diff --git a/extensions/qa-lab/src/gateway-child.ts b/extensions/qa-lab/src/gateway-child.ts
index 0243ca58256..a41dc1ef011 100644
--- a/extensions/qa-lab/src/gateway-child.ts
+++ b/extensions/qa-lab/src/gateway-child.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import type { QaTransportAdapter } from "./qa-transport.js";
 
 export type { QaCliBackendAuthMode } from "./providers/env.js";
 const QA_GATEWAY_CHILD_STARTUP_MAX_ATTEMPTS = 5;
+const QA_GATEWAY_CHILD_RPC_RETRY_HEALTH_TIMEOUT_MS = 60_000;
 const QA_GATEWAY_CHILD_BLOCKED_SECRET_ENV_VARS = Object.freeze([
   "OPENCLAW_QA_CONVEX_SECRET_CI",
   "OPENCLAW_QA_CONVEX_SECRET_MAINTAINER",
@@ -684,7 +685,7 @@ export async function startQaGatewayChild(params: {
                 baseUrl,
                 logs,
                 child: attemptChild,
-                timeoutMs: 15_000,
+                timeoutMs: QA_GATEWAY_CHILD_RPC_RETRY_HEALTH_TIMEOUT_MS,
               });
             }
           }