diff --git a/ops/terraform/services/eft/modules/bfd_eft_outbound_o11y/README.md b/ops/terraform/services/eft/modules/bfd_eft_outbound_o11y/README.md
index 31ac9cf05f..d9882558ea 100644
--- a/ops/terraform/services/eft/modules/bfd_eft_outbound_o11y/README.md
+++ b/ops/terraform/services/eft/modules/bfd_eft_outbound_o11y/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# `bft_eft_outbound_o11y` Submodule
+# `bft_eft_outbound_o11y` Module
 
-This Submodule contains the resources and Lambda source code for several Alarms and a Lambda that sends BFD EFT Outbound status notifications to a Slack channel configured in `base` configuration.
+This module contains the resources and Lambda source code for several Alarms and a Lambda that sends BFD EFT Outbound status notifications to a Slack channel configured in `base` configuration.
 
 <!-- BEGIN_TF_DOCS -->
 <!-- GENERATED WITH `terraform-docs .`
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ No outputs.
 | Name | Type |
 |------|------|
 | [aws_cloudwatch_metric_alarm.lambda_errors](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/aws/latest/docs/resources/cloudwatch_metric_alarm) | resource |
+| [aws_cloudwatch_metric_alarm.lambda_timeouts](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/aws/latest/docs/resources/cloudwatch_metric_alarm) | resource |
 | [aws_cloudwatch_metric_alarm.sns_failures](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/aws/latest/docs/resources/cloudwatch_metric_alarm) | resource |
 | [aws_iam_policy.slack_notifier_logs](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/aws/latest/docs/resources/iam_policy) | resource |
 | [aws_iam_role.slack_notifier](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/aws/latest/docs/resources/iam_role) | resource |
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ No outputs.
 | [aws_sns_topic_subscription.sns_to_slack_notifier](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/aws/latest/docs/resources/sns_topic_subscription) | resource |
 | [archive_file.slack_notifier_src](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/archive/latest/docs/data-sources/file) | data source |
 | [aws_caller_identity.current](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/aws/latest/docs/data-sources/caller_identity) | data source |
+| [aws_lambda_function.outbound_lambda](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/aws/latest/docs/data-sources/lambda_function) | data source |
 | [aws_region.current](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/aws/latest/docs/data-sources/region) | data source |
 | [aws_sns_topic.breach_topics](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/aws/latest/docs/data-sources/sns_topic) | data source |
 | [aws_sns_topic.ok_topics](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/aws/latest/docs/data-sources/sns_topic) | data source |
diff --git a/ops/terraform/services/eft/modules/bfd_eft_outbound_o11y/data-sources.tf b/ops/terraform/services/eft/modules/bfd_eft_outbound_o11y/data-sources.tf
index deaa24d329..47264f6d8d 100644
--- a/ops/terraform/services/eft/modules/bfd_eft_outbound_o11y/data-sources.tf
+++ b/ops/terraform/services/eft/modules/bfd_eft_outbound_o11y/data-sources.tf
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ data "aws_sqs_queue" "outbound_lambda_dlq" {
   name = var.outbound_lambda_dlq_name
 }
 
+data "aws_lambda_function" "outbound_lambda" {
+  function_name = var.outbound_lambda_name
+}
+
 data "aws_ssm_parameter" "slack_webhook" {
   name            = local.slack_webhook_ssm_path
   with_decryption = true
diff --git a/ops/terraform/services/eft/modules/bfd_eft_outbound_o11y/timeouts.tf b/ops/terraform/services/eft/modules/bfd_eft_outbound_o11y/timeouts.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..802f832f43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ops/terraform/services/eft/modules/bfd_eft_outbound_o11y/timeouts.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+resource "aws_cloudwatch_metric_alarm" "lambda_timeouts" {
+  alarm_name          = "${local.alarms_config.lambda_errors.alarm_name}-timeout"
+  comparison_operator = "GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold"
+  evaluation_periods  = 1
+  # `period` is expressed in minutes, calculated here for previous 15 minutes to catch **all** lambda timeouts
+  period    = 60 * 15
+  statistic = "Maximum"
+  # `threshold` expressed in milliseconds
+  threshold           = data.aws_lambda_function.outbound_lambda.timeout * 1000
+  datapoints_to_alarm = 1
+  treat_missing_data  = "notBreaching"
+
+  alarm_description = join("", [
+    "The ${var.outbound_lambda_name} has timed out in ${local.env}. View the ",
+    "linked CloudWatch Log Group for more details on the failure, and inspect the failing event ",
+    "in the linked DLQ",
+    "\n",
+    "\n* CloudWatch Log Group: <${local.alarms_config.lambda_errors.log_group_url}|${local.alarms_config.lambda_errors.log_group_name}>",
+    "\n* Dead Letter Queue: <${local.alarms_config.lambda_errors.queue_url}|${var.outbound_lambda_dlq_name}>",
+  ])
+
+  metric_name = "Duration"
+  namespace   = local.lambda_metrics_namespace
+  dimensions = {
+    FunctionName = var.outbound_lambda_name
+  }
+
+  alarm_actions = local.alarms_config.lambda_errors.breach_topic_arn != null ? [local.alarms_config.lambda_errors.breach_topic_arn] : null
+  ok_actions    = local.alarms_config.lambda_errors.ok_topic_arn != null ? [local.alarms_config.lambda_errors.ok_topic_arn] : null
+}