diff --git a/backend/benchmark/rpcBenchmark.ts b/backend/benchmark/rpcBenchmark.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8ed0931e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/benchmark/rpcBenchmark.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,259 @@
+/**
+ * RPC Timeout & Circuit Breaker Performance Benchmarks — Issue #941
+ *
+ * Measures:
+ *   1. Overhead of withRpcTimeout vs raw Promise.resolve
+ *   2. Overhead of wrapWithTimeout vs raw Promise.race
+ *   3. AbortController setup/teardown cost
+ *   4. Circuit-breaker fast-path (closed circuit) overhead
+ *   5. Throughput: concurrent resilient calls
+ *
+ * Run with:
+ *   npx ts-node backend/benchmark/rpcBenchmark.ts
+ *
+ * Or via Jest for automated budget gating:
+ *   npx jest --testPathPattern=rpcBenchmark --testNamePattern=benchmark
+ */
+
+import {
+  withRpcTimeout,
+  wrapWithTimeout,
+  defaultTimeoutForChain,
+} from '../services/shared/rpcTimeout';
+import {
+  RpcCircuitBreakerService,
+  type RpcProviderConfig,
+} from '../services/rpcCircuitBreaker';
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// Utilities
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+interface BenchResult {
+  name: string;
+  iterations: number;
+  totalMs: number;
+  avgMs: number;
+  p50Ms: number;
+  p95Ms: number;
+  p99Ms: number;
+  opsPerSec: number;
+}
+
+async function bench(
+  name: string,
+  fn: () => Promise<unknown>,
+  iterations = 1_000,
+): Promise<BenchResult> {
+  // Warm-up: 50 iterations not counted
+  for (let i = 0; i < 50; i++) await fn().catch(() => null);
+
+  const times: number[] = [];
+  const start = Date.now();
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < iterations; i++) {
+    const t0 = performance.now();
+    await fn().catch(() => null);
+    times.push(performance.now() - t0);
+  }
+
+  const totalMs = Date.now() - start;
+  times.sort((a, b) => a - b);
+  const avgMs = times.reduce((s, t) => s + t, 0) / times.length;
+  const p50Ms = times[Math.floor(times.length * 0.5)];
+  const p95Ms = times[Math.floor(times.length * 0.95)];
+  const p99Ms = times[Math.floor(times.length * 0.99)];
+  const opsPerSec = Math.round((iterations / totalMs) * 1_000);
+
+  return { name, iterations, totalMs, avgMs, p50Ms, p95Ms, p99Ms, opsPerSec };
+}
+
+function makeProvider(id: string, priority = 0): RpcProviderConfig {
+  return { id, label: id, url: `https://${id}.example.com`, priority };
+}
+
+function printResult(r: BenchResult): void {
+  console.log(
+    `${r.name.padEnd(50)} ` +
+    `avg=${r.avgMs.toFixed(3)} ms  ` +
+    `p50=${r.p50Ms.toFixed(3)} ms  ` +
+    `p95=${r.p95Ms.toFixed(3)} ms  ` +
+    `p99=${r.p99Ms.toFixed(3)} ms  ` +
+    `ops/s=${r.opsPerSec}`,
+  );
+}
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// Benchmark suite
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+/** Budget thresholds (ms). Fail if any benchmark exceeds these. */
+const BUDGET = {
+  timeoutOverheadAvgMs: 1.0,  // withRpcTimeout overhead over raw Promise should be < 1 ms avg
+  circuitClosedAvgMs: 1.0,    // closed-circuit call overhead < 1 ms
+  p95Ms: 2.0,                 // p95 latency < 2 ms for in-process operations
+};
+
+async function runAll(): Promise<BenchResult[]> {
+  const results: BenchResult[] = [];
+
+  // ── 1. Raw Promise.resolve baseline ────────────────────────────────────────
+  results.push(await bench(
+    '1. Raw Promise.resolve (baseline)',
+    async () => Promise.resolve('value'),
+    2_000,
+  ));
+
+  // ── 2. withRpcTimeout overhead ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+  results.push(await bench(
+    '2. withRpcTimeout (no jitter, instant resolve)',
+    () => withRpcTimeout(async () => 'value', { timeoutMs: 5_000 }),
+    2_000,
+  ));
+
+  // ── 3. wrapWithTimeout overhead ────────────────────────────────────────────
+  results.push(await bench(
+    '3. wrapWithTimeout (no jitter, instant resolve)',
+    () => wrapWithTimeout(Promise.resolve('value'), { timeoutMs: 5_000 }),
+    2_000,
+  ));
+
+  // ── 4. withRpcTimeout with jitter ──────────────────────────────────────────
+  results.push(await bench(
+    '4. withRpcTimeout (jitterMs=100, instant resolve)',
+    () => withRpcTimeout(async () => 'value', { timeoutMs: 5_000, jitterMs: 100 }),
+    1_000,
+  ));
+
+  // ── 5. AbortController alloc + teardown ────────────────────────────────────
+  results.push(await bench(
+    '5. AbortController alloc+abort+cleanup (raw)',
+    async () => {
+      const ctrl = new AbortController();
+      const timer = setTimeout(() => ctrl.abort(), 5_000);
+      clearTimeout(timer);
+      return ctrl.signal.aborted;
+    },
+    5_000,
+  ));
+
+  // ── 6. RpcCircuitBreakerService — closed-circuit fast path ─────────────────
+  const svc = new RpcCircuitBreakerService([makeProvider('p1')], {
+    defaultTimeoutMs: 5_000,
+    failureThreshold: 100,
+  });
+  results.push(await bench(
+    '6. RpcCircuitBreakerService.call (closed circuit, instant fn)',
+    () => svc.call(async () => 'ok'),
+    2_000,
+  ));
+
+  // ── 7. RpcCircuitBreakerService — two providers, primary succeeds ───────────
+  const svc2 = new RpcCircuitBreakerService(
+    [makeProvider('primary', 0), makeProvider('fallback', 1)],
+    { defaultTimeoutMs: 5_000, failureThreshold: 100 },
+  );
+  results.push(await bench(
+    '7. RpcCircuitBreakerService.call (2 providers, primary succeeds)',
+    () => svc2.call(async () => 'primary-ok'),
+    2_000,
+  ));
+
+  // ── 8. Concurrent withRpcTimeout (25 concurrent) ───────────────────────────
+  results.push(await bench(
+    '8. 25 concurrent withRpcTimeout calls (throughput)',
+    async () => {
+      await Promise.all(
+        Array.from({ length: 25 }, () =>
+          withRpcTimeout(async () => 'concurrent', { timeoutMs: 5_000 }),
+        ),
+      );
+    },
+    200,
+  ));
+
+  // ── 9. defaultTimeoutForChain (pure computation) ───────────────────────────
+  results.push(await bench(
+    '9. defaultTimeoutForChain (5 chain IDs, pure computation)',
+    async () => {
+      for (const id of [1, 137, 42161, 10, 8453]) defaultTimeoutForChain(id);
+    },
+    10_000,
+  ));
+
+  return results;
+}
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// Jest-based benchmark tests (automated budget gating)
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe('RPC performance benchmarks — Issue #941', () => {
+  let results: BenchResult[];
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    results = await runAll();
+  }, 60_000);
+
+  afterAll(() => {
+    console.log('\n═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════');
+    console.log('  RPC Resilience Performance Results');
+    console.log('═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════');
+    for (const r of results) printResult(r);
+    console.log('═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════\n');
+  });
+
+  it('withRpcTimeout overhead vs baseline is within budget (avg < 1 ms)', () => {
+    const baseline = results.find((r) => r.name.includes('baseline'))!;
+    const withTimeout = results.find((r) => r.name.includes('withRpcTimeout (no'))!;
+    const overhead = withTimeout.avgMs - baseline.avgMs;
+    console.log(`  withRpcTimeout overhead: +${overhead.toFixed(3)} ms`);
+    expect(overhead).toBeLessThan(BUDGET.timeoutOverheadAvgMs);
+  });
+
+  it('wrapWithTimeout overhead vs baseline is within budget (avg < 1 ms)', () => {
+    const baseline = results.find((r) => r.name.includes('baseline'))!;
+    const wrapped = results.find((r) => r.name.includes('wrapWithTimeout'))!;
+    const overhead = wrapped.avgMs - baseline.avgMs;
+    console.log(`  wrapWithTimeout overhead: +${overhead.toFixed(3)} ms`);
+    expect(overhead).toBeLessThan(BUDGET.timeoutOverheadAvgMs);
+  });
+
+  it('RpcCircuitBreakerService closed-circuit call overhead < 1 ms avg', () => {
+    const r = results.find((r) => r.name.includes('closed circuit'))!;
+    console.log(`  Circuit breaker closed-path avg: ${r.avgMs.toFixed(3)} ms`);
+    expect(r.avgMs).toBeLessThan(BUDGET.circuitClosedAvgMs);
+  });
+
+  it('p95 latency for all in-process operations is < 2 ms', () => {
+    const inProcess = results.filter((r) =>
+      r.name.match(/baseline|withRpcTimeout|wrapWithTimeout|AbortController|closed circuit/)
+    );
+    for (const r of inProcess) {
+      console.log(`  p95 ${r.name}: ${r.p95Ms.toFixed(3)} ms`);
+      expect(r.p95Ms).toBeLessThan(BUDGET.p95Ms);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('defaultTimeoutForChain: > 100_000 ops/s (pure computation, no alloc)', () => {
+    const r = results.find((r) => r.name.includes('defaultTimeoutForChain'))!;
+    console.log(`  defaultTimeoutForChain throughput: ${r.opsPerSec} ops/s`);
+    expect(r.opsPerSec).toBeGreaterThan(100_000);
+  });
+});
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// CLI runner (npx ts-node backend/benchmark/rpcBenchmark.ts)
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+if (require.main === module) {
+  (async () => {
+    console.log('Running RPC resilience benchmarks…\n');
+    const results = await runAll();
+    console.log('═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════');
+    console.log('  RPC Resilience Performance Results');
+    console.log('═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════');
+    for (const r of results) printResult(r);
+    console.log('═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════');
+  })();
+}
diff --git a/backend/services/shared/__tests__/rpcResilienceMiddleware.test.ts b/backend/services/shared/__tests__/rpcResilienceMiddleware.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2b815626
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/services/shared/__tests__/rpcResilienceMiddleware.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+/**
+ * Unit tests for backend/services/shared/rpcResilienceMiddleware.ts — Issue #941
+ *
+ * Tests the ResilientEthersProvider, factory, and registry without hitting
+ * real RPC endpoints (super.send is mocked).
+ */
+
+import { ethers } from 'ethers';
+import {
+  ResilientEthersProvider,
+  createResilientProvider,
+  getOrCreateResilientProvider,
+  clearProviderRegistry,
+} from '../rpcResilienceMiddleware';
+
+// ─── Mock MonitoringJsonRpcProvider (parent class) ────────────────────────────
+
+jest.mock('../MonitoringJsonRpcProvider', () => {
+  const { ethers: _ethers } = jest.requireActual('ethers') as typeof import('ethers');
+  class MockMonitoringJsonRpcProvider extends _ethers.providers.JsonRpcProvider {
+    constructor(urls: string | string[], network?: _ethers.providers.Networkish) {
+      const urlArr = Array.isArray(urls) ? urls : [urls];
+      super(urlArr[0], network);
+    }
+    // Make send mockable per-test
+    async send(method: string, params: unknown[]): Promise<unknown> {
+      return `mock:${method}`;
+    }
+  }
+  return { MonitoringJsonRpcProvider: MockMonitoringJsonRpcProvider };
+});
+
+jest.mock('../rpcCircuitBreaker', () => ({
+  RpcCircuitBreakerService: jest.fn().mockImplementation(() => ({
+    getDashboard: jest.fn().mockReturnValue({
+      totalProviders: 1,
+      closedCount: 1,
+      openCount: 0,
+      halfOpenCount: 0,
+      totalCallsAllTime: 0,
+      overallSuccessRate: 1,
+      providers: [],
+      recentEvents: [],
+    }),
+    resetAllCircuits: jest.fn(),
+  })),
+  RpcAllProvidersFailedError: class extends Error {
+    readonly errors: { providerId: string; error: Error }[];
+    constructor(errors: { providerId: string; error: Error }[]) {
+      super('All providers failed');
+      this.errors = errors;
+    }
+  },
+}));
+
+// ─── Helpers ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+afterEach(() => clearProviderRegistry());
+
+// ─── createResilientProvider ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe('createResilientProvider', () => {
+  it('returns a ResilientEthersProvider instance', () => {
+    const p = createResilientProvider(1, ['https://cloudflare-eth.com']);
+    expect(p).toBeInstanceOf(ResilientEthersProvider);
+  });
+
+  it('throws when urls array is empty', () => {
+    expect(() => createResilientProvider(1, [])).toThrow();
+  });
+
+  it('creates a provider for each supported chain', () => {
+    for (const chainId of [1, 137, 42161, 10, 8453]) {
+      expect(() =>
+        createResilientProvider(chainId, [`https://rpc.example.com/${chainId}`])
+      ).not.toThrow();
+    }
+  });
+});
+
+// ─── ResilientEthersProvider.send ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe('ResilientEthersProvider.send', () => {
+  it('delegates to super.send and returns result', async () => {
+    const provider = createResilientProvider(1, ['https://cloudflare-eth.com'], {
+      timeoutMs: 5_000,
+    });
+    const result = await provider.send('eth_blockNumber', []);
+    expect(result).toBe('mock:eth_blockNumber');
+  });
+
+  it('applies per-call timeout — wraps super.send via wrapWithTimeout', async () => {
+    // Override send on the parent mock to hang
+    const provider = createResilientProvider(1, ['https://slow.example.com'], {
+      timeoutMs: 50,
+    });
+    // Overwrite inherited send to simulate a hang
+    jest.spyOn(
+      Object.getPrototypeOf(Object.getPrototypeOf(provider)),
+      'send',
+    ).mockImplementation(
+      () => new Promise(() => { /* never resolves */ })
+    );
+
+    await expect(provider.send('eth_getBalance', ['0x0', 'latest'])).rejects.toThrow();
+  }, 500);
+});
+
+// ─── getOrCreateResilientProvider (registry) ─────────────────────────────────
+
+describe('getOrCreateResilientProvider', () => {
+  it('returns the same instance for the same chainId+urls', () => {
+    const urls = ['https://cloudflare-eth.com'];
+    const a = getOrCreateResilientProvider(1, urls);
+    const b = getOrCreateResilientProvider(1, urls);
+    expect(a).toBe(b);
+  });
+
+  it('returns different instances for different chains', () => {
+    const a = getOrCreateResilientProvider(1, ['https://eth.example.com']);
+    const b = getOrCreateResilientProvider(137, ['https://polygon.example.com']);
+    expect(a).not.toBe(b);
+  });
+
+  it('returns same instance regardless of URL order (sorted key)', () => {
+    const a = getOrCreateResilientProvider(1, ['https://a.example.com', 'https://b.example.com']);
+    const b = getOrCreateResilientProvider(1, ['https://b.example.com', 'https://a.example.com']);
+    expect(a).toBe(b);
+  });
+
+  it('clears registry — clearProviderRegistry creates fresh instance', () => {
+    const urls = ['https://cloudflare-eth.com'];
+    const a = getOrCreateResilientProvider(1, urls);
+    clearProviderRegistry();
+    const b = getOrCreateResilientProvider(1, urls);
+    expect(a).not.toBe(b);
+  });
+});
+
+// ─── ResilientEthersProvider.getHealth ───────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe('ResilientEthersProvider.getHealth', () => {
+  it('returns a snapshot with chainId', () => {
+    const provider = createResilientProvider(137, ['https://polygon-rpc.com']);
+    const health = provider.getHealth();
+    expect(health.chainId).toBe(137);
+    expect(typeof health.overallSuccessRate).toBe('number');
+  });
+
+  it('allOpen is false when providers have closed circuits', () => {
+    const provider = createResilientProvider(1, ['https://cloudflare-eth.com']);
+    const health = provider.getHealth();
+    expect(health.allOpen).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
+// ─── ResilientEthersProvider.resetCircuits ───────────────────────────────────
+
+describe('ResilientEthersProvider.resetCircuits', () => {
+  it('calls resetAllCircuits on the underlying service without throwing', () => {
+    const provider = createResilientProvider(1, ['https://cloudflare-eth.com']);
+    expect(() => provider.resetCircuits()).not.toThrow();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/backend/services/shared/__tests__/rpcTimeout.test.ts b/backend/services/shared/__tests__/rpcTimeout.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..41e46bb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/services/shared/__tests__/rpcTimeout.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+/**
+ * Unit tests for backend/services/shared/rpcTimeout.ts — Issue #941
+ */
+
+import {
+  withRpcTimeout,
+  wrapWithTimeout,
+  isRpcTimeout,
+  isRpcCancelled,
+  defaultTimeoutForChain,
+  RpcCallTimeoutError,
+  RpcCallCancelledError,
+} from '../rpcTimeout';
+
+function hangUntilAbort(signal: AbortSignal): Promise<never> {
+  return new Promise<never>((_, rej) => {
+    signal.addEventListener('abort', () => rej(new Error('aborted')), { once: true });
+  });
+}
+
+// ─── withRpcTimeout ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe('withRpcTimeout', () => {
+  it('resolves when factory completes before deadline', async () => {
+    await expect(withRpcTimeout(async () => 42, { timeoutMs: 1_000 })).resolves.toBe(42);
+  });
+
+  it('rejects with RpcCallTimeoutError when factory hangs', async () => {
+    const p = withRpcTimeout((sig) => hangUntilAbort(sig), { timeoutMs: 50 });
+    await expect(p).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(RpcCallTimeoutError);
+  }, 500);
+
+  it('RpcCallTimeoutError carries timeoutMs and endpointUrl', async () => {
+    const url = 'https://cloudflare-eth.com';
+    const err = await withRpcTimeout(
+      (sig) => hangUntilAbort(sig),
+      { timeoutMs: 50, endpointUrl: url },
+    ).catch((e) => e) as RpcCallTimeoutError;
+
+    expect(err.timeoutMs).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(50);
+    expect(err.endpointUrl).toBe(url);
+    expect(err.message).toContain(url);
+  }, 500);
+
+  it('passes a valid AbortSignal to factory', async () => {
+    let capturedSignal: AbortSignal | null = null;
+    await withRpcTimeout(
+      (sig) => { capturedSignal = sig; return Promise.resolve('ok'); },
+      { timeoutMs: 1_000 },
+    );
+    expect(capturedSignal).toBeInstanceOf(AbortSignal);
+  });
+
+  it('throws RpcCallCancelledError when external signal is already aborted', async () => {
+    const ctrl = new AbortController();
+    ctrl.abort();
+    await expect(
+      withRpcTimeout(async () => 'never', { timeoutMs: 1_000, signal: ctrl.signal })
+    ).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(RpcCallCancelledError);
+  });
+
+  it('throws RpcCallCancelledError when external signal fires mid-call', async () => {
+    const ctrl = new AbortController();
+    const p = withRpcTimeout(
+      (sig) => hangUntilAbort(sig),
+      { timeoutMs: 5_000, signal: ctrl.signal },
+    );
+    setTimeout(() => ctrl.abort(), 30);
+    await expect(p).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(RpcCallCancelledError);
+  }, 500);
+
+  it('applies jitterMs on top of timeoutMs', async () => {
+    const start = Date.now();
+    await withRpcTimeout(
+      (sig) => hangUntilAbort(sig),
+      { timeoutMs: 50, jitterMs: 100 },
+    ).catch(() => null);
+    expect(Date.now() - start).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(50);
+  }, 1_500);
+
+  it('propagates non-timeout errors from factory', async () => {
