diff --git a/app/Jobs/CaptureBaselineSnapshotJob.php b/app/Jobs/CaptureBaselineSnapshotJob.php
index f1c175f..1b6cc7f 100644
--- a/app/Jobs/CaptureBaselineSnapshotJob.php
+++ b/app/Jobs/CaptureBaselineSnapshotJob.php
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ class CaptureBaselineSnapshotJob implements ShouldQueue
 {
     use Dispatchable, InteractsWithQueue, Queueable, SerializesModels;
 
+    public int $timeout = 300;
+
     public ?OperationRun $operationRun = null;
 
     public function __construct(
diff --git a/app/Jobs/CompareBaselineToTenantJob.php b/app/Jobs/CompareBaselineToTenantJob.php
index 2571ea5..f3d274c 100644
--- a/app/Jobs/CompareBaselineToTenantJob.php
+++ b/app/Jobs/CompareBaselineToTenantJob.php
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ class CompareBaselineToTenantJob implements ShouldQueue
 {
     use Dispatchable, InteractsWithQueue, Queueable, SerializesModels;
 
+    public int $timeout = 300;
+
     /**
      * @var array<int, string>
      */
diff --git a/config/queue.php b/config/queue.php
index 79c2c0a..8122132 100644
--- a/config/queue.php
+++ b/config/queue.php
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
             'connection' => env('DB_QUEUE_CONNECTION'),
             'table' => env('DB_QUEUE_TABLE', 'jobs'),
             'queue' => env('DB_QUEUE', 'default'),
-            'retry_after' => (int) env('DB_QUEUE_RETRY_AFTER', 90),
+            'retry_after' => (int) env('DB_QUEUE_RETRY_AFTER', 600),
             'after_commit' => false,
         ],
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
             'driver' => 'beanstalkd',
             'host' => env('BEANSTALKD_QUEUE_HOST', 'localhost'),
             'queue' => env('BEANSTALKD_QUEUE', 'default'),
-            'retry_after' => (int) env('BEANSTALKD_QUEUE_RETRY_AFTER', 90),
+            'retry_after' => (int) env('BEANSTALKD_QUEUE_RETRY_AFTER', 600),
             'block_for' => 0,
             'after_commit' => false,
         ],
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
             'driver' => 'redis',
             'connection' => env('REDIS_QUEUE_CONNECTION', 'default'),
             'queue' => env('REDIS_QUEUE', 'default'),
-            'retry_after' => (int) env('REDIS_QUEUE_RETRY_AFTER', 90),
+            'retry_after' => (int) env('REDIS_QUEUE_RETRY_AFTER', 600),
             'block_for' => null,
             'after_commit' => false,
         ],
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Operations/BaselineQueueRuntimeGuardTest.php b/tests/Feature/Operations/BaselineQueueRuntimeGuardTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca4727c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Feature/Operations/BaselineQueueRuntimeGuardTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+use App\Jobs\CaptureBaselineSnapshotJob;
+use App\Jobs\CompareBaselineToTenantJob;
+use App\Models\OperationRun;
+
+it('keeps baseline jobs within a safe queue timeout and retry window', function (): void {
+    $captureJob = new CaptureBaselineSnapshotJob(new OperationRun);
+    $compareJob = new CompareBaselineToTenantJob(new OperationRun);
+
+    $databaseRetryAfter = (int) config('queue.connections.database.retry_after');
+    $maximumJobTimeout = max($captureJob->timeout, $compareJob->timeout);
+
+    expect($captureJob->timeout)->toBe(300)
+        ->and($compareJob->timeout)->toBe(300)
+        ->and($databaseRetryAfter)->toBeGreaterThan($maximumJobTimeout)
+        ->and($databaseRetryAfter)->toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(600);
+});