diff --git a/.github/workflows/NativePipeline.yml b/.github/workflows/NativePipeline.yml
index cef6dc827..ca85b0e0f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/NativePipeline.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/NativePipeline.yml
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ jobs:
     # truncated — at 20 min several shards (accordion, background-image, bottom-sheet,
     # color-picker, safe-area-view) were cancelled mid-flow. If a shard still hits 30 the cause
     # is real app instability, not the cap.
-    timeout-minutes: 30
+    timeout-minutes: 35
     strategy:
       max-parallel: 4
       matrix:
diff --git a/maestro/helpers/helpers.sh b/maestro/helpers/helpers.sh
index d035668e1..bfb494b89 100644
--- a/maestro/helpers/helpers.sh
+++ b/maestro/helpers/helpers.sh
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@ RETRY_DELAY=10
 
 # Timeout for the Maestro driver (instrumentation) to come up. Maestro's default is 15s;
 # CI emulators/simulators are slower, but 5 min (300000) was the per-attempt multiplier that
-# amplified broken-build runs to ~25 min. 2 min is generous for the driver to start while
-# keeping the worst-case failure time bounded.
-MAESTRO_DRIVER_STARTUP_TIMEOUT=120000
+# amplified broken-build runs to ~25 min. 3 min balances driver startup on loaded CI runners
+# (macos-26 with 4 parallel shards) while still failing fast on genuinely broken builds.
+# Override via env var if needed: export MAESTRO_DRIVER_STARTUP_TIMEOUT=240000
+MAESTRO_DRIVER_STARTUP_TIMEOUT="${MAESTRO_DRIVER_STARTUP_TIMEOUT:-180000}"
 
 # --- Per-flow video recording (BrowserStack-style debugging) ----------------------------
 # We record a screen video around every flow, then KEEP it only if the flow FAILS and DELETE
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