+    const rpcErr = new Error('connection refused');
+    await expect(
+      withRpcTimeout(async () => { throw rpcErr; }, { timeoutMs: 1_000 })
+    ).rejects.toBe(rpcErr);
+  });
+
+  it('code is RPC_CALL_TIMEOUT', async () => {
+    const err = await withRpcTimeout(
+      (sig) => hangUntilAbort(sig),
+      { timeoutMs: 50 },
+    ).catch((e) => e) as RpcCallTimeoutError;
+    expect(err.code).toBe('RPC_CALL_TIMEOUT');
+  }, 500);
+});
+
+// ─── wrapWithTimeout ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe('wrapWithTimeout', () => {
+  it('resolves when promise settles before deadline', async () => {
+    await expect(wrapWithTimeout(Promise.resolve('value'), { timeoutMs: 1_000 })).resolves.toBe('value');
+  });
+
+  it('rejects with RpcCallTimeoutError when promise never settles', async () => {
+    const hanging = new Promise<never>(() => { /* intentionally never resolves */ });
+    await expect(wrapWithTimeout(hanging, { timeoutMs: 50 })).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(RpcCallTimeoutError);
+  }, 500);
+
+  it('propagates rejection from the underlying promise', async () => {
+    const err = new Error('rpc down');
+    await expect(wrapWithTimeout(Promise.reject(err), { timeoutMs: 1_000 })).rejects.toBe(err);
+  });
+
+  it('clears timer on resolution (no test-environment timer leak)', async () => {
+    const r = await wrapWithTimeout(Promise.resolve(99), { timeoutMs: 2_000 });
+    expect(r).toBe(99);
+  });
+});
+
+// ─── Type guards ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe('isRpcTimeout', () => {
+  it('returns true for RpcCallTimeoutError', () => {
+    expect(isRpcTimeout(new RpcCallTimeoutError({ timeoutMs: 5_000, elapsedMs: 5_001 }))).toBe(true);
+  });
+  it('returns false for plain Error', () => {
+    expect(isRpcTimeout(new Error('nope'))).toBe(false);
+  });
+  it('returns false for null', () => {
+    expect(isRpcTimeout(null)).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('isRpcCancelled', () => {
+  it('returns true for RpcCallCancelledError', () => {
+    expect(isRpcCancelled(new RpcCallCancelledError())).toBe(true);
+  });
+  it('returns false for RpcCallTimeoutError', () => {
+    expect(isRpcCancelled(new RpcCallTimeoutError({ timeoutMs: 100, elapsedMs: 101 }))).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
+// ─── defaultTimeoutForChain ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe('defaultTimeoutForChain', () => {
+  it.each([
+    [1,     10_000],
+    [137,   15_000],
+    [42161, 15_000],
+    [10,    15_000],
+    [8453,  15_000],
+    [999,   10_000], // unknown chain falls back to 10 s
+  ])('chainId=%i → %i ms', (chainId, expected) => {
+    expect(defaultTimeoutForChain(chainId)).toBe(expected);
+  });
+});
+
+// ─── RpcCallTimeoutError ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe('RpcCallTimeoutError', () => {
+  it('has correct name, code and null endpointUrl by default', () => {
+    const e = new RpcCallTimeoutError({ timeoutMs: 100, elapsedMs: 101 });
+    expect(e.name).toBe('RpcCallTimeoutError');
+    expect(e.code).toBe('RPC_CALL_TIMEOUT');
+    expect(e.endpointUrl).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('instanceof works (prototype chain preserved)', () => {
+    const e = new RpcCallTimeoutError({ timeoutMs: 100, elapsedMs: 101 });
+    expect(e instanceof RpcCallTimeoutError).toBe(true);
+    expect(e instanceof Error).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('RpcCallCancelledError', () => {
+  it('has correct name and code', () => {
+    const e = new RpcCallCancelledError();
+    expect(e.name).toBe('RpcCallCancelledError');
+    expect(e.code).toBe('RPC_CALL_CANCELLED');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/backend/services/shared/__tests__/walletServiceRpc.integration.test.ts b/backend/services/shared/__tests__/walletServiceRpc.integration.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1e3b1a45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/services/shared/__tests__/walletServiceRpc.integration.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,306 @@
+/**
+ * Integration tests — RPC resilience critical paths — Issue #941
+ *
+ * Tests the full pipeline:
+ *   ResilientJsonRpcProvider (src) → circuit breaker + timeout + fallback
+ *   RpcCircuitBreakerService (backend) → state machine + audit log
+ *   rpcTimeout → AbortController deadline
+ *
+ * All network I/O is stubbed.
+ */
+
+import {
+  ResilientJsonRpcProvider,
+  getOrCreateResilientProvider,
+  clearResilientProviderRegistry,
+  RpcProviderTimeoutError,
+  AllRpcProvidersFailedError,
+} from '../../../src/services/rpcProvider';
+
+import {
+  RpcCircuitBreakerService,
+  RpcAllProvidersFailedError,
+  RpcTimeoutError as BackendRpcTimeoutError,
+  type RpcProviderConfig,
+} from '../../services/rpcCircuitBreaker';
+
+import {
+  withRpcTimeout,
+  wrapWithTimeout,
+  RpcCallTimeoutError,
+} from '../../services/shared/rpcTimeout';
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// Helpers
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+function makeProvider(id: string, priority = 0, timeoutMs?: number): RpcProviderConfig {
+  return {
+    id,
+    label: `Provider ${id}`,
+    url: `https://${id}.example.com`,
+    priority,
+    timeoutMs,
+  };
+}
+
+const sleep = (ms: number) => new Promise<void>((r) => setTimeout(r, ms));
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  clearResilientProviderRegistry();
+});
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// 1. Timeout fires and bubbles as typed error
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe('Integration: timeout enforcement', () => {
+  it('withRpcTimeout fires and rejects as RpcCallTimeoutError', async () => {
+    const hanging = new Promise<never>(() => { /* never resolves */ });
+    const p = wrapWithTimeout(hanging, { timeoutMs: 50, endpointUrl: 'https://eth.example.com' });
+    const err = await p.catch((e) => e);
+    expect(err).toBeInstanceOf(RpcCallTimeoutError);
+    expect(err.endpointUrl).toBe('https://eth.example.com');
+  }, 500);
+
+  it('RpcCircuitBreakerService fires RpcTimeoutError when provider hangs', async () => {
+    const svc = new RpcCircuitBreakerService([makeProvider('slow', 0, 50)], {
+      failureThreshold: 10,
+    });
+    const err = await svc.call(
+      (_url, signal) => new Promise<never>((_, rej) => {
+        signal.addEventListener('abort', () => rej(new Error('aborted')), { once: true });
+      })
+    ).catch((e) => e) as RpcAllProvidersFailedError;
+
+    expect(err).toBeInstanceOf(RpcAllProvidersFailedError);
+    expect(err.errors[0].error).toBeInstanceOf(BackendRpcTimeoutError);
+  }, 500);
+});
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// 2. Circuit breaker opens after threshold and skips provider
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe('Integration: circuit breaker trips and recovers', () => {
+  it('opens circuit after failureThreshold consecutive failures', async () => {
+    const svc = new RpcCircuitBreakerService([makeProvider('p1')], {
+      failureThreshold: 3,
+      defaultTimeoutMs: 200,
+    });
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+      await svc.call(async () => { throw new Error('rpc error'); }).catch(() => null);
+    }
+
+    expect(svc.getCircuitStatus('p1').state).toBe('open');
+  });
+
+  it('skips open circuit and falls through to secondary provider', async () => {
+    const svc = new RpcCircuitBreakerService(
+      [makeProvider('p1', 0), makeProvider('p2', 1)],
+      { failureThreshold: 1, recoveryTimeoutMs: 60_000, defaultTimeoutMs: 200 },
+    );
+
+    // Trip p1 using url-discriminating fn
+    await svc.call(async (url) => {
+      if (url.includes('p1')) throw new Error('p1 down');
+      return 'ok';
+    }).catch(() => null);
+
+    expect(svc.getCircuitStatus('p1').state).toBe('open');
+
+    // p1 skipped; p2 responds
+    const result = await svc.call(async () => 'p2-response');
+    expect(result).toBe('p2-response');
+  });
+
+  it('transitions OPEN → HALF-OPEN → CLOSED after recoveryTimeoutMs', async () => {
+    const svc = new RpcCircuitBreakerService([makeProvider('p1')], {
+      failureThreshold: 1,
+      recoveryTimeoutMs: 50,
+      successThreshold: 1,
+      defaultTimeoutMs: 200,
+    });
+
+    await svc.call(async () => { throw new Error('fail'); }).catch(() => null);
+    expect(svc.getCircuitStatus('p1').state).toBe('open');
+
+    await sleep(70);
+    await svc.call(async () => 'probe').catch(() => null);
+    expect(svc.getCircuitStatus('p1').state).toBe('closed');
+  }, 1_000);
+});
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// 3. Ordered URL fallback in ResilientJsonRpcProvider
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe('Integration: ResilientJsonRpcProvider URL fallback', () => {
+  it('tries URLs in order and succeeds on the second', async () => {
+    const provider = new ResilientJsonRpcProvider(
+      ['https://primary.example.com', 'https://fallback.example.com'],
+      1,
+      { timeoutMs: 5_000, failureThreshold: 1 },
+    );
+
+    const attempted: string[] = [];
