diff --git a/engraphis/dashboard_assets/ledger.js b/engraphis/dashboard_assets/ledger.js
index a6dad820..18faed65 100644
--- a/engraphis/dashboard_assets/ledger.js
+++ b/engraphis/dashboard_assets/ledger.js
@@ -139,7 +139,11 @@
   const GRAPH_ALL_NODE_LIMIT = 20_000;
   const GRAPH_ALL_EDGE_LIMIT = 200_000;
   const GRAPH_LOAD_TIMEOUT_MS = 60_000;
-  const GRAPH_FULL_LOAD_TIMEOUT_MS = 30_000;
+  // Cold complete scenes can legitimately spend ~25s in the bounded server projection
+  // before the renderer receives its payload. Keep enough headroom for the response body,
+  // graph assets, and renderer readiness instead of turning a healthy cold request into a
+  // generic client timeout.
+  const GRAPH_FULL_LOAD_TIMEOUT_MS = 90_000;
   const GRAPH_CONNECTION_MEMORIES_TIMEOUT_MS = 8_000;
   const GRAPH_PREFERENCES_KEY = 'engraphis-ledger-graph-preferences-v1';
   const GRAPH_PHYSICS_VERSION = 5;
@@ -3719,7 +3723,10 @@
         const memoryProjection = fullGraph ? '&include_memory_nodes=false' : '';
         const [payload] = await Promise.race([
           Promise.all([
-            api(`/graph/scene?${query(targetWorkspace)}&level=${level}${presentation}${limits}${connectedOnly}${includeCode}${scopedRepo}${asOf}${history}${memoryProjection}`, { signal: controller.signal }),
+            api(`/graph/scene?${query(targetWorkspace)}&level=${level}${presentation}${limits}${connectedOnly}${includeCode}${scopedRepo}${asOf}${history}${memoryProjection}`, {
+              signal: controller.signal,
+              timeoutMs: deadline,
+            }),
             assets,
           ]),
           timeoutPromise,
diff --git a/tests/e2e/ledger.spec.js b/tests/e2e/ledger.spec.js
index f10256d5..86a77856 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/ledger.spec.js
+++ b/tests/e2e/ledger.spec.js
@@ -2305,7 +2305,7 @@ test('overview→Every-node readiness failure preserves the committed overview r
   await page.addInitScript(() => {
     const nativeSetTimeout = window.setTimeout.bind(window);
     window.setTimeout = (callback, delay, ...args) => {
-      if (delay === 30_000) return nativeSetTimeout(callback, 120, ...args);
+      if (delay === 90_000) return nativeSetTimeout(callback, 120, ...args);
       return nativeSetTimeout(callback, delay, ...args);
     };
   });
@@ -2386,7 +2386,7 @@ test('successful retry after readiness failure commits exactly one new renderer'
   await page.addInitScript(() => {
     const nativeSetTimeout = window.setTimeout.bind(window);
     window.setTimeout = (callback, delay, ...args) => {
-      if (delay === 30_000) return nativeSetTimeout(callback, 120, ...args);
+      if (delay === 90_000) return nativeSetTimeout(callback, 120, ...args);
       return nativeSetTimeout(callback, delay, ...args);
     };
   });
diff --git a/tests/test_dashboard_v2.py b/tests/test_dashboard_v2.py
index 3811570e..f6a0f0d1 100644
--- a/tests/test_dashboard_v2.py
+++ b/tests/test_dashboard_v2.py
@@ -1044,6 +1044,7 @@ def test_graph_load_is_bounded_single_flight_and_retryable(monkeypatch, tmp_path
         assert "const GRAPH_ALL_NODE_LIMIT = 20_000;" in script.text
         assert "const GRAPH_ALL_EDGE_LIMIT = 200_000;" in script.text
         assert "const GRAPH_LOAD_TIMEOUT_MS = 60_000;" in script.text
+        assert "const GRAPH_FULL_LOAD_TIMEOUT_MS = 90_000;" in script.text
         assert "AbortController" in script.text
         assert "state.graphLoadPromise" in script.text
         assert "graphLoadRepo: ''" in script.text
@@ -1061,6 +1062,7 @@ def test_graph_load_is_bounded_single_flight_and_retryable(monkeypatch, tmp_path
         assert "previousController.abort()" in script.text
         assert "Promise.race([" in script.text
         assert "timeoutPromise" in script.text
+        assert "timeoutMs: deadline" in script.text
         assert "/graph/scene?" in script.text
         assert "&level=${level}" in script.text
         assert "&include_memory_nodes=false" in script.text