diff --git a/src/sentry/features/temporary.py b/src/sentry/features/temporary.py
index 0da81a26bb6836..b5a17ac2f18c65 100644
--- a/src/sentry/features/temporary.py
+++ b/src/sentry/features/temporary.py
@@ -642,6 +642,8 @@ def register_temporary_features(manager: FeatureManager) -> None:
     manager.add("organizations:sentry-app-manual-token-refresh", OrganizationFeature, FeatureHandlerStrategy.FLAGPOLE, api_expose=False)
     # Enables Conduit demo endpoint and UI
     manager.add("organizations:conduit-demo", OrganizationFeature, FeatureHandlerStrategy.FLAGPOLE, api_expose=True)
+    # Enable hard timeout alarm for webhooks
+    manager.add("organizations:sentry-app-webhook-hard-timeout", OrganizationFeature, FeatureHandlerStrategy.FLAGPOLE, api_expose=False)
 
     # Enables organization access to the new notification platform
     manager.add("organizations:notification-platform.internal-testing", OrganizationFeature, FeatureHandlerStrategy.FLAGPOLE, api_expose=True)
diff --git a/src/sentry/options/defaults.py b/src/sentry/options/defaults.py
index e9efe8d2e33e25..464d2fe26097a8 100644
--- a/src/sentry/options/defaults.py
+++ b/src/sentry/options/defaults.py
@@ -2423,6 +2423,13 @@
     flags=FLAG_AUTOMATOR_MODIFIABLE,
 )
 
+# Hard timeout for webhook requests to prevent indefinite hangs
+register(
+    "sentry-apps.webhook.hard-timeout.sec",
+    default=5.0,
+    flags=FLAG_AUTOMATOR_MODIFIABLE,
+)
+
 # Enables statistical detectors for a project
 register(
     "statistical_detectors.enable",
diff --git a/src/sentry/sentry_apps/metrics.py b/src/sentry/sentry_apps/metrics.py
index dfd9d90fc279a7..aad977fa71eb26 100644
--- a/src/sentry/sentry_apps/metrics.py
+++ b/src/sentry/sentry_apps/metrics.py
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ class SentryAppWebhookHaltReason(StrEnum):
     MISSING_INSTALLATION = "missing_installation"
     RESTRICTED_IP = "restricted_ip"
     CONNECTION_RESET = "connection_reset"
+    HARD_TIMEOUT = "hard_timeout"
 
 
 class SentryAppExternalRequestFailureReason(StrEnum):
diff --git a/src/sentry/utils/sentry_apps/webhooks.py b/src/sentry/utils/sentry_apps/webhooks.py
index 97399851e0306a..c7627b45425353 100644
--- a/src/sentry/utils/sentry_apps/webhooks.py
+++ b/src/sentry/utils/sentry_apps/webhooks.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import logging
 from collections.abc import Callable, Mapping
+from types import FrameType
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Concatenate, ParamSpec, TypeVar
 
 import sentry_sdk
@@ -9,9 +10,10 @@
 from requests.exceptions import ChunkedEncodingError, ConnectionError, Timeout
 from rest_framework import status
 
-from sentry import options
+from sentry import features, options
 from sentry.exceptions import RestrictedIPAddress
 from sentry.http import safe_urlopen
+from sentry.organizations.services.organization.service import organization_service
 from sentry.sentry_apps.metrics import (
     SentryAppEventType,
     SentryAppWebhookFailureReason,
@@ -20,6 +22,7 @@
 from sentry.sentry_apps.models.sentry_app import SentryApp, track_response_code
 from sentry.sentry_apps.utils.errors import SentryAppSentryError
 from sentry.shared_integrations.exceptions import ApiHostError, ApiTimeoutError, ClientError
+from sentry.taskworker.workerchild import timeout_alarm
 from sentry.utils.sentry_apps import SentryAppWebhookRequestsBuffer
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -36,6 +39,23 @@
 T = TypeVar("T", bound=Mapping[str, Any])
 
 
+class WebhookTimeoutError(BaseException):
+    """This error represents a user set hard timeout for when a
+    webhook request should've completed within X seconds
+    """
+
+    pass
+
+
+def _handle_webhook_timeout(signum: int, frame: FrameType | None) -> None:
+    """Handler for when a webhook request exceeds the hard timeout deadline.
+    - This is a workaround for safe_create_connection sockets hanging when the given url
+    cannot be reached or resolved.
+    - TODO(christinarlong): Add sentry app disabling logic here
+    """
+    raise WebhookTimeoutError("Webhook request exceeded hard timeout deadline")
+
+
 def ignore_unpublished_app_errors(
     func: Callable[Concatenate[SentryApp | RpcSentryApp, P], R],
 ) -> Callable[Concatenate[SentryApp | RpcSentryApp, P], R | None]:
@@ -99,12 +119,34 @@ def send_and_save_webhook_request(
 
