diff --git a/scripts/lib/ci-node-test-plan.mjs b/scripts/lib/ci-node-test-plan.mjs
index 14be0280c5c6..83987ef0e6a9 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/ci-node-test-plan.mjs
+++ b/scripts/lib/ci-node-test-plan.mjs
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ const BUNDLED_NODE_TEST_RUNNER = "blacksmith-4vcpu-ubuntu-2404";
 // Startup-core transforms the broad gateway graph before its assertions run.
 // Keep enough CPU here to avoid spending minutes in Vitest imports on 4 vCPU.
 const GATEWAY_STARTUP_CORE_RUNNER = DEFAULT_NODE_TEST_RUNNER;
+// This cold gateway graph can stall after warming Vitest's module cache; its
+// retry completes in seconds, so do not spend the global five-minute timeout.
+const GATEWAY_STARTUP_HEALTH_RUNTIME_ENV = {
+  OPENCLAW_VITEST_NO_OUTPUT_TIMEOUT_MS: "60000",
+};
 const MAX_BUNDLED_NODE_TEST_PATTERNS = 64;
 const COMPACT_NODE_TEST_JOB_WEIGHT = 192;
 const COMPACT_NODE_TEST_JOB_GROUPS = 8;
@@ -436,6 +441,10 @@ function createGatewayServerSplitShards() {
   ]
     .map((shardName) => ({
       configs: ["test/vitest/vitest.gateway-server.config.ts"],
+      env:
+        shardName === "agentic-control-plane-startup-health-runtime"
+          ? GATEWAY_STARTUP_HEALTH_RUNTIME_ENV
+          : undefined,
       includePatterns: groups.get(shardName) ?? [],
       requiresDist: false,
       runner:
diff --git a/test/scripts/ci-node-test-plan.test.ts b/test/scripts/ci-node-test-plan.test.ts
index c2157b252a32..ebc4bd920032 100644
--- a/test/scripts/ci-node-test-plan.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/ci-node-test-plan.test.ts
@@ -132,6 +132,10 @@ describe("scripts/lib/ci-node-test-plan.mjs", () => {
     expect(bundled.find((shard) => shard.shardName === "core-unit-fast")?.runner).toBe(
       DEFAULT_NODE_TEST_RUNNER,
     );
+    expect(
+      bundled.find((shard) => shard.shardName === "agentic-control-plane-startup-health-runtime")
+        ?.env,
+    ).toEqual({ OPENCLAW_VITEST_NO_OUTPUT_TIMEOUT_MS: "60000" });
     expect(
       bundled.find((shard) => shard.shardName === "agentic-control-plane-startup-core")?.runner,
     ).toBe(DEFAULT_NODE_TEST_RUNNER);
@@ -194,6 +198,11 @@ describe("scripts/lib/ci-node-test-plan.mjs", () => {
         (group) => group.shard_name === "agentic-control-plane-startup-core",
       )?.runner,
     ).toBe(DEFAULT_NODE_TEST_RUNNER);
+    expect(
+      compact
+        .flatMap((shard) => shard.groups)
+        .find((group) => group.shard_name === "agentic-control-plane-startup-health-runtime")?.env,
+    ).toEqual({ OPENCLAW_VITEST_NO_OUTPUT_TIMEOUT_MS: "60000" });
     expect(
       compact
         .filter((shard) => shard.groups.some((group) => !group.includePatterns))
@@ -666,6 +675,9 @@ describe("scripts/lib/ci-node-test-plan.mjs", () => {
       controlPlaneShards.map((shard) => ({
         checkName: `checks-node-${shard.shardName}`,
         configs: ["test/vitest/vitest.gateway-server.config.ts"],
+        ...(shard.shardName === "agentic-control-plane-startup-health-runtime"
+          ? { env: { OPENCLAW_VITEST_NO_OUTPUT_TIMEOUT_MS: "60000" } }
+          : {}),
         includePatterns: shard.includePatterns,
         requiresDist: false,
         runner: