diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/ModelService.kt b/src/main/kotlin/ModelService.kt
index 049577f..1ef8216 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/ModelService.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/ModelService.kt
@@ -62,37 +62,42 @@ class ModelService(
             // 因此必须把 post() 连同首个 data 块的读取一起包进 withTimeout。
             // 否则首 token 超时永远不会触发（post() 还没返回，根本进不到读取循环），
             // 只能落到 Ktor 的兜底超时（很久）后再重试，表现为「等很久才报异常」。
-            val (channel, firstDataLine) = withTimeout(firstChunkTimeout) {
-                val response = httpClient.post("chat/completions") {
-                    setBody(body)
-                    contentType(ContentType.Application.Json)
-                    accept(ContentType.Text.EventStream)
-                    headers {
-                        append(HttpHeaders.CacheControl, "no-cache")
-                        append(HttpHeaders.Connection, "keep-alive")
-                    }
-                }
-                val ch: ByteReadChannel = response.body()
-                var found: String? = null
-                while (currentCoroutineContext().isActive && !ch.isClosedForRead) {
-                    val line = ch.readUTF8Line() ?: continue
-                    if (line.startsWith("data: ")) {
-                        found = line
-                        break
-                    }
-                    // 心跳/空行/注释行，不计为首块，继续等
-                }
-                ch to found
-            }
-
+            // channel 在 withTimeout 外层持有：哪怕首块读取在 withTimeout 内超时，
+            // 只要 response.body() 已拿到通道，finally 也能释放它，避免慢速 API 重试时连接泄漏。
+            var channel: ByteReadChannel? = null
             try {
+                val firstDataLine = withTimeout(firstChunkTimeout) {
+                    val response = httpClient.post("chat/completions") {
+                        setBody(body)
+                        contentType(ContentType.Application.Json)
+                        accept(ContentType.Text.EventStream)
+                        headers {
+                            append(HttpHeaders.CacheControl, "no-cache")
+                            append(HttpHeaders.Connection, "keep-alive")
+                        }
+                    }
+                    val ch: ByteReadChannel = response.body()
+                    channel = ch
+                    var found: String? = null
+                    while (currentCoroutineContext().isActive && !ch.isClosedForRead) {
+                        val line = ch.readUTF8Line() ?: continue
+                        if (line.startsWith("data: ")) {
+                            found = line
+                            break
+                        }
+                        // 心跳/空行/注释行，不计为首块，继续等
+                    }
+                    found
+                }
+
                 if (firstDataLine != null && !firstDataLine.startsWith("data: [DONE]")) {
                     emit(json.decodeFromString(firstDataLine.removePrefix("data: ")))
 
-                    while (currentCoroutineContext().isActive && !channel.isClosedForRead) {
+                    val ch = channel!!
+                    while (currentCoroutineContext().isActive && !ch.isClosedForRead) {
                         // 流式期间同样对每次读取设「token 间隔」超时，避免中途卡死后干等兜底超时，
                         // 从而能快速失败并交给上层重试。正常流式 token 间隔远小于 firstChunkTimeout。
-                        val line = withTimeout(firstChunkTimeout) { channel.readUTF8Line() } ?: continue
+                        val line = withTimeout(firstChunkTimeout) { ch.readUTF8Line() } ?: continue
                         when {
                             line.startsWith("data: [DONE]") -> break
                             line.startsWith("data: ") -> {
@@ -103,7 +108,7 @@ class ModelService(
                     }
                 }
             } finally {
-                channel.cancel()
+                channel?.cancel()
             }
         }
     }