diff --git a/.github/workflows/cli-package-validation.yml b/.github/workflows/cli-package-validation.yml
index 9fefc67efda..504309e02af 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cli-package-validation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cli-package-validation.yml
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           NODE_VERSION: ${{ matrix.node }}
         run: |
-          echo "The installed tarball failed on Node $NODE_VERSION" >&2
+          echo "The installed tarball failed on Node $NODE_VERSION"
           exit 1
 
   state-root-qualification:
diff --git a/packages/runtime-host/src/__tests__/control-endpoint.test.ts b/packages/runtime-host/src/__tests__/control-endpoint.test.ts
index db64a95527a..2a22a468474 100644
--- a/packages/runtime-host/src/__tests__/control-endpoint.test.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime-host/src/__tests__/control-endpoint.test.ts
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ describe('runtime host Windows named-pipe ACL failures', () => {
       '',
     );
     assert.equal(error.code, 'insecure_endpoint_directory');
-    assert.match(error.message, /could not confirm .* within 30000ms and refused the endpoint/);
+    assert.match(error.message, /could not confirm .* within 60000ms and refused the endpoint/);
     assert.match(error.message, /powershell killed with SIGTERM/);
   });
 
diff --git a/packages/runtime-host/src/client/connect-or-spawn.ts b/packages/runtime-host/src/client/connect-or-spawn.ts
index 3d99965454e..be409778f8c 100644
--- a/packages/runtime-host/src/client/connect-or-spawn.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime-host/src/client/connect-or-spawn.ts
@@ -67,7 +67,10 @@ import {
 } from '../operator/managed-deployment.js';
 import { abortable, waitForRuntimeHostReady } from './wait-for-ready.js';
 
-const DEFAULT_ELECTION_DEADLINE_MS = 45_000;
+// Candidate readiness includes the Windows named-pipe ACL helper, whose
+// fail-closed ceiling is 60s. Leave enough room for election and connection
+// bookkeeping after that helper returns.
+const DEFAULT_ELECTION_DEADLINE_MS = 75_000;
 const DEFAULT_BACKOFF_MIN_MS = 20;
 const DEFAULT_BACKOFF_MAX_MS = 250;
 const MIN_CANDIDATE_INTERVAL_MS = 250;
diff --git a/packages/runtime-host/src/client/wait-for-ready.ts b/packages/runtime-host/src/client/wait-for-ready.ts
index 13ea284c993..44b49d910ef 100644
--- a/packages/runtime-host/src/client/wait-for-ready.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime-host/src/client/wait-for-ready.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import type { RuntimeHostConnection } from './connection.js';
 
 export async function waitForRuntimeHostReady(
   connection: Pick<RuntimeHostConnection, 'status'>,
-  timeoutMs = 45_000,
+  timeoutMs = 75_000,
   signal?: AbortSignal,
 ): Promise<void> {
   if (!Number.isSafeInteger(timeoutMs) || timeoutMs <= 0 || timeoutMs > 120_000) {
diff --git a/packages/runtime-host/src/control/endpoint.ts b/packages/runtime-host/src/control/endpoint.ts
index cbfabe4ea4c..dd4f4f9e6d8 100644
--- a/packages/runtime-host/src/control/endpoint.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime-host/src/control/endpoint.ts
@@ -34,12 +34,13 @@ const WINDOWS_PIPE_PATH_ENV = 'MAKA_RUNTIME_HOST_PIPE_PATH';
 // per-connection check, so the call has to succeed and a timeout has to
 // refuse the endpoint. That makes the budget a question of how long we are
 // willing to wait, not how long the work should take. Windows PowerShell 5.1
-// cold start plus .NET type loading is seconds on a loaded CI runner, and a
-// 10s budget killed a healthy run (#3225); keep the ceiling well clear of a
-// slow start so it only fires on a genuinely stuck process. Endpoint readiness
-// waits on this, so raising it means checking that the waiters still outlast
-// it: scripts/windows-runtime-host-local-ipc-trust.ps1 and client/wait-for-ready.ts.
-const WINDOWS_PIPE_ACL_TIMEOUT_MS = 30_000;
+// cold start plus .NET type loading is seconds on a loaded CI runner, and both
+// 10s (#3225) and 30s (npm Nightly run 34917337079) budgets have killed healthy
+// hosted runners. Keep a full minute so ordinary runner variance does not
+// refuse a secure endpoint. Endpoint readiness waits on this, so raising it
+// means checking that the waiters still outlast it:
+// scripts/windows-runtime-host-local-ipc-trust.ps1 and client/connect-or-spawn.ts.
+const WINDOWS_PIPE_ACL_TIMEOUT_MS = 60_000;
 const WINDOWS_PIPE_ACL_DIAGNOSTIC_LIMIT = 1_000;
 const WINDOWS_PIPE_ACL_STDERR_MAX_BYTES = 4 * 1024;
 const WINDOWS_PIPE_ACL_SCRIPT = String.raw`
diff --git a/scripts/windows-runtime-host-local-ipc-trust.ps1 b/scripts/windows-runtime-host-local-ipc-trust.ps1
index 7572d251482..228a57597c7 100644
--- a/scripts/windows-runtime-host-local-ipc-trust.ps1
+++ b/scripts/windows-runtime-host-local-ipc-trust.ps1
@@ -158,9 +158,9 @@ try {
   # The fixture prints readiness only once the endpoint ACL has been applied, so
   # this deadline has to outlast WINDOWS_PIPE_ACL_TIMEOUT_MS in
   # packages/runtime-host/src/control/endpoint.ts -- otherwise this throws first
-  # and the fixture's own diagnostic is never read. 45s matches the client
-  # readiness budget in packages/runtime-host/src/client/wait-for-ready.ts.
-  $ready = Read-ProcessLine -Process $fixture -TimeoutMilliseconds 45000 | ConvertFrom-Json
+  # and the fixture's own diagnostic is never read. 75s matches the client
+  # election budget in packages/runtime-host/src/client/connect-or-spawn.ts.
+  $ready = Read-ProcessLine -Process $fixture -TimeoutMilliseconds 75000 | ConvertFrom-Json
   if ($ready.type -ne 'ready' -or $ready.endpoint -notmatch '^\\\\\.\\pipe\\(.+)$') {
     throw "Invalid Runtime Host trust fixture readiness: $($ready | ConvertTo-Json -Compress)"
   }