diff --git a/e2e/documents-ai.spec.ts b/e2e/documents-ai.spec.ts
index 306218554..a5d269721 100644
--- a/e2e/documents-ai.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/documents-ai.spec.ts
@@ -369,7 +369,12 @@ test.describe("document vault — AI assist + content search", () => {
     const marker = page
       .locator('[data-slot="document-card"]', { hasText: "Radiology note" })
       .locator('[data-slot="document-searchable"]');
-    await expect(marker).toHaveAttribute("data-source", "ai-read");
+    // The card marker appears after the list query invalidates and refetches
+    // the new provenance; on a loaded runner that round-trip can outlast the
+    // default 5s expect timeout, so wait explicitly for it to resolve.
+    await expect(marker).toHaveAttribute("data-source", "ai-read", {
+      timeout: 20_000,
+    });
   });
 
   // ── (f) Text-mode refuses a non-image before any OCR/upload ──────────────
diff --git a/e2e/medications-wizard-helpers.ts b/e2e/medications-wizard-helpers.ts
index 6e75ac063..c2c236e17 100644
--- a/e2e/medications-wizard-helpers.ts
+++ b/e2e/medications-wizard-helpers.ts
@@ -221,11 +221,15 @@ export async function expectStep(
   // stepper landed, so it is hidden on the desktop e2e viewport. Assert the
   // viewport-independent root data-attributes the dialog always carries.
   const root = page.locator('[data-slot="medication-wizard-dialog"]');
+  // Each step advance waits on per-step form validation; on a loaded CI runner
+  // that settle can exceed the default 5s expect timeout (the dialog sits at
+  // the prior step when the assertion first samples). Give the step-transition
+  // assertion room so a slow runner doesn't read a mid-transition frame.
   await expect(root).toHaveAttribute(
     "data-display-step",
     String(displayIndex),
     {
-      timeout: 5_000,
+      timeout: 20_000,
     },
   );
   if (totalSteps != null) {