From 8bf75be90b0721bb77dfc7b20420db485d67eacc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ciaran Ryan-Anderson <ciaranra@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 16:54:50 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Give the Windows compat-smoke build a 30-minute timeout
 to absorb runner-setup variance

---
 .github/workflows/python-test.yml | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-test.yml b/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
index 4a66aa507..4fbc72aba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ jobs:
 
   python-compat-smoke-build:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    timeout-minutes: 20
+    timeout-minutes: ${{ matrix.job-timeout }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -239,16 +239,22 @@ jobs:
             artifact-name: python-compat-smoke-ubuntu
             build-llvm: true
             build-quantum-pecos: true
+            job-timeout: 20
+          # 30 minutes: Windows runner preparation (disk cleanup) varies by
+          # several minutes and the pecos-rslib wheel compile alone takes
+          # 10-12, so 20 minutes cancelled a healthy build (issue #360).
           - os: windows-2022
             python-version: "3.10"
             artifact-name: python-compat-smoke-windows
             build-llvm: false
             build-quantum-pecos: false
+            job-timeout: 30
           - os: macOS-latest
             python-version: "3.10"
             artifact-name: python-compat-smoke-macos
             build-llvm: true
             build-quantum-pecos: false
+            job-timeout: 20
 
     steps:
     - name: Harden the runner (egress audit)

From a82098655cd84a34c21f207b330e29fb702d0adf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ciaran Ryan-Anderson <ciaranra@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 22:42:11 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Guard the matrix timeout against a forgotten job-timeout
 key

---
 .github/workflows/python-test.yml | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-test.yml b/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
index 4fbc72aba..f59ff0932 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
@@ -229,7 +229,9 @@ jobs:
 
   python-compat-smoke-build:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    timeout-minutes: ${{ matrix.job-timeout }}
+    # The || guard keeps a future entry that forgets job-timeout at the
+    # historical 20 minutes instead of GitHub's 360-minute default.
+    timeout-minutes: ${{ matrix.job-timeout || 20 }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix: