diff --git a/.claude/skills/plan-review/SKILL.md b/.claude/skills/plan-review/SKILL.md
index e9318e3c..57bd442a 100644
--- a/.claude/skills/plan-review/SKILL.md
+++ b/.claude/skills/plan-review/SKILL.md
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ python3 ".claude/skills/plan-review/codex_review.py" \
 - **Exit 0** → codex review is in `<work_dir>/review_b.md`; go to step 5.
 - **Non-zero (2 = codex absent, 3 = timeout/error)** → codex is unavailable;
   take the **Loud fallback** below and skip steps 5-6. A hung codex cannot
-  wedge the gate — `codex_review.py` caps at 1200s and exits 3.
+  wedge the gate — `codex_review.py` caps at 2400s and exits 3.
 
 ### 5. Merge + verify — Claude @ Opus
 
diff --git a/.claude/skills/plan-review/codex_review.py b/.claude/skills/plan-review/codex_review.py
index f79a70e0..2a0b11cd 100644
--- a/.claude/skills/plan-review/codex_review.py
+++ b/.claude/skills/plan-review/codex_review.py
@@ -28,10 +28,24 @@
 CODEX_EFFORT = "xhigh"
 # The timeout is NOT the campaign value (the campaign ran unattended at
 # CODEX_TIMEOUT_S=3600). It is an interactive-gate ceiling: high enough to clear
-# the plan-review runtimes observed in the campaign (up to ~430s) with room to
-# spare, low enough to bound the interactive wait. A timeout is treated as codex
-# being unavailable (exit 3 → LOUD single-Claude fallback), so err generous.
-CODEX_TIMEOUT_S = 1200.0
+# real plan-review runtimes with room to spare, low enough to bound the
+# interactive wait. A timeout is treated as codex being unavailable (exit 3 →
+# LOUD single-Claude fallback), so err generous.
+#
+# Raised 1200 → 2400 on 2026-08-08. The old value was calibrated to the campaign's
+# observed runtimes (up to ~430s), whose plans were far smaller than production
+# ones: a dense ~500-line plan whose reviewer must verify claims against 15+ repo
+# files ran 3-4x that, and codex timed out on 6 of 9 rounds of a single v4 plan
+# (every failure a genuine `codex exec timed out after 1200.0s`, never an auth or
+# availability error). Retrying is the wrong remedy — a failed attempt burns the
+# full ceiling before the retry starts, and a round that retried once timed out
+# twice for 40 minutes total. Plan review is simply the slow surface here: its
+# reviewer reads the plan AND cross-checks every claim against the live tree.
+#
+# Changing this does NOT require engine re-validation: the "do not change without
+# re-validation" note above binds CODEX_MODEL and CODEX_EFFORT (what Campaign 1
+# graded). The ceiling is an operational knob and is graded by nothing.
+CODEX_TIMEOUT_S = 2400.0
 
 
 def _load_openai_review(repo_root: str):
diff --git a/tests/test_plan_review_skill.py b/tests/test_plan_review_skill.py
index 5c5eaa57..305a9635 100644
--- a/tests/test_plan_review_skill.py
+++ b/tests/test_plan_review_skill.py
@@ -153,11 +153,23 @@ def test_reviewer_invocations_are_pinned():
     codex = (_SKILL / "codex_review.py").read_text()
     assert 'CODEX_MODEL = "gpt-5.6-sol"' in codex
     assert 'CODEX_EFFORT = "xhigh"' in codex
-    assert "CODEX_TIMEOUT_S = 1200" in codex
+    assert "CODEX_TIMEOUT_S = 2400" in codex
     # and codex_review.py actually passes them to call_codex
     assert "model=CODEX_MODEL" in codex and "effort=CODEX_EFFORT" in codex
     assert "timeout_s=CODEX_TIMEOUT_S" in codex
 
+    # SKILL.md STATES the ceiling to the reader ("caps at Ns and exits 3"), so
+    # bumping CODEX_TIMEOUT_S without editing the prose leaves the skill's own
+    # instructions lying about its behavior. Derive both and compare rather than
+    # hard-coding the number twice, so this cannot drift on the next bump.
+    code_cap = re.search(r"^CODEX_TIMEOUT_S\s*=\s*([\d.]+)", codex, re.M)
+    assert code_cap, "CODEX_TIMEOUT_S assignment not found in codex_review.py"
+    doc_cap = re.search(r"caps at (\d+)s and exits 3", (_SKILL / "SKILL.md").read_text())
+    assert doc_cap, "SKILL.md no longer states the codex cap - keep it or drop this pin"
+    assert float(doc_cap.group(1)) == float(code_cap.group(1)), (
+        f"SKILL.md says {doc_cap.group(1)}s but codex_review.py caps at " f"{code_cap.group(1)}s"
+    )
+
     skill = (_SKILL / "SKILL.md").read_text()
     # BOTH Claude subagents (reviewer 1 AND merge) select model=opus — assert
     # each section separately, not just one match anywhere (round-4: a single
@@ -321,7 +333,7 @@ def test_codex_review_forwards_pins_and_prints_sensitive_notice(tmp_path, monkey
     assert call["prompt"] == "RENDERED PROMPT"
     assert call["model"] == cr.CODEX_MODEL == "gpt-5.6-sol"
     assert call["effort"] == cr.CODEX_EFFORT == "xhigh"
-    assert call["timeout_s"] == cr.CODEX_TIMEOUT_S == 1200.0
+    assert call["timeout_s"] == cr.CODEX_TIMEOUT_S == 2400.0
 
 
 def test_codex_review_absent_returns_2_and_writes_nothing(tmp_path, monkeypatch):