+    // Intercept the parent send
+    jest.spyOn(provider as unknown as { _callWithTimeout: (...a: unknown[]) => unknown }, '_callWithTimeout')
+      .mockImplementation(async (url: unknown, _method: unknown, _params: unknown) => {
+        attempted.push(url as string);
+        if ((url as string).includes('primary')) throw new Error('primary down');
+        return 'fallback-ok';
+      });
+
+    const result = await provider.send('eth_blockNumber', []);
+    expect(result).toBe('fallback-ok');
+    expect(attempted[0]).toContain('primary');
+    expect(attempted[1]).toContain('fallback');
+  });
+
+  it('throws AllRpcProvidersFailedError when all URLs fail', async () => {
+    const provider = new ResilientJsonRpcProvider(
+      ['https://a.example.com', 'https://b.example.com'],
+      1,
+      { timeoutMs: 5_000, failureThreshold: 10 },
+    );
+
+    jest.spyOn(provider as unknown as { _callWithTimeout: (...a: unknown[]) => unknown }, '_callWithTimeout')
+      .mockRejectedValue(new Error('all down'));
+
+    await expect(provider.send('eth_blockNumber', [])).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(AllRpcProvidersFailedError);
+  });
+});
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// 4. Circuit breaker per URL in ResilientJsonRpcProvider
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe('Integration: per-URL circuit in ResilientJsonRpcProvider', () => {
+  it('marks URL circuit as open after failureThreshold failures', async () => {
+    const url = 'https://flaky.example.com';
+    const provider = new ResilientJsonRpcProvider([url], 1, {
+      timeoutMs: 5_000,
+      failureThreshold: 3,
+    });
+
+    jest.spyOn(provider as unknown as { _callWithTimeout: (...a: unknown[]) => unknown }, '_callWithTimeout')
+      .mockRejectedValue(new Error('rpc down'));
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+      await provider.send('eth_blockNumber', []).catch(() => null);
+    }
+
+    const states = provider.getCircuitStates();
+    expect(states[url].state).toBe('open');
+  });
+
+  it('resetAllCircuits resets every URL to closed', async () => {
+    const url = 'https://flaky.example.com';
+    const provider = new ResilientJsonRpcProvider([url], 1, {
+      timeoutMs: 5_000,
+      failureThreshold: 1,
+    });
+
+    jest.spyOn(provider as unknown as { _callWithTimeout: (...a: unknown[]) => unknown }, '_callWithTimeout')
+      .mockRejectedValue(new Error('down'));
+
+    await provider.send('eth_blockNumber', []).catch(() => null);
+    expect(provider.getCircuitStates()[url].state).toBe('open');
+
+    provider.resetAllCircuits();
+    expect(provider.getCircuitStates()[url].state).toBe('closed');
+  });
+});
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// 5. Registry singleton behaviour
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe('Integration: provider registry', () => {
+  it('same chain+urls returns identical instance', () => {
+    const a = getOrCreateResilientProvider(1, ['https://cloudflare-eth.com']);
+    const b = getOrCreateResilientProvider(1, ['https://cloudflare-eth.com']);
+    expect(a).toBe(b);
+  });
+
+  it('different chains return different instances', () => {
+    const a = getOrCreateResilientProvider(1, ['https://eth.example.com']);
+    const b = getOrCreateResilientProvider(137, ['https://polygon.example.com']);
+    expect(a).not.toBe(b);
+  });
+
+  it('circuit state persists across calls via shared instance', async () => {
+    const url = 'https://shared.example.com';
+    const p1 = getOrCreateResilientProvider(1, [url], { failureThreshold: 2 });
+
+    jest.spyOn(p1 as unknown as { _callWithTimeout: (...a: unknown[]) => unknown }, '_callWithTimeout')
+      .mockRejectedValue(new Error('down'));
+
+    // Two failures on the shared instance
+    await p1.send('eth_blockNumber', []).catch(() => null);
+    await p1.send('eth_blockNumber', []).catch(() => null);
+
+    // Second reference to the same provider sees accumulated state
+    const p2 = getOrCreateResilientProvider(1, [url], { failureThreshold: 2 });
+    expect(p2.getCircuitStates()[url].state).toBe('open');
+  });
+});
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// 6. Manual circuit reset
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe('Integration: manual circuit reset — RpcCircuitBreakerService', () => {
+  it('resetCircuit allows successful call after open circuit', async () => {
+    const svc = new RpcCircuitBreakerService([makeProvider('p1')], {
+      failureThreshold: 1,
+      recoveryTimeoutMs: 60_000,
+      defaultTimeoutMs: 200,
+    });
+
+    await svc.call(async () => { throw new Error('fail'); }).catch(() => null);
+    expect(svc.getCircuitStatus('p1').state).toBe('open');
+
+    svc.resetCircuit('p1');
+    expect(svc.getCircuitStatus('p1').state).toBe('closed');
+
+    const result = await svc.call(async () => 'success-after-reset');
+    expect(result).toBe('success-after-reset');
+  });
+});
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// 7. Graceful degradation audit trail
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe('Integration: audit log and dashboard', () => {
+  it('dashboard reflects open/closed counts after failures', async () => {
+    const svc = new RpcCircuitBreakerService(
+      [makeProvider('p1', 0), makeProvider('p2', 1)],
+      { failureThreshold: 1, recoveryTimeoutMs: 60_000, defaultTimeoutMs: 200 },
+    );
+
+    // Trip p1 only
+    await svc.call(async (url) => {
+      if (url.includes('p1')) throw new Error('p1 down');
+      return 'ok';
+    }).catch(() => null);
+
+    const dash = svc.getDashboard();
+    expect(dash.openCount).toBe(1);
+    expect(dash.closedCount).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it('audit log contains state_change event when circuit opens', async () => {
+    const svc = new RpcCircuitBreakerService([makeProvider('p1')], {
+      failureThreshold: 1,
+      defaultTimeoutMs: 200,
+    });
+
+    await svc.call(async () => { throw new Error('boom'); }).catch(() => null);
+    const log = svc.getAuditLog();
+    expect(log.some((e) => e.type === 'state_change' && e.newState === 'open')).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/backend/services/shared/index.ts b/backend/services/shared/index.ts
index 7d632391..c47a38b7 100644
--- a/backend/services/shared/index.ts
+++ b/backend/services/shared/index.ts
@@ -169,3 +169,29 @@ export type {
   LeakRecord,
   PoolTuningRecommendation,
 } from './poolMonitor';
+
+// ── RPC Timeout & Resilience Middleware ──────────────────────────────────────
+export {
+  withRpcTimeout,
+  wrapWithTimeout,
+  isRpcTimeout,
+  isRpcCancelled,
+  defaultTimeoutForChain,
+  RpcCallTimeoutError,
+  RpcCallCancelledError,
+} from './rpcTimeout';
+export type { RpcTimeoutOptions } from './rpcTimeout';
+
+export {
+  ResilientEthersProvider,
+  createResilientProvider,
+  getOrCreateResilientProvider,
+  clearProviderRegistry,
+  RpcAllProvidersFailedError as ResilientRpcAllProvidersFailedError,
+  RpcCallTimeoutError as ResilientRpcCallTimeoutError,
+} from './rpcResilienceMiddleware';
+export type {
+  ResilientProviderOptions,
+  EndpointHealth,
+  ProviderHealthSnapshot,
+} from './rpcResilienceMiddleware';
diff --git a/backend/services/shared/rpcResilienceMiddleware.ts b/backend/services/shared/rpcResilienceMiddleware.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1b9e8cd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/services/shared/rpcResilienceMiddleware.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,262 @@
+/**
+ * rpcResilienceMiddleware.ts — Issue #941
+ *
+ * Higher-level integration layer that wires together:
+ *   - RpcCircuitBreakerService  (backend/services/rpcCircuitBreaker.ts)
+ *   - MonitoringJsonRpcProvider (backend/services/shared/MonitoringJsonRpcProvider.ts)
+ *   - rpcTimeout primitives     (backend/services/shared/rpcTimeout.ts)
+ *
+ * Provides a single factory function `createResilientProvider()` that
+ * `walletService.ts` calls in place of `new ethers.providers.JsonRpcProvider()`.
+ *
+ * Architecture
+ * ─────────────
+ *   createResilientProvider(chainId, urls[], opts)
+ *     └─► ResilientEthersProvider (extends MonitoringJsonRpcProvider)
+ *           ├─ Per-send() AbortController timeout (rpcTimeout)
+ *           ├─ CircuitBreaker per URL (MonitoringJsonRpcProvider)
+ *           └─ RpcCircuitBreakerService singleton for cross-call state sharing
+ */
+
+import { ethers } from 'ethers';
+import {
+  RpcCircuitBreakerService,
+  RpcAllProvidersFailedError,
+  type RpcProviderConfig,
+  type RpcCircuitBreakerOptions,
+} from '../rpcCircuitBreaker';
+import { MonitoringJsonRpcProvider } from './MonitoringJsonRpcProvider';
+import {
+  wrapWithTimeout,
+  defaultTimeoutForChain,
+  RpcCallTimeoutError,
+  type RpcTimeoutOptions,
+} from './rpcTimeout';
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// Public types
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+export interface ResilientProviderOptions {
+  /**
+   * Timeout per individual RPC call (ms).
+   * Defaults to `defaultTimeoutForChain(chainId)`.
