diff --git a/.github/workflows/interactive.yml b/.github/workflows/interactive.yml
index bf13f00e66ac..716c79ac2627 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/interactive.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/interactive.yml
@@ -218,10 +218,6 @@ jobs:
         bash hqps_sdk_test.sh ${TMP_INTERACTIVE_WORKSPACE} ./interactive_config_test.yaml python
         sed -i 's/temp_workspace/interactive_workspace/g' ./interactive_config_test.yaml
         sed -i 's/thread_num_per_worker: 4/thread_num_per_worker: 1/g' ./interactive_config_test.yaml
-
-    - name: Setup tmate session
-      if: true
-      uses: mxschmitt/action-tmate@v3
   
     - name: Robustness test 
       env:
diff --git a/flex/tests/hqps/interactive_config_test.yaml b/flex/tests/hqps/interactive_config_test.yaml
index 0e1f9f15ed21..87371fa6d9d8 100644
--- a/flex/tests/hqps/interactive_config_test.yaml
+++ b/flex/tests/hqps/interactive_config_test.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ compute_engine:
   type: hiactor
   workers:
     - localhost:10000
-  thread_num_per_worker: 1
+  thread_num_per_worker: 4
   store:
     type: cpp-mcsr
   metadata_store:
diff --git a/interactive_engine/compiler/src/main/java/com/alibaba/graphscope/common/ir/meta/reader/HttpIrMetaReader.java b/interactive_engine/compiler/src/main/java/com/alibaba/graphscope/common/ir/meta/reader/HttpIrMetaReader.java
index 2e12792d7bf1..e9212af1c880 100644
--- a/interactive_engine/compiler/src/main/java/com/alibaba/graphscope/common/ir/meta/reader/HttpIrMetaReader.java
+++ b/interactive_engine/compiler/src/main/java/com/alibaba/graphscope/common/ir/meta/reader/HttpIrMetaReader.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 public class HttpIrMetaReader implements IrMetaReader {
     private static final String CONTENT_TYPE = "Content-Type";
     private static final String APPLICATION_JSON = "application/json; utf-8";
+    private static final int TIME_OUT_SECONDS = 1; // Expect to get response in 1 second
     private final HttpClient httpClient;
     private final Configs configs;
 
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ private HttpResponse<String> sendRequest(String requestUri)
                         .uri(URI.create(requestUri))
                         .headers(CONTENT_TYPE, APPLICATION_JSON)
                         .GET()
+                        .timeout(java.time.Duration.ofSeconds(TIME_OUT_SECONDS))
                         .build();
         return httpClient.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
     }