diff --git a/src/agents/factchecker.py b/src/agents/factchecker.py
index 6d4d61f..a269b42 100644
--- a/src/agents/factchecker.py
+++ b/src/agents/factchecker.py
@@ -262,6 +262,8 @@ class FactCheckerAgent:
             facts = self._parse_response(result)
             logger.info(f"Faktencheck: {len(facts)} Fakten geprüft")
             return facts, usage
+        except TimeoutError:
+            raise  # Timeout nach oben durchreichen fuer Retry im Orchestrator
         except Exception as e:
             logger.error(f"Faktencheck-Fehler: {e}")
             return [], None
@@ -302,6 +304,8 @@ class FactCheckerAgent:
             facts = self._parse_response(result)
             logger.info(f"Inkrementeller Faktencheck: {len(facts)} Fakten (neu + aktualisiert)")
             return facts, usage
+        except TimeoutError:
+            raise  # Timeout nach oben durchreichen fuer Retry im Orchestrator
         except Exception as e:
             logger.error(f"Inkrementeller Faktencheck-Fehler: {e}")
             return [], None
diff --git a/src/agents/orchestrator.py b/src/agents/orchestrator.py
index a47ad26..769c7c6 100644
--- a/src/agents/orchestrator.py
+++ b/src/agents/orchestrator.py
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ class AgentOrchestrator:
             logger.info(f"Starte Refresh für Lage {incident_id} (Trigger: {trigger_type})")
 
             RETRY_DELAYS = [0, 120, 300]  # Sekunden: sofort, 2min, 5min
-            TRANSIENT_ERRORS = (asyncio.TimeoutError, ConnectionError, OSError)
+            TRANSIENT_ERRORS = (asyncio.TimeoutError, TimeoutError, ConnectionError, OSError)
             last_error = None
 
             try:
diff --git a/src/agents/researcher.py b/src/agents/researcher.py
index 5b09914..3be95a6 100644
--- a/src/agents/researcher.py
+++ b/src/agents/researcher.py
@@ -233,6 +233,8 @@ class ResearcherAgent:
             logger.info(f"Recherche ergab {len(filtered)} Artikel (von {len(articles)} gefundenen, international={international})")
             return filtered, usage
 
+        except TimeoutError:
+            raise  # Timeout nach oben durchreichen fuer Retry im Orchestrator
         except Exception as e:
             logger.error(f"Recherche-Fehler: {e}")
             return [], None
@@ -255,11 +257,25 @@ class ResearcherAgent:
             data = json.loads(response)
             if isinstance(data, list):
                 return data
+            if isinstance(data, dict) and "articles" in data:
+                return data["articles"]
         except json.JSONDecodeError:
             pass
 
+        # JSON-Code-Block extrahieren
+        code_pat = r'`{3}(?:json)?\s*\n?(\[.*?\])\s*`{3}'
+        code_match = re.search(code_pat, response, re.DOTALL)
+        if code_match:
+            try:
+                data = json.loads(code_match.group(1))
+                if isinstance(data, list):
+                    return data
+            except json.JSONDecodeError:
+                pass
+
         # Versuche JSON aus der Antwort zu extrahieren (zwischen [ und ])
-        match = re.search(r'\[.*\]', response, re.DOTALL)
+        arr_pat = r'\[\s*\{.*\}\s*\]'
+        match = re.search(arr_pat, response, re.DOTALL)
         if match:
             try:
                 data = json.loads(match.group())
@@ -268,5 +284,20 @@ class ResearcherAgent:
             except json.JSONDecodeError:
                 pass
 
-        logger.warning("Konnte Claude-Antwort nicht als JSON parsen")
+        # Letzter Versuch: einzelne JSON-Objekte mit headline
+        objects = re.findall(r'\{[^{}]*"headline"[^{}]*\}', response)
+        if objects:
+            results = []
+            for obj_str in objects:
+                try:
+                    obj = json.loads(obj_str)
+                    if "headline" in obj:
+                        results.append(obj)
+                except json.JSONDecodeError:
+                    continue
+            if results:
+                logger.info(f"JSON-Recovery: {len(results)} Artikel aus Einzelobjekten extrahiert")
+                return results
+
+        logger.warning(f"Konnte Claude-Antwort nicht als JSON parsen (Laenge: {len(response)})")
         return []
diff --git a/src/config.py b/src/config.py
index 0bd939e..edaeeca 100644
--- a/src/config.py
+++ b/src/config.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ JWT_EXPIRE_HOURS = 24
 
 # Claude CLI
 CLAUDE_PATH = os.environ.get("CLAUDE_PATH", "/home/claude-dev/.claude/local/claude")
-CLAUDE_TIMEOUT = 300  # Sekunden (Claude mit WebSearch braucht oft 2-3 Min)
+CLAUDE_TIMEOUT = 420  # Sekunden (Claude mit WebSearch braucht oft 2-4 Min)
 # Claude Modelle
 CLAUDE_MODEL_FAST = "claude-haiku-4-5-20251001"  # Für einfache Aufgaben (Feed-Selektion)