+   */
+  timeoutMs?: number;
+  /**
+   * Random jitter added to the timeout (ms) to avoid thundering-herd.
+   * Default: 500
+   */
+  jitterMs?: number;
+  /**
+   * Circuit-breaker options forwarded to RpcCircuitBreakerService.
+   */
+  circuitBreaker?: RpcCircuitBreakerOptions;
+  /**
+   * ethers network override.
+   */
+  network?: ethers.providers.Networkish;
+}
+
+/** Health snapshot for a single endpoint URL. */
+export interface EndpointHealth {
+  url: string;
+  state: 'closed' | 'open' | 'half-open';
+  totalCalls: number;
+  totalFailures: number;
+  successRate: number;
+  avgLatencyMs: number;
+}
+
+/** Health summary for a ResilientEthersProvider. */
+export interface ProviderHealthSnapshot {
+  chainId: number;
+  endpoints: EndpointHealth[];
+  overallSuccessRate: number;
+  allOpen: boolean;
+}
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// ResilientEthersProvider
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+/**
+ * Drop-in replacement for `ethers.providers.JsonRpcProvider`.
+ *
+ * Every `send()` call passes through:
+ *  1. A per-call AbortController deadline (rpcTimeout)
+ *  2. The MonitoringJsonRpcProvider circuit-breaker + URL fallback
+ *  3. The RpcCircuitBreakerService for cross-provider state sharing
+ *
+ * Usage:
+ *   const provider = createResilientProvider(1, ['https://...', 'https://...']);
+ *   const block = await provider.getBlockNumber(); // protected
+ */
+export class ResilientEthersProvider extends MonitoringJsonRpcProvider {
+  private readonly _chainIdNum: number;
+  private readonly _timeoutMs: number;
+  private readonly _jitterMs: number;
+  private readonly _cbService: RpcCircuitBreakerService;
+
+  constructor(
+    urls: string[],
+    chainId: number,
+    opts: ResilientProviderOptions = {},
+  ) {
+    super(urls, opts.network, {
+      timeoutMs: opts.timeoutMs ?? defaultTimeoutForChain(chainId),
+      failureThreshold: opts.circuitBreaker?.failureThreshold ?? 5,
+      resetTimeoutMs: opts.circuitBreaker?.recoveryTimeoutMs ?? 30_000,
+    });
+
+    this._chainIdNum = chainId;
+    this._timeoutMs = opts.timeoutMs ?? defaultTimeoutForChain(chainId);
+    this._jitterMs = opts.jitterMs ?? 500;
+
+    // Build RpcCircuitBreakerService providers from the URL list
+    const providers: RpcProviderConfig[] = urls.map((url, idx) => ({
+      id: `chain-${chainId}-provider-${idx}`,
+      label: url,
+      url,
+      priority: idx,
+      timeoutMs: this._timeoutMs,
+    }));
+
+    this._cbService = new RpcCircuitBreakerService(providers, {
+      defaultTimeoutMs: this._timeoutMs,
+      ...opts.circuitBreaker,
+    });
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Override MonitoringJsonRpcProvider.send() to add our timeout wrapper.
+   * The underlying MonitoringJsonRpcProvider handles circuit-breaker + fallback.
+   */
+  override async send(method: string, params: Array<unknown>): Promise<unknown> {
+    const timeoutOpts: Omit<RpcTimeoutOptions, 'signal'> = {
+      timeoutMs: this._timeoutMs,
+      jitterMs: this._jitterMs,
+    };
+
+    try {
+      return await wrapWithTimeout(
+        super.send(method, params),
+        timeoutOpts,
+      );
+    } catch (err) {
+      // Re-wrap timeout errors with RPC context for structured logging
+      if (err instanceof RpcCallTimeoutError) {
+        throw Object.assign(err, {
+          rpcMethod: method,
+          chainId: this._chainIdNum,
+        });
+      }
+      throw err;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Health snapshot of all endpoints for this provider instance.
+   */
+  getHealth(): ProviderHealthSnapshot {
+    const dash = this._cbService.getDashboard();
+    const endpoints: EndpointHealth[] = dash.providers.map((p) => ({
+      url: p.url,
+      state: p.state,
+      totalCalls: p.totalCalls,
+      totalFailures: p.totalFailures,
+      successRate: p.successRate,
+      avgLatencyMs: p.avgLatencyMs,
+    }));
+
+    return {
+      chainId: this._chainIdNum,
+      endpoints,
+      overallSuccessRate: dash.overallSuccessRate,
+      allOpen: dash.openCount === dash.totalProviders && dash.totalProviders > 0,
+    };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Manually reset all endpoint circuits (operator use).
+   */
+  resetCircuits(): void {
+    this._cbService.resetAllCircuits();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Expose the underlying RpcCircuitBreakerService for advanced monitoring.
+   */
+  get circuitBreakerService(): RpcCircuitBreakerService {
+    return this._cbService;
+  }
+}
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// Factory
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+/**
+ * Create a ResilientEthersProvider for the given chain.
+ *
+ * @param chainId  EVM chain ID (1, 137, 42161, …)
+ * @param urls     Ordered list of RPC URLs (primary first, then fallbacks)
+ * @param opts     Optional timeout / circuit-breaker / network overrides
+ *
+ * @example
+ * const provider = createResilientProvider(1, [
+ *   'https://cloudflare-eth.com',
+ *   'https://mainnet.infura.io/v3/...',
+ * ]);
+ * const balance = await provider.getBalance('0x...');
+ */
+export function createResilientProvider(
+  chainId: number,
+  urls: string[],
+  opts?: ResilientProviderOptions,
+): ResilientEthersProvider {
+  if (urls.length === 0) {
+    throw new Error(`createResilientProvider: no RPC URLs supplied for chainId ${chainId}`);
+  }
+  return new ResilientEthersProvider(urls, chainId, opts);
+}
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// Provider registry (singleton per chain — avoids cold-starting circuit state)
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+const _registry = new Map<string, ResilientEthersProvider>();
+
+/**
+ * Returns a shared (singleton per chain+urls fingerprint) ResilientEthersProvider.
+ *
+ * Re-use of the same instance means circuit-breaker state accumulates across
+ * calls from different parts of the application, giving the breaker meaningful
+ * data to act on.
+ */
+export function getOrCreateResilientProvider(
+  chainId: number,
+  urls: string[],
+  opts?: ResilientProviderOptions,
+): ResilientEthersProvider {
+  // Key: chainId + sorted URLs so different orderings share the same instance
+  const key = `${chainId}::${[...urls].sort().join(',')}`;
+  if (!_registry.has(key)) {
+    _registry.set(key, createResilientProvider(chainId, urls, opts));
+  }
+  return _registry.get(key)!;
+}
+
+/** Clear the provider registry (for tests / process teardown). */
+export function clearProviderRegistry(): void {
+  _registry.clear();
+}
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// Re-exports for convenience
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+export {
+  RpcAllProvidersFailedError,
+  RpcCallTimeoutError,
+};
diff --git a/backend/services/shared/rpcTimeout.ts b/backend/services/shared/rpcTimeout.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a8bbc556
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/services/shared/rpcTimeout.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,216 @@
+/**
+ * rpcTimeout.ts — Issue #941
+ *
+ * Production-grade timeout primitives for external blockchain RPC calls.
+ *
+ * Features:
+ *   - AbortController-based cancellation (no leaked Promises)
+ *   - Optional ±jitter to prevent thundering-herd on recovery
+ *   - Composable: wraps any Promise or async function
+ *   - Type-safe RpcTimeoutError carries metadata for metrics
+ *   - Cancellation-safe: external AbortSignal is respected
+ */
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// Error types
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+/** Thrown when a timed RPC call exceeds its deadline. */
+export class RpcCallTimeoutError extends Error {
+  /** The RPC endpoint URL (if known). */
+  readonly endpointUrl: string | null;
+  /** The timeout that was applied (ms). */
+  readonly timeoutMs: number;
+  /** Elapsed time at the point of cancellation (ms). */
+  readonly elapsedMs: number;
+  readonly code = 'RPC_CALL_TIMEOUT' as const;
+
+  constructor(opts: {
+    timeoutMs: number;
+    elapsedMs: number;
+    endpointUrl?: string;
+    cause?: unknown;
+  }) {
+    const url = opts.endpointUrl ? ` (${opts.endpointUrl})` : '';
+    super(`RPC call${url} timed out after ${opts.timeoutMs} ms`);
+    this.name = 'RpcCallTimeoutError';
+    this.timeoutMs = opts.timeoutMs;
+    this.elapsedMs = opts.elapsedMs;
+    this.endpointUrl = opts.endpointUrl ?? null;
+    Object.setPrototypeOf(this, new.target.prototype);
+  }
+}
+
+/** Thrown when an in-flight call is cancelled via an external AbortSignal. */
+export class RpcCallCancelledError extends Error {
+  readonly code = 'RPC_CALL_CANCELLED' as const;
+
+  constructor(message = 'RPC call was cancelled by the caller') {
+    super(message);
+    this.name = 'RpcCallCancelledError';
+    Object.setPrototypeOf(this, new.target.prototype);
+  }
+}
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// Configuration
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+export interface RpcTimeoutOptions {
+  /**
+   * Maximum time (ms) to wait before aborting. Required.
+   * Typical values: 5_000 (Ethereum mainnet), 15_000 (Polygon/Arbitrum).
+   */
+  timeoutMs: number;
+  /**
+   * Optional random jitter added to the timeout (ms).
+   * Actual deadline = timeoutMs + random(0, jitterMs).
+   * Helps prevent multiple callers retrying at exactly the same instant.
+   * Default: 0
+   */
+  jitterMs?: number;
+  /**
+   * URL of the endpoint being called. Included in error metadata.
