diff --git a/packages/api/src/endpoints/openai/llm.ts b/packages/api/src/endpoints/openai/llm.ts
index a89f6fce44b0..819ae381f011 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/endpoints/openai/llm.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/endpoints/openai/llm.ts
@@ -159,6 +159,10 @@ export function getOpenAILLMConfig({
     {
       streaming,
       model: modelOptions.model ?? '',
+      /** Default to 0 retries to avoid long delays from LangChain's
+       *  exponential backoff (up to ~2 min with default maxRetries=6).
+       *  Can be overridden via modelOptions or customParams.defaultParams. */
+      maxRetries: 0,
     },
     modelOptions,
   ) as Partial<t.OAIClientOptions> & Partial<t.OpenAIParameters> & Partial<AzureOpenAIInput>;