[BUG] BFT Auditor consensus hangs if all providers timeout simultaneously

[adityakryadav]

Describe the bug
In the Byzantine Fault Tolerant Multi-Auditor Consensus System, if all 3 auditors (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google) timeout simultaneously due to a network partition, the asyncio.gather() call hangs indefinitely instead of falling back or returning a failure quorum.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Initialize the BFTAuditor with valid provider configs.
2. Disconnect the network completely to simulate a global timeout.
3. Call await bft.audit_step(1, step_data).
4. See the process hang indefinitely.

Expected behavior
The auditor should respect the configured 1-second timeout per auditor and immediately return a consensus failure or fallback state.

Screenshots
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Environment (please complete the following information):

• OS: macOS Sonoma
• Browser: N/A
• Node.js version (run node -v): N/A
• Supabase configured? (yes/no): no
• Relevant env vars set? (example: VITE_SUPABASE_URL) (yes/no): yes
• Screenshot of console/network errors (if any): N/A

Additional context
It seems the global timeout parameter on the asyncio.gather wrapper is missing.

[adityakryadav]

Hi @sreerevanth, I'd love to work on this issue as part of my open-source contribution program. Could you please assign this to me?

[SakethSumanBathini]

@sreerevanth i see the issue is still open if yes can you assign me this issue ??