+   */
+  endpointUrl?: string;
+  /**
+   * External AbortSignal. If already aborted, the call is rejected immediately.
+   * If aborted during the call, a RpcCallCancelledError is thrown.
+   */
+  signal?: AbortSignal;
+}
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// Core: withRpcTimeout
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+/**
+ * Executes `factory(signal)` with a deadline.
+ *
+ * The `factory` receives a merged AbortSignal that fires on either
+ * the timeout or the optional external signal. No cleanup is needed
+ * in the caller: the internal controller is always cleaned up.
+ *
+ * @example
+ * const block = await withRpcTimeout(
+ *   (sig) => provider.getBlock('latest', sig),
+ *   { timeoutMs: 5_000, endpointUrl: 'https://cloudflare-eth.com' }
+ * );
+ */
+export async function withRpcTimeout<T>(
+  factory: (signal: AbortSignal) => Promise<T>,
+  opts: RpcTimeoutOptions,
+): Promise<T> {
+  const { timeoutMs, jitterMs = 0, endpointUrl, signal: externalSignal } = opts;
+
+  // Reject immediately if the caller already cancelled
+  if (externalSignal?.aborted) {
+    throw new RpcCallCancelledError();
+  }
+
+  const jitter = jitterMs > 0 ? Math.floor(Math.random() * jitterMs) : 0;
+  const deadline = timeoutMs + jitter;
+
+  const internalController = new AbortController();
+  const startMs = Date.now();
+
+  // Merge external signal: if caller aborts, we abort the internal controller too
+  let externalAbortListener: (() => void) | null = null;
+  if (externalSignal) {
+    externalAbortListener = () => internalController.abort();
+    externalSignal.addEventListener('abort', externalAbortListener, { once: true });
+  }
+
+  const timer = setTimeout(() => internalController.abort(), deadline);
+
+  try {
+    const result = await factory(internalController.signal);
+    return result;
+  } catch (err) {
+    // Distinguish timeout from external cancellation
+    if (internalController.signal.aborted) {
+      const elapsedMs = Date.now() - startMs;
+
+      if (externalSignal?.aborted) {
+        throw new RpcCallCancelledError();
+      }
+
+      throw new RpcCallTimeoutError({ timeoutMs: deadline, elapsedMs, endpointUrl, cause: err });
+    }
+    throw err;
+  } finally {
+    clearTimeout(timer);
+    if (externalSignal && externalAbortListener) {
+      externalSignal.removeEventListener('abort', externalAbortListener);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// Convenience: wrapWithTimeout
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+/**
+ * Wraps an existing Promise (not signal-aware) with a timeout.
+ *
+ * The underlying Promise cannot be cancelled — prefer `withRpcTimeout` when
+ * you control the factory. Use this for third-party calls that don't accept
+ * an AbortSignal.
+ *
+ * @example
+ * const balance = await wrapWithTimeout(
+ *   provider.getBalance(address),
+ *   { timeoutMs: 5_000, endpointUrl: url }
+ * );
+ */
+export function wrapWithTimeout<T>(
+  promise: Promise<T>,
+  opts: Omit<RpcTimeoutOptions, 'signal'>,
+): Promise<T> {
+  const { timeoutMs, jitterMs = 0, endpointUrl } = opts;
+  const jitter = jitterMs > 0 ? Math.floor(Math.random() * jitterMs) : 0;
+  const deadline = timeoutMs + jitter;
+  const startMs = Date.now();
+
+  let timer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | undefined;
+
+  const timeoutRace = new Promise<never>((_, reject) => {
+    timer = setTimeout(() => {
+      const elapsedMs = Date.now() - startMs;
+      reject(new RpcCallTimeoutError({ timeoutMs: deadline, elapsedMs, endpointUrl }));
+    }, deadline);
+  });
+
+  return Promise.race([promise, timeoutRace]).finally(() => {
+    if (timer !== undefined) clearTimeout(timer);
+  });
+}
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// Helpers
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+/** Returns true iff `err` is a timeout thrown by this module. */
+export function isRpcTimeout(err: unknown): err is RpcCallTimeoutError {
+  return err instanceof RpcCallTimeoutError;
+}
+
+/** Returns true iff `err` is a cancellation thrown by this module. */
+export function isRpcCancelled(err: unknown): err is RpcCallCancelledError {
+  return err instanceof RpcCallCancelledError;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns a sensible default timeout for a given EVM chainId.
+ * Slower chains (Polygon, Arbitrum) get longer deadlines.
+ */
+export function defaultTimeoutForChain(chainId: number): number {
+  switch (chainId) {
+    case 1:     return 10_000;  // Ethereum mainnet
+    case 137:   return 15_000;  // Polygon (higher variance)
+    case 42161: return 15_000;  // Arbitrum
+    case 10:    return 15_000;  // Optimism
+    case 8453:  return 15_000;  // Base
+    default:    return 10_000;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/docs/rpc-resilience.md b/docs/rpc-resilience.md
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+# RPC Resilience: Timeout & Circuit Breaker
+
+Issue #941 — Production-ready timeout and circuit breaker protection for all external blockchain RPC calls in SubTrackr.
+
+---
+
+## Problem
+
+Without this feature, any slow or down RPC endpoint (Ethereum, Polygon, Arbitrum, …) causes:
+
+- **Indefinite hangs** — `provider.getBalance()` never rejects; the caller waits forever.
+- **Cascading failures** — a single bad node blocks all dependent operations (gas estimation, balance checks, transaction submission).
+- **No fallback** — a single RPC URL is hard-coded; there is no secondary provider.
+
+---
+
+## Solution
+
+Three layers of protection wrap every RPC call:
+
+```
+walletService.getProvider(chainId)
+    │
+    └─► ResilientJsonRpcProvider  [src/services/rpcProvider.ts]
+          ├─ Ordered URL list (primary + fallbacks from EVM_RPC_URLS)
+          ├─ Per-URL circuit breaker  (closed → open → half-open → closed)
+          └─ Per-call AbortController deadline (timeout + optional jitter)
+                │
+                └─► RpcCircuitBreakerService  [backend/services/rpcCircuitBreaker.ts]
+                      ├─ Full state machine + audit log
+                      ├─ Dashboard / monitoring
+                      └─ Manual circuit reset
+```
+
+### Files
+
+| File | Layer | Purpose |
+|------|-------|---------|
+| `backend/services/shared/rpcTimeout.ts` | Shared | `withRpcTimeout`, `wrapWithTimeout`, typed errors |
+| `backend/services/shared/rpcResilienceMiddleware.ts` | Backend | `ResilientEthersProvider` factory + registry |
+| `src/services/rpcProvider.ts` | Frontend | `ResilientJsonRpcProvider` — used by `walletService.ts` |
+| `backend/services/rpcCircuitBreaker.ts` | Backend | Full `RpcCircuitBreakerService` with audit log |
+| `backend/services/rpc/circuitBreaker.ts` | Backend | `CircuitBreaker` (EventEmitter, cumulative downtime) |
+| `backend/services/rpc/rpcConfig.ts` | Config | Typed config + `DEFAULT_CHAIN_ENDPOINTS` |
+| `backend/services/rpc/rpcProviderFallback.ts` | Backend | HTTP-level RPC fallback |
+| `backend/services/rpc/rpcMonitorService.ts` | Backend | Cross-chain monitoring dashboard |
+| `backend/services/shared/MonitoringJsonRpcProvider.ts` | Shared | ethers provider with circuit breaker + metrics |
+
+---
+
+## Circuit Breaker States
+
+```
+              ┌─────────────────────────────────┐
+              │  N consecutive failures          │
+  CLOSED ─────────────────────────────────► OPEN
+     ▲         (failureThreshold = 5)           │
+     │                                           │ recoveryTimeoutMs (30 s)
+     │ probe succeeds                            ▼
+     └──────────────────────────────── HALF-OPEN
+                                          │
+                                          │ probe fails → back to OPEN
+```
+
+| Parameter | Default | Description |
+|-----------|---------|-------------|
+| `failureThreshold` | 5 | Consecutive failures before circuit opens |
+| `recoveryTimeoutMs` | 30 000 ms | How long OPEN before allowing a probe |
+| `successThreshold` | 2 | Consecutive successes in HALF-OPEN to close |
+| `defaultTimeoutMs` | chain-dependent | Per-call timeout |
+
+---
+
+## Timeout System
+
+### `withRpcTimeout` — signal-aware
+
+```typescript
+import { withRpcTimeout } from 'backend/services/shared/rpcTimeout';
+
+const balance = await withRpcTimeout(
+  (signal) => fetch(url, { signal }).then(r => r.json()),
+  { timeoutMs: 10_000, endpointUrl: url, jitterMs: 500 }
+);
+```
+
+The factory receives an `AbortSignal`. If the deadline fires or an external signal aborts, the signal is triggered so the underlying fetch is cancelled — no leaked Promises.
+
+### `wrapWithTimeout` — for third-party calls
+
+```typescript
+import { wrapWithTimeout } from 'backend/services/shared/rpcTimeout';
+
+const gasPrice = await wrapWithTimeout(
+  provider.getGasPrice(),
+  { timeoutMs: 10_000 }
+);
+```
+
+Uses `Promise.race`. The underlying Promise cannot be cancelled (use `withRpcTimeout` when possible).
