diff --git a/src/lib/ai/ai-budgets.ts b/src/lib/ai/ai-budgets.ts
index d97544066..6735cff37 100644
--- a/src/lib/ai/ai-budgets.ts
+++ b/src/lib/ai/ai-budgets.ts
@@ -61,8 +61,20 @@ export const AI_BUDGETS = {
    * generation runs off the request hot path (nightly warm + the on-demand
    * background warm), and the explicit regenerate is rate-limited, so the
    * wider ceiling is bounded.
+   *
+   * v1.25.12 — raised again to 180 s. The same "operation aborted due to
+   * timeout" hop (no upstream status) recurred at exactly the 120 s ceiling
+   * once the codex default slug moved to the heavier-reasoning `gpt-5.5`
+   * line: a wide account (full-history briefing, raw signals included) spends
+   * longer in the reasoning channel before the first visible token than the
+   * 120 s budget allowed, so the single-provider chain timed out with nothing
+   * to fall back to and the briefing rendered its greeting with no body. The
+   * per-user `aiResponseTimeoutSeconds` setting still overrides this default
+   * for operators on even slower backends; this only lifts the floor for
+   * accounts that never set it. The worker cap in `insight-pregenerate.ts`
+   * derives from this value plus fixed headroom, so it tracks automatically.
    */
-  comprehensive: { temperature: 0.3, maxTokens: 1500, timeoutMs: 120_000 },
+  comprehensive: { temperature: 0.3, maxTokens: 1500, timeoutMs: 180_000 },
 
   /**
    * Per-metric status assessment cards — output is a single
diff --git a/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/insight-pregenerate.test.ts b/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/insight-pregenerate.test.ts
index 5dea6830d..219204e0b 100644
--- a/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/insight-pregenerate.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/insight-pregenerate.test.ts
@@ -304,10 +304,10 @@ describe("runInsightPregenerate — outcome tally", () => {
           observedSignal = opts.signal;
           setTimeout(
             () => resolve({ status: "generated", providerType: "x" }),
-            // v1.25.3 — above the default warm budget (~150 s = the 120 s
+            // v1.25.12 — above the default warm budget (~210 s = the 180 s
             // comprehensive provider budget + headroom) so the bounded budget
             // fires before this "slow" generation settles.
-            200_000,
+            260_000,
           );
         }),
     );
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ describe("runInsightPregenerate — outcome tally", () => {
         statusGenerators,
         warmGenericMetrics,
       });
-      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(160_000);
+      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(230_000);
       const result = await promise;
 
       // The timeout fired, aborted the still-running generation (so its
@@ -798,10 +798,10 @@ describe("forceWarmUser — on-demand single-user warm (v1.8.7.1)", () => {
           // advance past it so the warm continues.
           setTimeout(
             () => resolve({ status: "generated", providerType: "x" }),
-            // v1.25.3 — above the default warm budget (~150 s = the 120 s
+            // v1.25.12 — above the default warm budget (~210 s = the 180 s
             // comprehensive provider budget + headroom) so the bounded budget
             // fires before this "slow" generation settles.
-            200_000,
+            260_000,
           );
         }),
     );
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ describe("forceWarmUser — on-demand single-user warm (v1.8.7.1)", () => {
         warmGenericMetrics,
       });
       // Advance past the comprehensive budget so withTimeout fires.
-      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(160_000);
+      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(230_000);
       const result = await promise;
 
       for (const g of statusGenerators) {
@@ -916,10 +916,10 @@ describe("forceWarmUser — on-demand single-user warm (v1.8.7.1)", () => {
           observedSignal = opts.signal;
           setTimeout(
             () => resolve({ status: "generated", providerType: "x" }),
-            // v1.25.3 — above the default warm budget (~150 s = the 120 s
+            // v1.25.12 — above the default warm budget (~210 s = the 180 s
             // comprehensive provider budget + headroom) so the bounded budget
             // fires before this "slow" generation settles.
-            200_000,
+            260_000,
           );
         }),
     );
@@ -935,7 +935,7 @@ describe("forceWarmUser — on-demand single-user warm (v1.8.7.1)", () => {
         statusGenerators,
         warmGenericMetrics,
       });
-      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(160_000);
+      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(230_000);
       const result = await promise;
 
       // The timeout fired and aborted the still-running generation.