diff --git a/.github/workflows/free-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/free-tests.yml
index e357d2f74..9665f6297 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/free-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/free-tests.yml
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ jobs:
           test "$resolved" != "${tmp%/}"
           files=(test/gstack-design-detect.test.ts browse/test/chromium-profile-isolation.test.ts test/cso-git-hardening.test.ts test/plan-count-file-permission.test.ts test/spec-quality-gate-secret-sink.test.ts test/gstack-memory-ingest.test.ts test/regression-issue3024-zsh-sourced-helpers.test.ts test/codex-probe-subcommands.test.ts browse/test/proxy-env-daemon.test.ts browse/test/proxy-direct-launch-args.test.ts test/regression-issue3680-ubicloud-bsd-userland.test.ts)
           for file in "${files[@]}"; do test -f "$file"; done
-          bun test "${files[@]}"
+          bun test --timeout=30000 "${files[@]}"
 
   cso-windows-launcher:
     needs: reuse
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fd86d6db4..c4c52c97c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.94.40.0] - 2026-11-03
+
+- **The macOS named regressions no longer fail when a test that spawns many processes runs past Bun's 5 s default on a slow runner (GST-1280).** The `macos-named-regressions` job in Free Tests now runs `bun test --timeout=30000`, the same per-test limit the Linux free suite and the pregate runner already use. On #3917's stamp commit (run 41719016775) the codex probe-model test, which runs nine probe scripts one after another, was killed at 5,022 ms in both attempts; in three green macOS runs (41720189541, 41716637247, 41720760241) it took 941 ms, 2,079 ms and 3,428 ms, and 505 to 580 ms on Linux. Train 107's first build (run 41712557655) lost two CSO Git fixture tests the same way. Tests that set their own timeout keep it, and the job's 20-minute limit is unchanged.
+
 ## [1.94.39.0] - 2026-11-03
 
 **A base merge next to a reviewed hunk no longer forces a second full review because of the base's own lines.** On founderstar#515, a base merge put 62 lines of another PR, already merged at base, next to the PR's 76 reviewed and unchanged lines in `tests/ui_shots.gd`. The scoped-review section went past its 200-line limit, so `gstack-ship-release finish` took the behavior route, which a review-loop exception can't accept, and asked for Steps 5 to 11.5 again. #3923 hit the same limit when only one trailing context line changed (GST-1226).
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 8f8262803..c3cf5022d 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.94.39.0
+1.94.40.0
diff --git a/agents-digest/gstack-AGENTS.md b/agents-digest/gstack-AGENTS.md
index 045ce712a..edf86b948 100644
--- a/agents-digest/gstack-AGENTS.md
+++ b/agents-digest/gstack-AGENTS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# gstack digest v1.94.39.0 — regenerate/re-copy after upgrading gstack
+# gstack digest v1.94.40.0 — regenerate/re-copy after upgrading gstack
 
 Behavioral rules from gstack (https://github.com/garrytan/gstack), compressed
 for agent hosts without a full skill install. The full skills add workflows,
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 483c4a15b..caaac0a17 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "gstack",
-  "version": "1.94.39",
+  "version": "1.94.40",
   "description": "Garry's Stack — Claude Code skills + fast headless browser. One repo, one install, entire AI engineering workflow.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "type": "module",