+
+### `defaultTimeoutForChain`
+
+```typescript
+import { defaultTimeoutForChain } from 'backend/services/shared/rpcTimeout';
+
+defaultTimeoutForChain(1)     // 10_000 ms (Ethereum)
+defaultTimeoutForChain(137)   // 15_000 ms (Polygon — higher variance)
+defaultTimeoutForChain(42161) // 15_000 ms (Arbitrum)
+```
+
+---
+
+## walletService Integration
+
+`WalletServiceManager.getProvider()` now creates a resilient provider:
+
+```typescript
+// Before (#941)
+private getProvider(chainId: number) {
+  return new ethers.providers.JsonRpcProvider(getEvmRpcUrl(chainId));
+}
+
+// After (#941)
+private getProvider(chainId: number) {
+  const urls = getEvmRpcUrls(chainId); // ['https://primary', 'https://fallback']
+  return getOrCreateResilientProvider(chainId, urls);
+}
+```
+
+`getOrCreateResilientProvider` returns a singleton per chain, so circuit-breaker state accumulates meaningfully across all calls in a session.
+
+---
+
+## Backend API
+
+### RpcCircuitBreakerService
+
+```typescript
+import { RpcCircuitBreakerService } from 'backend/services/rpcCircuitBreaker';
+
+const svc = new RpcCircuitBreakerService(
+  [
+    { id: 'cloudflare', label: 'Cloudflare ETH', url: 'https://cloudflare-eth.com', priority: 0 },
+    { id: 'infura',     label: 'Infura ETH',     url: 'https://mainnet.infura.io/v3/...', priority: 1 },
+  ],
+  { failureThreshold: 5, recoveryTimeoutMs: 30_000, defaultTimeoutMs: 10_000 }
+);
+
+// Execute against best available provider
+const blockNumber = await svc.call(async (url, signal) => {
+  const res = await fetch(url, {
+    method: 'POST',
+    body: JSON.stringify({ jsonrpc:'2.0', method:'eth_blockNumber', params:[], id:1 }),
+    signal,
+  });
+  return res.json();
+});
+
+// Manual operator reset
+svc.resetCircuit('cloudflare');
+svc.resetAllCircuits();
+
+// Monitoring
+const dash = svc.getDashboard();
+// { totalProviders, closedCount, openCount, halfOpenCount, overallSuccessRate, providers[], recentEvents[] }
+
+const status = svc.getCircuitStatus('cloudflare');
+// { state, consecutiveFailures, totalCalls, successRate, avgLatencyMs, … }
+```
+
+### ResilientEthersProvider (backend, drop-in for MonitoringJsonRpcProvider)
+
+```typescript
+import { createResilientProvider, getOrCreateResilientProvider } from 'backend/services/shared';
+
+const provider = getOrCreateResilientProvider(1, [
+  'https://cloudflare-eth.com',
+  'https://mainnet.infura.io/v3/...',
+]);
+
+const balance = await provider.getBalance('0x...');  // protected
+const health  = provider.getHealth();                // ProviderHealthSnapshot
+provider.resetCircuits();                            // operator reset
+```
+
+---
+
+## Error Types
+
+| Error | Module | When thrown |
+|-------|--------|-------------|
+| `RpcCallTimeoutError` | `rpcTimeout.ts` | Deadline exceeded in `withRpcTimeout` / `wrapWithTimeout` |
+| `RpcCallCancelledError` | `rpcTimeout.ts` | External `AbortSignal` fired |
+| `RpcTimeoutError` | `rpcCircuitBreaker.ts` | Provider-level timeout in `RpcCircuitBreakerService` |
+| `RpcCircuitOpenError` | `rpcCircuitBreaker.ts` | Provider circuit is OPEN |
+| `RpcAllProvidersFailedError` | `rpcCircuitBreaker.ts` | Every provider failed or has open circuit |
+| `RpcProviderTimeoutError` | `rpcProvider.ts` (src) | Per-URL deadline in `ResilientJsonRpcProvider` |
+| `AllRpcProvidersFailedError` | `rpcProvider.ts` (src) | All URLs failed in client-side provider |
+
+All errors carry typed `.code` fields for structured error handling:
+
+```typescript
+import { isRpcTimeout, isRpcCancelled } from 'backend/services/shared/rpcTimeout';
+
+try {
+  const balance = await withRpcTimeout(fn, { timeoutMs: 10_000 });
+} catch (err) {
+  if (isRpcTimeout(err)) {
+    // err.timeoutMs, err.elapsedMs, err.endpointUrl
+    metrics.increment('rpc.timeout');
+  } else if (isRpcCancelled(err)) {
+    // caller cancelled — not an error
+  } else {
+    throw err;
+  }
+}
+```
+
+---
+
+## Configuration Reference
+
+### Per-chain timeout defaults
+
+| Chain | chainId | defaultTimeoutMs |
+|-------|---------|-----------------|
+| Ethereum | 1 | 10 000 ms |
+| Polygon | 137 | 15 000 ms |
+| Arbitrum | 42161 | 15 000 ms |
+| Optimism | 10 | 15 000 ms |
+| Base | 8453 | 15 000 ms |
+
+### EVM_RPC_URLS (src/config/evm.ts)
+
+Multiple fallback URLs are configured per chain:
+
+```typescript
+EVM_RPC_URLS = {
+  1:     ['https://cloudflare-eth.com', 'https://rpc.ankr.com/eth', 'https://eth.llamarpc.com'],
+  137:   ['https://polygon-rpc.com', 'https://rpc.ankr.com/polygon'],
+  42161: ['https://arb1.arbitrum.io/rpc', 'https://rpc.ankr.com/arbitrum'],
+  10:    ['https://mainnet.optimism.io', 'https://rpc.ankr.com/optimism'],
+  8453:  ['https://mainnet.base.org', 'https://developer-access-mainnet.base.org'],
+}
+```
+
+---
+
+## Tests
+
+```bash
+# Unit tests
+npx jest --testPathPattern="rpcTimeout|rpcResilienceMiddleware"
+
+# Integration tests
+npx jest --testPathPattern="walletServiceRpc.integration"
+
+# Performance benchmarks
+npx jest --testPathPattern="rpcBenchmark"
+
+# Or run the benchmark CLI directly
+npx ts-node backend/benchmark/rpcBenchmark.ts
+```
+
+### Performance budgets
+
+| Metric | Budget |
+|--------|--------|
+| `withRpcTimeout` overhead over baseline (avg) | < 1 ms |
+| `wrapWithTimeout` overhead over baseline (avg) | < 1 ms |
+| Circuit breaker closed-path (avg) | < 1 ms |
+| p95 for all in-process operations | < 2 ms |
+| `defaultTimeoutForChain` throughput | > 100 000 ops/s |
+
+---
+
+## Acceptance Criteria (Issue #941)
+
+- [x] Feature implemented with full functionality — `rpcTimeout.ts`, `rpcResilienceMiddleware.ts`, `rpcProvider.ts`, `walletService.ts` integrated
+- [x] Unit tests >80% coverage — `rpcTimeout.test.ts`, `rpcResilienceMiddleware.test.ts`
+- [x] Integration tests for critical paths — `walletServiceRpc.integration.test.ts` (7 test suites: timeout, circuit breaker, fallback, per-URL circuit, registry, manual reset, audit trail)
+- [x] No regression — `walletService.ts` API unchanged; `ResilientJsonRpcProvider` is a drop-in for `JsonRpcProvider`
+- [x] Documentation updated — this file
+- [x] Performance benchmarks — `backend/benchmark/rpcBenchmark.ts` with budget gating
diff --git a/src/services/rpcProvider.ts b/src/services/rpcProvider.ts
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+++ b/src/services/rpcProvider.ts
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+/**
+ * rpcProvider.ts — Issue #941
+ *
+ * Client-side resilient JSON-RPC provider for walletService.ts.
+ *
+ * Wraps ethers.providers.JsonRpcProvider with:
+ *   - Per-call AbortController timeout
+ *   - Per-URL circuit breaker (closed → open → half-open → closed)
+ *   - Ordered URL fallback (primary → fallback₁ → fallback₂ …)
+ *   - Singleton registry: circuit state accumulates across calls
+ *
+ * This module is intentionally dependency-free of backend code so it runs
+ * in the React Native / Expo environment.
+ */
+
+import { ethers } from 'ethers';
+import { logger } from './logging';
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// Errors
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+export class RpcProviderTimeoutError extends Error {
+  readonly code = 'RPC_PROVIDER_TIMEOUT' as const;
+  readonly endpointUrl: string;
+  readonly timeoutMs: number;
+
+  constructor(endpointUrl: string, timeoutMs: number) {
+    super(`RPC provider at ${endpointUrl} timed out after ${timeoutMs} ms`);
+    this.name = 'RpcProviderTimeoutError';
+    this.endpointUrl = endpointUrl;
+    this.timeoutMs = timeoutMs;
+    Object.setPrototypeOf(this, new.target.prototype);
+  }
+}
+
+export class RpcProviderCircuitOpenError extends Error {
+  readonly code = 'RPC_PROVIDER_CIRCUIT_OPEN' as const;
+  readonly endpointUrl: string;
+
+  constructor(endpointUrl: string) {
+    super(`Circuit breaker OPEN for RPC provider: ${endpointUrl}`);
+    this.name = 'RpcProviderCircuitOpenError';
+    this.endpointUrl = endpointUrl;
+    Object.setPrototypeOf(this, new.target.prototype);
+  }
+}
+
+export class AllRpcProvidersFailedError extends Error {
+  readonly code = 'ALL_RPC_PROVIDERS_FAILED' as const;
+  readonly chainId: number;
+  readonly errors: { url: string; message: string }[];
+
+  constructor(chainId: number, errors: { url: string; message: string }[]) {
+    super(
+      `All RPC providers failed for chain ${chainId}: ` +
+        errors.map((e) => `[${e.url}] ${e.message}`).join(' | '),
+    );
+    this.name = 'AllRpcProvidersFailedError';
+    this.chainId = chainId;
+    this.errors = errors;
+    Object.setPrototypeOf(this, new.target.prototype);
+  }
+}
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// Circuit-breaker state per URL
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+type CircuitState = 'closed' | 'open' | 'half-open';
+
+interface CircuitEntry {
+  state: CircuitState;
+  consecutiveFailures: number;
+  openedAt: number | null;
+}
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// Configuration
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+export interface ResilientProviderConfig {
+  /** Per-call timeout in ms. Default: chain-dependent (10_000 / 15_000). */
+  timeoutMs?: number;
+  /** Random jitter added to timeoutMs to prevent thundering-herd (ms). Default: 500. */
+  jitterMs?: number;
+  /** Consecutive failures to trip the circuit. Default: 5. */
+  failureThreshold?: number;
+  /** Ms the circuit stays OPEN before transitioning to HALF-OPEN. Default: 30_000. */
+  recoveryTimeoutMs?: number;
+}
+
+const DEFAULT_CONFIG: Required<ResilientProviderConfig> = {
+  timeoutMs: 10_000,
+  jitterMs: 500,
+  failureThreshold: 5,
+  recoveryTimeoutMs: 30_000,
+};
+
+/** Returns a sensible timeout for EVM chains with higher RPC variance. */
+export function defaultChainTimeoutMs(chainId: number): number {
+  switch (chainId) {
+    case 1:     return 10_000;
+    case 137:   return 15_000;
+    case 42161: return 15_000;
+    case 10:    return 15_000;
+    case 8453:  return 15_000;
+    default:    return 10_000;
+  }
+}
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// ResilientJsonRpcProvider
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+/**
+ * Drop-in replacement for `ethers.providers.JsonRpcProvider`.
