diff --git a/.github/workflows/opencode-review-dispatch.yml b/.github/workflows/opencode-review-dispatch.yml
index ade10b37c4..fca5bfc907 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/opencode-review-dispatch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/opencode-review-dispatch.yml
@@ -3984,6 +3984,7 @@ jobs:
         id: opencode_review_model_pool
         if: needs.coverage-evidence.result == 'success'
         continue-on-error: true
+        timeout-minutes: 15
         env:
           SHARE: "false"
           NPM_CONFIG_IGNORE_SCRIPTS: "true"
diff --git a/scripts/ci/test_strix_quick_gate.sh b/scripts/ci/test_strix_quick_gate.sh
index 2cbca0c42a..a5da588e3c 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/test_strix_quick_gate.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/test_strix_quick_gate.sh
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ assert_opencode_review_uses_codegraph_and_contextual_orchestrator() {
 	assert_file_contains "$REPO_ROOT/scripts/ci/strix_quick_gate.sh" "billing details" "strix quick gate classifies provider quota starvation as infrastructure"
 	assert_file_not_contains "$workflow_file" 'timeout-minutes: 325' "opencode review target must not cap inference"
 	assert_file_contains "$workflow_file" 'timeout-minutes: 12' "opencode evidence preparation fails closed before it ties up the review queue"
-	assert_file_not_contains "$workflow_file" 'timeout-minutes: 205' "opencode model pool step must not cap inference"
+	assert_file_contains "$workflow_file" 'timeout-minutes: 15' "opencode model pool returns its shared runner after 900 seconds"
 	assert_file_contains "$workflow_file" 'timeout-minutes: 34' "opencode fast approval publication is bounded around the dynamic image and package/GPU check wait"
 	assert_file_contains "$workflow_file" 'continue-on-error: true' "opencode approval gate still runs after model-pool failure to publish a reason"
 	assert_file_not_contains "$workflow_file" 'OPENCODE_RUN_TIMEOUT_SECONDS:' "opencode primary review has no inference timeout"
@@ -1320,7 +1320,7 @@ assert_opencode_review_uses_codegraph_and_contextual_orchestrator() {
 	assert_file_contains "$workflow_file" "collect_failed_check_evidence.sh" "opencode review workflow collects failed check logs and annotations"
 	assert_file_contains "$workflow_file" 'HEAD_SHA: ${{ needs.validate-pr-metadata.outputs.head_sha }}' "opencode evidence step passes the live validated HEAD_SHA to failed-check evidence collection"
 	assert_file_contains "$workflow_file" "FAILED_CHECK_EVIDENCE_ATTEMPTS" "opencode review workflow bounds waiting for peer check failures before model review"
-	assert_file_not_contains "$workflow_file" 'timeout-minutes: 205' "opencode model stage has no inference timeout"
+	assert_file_contains "$workflow_file" 'timeout-minutes: 15' "opencode model stage has a 900-second inference timeout"
 	assert_file_contains "$workflow_file" 'timeout-minutes: 12' "opencode evidence preparation has a bounded peer-check wait timeout"
 	assert_file_contains "$workflow_file" 'FAILED_CHECK_EVIDENCE_ATTEMPTS: "6"' "opencode review workflow keeps pre-model peer-check waiting bounded for required workflow DX"
 	assert_file_contains "$workflow_file" 'FAILED_CHECK_EVIDENCE_SLEEP_SECONDS: "5"' "opencode review workflow retries peer-check evidence without stalling the model stage for Strix-scale durations"
diff --git a/tests/test_opencode_agent_contract.py b/tests/test_opencode_agent_contract.py
index 72a8b44e56..a832514d29 100644
--- a/tests/test_opencode_agent_contract.py
+++ b/tests/test_opencode_agent_contract.py
@@ -1962,6 +1962,9 @@ def test_workflow_provisions_sandbox_tool_and_reviewer_agent():
     assert not re.search(
         r"Run OpenCode PR Review model pool[\s\S]{0,240}timeout-minutes: 205", workflow
     )
+    assert re.search(
+        r"Run OpenCode PR Review model pool[\s\S]{0,240}timeout-minutes: 15", workflow
+    )
     assert 'OPENCODE_RUN_TIMEOUT_SECONDS: "5400"' not in workflow
     assert 'OPENCODE_TOTAL_RETRY_BUDGET_SECONDS: "11700"' not in workflow
     assert 'OPENCODE_POOL_STEP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS: "12000"' not in workflow