         assert url is not None
         try:
-            response = safe_urlopen(
-                url=url,
-                data=app_platform_event.body,
-                headers=app_platform_event.headers,
-                timeout=options.get("sentry-apps.webhook.timeout.sec"),
+            organization_context = organization_service.get_organization_by_id(
+                id=app_platform_event.install.organization_id,
+            )
+            if organization_context is not None and features.has(
+                "organizations:sentry-app-webhook-hard-timeout",
+                organization_context.organization,
+            ):
+                timeout_seconds = int(options.get("sentry-apps.webhook.hard-timeout.sec"))
+                with timeout_alarm(timeout_seconds, _handle_webhook_timeout):
+                    response = safe_urlopen(
+                        url=url,
+                        data=app_platform_event.body,
+                        headers=app_platform_event.headers,
+                        timeout=options.get("sentry-apps.webhook.timeout.sec"),
+                    )
+            else:
+                response = safe_urlopen(
+                    url=url,
+                    data=app_platform_event.body,
+                    headers=app_platform_event.headers,
+                    timeout=options.get("sentry-apps.webhook.timeout.sec"),
+                )
+
+        except WebhookTimeoutError:
+            lifecycle.record_halt(
+                halt_reason=f"send_and_save_webhook_request.{SentryAppWebhookHaltReason.HARD_TIMEOUT}"
             )
+            raise
         except (Timeout, ConnectionError) as e:
             error_type = e.__class__.__name__.lower()
             lifecycle.add_extras(
diff --git a/tests/sentry/utils/sentry_apps/test_webhook_timeout.py b/tests/sentry/utils/sentry_apps/test_webhook_timeout.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..475fcf2882492b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/sentry/utils/sentry_apps/test_webhook_timeout.py
@@ -0,0 +1,197 @@
+import signal
+import time
+from unittest.mock import Mock, patch
+
+import pytest
+from requests import Response
+
+from sentry.sentry_apps.api.serializers.app_platform_event import AppPlatformEvent
+from sentry.sentry_apps.metrics import SentryAppWebhookHaltReason
+from sentry.testutils.asserts import assert_halt_metric
+from sentry.testutils.cases import TestCase
+from sentry.testutils.helpers.features import with_feature
+from sentry.testutils.helpers.options import override_options
+from sentry.testutils.silo import region_silo_test
+from sentry.utils.sentry_apps.webhooks import WebhookTimeoutError, send_and_save_webhook_request
+
+
+@region_silo_test
+class WebhookTimeoutTest(TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.organization = self.create_organization()
+        self.sentry_app = self.create_sentry_app(
+            name="TestApp",
+            organization=self.organization,
+            webhook_url="https://example.com/webhook",
+        )
+        self.install = self.create_sentry_app_installation(
+            organization=self.organization, slug=self.sentry_app.slug
+        )
+
+    @with_feature("organizations:sentry-app-webhook-hard-timeout")
+    @override_options(
+        {
+            "sentry-apps.webhook.hard-timeout.sec": 5.0,
+            "sentry-apps.webhook.timeout.sec": 1.0,
+            "sentry-apps.webhook.restricted-webhook-sending": [],
+            "sentry-apps.webhook-logging.enabled": {"installation_uuid": [], "sentry_app_slug": []},
+        }
+    )
+    @patch("sentry.utils.sentry_apps.webhooks.safe_urlopen")
+    def test_webhook_completes_before_timeout(self, mock_safe_urlopen):
+        # Mock successful response
+        mock_response = Mock(spec=Response)
+        mock_response.status_code = 200
+        mock_response.headers = {}
+        mock_safe_urlopen.return_value = mock_response
+
+        app_platform_event = AppPlatformEvent(
+            resource="issue", action="created", install=self.install, data={"test": "data"}
+        )
+
+        # Should complete without raising WebhookTimeoutError
+        response = send_and_save_webhook_request(self.sentry_app, app_platform_event)
+
+        assert response == mock_response
+        mock_safe_urlopen.assert_called_once()
+
+    @with_feature("organizations:sentry-app-webhook-hard-timeout")
+    @override_options(
+        {
+            "sentry-apps.webhook.hard-timeout.sec": 1.0,
+            "sentry-apps.webhook.timeout.sec": 10.0,
+            "sentry-apps.webhook.restricted-webhook-sending": [],
+            "sentry-apps.webhook-logging.enabled": {"installation_uuid": [], "sentry_app_slug": []},
+        }
+    )
+    @patch("sentry.utils.sentry_apps.webhooks.safe_urlopen")
+    def test_webhook_interrupted_by_hard_timeout(self, mock_safe_urlopen):
+        # Make safe_urlopen sleep longer than the timeout
+        def slow_urlopen(*args, **kwargs):
+            time.sleep(6.0)  # Sleep longer than 1 second timeout
+            mock_response = Mock(spec=Response)
+            mock_response.status_code = 200
+            return mock_response
