diff --git a/.github/workflows/openclaw-live-and-e2e-checks-reusable.yml b/.github/workflows/openclaw-live-and-e2e-checks-reusable.yml
index e9fdd8f7906b..81ccaf2cb06d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/openclaw-live-and-e2e-checks-reusable.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/openclaw-live-and-e2e-checks-reusable.yml
@@ -3640,10 +3640,8 @@ jobs:
               echo "OPENCLAW_TEST_CONSOLE=1" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
               ;;
             live-codex-harness*-docker)
-              # TODO(2026-10-01): Repair or remove stale staged Codex auth, then choose the canonical CI auth path.
-              # Keep CI on the API-key path. The staged Codex auth secret
-              # is currently stale, but the wrapper still supports codex-auth for
-              # local maintainer reruns without changing Peter's flow.
+              # Keep the full harness on API-key auth; the focused GPT-5.6 OAuth
+              # cohort below owns ChatGPT-route coverage without duplicating all probes.
               echo "OPENCLAW_LIVE_CODEX_HARNESS_AUTH=api-key" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
               echo "OPENCLAW_LIVE_CODEX_HARNESS_DEBUG=1" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
               echo "OPENCLAW_CLI_BACKEND_LOG_OUTPUT=1" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
@@ -3802,8 +3800,8 @@ jobs:
           - suite_id: live-codex-harness-gpt56-oauth-smoke-docker
             suite_group: live-codex-harness-gpt56-docker
             label: Docker live Codex GPT-5.6 ChatGPT OAuth smoke
-            command: OPENCLAW_LIVE_CODEX_HARNESS_TARGETS=openai/gpt-5.6-sol=ultra,openai/gpt-5.6-terra=ultra,openai/gpt-5.6-luna=max OPENCLAW_LIVE_CODEX_HARNESS_IMAGE_PROBE=0 OPENCLAW_LIVE_CODEX_HARNESS_MCP_PROBE=0 OPENCLAW_LIVE_CODEX_HARNESS_SUBAGENT_PROBE=0 OPENCLAW_LIVE_CODEX_HARNESS_GUARDIAN_PROBE=0 OPENCLAW_LIVE_DOCKER_REPO_ROOT="$GITHUB_WORKSPACE" timeout --foreground --kill-after=30s 35m bash .release-harness/scripts/test-live-codex-harness-docker.sh
-            timeout_minutes: 40
+            command: OPENCLAW_LIVE_CODEX_HARNESS_TARGETS=openai/gpt-5.6-sol=ultra,openai/gpt-5.6-terra=ultra,openai/gpt-5.6-luna=max OPENCLAW_LIVE_CODEX_HARNESS_IMAGE_PROBE=0 OPENCLAW_LIVE_CODEX_HARNESS_MCP_PROBE=0 OPENCLAW_LIVE_CODEX_HARNESS_SUBAGENT_PROBE=0 OPENCLAW_LIVE_CODEX_HARNESS_GUARDIAN_PROBE=0 OPENCLAW_LIVE_DOCKER_REPO_ROOT="$GITHUB_WORKSPACE" timeout --foreground --kill-after=30s 120m bash .release-harness/scripts/test-live-codex-harness-docker.sh
+            timeout_minutes: 125
             profile_env_only: false
             profiles: stable full
           - suite_id: live-subagent-announce-docker
diff --git a/test/scripts/package-acceptance-workflow.test.ts b/test/scripts/package-acceptance-workflow.test.ts
index 4179c706e72b..a532a2207f5c 100644
--- a/test/scripts/package-acceptance-workflow.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/package-acceptance-workflow.test.ts
@@ -3583,7 +3583,9 @@ describe("package artifact reuse", () => {
       "OPENCLAW_LIVE_CODEX_HARNESS_MCP_PROBE=0",
       "OPENCLAW_LIVE_CODEX_HARNESS_SUBAGENT_PROBE=0",
       "OPENCLAW_LIVE_CODEX_HARNESS_GUARDIAN_PROBE=0",
+      "timeout --foreground --kill-after=30s 120m",
     ]);
+    expect(oauthSmoke.timeout_minutes).toBe(125);
     for (const [model, thinking] of [
       ["sol", "ultra"],
       ["terra", "ultra"],