diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yml
index bf076d3..058b0a5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,16 @@ on:
     branches: [ main ]
   pull_request:
     branches: [ main ]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      debug_enabled:
+        type: boolean
+        description: 'Run with tmate debugging enabled (SSH access to runner)'
+        required: false
+        default: false
 
 jobs:
   build:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build-reusable.yml
+    with:
+      debug_enabled: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.debug_enabled || false }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-reusable.yml b/.github/workflows/build-reusable.yml
index 30a44e9..0ab701c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-reusable.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-reusable.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ on:
         required: false
         type: string
         default: ''
+      debug_enabled:
+        description: 'Enable tmate debugging session for troubleshooting'
+        required: false
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
 
 jobs:
   lint:
@@ -223,6 +228,14 @@ jobs:
           python -c "from leann_backend_diskann import _diskannpy; print('_diskannpy imported successfully')" || echo "Failed to import _diskannpy"
           ls -la $(python -c "import leann_backend_diskann; import os; print(os.path.dirname(leann_backend_diskann.__file__))" 2>/dev/null) 2>/dev/null || echo "Failed to list module directory"
 
+      # Enable tmate debugging session if requested
+      - name: Setup tmate session for debugging
+        if: ${{ inputs.debug_enabled }}
+        uses: mxschmitt/action-tmate@v3
+        with:
+          detached: true
+          timeout-minutes: 30
+          limit-access-to-actor: true
       - name: Run tests with pytest
         env:
           CI: true  # Mark as CI environment to skip memory-intensive tests
@@ -236,8 +249,149 @@ jobs:
           # Activate virtual environment
           source .venv/bin/activate || source .venv/Scripts/activate
 
-          # Run all tests
-          pytest tests/
+          # Define comprehensive diagnostic function
+          diag() {
+            echo "===== COMPREHENSIVE DIAGNOSTICS BEGIN ====="
+            date
+            echo ""
+            echo "### Current Shell Info ###"
+            echo "Shell PID: $$"
+            echo "Shell PPID: $PPID"
+            echo "Current directory: $(pwd)"
+            echo ""
+
+            echo "### Process Tree (full) ###"
+            pstree -ap 2>/dev/null || ps auxf || true
+            echo ""
+
+            echo "### All Python/Pytest Processes ###"
+            ps -ef | grep -E 'python|pytest' | grep -v grep || true
+            echo ""
+
+            echo "### Embedding Server Processes ###"
+            ps -ef | grep -E 'embedding|zmq|diskann' | grep -v grep || true
+            echo ""
+
+            echo "### Network Listeners ###"
+            ss -ltnp 2>/dev/null || netstat -ltn 2>/dev/null || true
+            echo ""
+
+            echo "### Open File Descriptors (lsof) ###"
+            lsof -p $$ 2>/dev/null | head -20 || true
+            echo ""
+
+            echo "### Zombie Processes ###"
+            ps aux | grep '<defunct>' || echo "No zombie processes"
+            echo ""
+
+            echo "### Current Jobs ###"
+            jobs -l || true
+            echo ""
+
+            echo "### /proc/PID/fd for current shell ###"
+            ls -la /proc/$$/fd 2>/dev/null || true
+            echo ""
+
+            echo "===== COMPREHENSIVE DIAGNOSTICS END ====="
+          }
+
+                    # Enable verbose logging for debugging
+          export PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+          export PYTEST_CURRENT_TEST=1
+
+          # Run all tests with extensive logging
+          if [[ "$RUNNER_OS" == "Linux" ]]; then
+            echo "🚀 Starting Linux test execution with timeout..."
+            echo "Current time: $(date)"
+            echo "Shell PID: $$"
+            echo "Python: $(python --version)"
+            echo "Pytest: $(pytest --version)"
+
+            # Show environment variables for debugging
+            echo "📦 Environment variables:"
+            env | grep -E "PYTHON|PYTEST|CI|RUNNER" | sort
+
+            # Set trap for diagnostics
+            trap diag INT TERM EXIT
+
+            echo "📋 Pre-test diagnostics:"
+            ps -ef | grep -E 'python|pytest' | grep -v grep || echo "No python/pytest processes before test"
+
+            # Check for any listening ports before test
+            echo "🔌 Pre-test network state:"
+            ss -ltn 2>/dev/null | grep -E "555[0-9]|556[0-9]" || echo "No embedding server ports open"
+
+            echo "🏃 Running pytest with 180s timeout..."
+            timeout --preserve-status --signal=INT --kill-after=10 180 bash -c '
+              echo "⏱️ Pytest starting at: $(date)"
+              echo "Running command: pytest tests/ -vv --maxfail=3 --tb=short --capture=no"
+
+              # Run pytest with maximum verbosity and no output capture
+              pytest tests/ -vv --maxfail=3 --tb=short --capture=no --log-cli-level=DEBUG 2>&1 | tee pytest.log
+              PYTEST_EXIT=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
+
+              echo "✅ Pytest finished at: $(date) with exit code: $PYTEST_EXIT"
+              echo "Last 20 lines of pytest output:"
+              tail -20 pytest.log || true
+
+              # Immediately check for leftover processes
+              echo "🔍 Post-pytest process check:"
+              ps -ef | grep -E "python|pytest|embedding" | grep -v grep || echo "No leftover processes"
+
+              # Clean up any children before exit
+              echo "🧹 Cleaning up child processes..."
+              pkill -TERM -P $$ 2>/dev/null || true
+              sleep 0.5
+              pkill -KILL -P $$ 2>/dev/null || true
+
+              echo "📊 Final check before exit:"
+              ps -ef | grep -E "python|pytest|embedding" | grep -v grep || echo "All clean"
+
+              exit $PYTEST_EXIT
+            '
+
+            EXIT_CODE=$?
+            echo "🔚 Timeout command exited with code: $EXIT_CODE"
+
+                        if [ $EXIT_CODE -eq 124 ]; then
+              echo "⚠️ TIMEOUT TRIGGERED - Tests took more than 180 seconds!"
+              echo "📸 Capturing full diagnostics..."
+              diag
+
+              # Run diagnostic script if available
+              if [ -f scripts/diagnose_hang.sh ]; then
+                echo "🔍 Running diagnostic script..."
+                bash scripts/diagnose_hang.sh || true
+              fi
+
+              # More aggressive cleanup
+              echo "💀 Killing all Python processes owned by runner..."
+              pkill -9 -u runner python || true
+              pkill -9 -u runner pytest || true
+            elif [ $EXIT_CODE -ne 0 ]; then
+              echo "❌ Tests failed with exit code: $EXIT_CODE"
+            else
+              echo "✅ All tests passed!"
+            fi
+
+                        # Always show final state
+            echo "📍 Final state check:"
+            ps -ef | grep -E 'python|pytest|embedding' | grep -v grep || echo "No Python processes remaining"
+
+            exit $EXIT_CODE
+          else
+            # For macOS/Windows, run without GNU timeout
+            echo "🚀 Running tests on $RUNNER_OS..."
+            pytest tests/ -vv --maxfail=3 --tb=short --capture=no --log-cli-level=INFO
+          fi
+
+      # Provide tmate session on test failure for debugging
+      - name: Setup tmate session on failure
+        if: ${{ failure() && (inputs.debug_enabled || contains(github.event.head_commit.message, '[debug]')) }}
+        uses: mxschmitt/action-tmate@v3
+        with:
+          timeout-minutes: 30
+          limit-access-to-actor: true
 
       - name: Run sanity checks (optional)
         run: |