diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows-free-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/windows-free-tests.yml
index 824ccfc48..5d7775a52 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows-free-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows-free-tests.yml
@@ -235,11 +235,21 @@ jobs:
         env:
           TEMP: ${{ runner.temp }}
           TMP: ${{ runner.temp }}
-        run: bun run test:windows --record-durations
+        run: bun run test:windows --record-durations --wall-timeout 1200
       - name: Name the recording as the Windows seed
         if: always()
         shell: bash
         run: cp scripts/free-test-durations.json "$RUNNER_TEMP/free-test-durations-windows.json"
+      - name: Upload full recording logs
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@cf430e030ddbb5b0abf93d22962f4752f3646cd9 # v7
+        with:
+          name: windows-record-durations-logs
+          path: |
+            .context/free-test-logs/gstack-free-test-*.log
+            ${{ runner.temp }}/gstack-free-test-*.log
+          include-hidden-files: true
+          if-no-files-found: ignore
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@cf430e030ddbb5b0abf93d22962f4752f3646cd9 # v7
         if: always()
         with:
diff --git a/scripts/test-free-shards.ts b/scripts/test-free-shards.ts
index 8b53a9f20..7e73c048a 100755
--- a/scripts/test-free-shards.ts
+++ b/scripts/test-free-shards.ts
@@ -1707,13 +1707,21 @@ export function exitCodeFor(status: FreeShardStatus): number {
   return status === 'timed-out' ? 124 : 1;
 }
 
+/** Per-file deadline for `--record-durations`: an explicit --wall-timeout, else the one-file default. */
+export function recordingWallTimeoutMs(options: Pick<CliOptions, 'wallTimeoutExplicit' | 'wallTimeoutMs'>): number {
+  return options.wallTimeoutExplicit ? options.wallTimeoutMs : wallTimeoutForShard(1);
+}
+
 /**
  * `--record-durations`: time every file in its own child (exact per-file wall,
  * immune to bun's stream buffering) and write the committed seed atomically.
  * Uses the same isolated, strictly classified children as a normal run.
  * Run against an immutable checkout; never time while editing its inputs.
+ * An explicit --wall-timeout sets the per-file deadline, so a file slower than
+ * the default deadline is timed in full instead of being killed and recorded
+ * at the deadline.
  */
-async function recordFreeTestDurations(files: string[], jobs: number): Promise<number> {
+async function recordFreeTestDurations(files: string[], jobs: number, wallTimeoutMs: number): Promise<number> {
   const durations: Record<string, number> = {};
   const failed: string[] = [];
   const expectedCount = files.length;
@@ -1722,7 +1730,7 @@ async function recordFreeTestDurations(files: string[], jobs: number): Promise<n
   // As in full-suite mode, finish parallel work before exclusive host-state fixtures.
   await forEachFileAlone(files.filter(file => !(file in TREE_MUTATING)), files.filter(file => file in TREE_MUTATING), jobs, async (file, index) => {
     const outcome = await runFreeShard([file], index + 1, files.length, {
-      wallTimeoutMs: wallTimeoutForShard(1), quiet: true, homeGuard: sharedFreeHome,
+      wallTimeoutMs, quiet: true, homeGuard: sharedFreeHome,
     });
     durations[normalizeRelativePath(file)] = outcome.elapsedMs;
     if (outcome.status !== 'passed') failed.push(file);
@@ -1907,7 +1915,7 @@ async function main(): Promise<number> {
   }
 
   if (options.recordDurations) {
-    return recordFreeTestDurations(files, fullSuiteJobs());
+    return recordFreeTestDurations(files, fullSuiteJobs(), recordingWallTimeoutMs(options));
   }
   if (options.attributeHome) return attributeFreeHomeWriters(files.filter(file => !(file in TREE_MUTATING)), files.filter(file => file in TREE_MUTATING),
     fullSuiteJobs(), (file, index, homeGuard) => runFreeShard([file], index + 1, files.length, { wallTimeoutMs: wallTimeoutForShard(1), quiet: true, log: () => {}, homeGuard }));
diff --git a/test/test-free-shards.test.ts b/test/test-free-shards.test.ts
index 2ef9d8fbc..16272b9f8 100644
--- a/test/test-free-shards.test.ts
+++ b/test/test-free-shards.test.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ import {
   DEFAULT_WALL_TIMEOUT_MS,
   PER_FILE_WALL_MS,
   wallTimeoutForShard,
+  recordingWallTimeoutMs,
+  parseCliOptions,
   KNOWN_WINDOWS_INCOMPATIBLE,
   TEST_ROOTS,
   TREE_MUTATING,
@@ -940,6 +942,11 @@ describe('test-free-shards: wall-timeout scaling', () => {
   test('an explicit base above the scaled value wins', () => {
     expect(wallTimeoutForShard(10, 10 * 60_000)).toBe(10 * 60_000);
   });
+
+  test('--record-durations times each file under the one-file default unless --wall-timeout is explicit', () => {
+    expect(recordingWallTimeoutMs(parseCliOptions(['--record-durations']))).toBe(wallTimeoutForShard(1));
+    expect(recordingWallTimeoutMs(parseCliOptions(['--record-durations', '--wall-timeout', '1200']))).toBe(1_200_000);
+  });
 });
 
 
diff --git a/test/windows-native-workflows.test.ts b/test/windows-native-workflows.test.ts
index 0023e3228..838d7c528 100644
--- a/test/windows-native-workflows.test.ts
+++ b/test/windows-native-workflows.test.ts
@@ -62,11 +62,14 @@ test('a record_durations dispatch times each Windows-safe file alone and uploads
   expect(job.if).toBe('${{ inputs.record_durations }}');
   expect(job['runs-on']).toBe('windows-latest');
   const record = job.steps.find((step: any) => step.name === 'Time every Windows-safe file alone');
-  expect(record.run).toBe('bun run test:windows --record-durations');
+  expect(record.run).toBe('bun run test:windows --record-durations --wall-timeout 1200');
   expect(record.env.GSTACK_FREE_TEST_DURATIONS).toBeUndefined();
   const rename = job.steps.find((step: any) => step.name === 'Name the recording as the Windows seed');
   expect(rename.if).toBe('always()');
   expect(rename.run).toBe('cp scripts/free-test-durations.json "$RUNNER_TEMP/free-test-durations-windows.json"');
+  const logs = job.steps.find((step: any) => step.name === 'Upload full recording logs');
+  expect(logs.if).toBe('always()');
+  expect(logs.with['include-hidden-files']).toBe(true);
   expect(job.steps.at(-1).with.name).toBe('free-test-durations-windows');
 });