diff --git a/cpp/tensorrt_llm/batch_manager/cacheTransceiver.cpp b/cpp/tensorrt_llm/batch_manager/cacheTransceiver.cpp
index 2e4bf1f0666..47b84326257 100644
--- a/cpp/tensorrt_llm/batch_manager/cacheTransceiver.cpp
+++ b/cpp/tensorrt_llm/batch_manager/cacheTransceiver.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025-2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -599,6 +599,13 @@ RequestStatuses CacheTransceiver::checkContextTransferStatus(
 void CacheTransceiver::checkGenTransferStatus(std::optional<int> const& atLeastRequestNum)
 {
     bool blockAll = !atLeastRequestNum.has_value();
+    std::optional<int> receiverFutureTimeoutMs = std::nullopt;
+    // If blockAll is true, we want to block and not use a timeout
+    if (!blockAll && mCacheTransceiverConfig.has_value())
+    {
+        receiverFutureTimeoutMs = mCacheTransceiverConfig->getKvTransferSenderFutureTimeoutMs();
+    }
+
     std::vector<LlmRequest::RequestIdType> genTransferReadyRequestIds;
     for (auto&& [request, future] : mRequesterFutures)
     {
@@ -709,20 +716,59 @@ void CacheTransceiver::checkGenTransferStatus(std::optional<int> const& atLeastR
             " checkGenTransferStatus toCompleteIdSet size: %zu, atLeastRequestNum: %d ", toCompleteIdSet.size(),
             atLeastRequestNum.value_or(0));
     }
+    auto const syncSize = (syncComm != nullptr) ? syncComm->getSize() : 1;
     for (auto it = mRequesterFutures.begin(); it != mRequesterFutures.end();)
     {
         if (blockAll || toCompleteIdSet.find(it->first->mRequestId) != toCompleteIdSet.end())
         {
             try
             {
-                it->second.get();
-                it->first->setState(LlmRequestState::kDISAGG_GENERATION_TRANS_COMPLETE);
-
-                // Gather the kv cache transfer time from all workers and update to leader rank
-                if (!common::getEnvKVCacheTimeOutputPath().empty())
+                // Wait for up to a specified timeout
+                auto status = it->second.wait_for(
+                    std::chrono::milliseconds(receiverFutureTimeoutMs.value_or(0)));
+                if (status == std::future_status::ready || blockAll)
                 {
-                    auto syncComm = mCacheState->getParallelConfig().mEnableAttentionDP ? mGroupDataComm : mGroupComm;
-                    updateKVCacheTransferBW(syncComm, it->first);
+                    it->second.get();
+                    it->first->setState(LlmRequestState::kDISAGG_GENERATION_TRANS_COMPLETE);
+
+                    // Gather the kv cache transfer time from all workers and update to leader rank.
+                    // Only call the timing collective when either all ranks block together (blockAll)
+                    // or the request was confirmed ready on every rank in the initial poll, to avoid
+                    // hanging in allgather when a peer timed out and skipped this request.
+                    if (!common::getEnvKVCacheTimeOutputPath().empty())
+                    {
+                        auto const freqIt = frequencyMap.find(it->first->mRequestId);
+                        if (blockAll || (freqIt != frequencyMap.end() && freqIt->second == syncSize))
+                        {
+                            updateKVCacheTransferBW(syncComm, it->first);
+                        }
+                    }
+                    if (useMPI())
+                    {
+                        TLLM_LOG_DEBUG(mpi::MpiComm::world().getRank(),
+                            "**** it->first->mRequestId: %ld, context request ID: %ld ******** get feature ***",
+                            it->first->mRequestId, it->first->getContextPhaseParams().value().getReqId());
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        TLLM_LOG_DEBUG(tensorrt_llm::pg_utils::get_world_pg()->getRank(),
+                            "**** it->first->mRequestId: %ld, context request ID: %ld ******** get feature ***",
+                            it->first->mRequestId, it->first->getContextPhaseParams().value().getReqId());
+                    }
+                    it = mRequesterFutures.erase(it);
+                }
+                else if (status == std::future_status::timeout)
+                {
+                    TLLM_LOG_WARNING("Timed out waiting for generation KV cache transfer after %d milliseconds.",
+                        receiverFutureTimeoutMs.value());
+                    ++it;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    TLLM_LOG_ERROR(
+                        "Future returned unexpected status for request %ld. Marking as error", it->first->mRequestId);
+                    it->first->setState(LlmRequestState::kDISAGG_TRANS_ERROR);
+                    it = mRequesterFutures.erase(it);
                 }
             }
             catch (std::exception const& e)
@@ -730,20 +776,8 @@ void CacheTransceiver::checkGenTransferStatus(std::optional<int> const& atLeastR
                 TLLM_LOG_ERROR(
                     "Error occurred during generation transfer for request %ld: %s", it->first->mRequestId, e.what());
                 it->first->setState(LlmRequestState::kDISAGG_TRANS_ERROR);
+                it = mRequesterFutures.erase(it);
             }
-            if (useMPI())
-            {
-                TLLM_LOG_DEBUG(mpi::MpiComm::world().getRank(),
-                    "**** it->first->mRequestId: %ld, context request ID: %ld ******** get feature ***",
-                    it->first->mRequestId, it->first->getContextPhaseParams().value().getReqId());
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                TLLM_LOG_DEBUG(tensorrt_llm::pg_utils::get_world_pg()->getRank(),
-                    "**** it->first->mRequestId: %ld, context request ID: %ld ******** get feature ***",
-                    it->first->mRequestId, it->first->getContextPhaseParams().value().getReqId());
-            }
-            it = mRequesterFutures.erase(it);
         }
         else
         {