diff --git a/scripts/smoke-windows-hook-execution.mjs b/scripts/smoke-windows-hook-execution.mjs
index aba549d10b..283fc90d6d 100644
--- a/scripts/smoke-windows-hook-execution.mjs
+++ b/scripts/smoke-windows-hook-execution.mjs
@@ -58,7 +58,11 @@ const initResult = spawnSync(
     cwd: tmpDir,
     env: { ...process.env, CI: 'true', FORCE_COLOR: '0' },
     encoding: 'utf8',
-    timeout: 60_000,
+    // iter 123 — bumped from 60_000 to 180_000 (same reason as
+    // scripts/smoke-windows-init-hooks.mjs). Cold-start `ruflo init` on
+    // Windows runners exceeds 60s; init exits with status=null (timer
+    // fired) and no settings.json is written. 180s gives 3x headroom.
+    timeout: 180_000,
   }
 );
 
diff --git a/scripts/smoke-windows-init-hooks.mjs b/scripts/smoke-windows-init-hooks.mjs
index 18bc3b816d..dd4887b200 100644
--- a/scripts/smoke-windows-init-hooks.mjs
+++ b/scripts/smoke-windows-init-hooks.mjs
@@ -59,7 +59,13 @@ const result = spawnSync(
       FORCE_COLOR: '0',
     },
     encoding: 'utf8',
-    timeout: 60_000,
+    // iter 123 — bumped from 60_000 to 180_000. Windows cold-start `ruflo
+    // init` consistently exceeds 60s (pnpm cache cold, hnswlib-node gyp
+    // probe overhead, antivirus stat). The init exited with status=null
+    // (= the spawn timer fired) which means it hadn't even finished the
+    // init handler, never mind written settings.json. 180s gives 3x
+    // headroom while still catching a genuinely-hung init.
+    timeout: 180_000,
     // Don't fail if the command exits non-zero — init may partially succeed
   }
 );