diff --git a/composeApp/src/desktopTest/kotlin/com/nuvio/app/features/plugins/PluginRuntimeDesktopTest.kt b/composeApp/src/desktopTest/kotlin/com/nuvio/app/features/plugins/PluginRuntimeDesktopTest.kt
index ecf9739cf..a4c17e42c 100644
--- a/composeApp/src/desktopTest/kotlin/com/nuvio/app/features/plugins/PluginRuntimeDesktopTest.kt
+++ b/composeApp/src/desktopTest/kotlin/com/nuvio/app/features/plugins/PluginRuntimeDesktopTest.kt
@@ -31,4 +31,38 @@ class PluginRuntimeDesktopTest {
         assertEquals("1080p", results.single().quality)
         assertEquals("Desktop Test", results.single().provider)
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `desktop runtime provides working timers`() = runBlocking {
+        val results = PluginRuntime.executePlugin(
+            code = """
+                module.exports.getStreams = async function(tmdbId, mediaType) {
+                    // setTimeout resolves and its callback runs
+                    var fired = await new Promise(function(resolve) {
+                        setTimeout(function(value) { resolve(value); }, 50, "fired");
+                    });
+
+                    // clearTimeout prevents the callback from running
+                    var cancelled = "not-cancelled";
+                    var id = setTimeout(function() { cancelled = "leaked"; }, 50);
+                    clearTimeout(id);
+                    await new Promise(function(resolve) { setTimeout(resolve, 120); });
+
+                    return [{
+                        title: fired + " " + cancelled,
+                        url: "https://example.test/timers.mp4",
+                        provider: "Timer Test"
+                    }];
+                };
+            """.trimIndent(),
+            tmdbId = "603",
+            mediaType = "movie",
+            season = null,
+            episode = null,
+            scraperId = "desktop-timer-test",
+        )
+
+        assertEquals(1, results.size)
+        assertEquals("fired not-cancelled", results.single().title)
+    }
 }
diff --git a/composeApp/src/fullCommonMain/kotlin/com/nuvio/app/features/plugins/runtime/PluginRuntime.kt b/composeApp/src/fullCommonMain/kotlin/com/nuvio/app/features/plugins/runtime/PluginRuntime.kt
index a0f19002d..db9f6eef6 100644
--- a/composeApp/src/fullCommonMain/kotlin/com/nuvio/app/features/plugins/runtime/PluginRuntime.kt
+++ b/composeApp/src/fullCommonMain/kotlin/com/nuvio/app/features/plugins/runtime/PluginRuntime.kt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import com.nuvio.app.features.plugins.runtime.js.JsRuntime
 import com.dokar.quickjs.binding.function
 import com.nuvio.app.features.plugins.runtime.network.FetchBridge
 import com.nuvio.app.features.plugins.runtime.network.UrlBridge
+import com.nuvio.app.features.plugins.runtime.timers.TimerBridge
 import com.nuvio.app.features.plugins.runtime.wasm.WasmBridge
 import kotlinx.coroutines.CompletableDeferred
 import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
@@ -133,6 +134,7 @@ internal object PluginRuntime {
         val hostRegistry = HostApiRegistry().apply {
             addModule(HostFunctions(scraperId) { deferred.complete(it) })
             addModule(FetchBridge())
+            addModule(TimerBridge())
             addModule(UrlBridge())
             addModule(CryptoBridge())
             addModule(WasmBridge())
diff --git a/composeApp/src/fullCommonMain/kotlin/com/nuvio/app/features/plugins/runtime/js/JsBindings.kt b/composeApp/src/fullCommonMain/kotlin/com/nuvio/app/features/plugins/runtime/js/JsBindings.kt
index 5e2390489..0313b8efc 100644
--- a/composeApp/src/fullCommonMain/kotlin/com/nuvio/app/features/plugins/runtime/js/JsBindings.kt
+++ b/composeApp/src/fullCommonMain/kotlin/com/nuvio/app/features/plugins/runtime/js/JsBindings.kt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ internal object JsBindings {
 
             ${fetchPolyfill()}
             ${abortControllerPolyfill()}
+            ${timerPolyfill()}
             ${base64Polyfill()}
             ${urlPolyfill()}
             ${cryptoPolyfill()}
@@ -107,6 +108,68 @@ internal object JsBindings {
         }
     """.trimIndent()
 
+    // Backed by the __native_delay async binding (TimerBridge). Callbacks run as
+    // QuickJS jobs on the runtime's coroutine scope, so they are processed while
+    // the host awaits the plugin result and cancelled when the instance closes.
