diff --git a/test/brain-allowlist.test.ts b/test/brain-allowlist.test.ts
index 6237c4de5..2cd272bf8 100644
--- a/test/brain-allowlist.test.ts
+++ b/test/brain-allowlist.test.ts
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ beforeAll(async () => {
   engine = new PGLiteEngine();
   await engine.connect({ database_url: '' });
   await engine.initSchema();
-});
+}, 60_000);
 
 afterAll(async () => {
   await engine.disconnect();
-});
+}, 60_000);
 
 beforeEach(async () => {
   await engine.executeRaw('DELETE FROM pages');
diff --git a/test/core/cycle.test.ts b/test/core/cycle.test.ts
index 4f96fe18d..308a0325c 100644
--- a/test/core/cycle.test.ts
+++ b/test/core/cycle.test.ts
@@ -135,11 +135,11 @@ beforeAll(async () => {
   sharedEngine = new PGLiteEngine();
   await sharedEngine.connect({});
   await sharedEngine.initSchema();
-});
+}, 60_000);
 
 afterAll(async () => {
   await sharedEngine.disconnect();
-});
+}, 60_000);
 
 beforeEach(() => {
   lintCalls = [];
diff --git a/test/dream.test.ts b/test/dream.test.ts
index 768577aeb..01127d1a3 100644
--- a/test/dream.test.ts
+++ b/test/dream.test.ts
@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@ describe('runDream — brainDir resolution', () => {
   beforeEach(async () => {
     repo = makeGitRepo();
     engine = await makePGLite();
-  });
+  }, 60_000);
 
   afterEach(async () => {
     await engine.disconnect();
     rmSync(repo, { recursive: true, force: true });
-  });
+  }, 60_000);
 
   test('explicit --dir takes precedence over engine config', async () => {
     await engine.setConfig('sync.repo_path', '/configured/dir');
@@ -112,12 +112,12 @@ describe('runDream — --phase <name> restricts the cycle', () => {
   beforeEach(async () => {
     repo = makeGitRepo();
     engine = await makePGLite();
-  });
+  }, 60_000);
 
   afterEach(async () => {
     await engine.disconnect();
     rmSync(repo, { recursive: true, force: true });
-  });
+  }, 60_000);
 
   test('--phase lint produces a report with exactly one phase = lint', async () => {
     const report = await runDream(engine, ['--dir', repo, '--phase', 'lint', '--json']);
@@ -160,12 +160,12 @@ describe('runDream — output format', () => {
   beforeEach(async () => {
     repo = makeGitRepo();
     engine = await makePGLite();
-  });
+  }, 60_000);
 
   afterEach(async () => {
     await engine.disconnect();
     rmSync(repo, { recursive: true, force: true });
-  });
+  }, 60_000);
 
   test('--json emits parsable CycleReport JSON with schema_version', async () => {
     const lines: string[] = [];
@@ -198,12 +198,12 @@ describe('runDream — dry-run propagates through to runCycle', () => {
   beforeEach(async () => {
     repo = makeGitRepo();
     engine = await makePGLite();
-  });
+  }, 60_000);
 
   afterEach(async () => {
     await engine.disconnect();
     rmSync(repo, { recursive: true, force: true });
-  });
+  }, 60_000);
 
   test('--dry-run produces a report where no DB-mutating work happened', async () => {
     // Before: empty pages table.
@@ -227,12 +227,12 @@ describe('runDream — exit-code semantics', () => {
   beforeEach(async () => {
     repo = makeGitRepo();
     engine = await makePGLite();
-  });
+  }, 60_000);
 
   afterEach(async () => {
     await engine.disconnect();
     rmSync(repo, { recursive: true, force: true });
-  });
+  }, 60_000);
 
   test('clean/ok/partial statuses do not call process.exit', async () => {
     const spy = spyOn(process, 'exit').mockImplementation(() => { throw new Error('UNEXPECTED_EXIT'); });
diff --git a/test/extract-db.test.ts b/test/extract-db.test.ts
index 50364e7a6..ec860a7c5 100644
--- a/test/extract-db.test.ts
+++ b/test/extract-db.test.ts
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ beforeAll(async () => {
   engine = new PGLiteEngine();
   await engine.connect({});
   await engine.initSchema();
-});
+}, 60_000);
 
 afterAll(async () => {
   await engine.disconnect();
-});
+}, 60_000);
 
 async function truncateAll() {
   for (const t of ['content_chunks', 'links', 'tags', 'raw_data', 'timeline_entries', 'page_versions', 'ingest_log', 'pages']) {
diff --git a/test/multi-source-integration.test.ts b/test/multi-source-integration.test.ts
index f6fb9ba18..b5c301d76 100644
--- a/test/multi-source-integration.test.ts
+++ b/test/multi-source-integration.test.ts
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ beforeAll(async () => {
   engine = new PGLiteEngine();
   await engine.connect({ type: 'pglite' } as never);
   await engine.initSchema();
-});
+}, 60_000);
 
 afterAll(async () => {
   await engine.disconnect();
-});
+}, 60_000);
 
 describe('v0.18.0 — sources table seeded with default row on fresh PGLite', () => {
   test("sources('default') exists after initSchema + migration", async () => {
diff --git a/test/orphans.test.ts b/test/orphans.test.ts
index d2bd6af89..762a5feb7 100644
--- a/test/orphans.test.ts
+++ b/test/orphans.test.ts
@@ -216,11 +216,11 @@ describe('findOrphans (engine-injected)', () => {
     engine = new PGLiteEngine();
     await engine.connect({});
     await engine.initSchema();
-  });
+  }, 60_000);
 
   afterEach(async () => {
     await engine.disconnect();
-  });
+  }, 60_000);
 
   test('returns pages with no inbound links, excluding pseudo-pages', async () => {
     // Build a tiny brain: alice links to bob. alice is an orphan (nothing