+
+        mock_safe_urlopen.side_effect = slow_urlopen
+
+        # Create event
+        app_platform_event = AppPlatformEvent(
+            resource="issue", action="created", install=self.install, data={"test": "data"}
+        )
+
+        # Should raise WebhookTimeoutError
+        with pytest.raises(WebhookTimeoutError, match="Webhook request exceeded hard timeout"):
+            send_and_save_webhook_request(self.sentry_app, app_platform_event)
+
+    @with_feature("organizations:sentry-app-webhook-hard-timeout")
+    @override_options(
+        {
+            "sentry-apps.webhook.hard-timeout.sec": 1.0,
+            "sentry-apps.webhook.timeout.sec": 10.0,
+            "sentry-apps.webhook.restricted-webhook-sending": [],
+        }
+    )
+    @patch("sentry.utils.sentry_apps.webhooks.safe_urlopen")
+    def test_timeout_exception_propagates(self, mock_safe_urlopen):
+        # Make safe_urlopen sleep
+        def slow_urlopen(*args, **kwargs):
+            time.sleep(2.0)
+            return Mock(spec=Response)
+
+        mock_safe_urlopen.side_effect = slow_urlopen
+
+        app_platform_event = AppPlatformEvent(
+            resource="issue", action="created", install=self.install, data={"test": "data"}
+        )
+
+        with pytest.raises(WebhookTimeoutError):
+            send_and_save_webhook_request(self.sentry_app, app_platform_event)
+
+    @with_feature("organizations:sentry-app-webhook-hard-timeout")
+    @override_options(
+        {
+            "sentry-apps.webhook.hard-timeout.sec": 1.0,
+            "sentry-apps.webhook.timeout.sec": 10.0,
+            "sentry-apps.webhook.restricted-webhook-sending": [],
+        }
+    )
+    @patch("sentry.utils.sentry_apps.webhooks.safe_urlopen")
+    @patch("sentry.integrations.utils.metrics.EventLifecycle.record_event")
+    def test_lifecycle_record_halt_called_on_timeout(self, mock_record, mock_safe_urlopen):
+        # Make safe_urlopen sleep
+        def slow_urlopen(*args, **kwargs):
+            time.sleep(2.0)
+            return Mock(spec=Response)
+
+        mock_safe_urlopen.side_effect = slow_urlopen
+
+        app_platform_event = AppPlatformEvent(
+            resource="issue", action="created", install=self.install, data={"test": "data"}
+        )
+
+        with pytest.raises(WebhookTimeoutError):
+            send_and_save_webhook_request(self.sentry_app, app_platform_event)
+
+        assert_halt_metric(
+            mock_record=mock_record,
+            error_msg=f"send_and_save_webhook_request.{SentryAppWebhookHaltReason.HARD_TIMEOUT}",
+        )
+
+    @with_feature("organizations:sentry-app-webhook-hard-timeout")
+    @override_options(
+        {
+            "sentry-apps.webhook.hard-timeout.sec": 5.0,
+            "sentry-apps.webhook.timeout.sec": 10.0,
+            "sentry-apps.webhook.restricted-webhook-sending": [],
+            "sentry-apps.webhook-logging.enabled": {"installation_uuid": [], "sentry_app_slug": []},
+        }
+    )
+    @patch("sentry.utils.sentry_apps.webhooks.safe_urlopen")
+    def test_timeout_alarm_restores_signal_handler(self, mock_safe_urlopen):
+        # Get original handler
+        original_handler = signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, signal.SIG_DFL)
+        signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, original_handler)
+
+        # Mock quick response
+        mock_response = Mock(spec=Response)
+        mock_response.status_code = 200
+        mock_response.headers = {}
+        mock_safe_urlopen.return_value = mock_response
+
+        app_platform_event = AppPlatformEvent(
+            resource="issue", action="created", install=self.install, data={"test": "data"}
+        )
+
+        send_and_save_webhook_request(self.sentry_app, app_platform_event)
+
+        # Verify signal handler was restored
+        current_handler = signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, signal.SIG_DFL)
+        signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, current_handler)
+        assert current_handler == original_handler
+
+    @with_feature("organizations:sentry-app-webhook-hard-timeout")
+    @override_options(
+        {
+            "sentry-apps.webhook.hard-timeout.sec": 5.0,
+            "sentry-apps.webhook.timeout.sec": 1.0,
+            "sentry-apps.webhook.restricted-webhook-sending": [],
+            "sentry-apps.webhook-logging.enabled": {"installation_uuid": [], "sentry_app_slug": []},
+        }
+    )
+    @patch("sentry.utils.sentry_apps.webhooks.safe_urlopen")
+    def test_alarm_cancelled_after_successful_webhook(self, mock_safe_urlopen):
+        mock_response = Mock(spec=Response)
+        mock_response.status_code = 200
+        mock_response.headers = {}
+        mock_safe_urlopen.return_value = mock_response
+
+        app_platform_event = AppPlatformEvent(
+            resource="issue", action="created", install=self.install, data={"test": "data"}
+        )
+
+        send_and_save_webhook_request(self.sentry_app, app_platform_event)
+
+        # Verify no alarm is pending
+        remaining = signal.alarm(0)
+        assert remaining == 0  # No alarm was pending