diff --git a/benchmarks/aft-search/slice-descriptors/land-wait-true-test-budget.json b/benchmarks/aft-search/slice-descriptors/land-wait-true-test-budget.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ebd574711
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/aft-search/slice-descriptors/land-wait-true-test-budget.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "targeted_mechanism": "none",
+  "kind": "harness",
+  "slice_class": "non_ranking",
+  "fixtures": [
+    "harness-goldens"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/crates/aft/tests/integration/subc_bridge_test.rs b/crates/aft/tests/integration/subc_bridge_test.rs
index daee3ba93..09db95c23 100644
--- a/crates/aft/tests/integration/subc_bridge_test.rs
+++ b/crates/aft/tests/integration/subc_bridge_test.rs
@@ -5018,7 +5018,11 @@ async fn drive_bash_wait_true_daemon(input: FakeDaemonInput) {
             "command": "printf 'wait-early\\n'; sleep 1; printf 'wait-late\\n'",
             "foreground_orchestrate": true,
             "wait": true,
-            "timeout": 5_000,
+            // The test checks that wait:true returns terminal output, not how
+            // fast the command runs: a loaded Windows runner can take over 5 s
+            // to start the shell and its two printfs around the 1 s sleep.
+            // Stays under read_frame_timeout's 30 s so a kill still answers.
+            "timeout": 20_000,
             "compressed": false,
         }),
     )