diff --git a/scripts/resolvers/qa.ts b/scripts/resolvers/qa.ts
index 3821d4273..9b3cd9e7b 100644
--- a/scripts/resolvers/qa.ts
+++ b/scripts/resolvers/qa.ts
@@ -73,14 +73,14 @@ ${reportOnly ? '' : `For /review and /ship, no plan/server is required.
 Stop after 5 minutes or 12 probes, whichever comes first (SECONDS=300 across surfaces).
 Explicit plan checks and revalidation remain required beyond this smoke budget.`}
 For /qa and /qa-only:
-- Browser Quick: SECONDS=30. Browser Full/Regression: SECONDS=900.
+- Browser Quick: SECONDS=180. Browser Full/Regression: SECONDS=900.
 - Functional Full, Quick and Regression have no default total timer.
 Set SECONDS to the shorter mode/caller limit; an unlimited mode uses the caller's bound.
 Without a total time limit, do not create DEADLINE_FILE; announce finite command timeouts.
 Stop when scoped contracts are tested or blocked.
 Clocks/checkpoints use REPORT_DIR; mixed standalone runs use REPORT_DIR/browser and REPORT_DIR/functional, with one final report at REPORT_DIR. Caller paths win.
 Names used below (quote every path):
-- PROBE_DIR: this surface's owned probe directory, chosen above. DEADLINE_FILE: \`PROBE_DIR/deadline.json\`, which exists only for a bounded run.
+- PROBE_DIR: this surface's probe directory from the line above. DEADLINE_FILE: \`PROBE_DIR/deadline.json\`, which exists only for a bounded run.
 - SECONDS: the total probe budget set above. NNN: a fresh three-digit ID (001, 002, ...) for each capture or checkpoint; never reuse one.
 - DEADLINE_TOOL = \`${quoteSafePath(ctx.paths.binDir)}/gstack-qa-deadline\`, the deadline guard: \`start\` creates DEADLINE_FILE, \`status\` prints \`remainingMs\` and \`expired\`, and \`run\` executes one command, stopping it at the deadline.
 - EVIDENCE_TOOL = \`${quoteSafePath(ctx.paths.binDir)}/gstack-qa-evidence\`, the functional evidence recorder: \`capture\` runs one command, stores its exit code, stdout and stderr under \`PROBE_DIR/.qa-evidence/NNN/\`, and prints status \`complete\`, \`incomplete\` or \`sensitive\`.
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ How one probe works: (1) if bounded, check the clock and choose the next command
 
 1. First demonstrate success: output AND durable effects. Guard if bounded; await completion.
 2. **Decide whether another probe is needed.** If bounded, run \`bun DEADLINE_TOOL status DEADLINE_FILE\`.
-   If expired or no safe next probe remains, STOP exploration; write the report, not a checkpoint.
+   If expired or no safe next probe remains, STOP exploration; write the report, not a checkpoint: go to §4 (annotations, materialize, then Markdown).
 ${reportOnly ? `   **Classify the last result before copying it.** For public or synthetic observations,
    retain the entire result unchanged, including owned fixture paths, IDs, hashes and
    existing credential placeholders. An absolute state path is not itself a secret.
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ Never install, import cookies or bootstrap tests. Functional-only skips browser
 
 **3. Run smoke and plan checks.**
 Follow the shared Probe loop for smoke checks and replays until the smoke limit.
-Then run required plan checks and revalidation, even after smoke expires, using the same procedure but no smoke guard; never reset the clock. Their checkpoints sit beside DEADLINE_FILE; they skip \`DEADLINE_TOOL status DEADLINE_FILE\` and use \`--timeout-ms\`, not \`--deadline DEADLINE_FILE\`. Post-expiry smoke rechecks are not-run.
+Then run required plan checks and revalidation, even after smoke expires, using the same procedure but no smoke guard; never reset the clock. Their checkpoints sit beside DEADLINE_FILE; they skip \`DEADLINE_TOOL status DEADLINE_FILE\` and use \`--timeout-ms\`, not \`--deadline DEADLINE_FILE\`. After smoke expiry, step 4c reruns plan checks only; affected smoke checks are not-run.
 Use finite command timeouts, capped at the caller's remaining time if it has a deadline.${ship ? '' : ' /review sets none; only an invoker-supplied EARLIER_UTC counts.'}
 Await clock/guard results before acting. When the caller's deadline expires, mark unfinished checks not-run.
 
diff --git a/scripts/resolvers/utility.ts b/scripts/resolvers/utility.ts
index ca8db8f0d..d5ffaf65b 100644
--- a/scripts/resolvers/utility.ts
+++ b/scripts/resolvers/utility.ts
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ Use the supplied URL or first responder/staging/preview; ask if none. Test chang
 Visit every reachable page (5-15 minutes). Score health; document 5-10 evidenced issues, never invent any.
 