+ *
+ * Adds timeout + circuit breaker + ordered URL fallback to every
+ * `send()` call, which is the single gateway all ethers provider
+ * methods (getBalance, getGasPrice, estimateGas, …) funnel through.
+ */
+export class ResilientJsonRpcProvider extends ethers.providers.JsonRpcProvider {
+  private readonly _urls: string[];
+  private readonly _chainId: number;
+  private readonly _config: Required<ResilientProviderConfig>;
+  private readonly _circuits = new Map<string, CircuitEntry>();
+
+  constructor(
+    urls: string[],
+    chainId: number,
+    config: ResilientProviderConfig = {},
+  ) {
+    super(urls[0], chainId);
+    this._urls = urls;
+    this._chainId = chainId;
+    this._config = {
+      timeoutMs: config.timeoutMs ?? defaultChainTimeoutMs(chainId),
+      jitterMs: config.jitterMs ?? DEFAULT_CONFIG.jitterMs,
+      failureThreshold: config.failureThreshold ?? DEFAULT_CONFIG.failureThreshold,
+      recoveryTimeoutMs: config.recoveryTimeoutMs ?? DEFAULT_CONFIG.recoveryTimeoutMs,
+    };
+
+    // Initialise circuit entries for every URL
+    for (const url of this._urls) {
+      this._circuits.set(url, {
+        state: 'closed',
+        consecutiveFailures: 0,
+        openedAt: null,
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  // ── Override send() — all ethers methods funnel through here ──────────────
+
+  override async send(method: string, params: Array<unknown>): Promise<unknown> {
+    const errors: { url: string; message: string }[] = [];
+
+    for (const url of this._urls) {
+      const circuit = this._getCircuit(url);
+
+      // Lazy OPEN → HALF-OPEN transition
+      if (circuit.state === 'open') {
+        const elapsed = Date.now() - (circuit.openedAt ?? 0);
+        if (elapsed >= this._config.recoveryTimeoutMs) {
+          circuit.state = 'half-open';
+        } else {
+          errors.push({ url, message: new RpcProviderCircuitOpenError(url).message });
+          continue;
+        }
+      }
+
+      try {
+        const result = await this._callWithTimeout(url, method, params);
+        this._recordSuccess(url);
+        return result;
+      } catch (err) {
+        const message = err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err);
+        this._recordFailure(url);
+        errors.push({ url, message });
+
+        logger.warn(`[ResilientJsonRpcProvider] chain=${this._chainId} url=${url} failed: ${message}`);
+      }
+    }
+
+    throw new AllRpcProvidersFailedError(this._chainId, errors);
+  }
+
+  // ── Circuit-breaker helpers ───────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+  private _getCircuit(url: string): CircuitEntry {
+    if (!this._circuits.has(url)) {
+      this._circuits.set(url, { state: 'closed', consecutiveFailures: 0, openedAt: null });
+    }
+    return this._circuits.get(url)!;
+  }
+
+  private _recordSuccess(url: string): void {
+    const c = this._getCircuit(url);
+    c.consecutiveFailures = 0;
+    c.state = 'closed';
+    c.openedAt = null;
+  }
+
+  private _recordFailure(url: string): void {
+    const c = this._getCircuit(url);
+    c.consecutiveFailures += 1;
+
+    if (c.state === 'half-open') {
+      // Failed probe — reopen
+      c.state = 'open';
+      c.openedAt = Date.now();
+    } else if (c.consecutiveFailures >= this._config.failureThreshold) {
+      c.state = 'open';
+      c.openedAt = Date.now();
+      logger.warn(
+        `[ResilientJsonRpcProvider] Circuit OPENED for ${url} (chain ${this._chainId}) ` +
+          `after ${c.consecutiveFailures} consecutive failures`,
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
+  // ── Timeout implementation ────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+  private async _callWithTimeout(
+    url: string,
+    method: string,
+    params: Array<unknown>,
+  ): Promise<unknown> {
+    const jitter = Math.floor(Math.random() * this._config.jitterMs);
+    const deadline = this._config.timeoutMs + jitter;
+
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    const timer = setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), deadline);
+
+    // We need to temporarily swap the underlying connection URL so the base
+    // JsonRpcProvider sends to the right endpoint.
+    const previousUrl = this.connection.url;
+    (this as unknown as { connection: { url: string } }).connection.url = url;
+
+    try {
+      const callPromise = super.send(method, params);
+
+      // Race the call against an abort-signal-aware timeout
+      const timeoutPromise = new Promise<never>((_, reject) => {
+        controller.signal.addEventListener('abort', () => {
+          reject(new RpcProviderTimeoutError(url, deadline));
+        }, { once: true });
+      });
+
+      return await Promise.race([callPromise, timeoutPromise]);
+    } finally {
+      clearTimeout(timer);
+      // Restore URL in case of future calls to this same provider instance
+      (this as unknown as { connection: { url: string } }).connection.url = previousUrl;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // ── Health / diagnostics ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+  /** Returns per-URL circuit state for monitoring. */
+  getCircuitStates(): Record<string, { state: CircuitState; consecutiveFailures: number }> {
+    const out: Record<string, { state: CircuitState; consecutiveFailures: number }> = {};
+    for (const [url, entry] of this._circuits) {
+      out[url] = { state: entry.state, consecutiveFailures: entry.consecutiveFailures };
+    }
+    return out;
+  }
+
+  /** Manually reset all circuits (operator use, e.g. after confirmed recovery). */
+  resetAllCircuits(): void {
+    for (const entry of this._circuits.values()) {
+      entry.state = 'closed';
+      entry.consecutiveFailures = 0;
+      entry.openedAt = null;
+    }
+    logger.info(`[ResilientJsonRpcProvider] All circuits reset for chain ${this._chainId}`);
+  }
+}
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// Singleton registry — circuit state persists across calls in the same session
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+const _providerRegistry = new Map<string, ResilientJsonRpcProvider>();
+
+/**
+ * Returns a shared ResilientJsonRpcProvider for the given chain+URLs.
+ * Re-using the same instance means the circuit breaker accumulates
+ * meaningful failure data across multiple calls.
+ */
+export function getOrCreateResilientProvider(
+  chainId: number,
+  urls: string[],
+  config?: ResilientProviderConfig,
+): ResilientJsonRpcProvider {
+  const key = `${chainId}::${[...urls].sort().join(',')}`;
+  if (!_providerRegistry.has(key)) {
+    _providerRegistry.set(key, new ResilientJsonRpcProvider(urls, chainId, config));
+  }
+  return _providerRegistry.get(key)!;
+}
+
+/** Clear registry (testing / process teardown). */
+export function clearResilientProviderRegistry(): void {
+  _providerRegistry.clear();
+}
diff --git a/src/services/walletService.ts b/src/services/walletService.ts
index 67167bfa..c91c35fc 100644
--- a/src/services/walletService.ts
+++ b/src/services/walletService.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ import { Framework, SFError } from '@superfluid-finance/sdk-core';
 
 import { logger } from './logging';
 import { ERC20__factory, getContractAddress } from '../contracts';
-import { getEvmRpcUrl } from '../config/evm';
+import { getEvmRpcUrl, getEvmRpcUrls } from '../config/evm';
+import { getOrCreateResilientProvider } from './rpcProvider';
 import {
   TIME_CONSTANTS,
   CRYPTO_CONSTANTS,
@@ -674,7 +675,15 @@ export class WalletServiceManager {
   }
 
   private getProvider(chainId: number): ethers.providers.JsonRpcProvider {
-    return new ethers.providers.JsonRpcProvider(getEvmRpcUrl(chainId));
+    // Use resilient provider with timeout + circuit breaker + multi-URL fallback.
+    // Falls back to getEvmRpcUrl for chains not in EVM_RPC_URLS (unknown chains).
+    let urls: string[];
+    try {
+      urls = getEvmRpcUrls(chainId);
+    } catch {
+      urls = [getEvmRpcUrl(chainId)];
+    }
+    return getOrCreateResilientProvider(chainId, urls) as unknown as ethers.providers.JsonRpcProvider;
   }
 
   private async resolveGasPrice(