diff --git a/scripts/e2e/kitchen-sink-rpc-docker.sh b/scripts/e2e/kitchen-sink-rpc-docker.sh
index 0577d0b81eef..c4430b424a7a 100755
--- a/scripts/e2e/kitchen-sink-rpc-docker.sh
+++ b/scripts/e2e/kitchen-sink-rpc-docker.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ source "$ROOT_DIR/scripts/lib/docker-e2e-image.sh"
 IMAGE_NAME="$(docker_e2e_resolve_image "openclaw-kitchen-sink-rpc-e2e" OPENCLAW_KITCHEN_SINK_RPC_E2E_IMAGE)"
 MAX_MEMORY_MIB="$(docker_e2e_read_nonnegative_decimal_env OPENCLAW_KITCHEN_SINK_MAX_MEMORY_MIB 2048)"
 MAX_CPU_PERCENT="$(docker_e2e_read_nonnegative_decimal_env OPENCLAW_KITCHEN_SINK_MAX_CPU_PERCENT 1200)"
-DOCKER_RUN_TIMEOUT="${OPENCLAW_KITCHEN_SINK_RPC_DOCKER_RUN_TIMEOUT:-900s}"
+# Keep the outer Docker watchdog above the walker's install, enable, inspect,
+# readiness, and first-RPC retry budgets so inner failures stay diagnostic.
+DOCKER_RUN_TIMEOUT="${OPENCLAW_KITCHEN_SINK_RPC_DOCKER_RUN_TIMEOUT:-1500s}"
 CONTAINER_NAME="openclaw-kitchen-sink-rpc-e2e-$$"
 RUN_LOG="$(mktemp "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/openclaw-kitchen-sink-rpc.XXXXXX")"
 STATS_LOG="$(mktemp "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/openclaw-kitchen-sink-rpc-stats.XXXXXX")"
diff --git a/scripts/lib/docker-e2e-scenarios.mjs b/scripts/lib/docker-e2e-scenarios.mjs
index 6cd748f5a91c..2489d3b97a9d 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/docker-e2e-scenarios.mjs
+++ b/scripts/lib/docker-e2e-scenarios.mjs
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ function kitchenSinkRpcLane() {
     {
       resources: ["npm"],
       stateScenario: "empty",
-      timeoutMs: 15 * 60 * 1000,
+      timeoutMs: 25 * 60 * 1000,
       weight: 3,
     },
   );
@@ -521,17 +521,13 @@ export const mainLanes = [
   lane("commitments-safety", "OPENCLAW_SKIP_DOCKER_BUILD=1 pnpm test:docker:commitments-safety", {
     stateScenario: "empty",
   }),
-  liveLane(
-    "npm-telegram-live",
-    "OPENCLAW_SKIP_DOCKER_BUILD=1 pnpm test:docker:npm-telegram-live",
-    {
-      e2eImageKind: "bare",
-      provider: "openai",
-      resources: ["live:telegram", "npm", "service"],
-      timeoutMs: 30 * 60 * 1000,
-      weight: 3,
-    },
-  ),
+  liveLane("npm-telegram-live", "OPENCLAW_SKIP_DOCKER_BUILD=1 pnpm test:docker:npm-telegram-live", {
+    e2eImageKind: "bare",
+    provider: "openai",
+    resources: ["live:telegram", "npm", "service"],
+    timeoutMs: 30 * 60 * 1000,
+    weight: 3,
+  }),
   lane("qr", "pnpm test:docker:qr"),
 ];
 
diff --git a/test/scripts/docker-build-helper.test.ts b/test/scripts/docker-build-helper.test.ts
index 9f4ccf5547d3..a7d02fbe5e79 100644
--- a/test/scripts/docker-build-helper.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/docker-build-helper.test.ts
@@ -3580,6 +3580,14 @@ output="$(cat "$sampler_log")"
     expect(missing).toEqual([]);
   });
 
+  it("keeps the kitchen-sink RPC Docker watchdog above the internal walk budgets", () => {
+    const runner = readFileSync(KITCHEN_SINK_RPC_DOCKER_E2E_PATH, "utf8");
+
+    expect(runner).toContain(
+      'DOCKER_RUN_TIMEOUT="${OPENCLAW_KITCHEN_SINK_RPC_DOCKER_RUN_TIMEOUT:-1500s}"',
+    );
+  });
+
   it("bounds kitchen-sink plugin CLI commands inside the Docker sweep", () => {
     const runner = readFileSync(KITCHEN_SINK_PLUGIN_DOCKER_E2E_PATH, "utf8");
     const sweep = readFileSync("scripts/e2e/lib/kitchen-sink-plugin/sweep.sh", "utf8");
diff --git a/test/scripts/docker-e2e-plan.test.ts b/test/scripts/docker-e2e-plan.test.ts
index c671bb135ef4..481103bed1cb 100644
--- a/test/scripts/docker-e2e-plan.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/docker-e2e-plan.test.ts
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ describe("scripts/lib/docker-e2e-plan", () => {
         name: "kitchen-sink-rpc",
         resources: ["docker", "service", "npm"],
         stateScenario: "empty",
-        timeoutMs: 900_000,
+        timeoutMs: 1_500_000,
         weight: 3,
       },
       {