 ### Quick (\`--quick\`)
-30 seconds: homepage + top 5 navigation targets. Check loads/console/broken links; score per Health Score Rubric; skip detailed issues/checklist, never the shared loop's gates.
+3 minutes: homepage + top 5 navigation targets. Check loads/console/broken links; score per Health Score Rubric; skip detailed issues/checklist, never the shared loop's gates.
 
 ### Regression (\`--regression <baseline>\`)
 Run Full; append fixed/new issues and score delta. Preserve the supplied prior baseline.
diff --git a/test/helpers/qa-browser-deadline-evidence.ts b/test/helpers/qa-browser-deadline-evidence.ts
index 2da105051..fd71151bb 100644
--- a/test/helpers/qa-browser-deadline-evidence.ts
+++ b/test/helpers/qa-browser-deadline-evidence.ts
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ export function assertQaBrowserCheckpoints(transcript: unknown[], options: Pick<
 
 export function assertQaBrowserDeadline(calls: Call[], options: Options & { expectedBudgetMs?: number }) {
   const fail = (reason: string): never => { throw new Error('QA deadline: ' + reason); };
-  const { directory, guard, browse, started, ended, expectedBudgetMs = 30000 } = options;
+  const { directory, guard, browse, started, ended, expectedBudgetMs = 180_000 } = options;
   if (!Number.isSafeInteger(expectedBudgetMs) || expectedBudgetMs <= 0 || expectedBudgetMs > 2_147_483_647) fail('invalid expected deadline budget');
   const { file, allowed } = qaDeadlineShellPolicy(directory, guard, browse);
   const reportRoot = path.join(directory, 'qa-reports');
diff --git a/test/qa-browser-deadline-evidence.test.ts b/test/qa-browser-deadline-evidence.test.ts
index ced94fdcf..8ff36ce15 100644
--- a/test/qa-browser-deadline-evidence.test.ts
+++ b/test/qa-browser-deadline-evidence.test.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const directories: string[] = [];
 const quote = (value: string) => `'${value.replaceAll("'", `'"'"'`)}'`;
 afterEach(() => { for (const directory of directories.splice(0)) fs.rmSync(directory, { recursive: true, force: true }); });
 
-function fixture(expectedBudgetMs = 30000) {
+function fixture(expectedBudgetMs = 180_000) {
   const started = Date.now();
   const directory = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(fs.realpathSync(os.tmpdir()), 'qa-gate-'));
   directories.push(directory);
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ test('child-emitted receipt forgery and direct state reset scripts are rejected'
   expect(() => f.check()).toThrow('reserved deadline evidence');
 });
 
-test('short fixture deadlines require an explicit contract; the native default remains exactly 30s', () => {
+test('short fixture deadlines require an explicit contract; the native default is the 180s Browser Quick budget', () => {
   const native = fixture();
   native.run();
   expect(assertQaBrowserDeadline(native.calls, { directory: native.directory, guard, browse,
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ test('short fixture deadlines require an explicit contract; the native default r
   f.run();
   expect(f.check()).toEqual({ launchedRuns: 1, completedRuns: 1, refusedRuns: 0, timedOutRuns: 0 });
   expect(() => assertQaBrowserDeadline(f.calls, { directory: f.directory, guard, browse,
-    started: f.started, ended: Date.now() })).toThrow('expected 30000ms deadline');
+    started: f.started, ended: Date.now() })).toThrow('expected 180000ms deadline');
   for (const expectedBudgetMs of [0, -1, 0.5, 2_147_483_648, NaN, Infinity]) {
     expect(() => assertQaBrowserDeadline(f.calls, { directory: f.directory, guard, browse,
       started: f.started, ended: Date.now(), expectedBudgetMs })).toThrow('invalid expected deadline budget');
diff --git a/test/qa-browser-preservation.test.ts b/test/qa-browser-preservation.test.ts
index 0d137b4ec..ecf622f8d 100644
--- a/test/qa-browser-preservation.test.ts
+++ b/test/qa-browser-preservation.test.ts
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ describe('compact QA browser recipes retain native operations', () => {
       'Resolve conflicting depth flags by asking before probes',
       'Diff-aware selects scope, not another pass',
       'After selecting and isolating a browser surface',
-      'Visit every reachable page (5-15 minutes)', '30 seconds: homepage + top 5 navigation targets',
+      'Visit every reachable page (5-15 minutes)', '3 minutes: homepage + top 5 navigation targets',
       "skip detailed issues/checklist, never the shared loop's gates",
     ]) expect(prose).toContain(contract);
     const titles = ['Initialize', 'Authenticate (if needed)', 'Orient', 'Explore', 'Document', 'Wrap Up'];
diff --git a/test/qa-probe-gates.test.ts b/test/qa-probe-gates.test.ts
index d3cf357e4..c275068c5 100644
--- a/test/qa-probe-gates.test.ts
+++ b/test/qa-probe-gates.test.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ function assertPreparation(text: string) {
 }
 
