: [main, next]
   push:
     branches: [main]
   workflow_dispatch:
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index ae11ed3c5..78e7f271d 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.10.5"
+  ".": "0.11.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7b37e6651..6d9dc1f90 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.11.0 (2026-05-07)
+
+Full Changelog: [v0.10.5...v0.11.0](https://github.com/scaleapi/scale-agentex-python/compare/v0.10.5...v0.11.0)
+
+### Features
+
+* make workflow execution timeout configurable via env var ([#348](https://github.com/scaleapi/scale-agentex-python/issues/348)) ([4094708](https://github.com/scaleapi/scale-agentex-python/commit/4094708a84026aafe19eae19d022118bb26e1a72))
+
 ## 0.10.5 (2026-05-05)
 
 Full Changelog: [v0.10.4...v0.10.5](https://github.com/scaleapi/scale-agentex-python/compare/v0.10.4...v0.10.5)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a2dcd2751..547fc9cf9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "agentex-sdk"
-version = "0.10.5"
+version = "0.11.0"
 description = "The official Python library for the agentex API"
 dynamic = ["readme"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/src/agentex/_version.py b/src/agentex/_version.py
index bc15d6ab6..59720802a 100644
--- a/src/agentex/_version.py
+++ b/src/agentex/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # File generated from our OpenAPI spec by Stainless. See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.
 
 __title__ = "agentex"
-__version__ = "0.10.5"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "0.11.0"  # x-release-please-version
diff --git a/src/agentex/lib/core/temporal/services/temporal_task_service.py b/src/agentex/lib/core/temporal/services/temporal_task_service.py
index 5551ebcbd..81eb22389 100644
--- a/src/agentex/lib/core/temporal/services/temporal_task_service.py
+++ b/src/agentex/lib/core/temporal/services/temporal_task_service.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from typing import Any
+from datetime import timedelta
 
 from agentex.types.task import Task
 from agentex.types.agent import Agent
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ async def submit_task(self, agent: Agent, task: Task, params: dict[str, Any] | N
             ),
             id=task.id,
             task_queue=self._env_vars.WORKFLOW_TASK_QUEUE,
+            execution_timeout=timedelta(seconds=self._env_vars.WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_TIMEOUT_SECONDS),
         )
 
     async def get_state(self, task_id: str) -> WorkflowState:
diff --git a/src/agentex/lib/environment_variables.py b/src/agentex/lib/environment_variables.py
index c8b877041..31ce43ab8 100644
--- a/src/agentex/lib/environment_variables.py
+++ b/src/agentex/lib/environment_variables.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
+from pydantic import Field
 
 from agentex.lib.utils.logging import make_logger
 from agentex.lib.utils.model_utils import BaseModel
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ class EnvVarKeys(str, Enum):
     # Workflow Configuration
     WORKFLOW_NAME = "WORKFLOW_NAME"
     WORKFLOW_TASK_QUEUE = "WORKFLOW_TASK_QUEUE"
+    WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = "WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_TIMEOUT_SECONDS"
     # Temporal Worker Configuration
     HEALTH_CHECK_PORT = "HEALTH_CHECK_PORT"
     # Auth Configuration
@@ -74,6 +76,11 @@ class EnvironmentVariables(BaseModel):
     # Workflow Configuration
     WORKFLOW_TASK_QUEUE: str | None = None
     WORKFLOW_NAME: str | None = None
+    # Maximum total time (in seconds) a workflow execution can run, including
+    # retries and continue-as-new. Defaults to 24h to bound runaway workflows;
+    # agents with longer-running tasks should override this. Must be > 0 — a
+    # zero or negative timedelta would cause every submitted workflow to fail.
+    WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_TIMEOUT_SECONDS: int = Field(default=86400, gt=0)
     # Temporal Worker Configuration
     HEALTH_CHECK_PORT: int = 80
     # Auth Configuration