diff --git a/test/skill-e2e-review.test.ts b/test/skill-e2e-review.test.ts
index 1adbe25c7..b6915b57e 100644
--- a/test/skill-e2e-review.test.ts
+++ b/test/skill-e2e-review.test.ts
@@ -614,7 +614,13 @@ Skip the preamble, lake intro, telemetry, and all other ship steps.
 Write the dashboard output to ${dashDir}/dashboard-output.md`,
       workingDirectory: dashDir,
       maxTurns: 12,
-      timeout: 180_000,
+      // 300s, not 180s: on a saturated CI runner this file's concurrent
+      // sessions queue behind each other and session STARTUP can eat the
+      // whole budget — observed as deterministic timeout at 0 turns/$0.00
+      // for exactly 180s across 3 attempts (PR #2472 CI + its baseline),
+      // while the 240s-budget tests in the same job passed. Outer bun
+      // timeout below rises to 360s to keep headroom over the inner budget.
+      timeout: 300_000,
       testName: 'review-dashboard-via',
       runId,
     });
@@ -648,7 +654,7 @@ Write the dashboard output to ${dashDir}/dashboard-output.md`,
     );
     // Ship dashboard should not gate when eng review is clear
     expect(gateQuestions).toHaveLength(0);
-  }, 240_000);
+  }, 360_000);
 });
 
 // Module-level afterAll — finalize eval collector after all tests complete