+    private fun timerPolyfill() = """
+        if (typeof setTimeout === 'undefined') {
+            (function() {
+                var timerSeq = 1;
+                var activeTimers = {};
+
+                function runCallback(fn, args) {
+                    try {
+                        if (typeof fn === 'function') fn.apply(undefined, args);
+                        else if (typeof fn === 'string') (new Function(fn))();
+                    } catch (e) {
+                        console.error('timer callback error:', e && e.message ? e.message : e);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                globalThis.setTimeout = function(fn, ms) {
+                    var id = timerSeq++;
+                    var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 2);
+                    activeTimers[id] = true;
+                    __native_delay(Number(ms) || 0).then(function() {
+                        if (!activeTimers[id]) return;
+                        delete activeTimers[id];
+                        runCallback(fn, args);
+                    });
+                    return id;
+                };
+
+                globalThis.clearTimeout = function(id) {
+                    delete activeTimers[id];
+                };
+
+                globalThis.setInterval = function(fn, ms) {
+                    var id = timerSeq++;
+                    var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 2);
+                    activeTimers[id] = true;
+                    function tick() {
+                        __native_delay(Number(ms) || 0).then(function() {
+                            if (!activeTimers[id]) return;
+                            runCallback(fn, args);
+                            tick();
+                        });
+                    }
+                    tick();
+                    return id;
+                };
+
+                globalThis.clearInterval = function(id) {
+                    delete activeTimers[id];
+                };
+
+                globalThis.setImmediate = function(fn) {
+                    var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1);
+                    return globalThis.setTimeout.apply(undefined, [fn, 0].concat(args));
+                };
+                globalThis.clearImmediate = globalThis.clearTimeout;
+            })();
+        }
+    """.trimIndent()
+
     private fun base64Polyfill() = """
         if (typeof atob === 'undefined') {
             globalThis.atob = function(input) {
diff --git a/composeApp/src/fullCommonMain/kotlin/com/nuvio/app/features/plugins/runtime/timers/TimerBridge.kt b/composeApp/src/fullCommonMain/kotlin/com/nuvio/app/features/plugins/runtime/timers/TimerBridge.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..12c4de491
--- /dev/null
+++ b/composeApp/src/fullCommonMain/kotlin/com/nuvio/app/features/plugins/runtime/timers/TimerBridge.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package com.nuvio.app.features.plugins.runtime.timers
+
+import com.dokar.quickjs.QuickJs
+import com.dokar.quickjs.binding.asyncFunction
+import com.nuvio.app.features.plugins.runtime.host.HostModule
+import kotlinx.coroutines.delay
+
+// Plugins bundled for the mobile app rely on setTimeout/setInterval (mostly for
+// fetch timeouts and retry backoff). QuickJS provides no timers by itself, so
+// without this bridge those plugins throw ReferenceError and silently return
+// zero streams. The JS-side polyfill lives in JsBindings.timerPolyfill().
+private const val MAX_DELAY_MS = 60_000L
+
+internal class TimerBridge : HostModule {
+    override fun register(runtime: QuickJs) {
+        runtime.asyncFunction("__native_delay") { args ->
+            val ms = (args.getOrNull(0) as? Number)?.toLong() ?: 0L
+            delay(ms.coerceIn(0L, MAX_DELAY_MS))
+            null
+        }
+    }
+}