diff --git a/flags/eigendaflags/cli.go b/flags/eigendaflags/cli.go
index eb87ffd0..30937401 100644
--- a/flags/eigendaflags/cli.go
+++ b/flags/eigendaflags/cli.go
@@ -15,10 +15,11 @@ import (
 
 var (
 	DisperserRPCFlagName                 = withFlagPrefix("disperser-rpc")
+	ResponseTimeoutFlagName              = withFlagPrefix("response-timeout")
+	ConfirmationTimeoutFlagName          = withFlagPrefix("confirmation-timeout")
 	StatusQueryRetryIntervalFlagName     = withFlagPrefix("status-query-retry-interval")
 	StatusQueryTimeoutFlagName           = withFlagPrefix("status-query-timeout")
 	DisableTLSFlagName                   = withFlagPrefix("disable-tls")
-	ResponseTimeoutFlagName              = withFlagPrefix("response-timeout")
 	CustomQuorumIDsFlagName              = withFlagPrefix("custom-quorum-ids")
 	SignerPrivateKeyHexFlagName          = withFlagPrefix("signer-private-key-hex")
 	PutBlobEncodingVersionFlagName       = withFlagPrefix("put-blob-encoding-version")
@@ -48,6 +49,26 @@ func CLIFlags(envPrefix, category string) []cli.Flag {
 			EnvVars:  []string{withEnvPrefix(envPrefix, "DISPERSER_RPC")},
 			Category: category,
 		},
+		&cli.DurationFlag{
+			Name:     ResponseTimeoutFlagName,
+			Usage:    "Total time to wait for a response from the EigenDA disperser. Default is 60 seconds.",
+			Value:    60 * time.Second,
+			EnvVars:  []string{withEnvPrefix(envPrefix, "RESPONSE_TIMEOUT")},
+			Category: category,
+		},
+		&cli.DurationFlag{
+			Name: ConfirmationTimeoutFlagName,
+			Usage: `The total amount of time that the client will spend waiting for EigenDA
+			to "confirm" (include onchain) a blob after it has been dispersed. Note that
+			we stick to "confirm" here but this really means InclusionTimeout,
+			not confirmation in the sense of confirmation depth.
+			
+			If ConfirmationTimeout time passes and the blob is not yet confirmed,
+			the client will return an api.ErrorFailover to let the caller failover to EthDA.`,
+			Value:    15 * time.Minute,
+			EnvVars:  []string{withEnvPrefix(envPrefix, "CONFIRMATION_TIMEOUT")},
+			Category: category,
+		},
 		&cli.DurationFlag{
 			Name:     StatusQueryTimeoutFlagName,
 			Usage:    "Duration to wait for a blob to finalize after being sent for dispersal. Default is 30 minutes.",
@@ -69,13 +90,6 @@ func CLIFlags(envPrefix, category string) []cli.Flag {
 			EnvVars:  []string{withEnvPrefix(envPrefix, "GRPC_DISABLE_TLS")},
 			Category: category,
 		},
-		&cli.DurationFlag{
-			Name:     ResponseTimeoutFlagName,
-			Usage:    "Total time to wait for a response from the EigenDA disperser. Default is 60 seconds.",
-			Value:    60 * time.Second,
-			EnvVars:  []string{withEnvPrefix(envPrefix, "RESPONSE_TIMEOUT")},
-			Category: category,
-		},
 		&cli.UintSliceFlag{
 			Name:     CustomQuorumIDsFlagName,
 			Usage:    "Custom quorum IDs for writing blobs. Should not include default quorums 0 or 1.",
@@ -155,10 +169,11 @@ func ReadConfig(ctx *cli.Context) clients.EigenDAClientConfig {
 	waitForFinalization, confirmationDepth := parseConfirmationFlag(ctx.String(ConfirmationDepthFlagName))
 	return clients.EigenDAClientConfig{
 		RPC:                          ctx.String(DisperserRPCFlagName),
+		ResponseTimeout:              ctx.Duration(ResponseTimeoutFlagName),
+		ConfirmationTimeout:          ctx.Duration(ConfirmationTimeoutFlagName),
 		StatusQueryRetryInterval:     ctx.Duration(StatusQueryRetryIntervalFlagName),
 		StatusQueryTimeout:           ctx.Duration(StatusQueryTimeoutFlagName),
 		DisableTLS:                   ctx.Bool(DisableTLSFlagName),
-		ResponseTimeout:              ctx.Duration(ResponseTimeoutFlagName),
 		CustomQuorumIDs:              ctx.UintSlice(CustomQuorumIDsFlagName),
 		SignerPrivateKeyHex:          ctx.String(SignerPrivateKeyHexFlagName),
 		PutBlobEncodingVersion:       codecs.BlobEncodingVersion(ctx.Uint(PutBlobEncodingVersionFlagName)),