From 96f03e57b91f6d28eecaf5b6399d10e23b813e7f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Drew Stone <drewstone329@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:26:17 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] fix(release): allow measured improvement lifecycle duration

---
 package.json                    | 2 +-
 tests/improvement-cycle.test.ts | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a94d0b2c..7e33ed47 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@tangle-network/agent-runtime",
-  "version": "0.96.0",
+  "version": "0.96.1",
   "description": "Shared task-lifecycle skeleton for agents: a recursive loop kernel for chat turns, one-shot tasks, and multi-attempt loops, with trace capture and eval-gated self-improvement. Domain behavior lives in adapters; scoring and ship-gates in @tangle-network/agent-eval.",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/tangle-network/agent-runtime#readme",
   "repository": {
diff --git a/tests/improvement-cycle.test.ts b/tests/improvement-cycle.test.ts
index 7002bdbf..9953b80c 100644
--- a/tests/improvement-cycle.test.ts
+++ b/tests/improvement-cycle.test.ts
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ describe('agent improvement lifecycle', () => {
     expect(activationResult.outcome.status).toBe('applied')
     expect(profile.prompt?.systemPrompt).not.toBe('PROMOTED')
     await result.improvement.dispose()
-  })
+  }, 15_000)
 
   it('rejects an experiment that substitutes a different candidate', async () => {
     const seed = createCandidateExperimentFixture()
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ describe('agent improvement lifecycle', () => {
     expect(() =>
       verifyAgentImprovementActivation({ proposal, review, activation: impossibleExpiry }),
     ).toThrow(/expiry must follow/)
-  })
+  }, 15_000)
 
   it('keeps protected trace identities coherent after redaction', async () => {
     const rig = createCandidateExperimentFixture({