diff --git a/agentclaw/app/agent_claw_main/tools/google_workspace.py b/agentclaw/app/agent_claw_main/tools/google_workspace.py
index 8fb2703..ab261bb 100644
--- a/agentclaw/app/agent_claw_main/tools/google_workspace.py
+++ b/agentclaw/app/agent_claw_main/tools/google_workspace.py
@@ -53,8 +53,11 @@ def _actor_id():
 
 
 def _svc(api: str, version: str, creds: Credentials):
+    # Pass ONLY the authorized http (with timeout) — do NOT also pass credentials.
+    # When both http= and credentials= are given, google-api-python-client creates a
+    # new un-timed Http() from credentials for API calls, ignoring our timeout.
     http = creds.authorize(httplib2.Http(timeout=_HTTP_TIMEOUT))
-    return build(api, version, http=http, credentials=creds, cache_discovery=False)
+    return build(api, version, http=http, cache_discovery=False)
 
 
 @tool