 function assertBoundsAndLayout(text: string) {
-  for (const contract of ['Browser Quick: SECONDS=30', 'Browser Full/Regression: SECONDS=900']) expect(text).toContain(contract);
+  for (const contract of ['Browser Quick: SECONDS=180', 'Browser Full/Regression: SECONDS=900']) expect(text).toContain(contract);
   for (const rule of [
     /functional full, quick and regression have no default total timer/i,
     /shorter mode\/caller limit/i,
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ describe('QA probe entry and checkpoint gates', () => {
         'QA_DEADLINE receipts are not observations',
       ]) expect(text).toContain(contract);
       assertBoundsAndLayout(text);
-      expect(text.indexOf('Browser Quick: SECONDS=30')).toBeLessThan(text.indexOf(startCommand(text)));
+      expect(text.indexOf('Browser Quick: SECONDS=180')).toBeLessThan(text.indexOf(startCommand(text)));
     }
   });
 
@@ -295,3 +295,42 @@ describe('QA probe entry and checkpoint gates', () => {
     expect(text).toMatch(/method Reads and the shared probe loop/i);
   });
 });
+
+// Lane S C2: gaps the qa-only/review/ship workflow judges named in their rationales.
+describe('judge-named QA workflow gaps (C2)', () => {
+  const ctx = (skillName: string) => ({ host: 'claude' as const, skillName, tmplPath: '', paths: HOST_PATHS.claude });
+
+  test('Browser Quick leaves time for its six page probes, and the method states the same budget', () => {
+    for (const skillName of ['qa', 'qa-only']) {
+      const seconds = Number(/Browser Quick: SECONDS=(\d+)\./.exec(generateQAExploratory(ctx(skillName)))?.[1]);
+      // homepage + top 5 targets, each a checkpoint write plus one guarded command: 30 s left ~5 s per probe.
+      expect(seconds / 6).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(20);
+      const patterns = fs.readFileSync(path.join(import.meta.dir, '..', 'qa', 'sections', 'qa-patterns.md'), 'utf8');
+      expect(patterns).toContain(`${seconds / 60} minutes: homepage + top 5 navigation targets`);
+    }
+  });
+
+  test('PROBE_DIR names its source line, and stopping goes to the final report steps', () => {
+    for (const skillName of ['qa', 'qa-only']) {
+      const text = generateQAExploratory(ctx(skillName));
+      const layout = text.indexOf('mixed standalone runs use REPORT_DIR/browser and REPORT_DIR/functional');
+      const probeDir = text.indexOf("PROBE_DIR: this surface's probe directory from the line above.");
+      expect(layout).toBeGreaterThan(-1);
+      expect(probeDir).toBeGreaterThan(layout);
+      expect(text.slice(layout, probeDir).split('\n')).toHaveLength(3);
+      expect(text).toContain('write the report, not a checkpoint: go to §4 (annotations, materialize, then Markdown)');
+      const final = text.indexOf('## 4. Final report');
+      expect(final).toBeGreaterThan(-1);
+      expect(text.indexOf('annotations.json', final)).toBeLessThan(text.indexOf('materialize PROBE_DIR', final));
+    }
+  });
+
+  test('/review and /ship: after smoke expiry only plan checks rerun in revalidation', () => {
+    for (const skillName of ['review', 'ship']) {
+      const text = generateQAReview(ctx(skillName));
+      expect(text).toContain('After smoke expiry, step 4c reruns plan checks only; affected smoke checks are not-run.');
+      expect(text).toContain('c. Re-review changed or uncertain coverage and repeat step 3 for affected checks.');
+      expect(text).not.toContain('Post-expiry smoke rechecks are not-run.');
+    }
+  });
+});