diff --git a/packages/lint/src/lazy-deps.test.ts b/packages/lint/src/lazy-deps.test.ts
index fb1dec22892..d209cddc776 100644
--- a/packages/lint/src/lazy-deps.test.ts
+++ b/packages/lint/src/lazy-deps.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2026 ObjectStack. Licensed under the Apache-2.0 license.
+// test-budget: 30 — whole-package import: the in-process case imports the whole @objectstack/lint barrel cold, so the file's floor is vitest's transform of that graph and of every inlined @objectstack/spec dist bundle it reaches, and the two built-dist probes each spawn node once; slowest CI reading 18.0 s (hourly run 38267594064) x 1.25, rounded up
 //
 // Boot-path contract: importing @objectstack/lint must NOT load its heavy,
 // gate-only dependencies. The package sits on the kernel boot path, while each
diff --git a/packages/lint/src/runtime-lazy-deps.test.ts b/packages/lint/src/runtime-lazy-deps.test.ts
index 2cbe3abb70c..d8e06f055a4 100644
--- a/packages/lint/src/runtime-lazy-deps.test.ts
+++ b/packages/lint/src/runtime-lazy-deps.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2026 ObjectStack. Licensed under the Apache-2.0 license.
+// test-budget: 30 — whole-package import: the in-process cases import the @objectstack/lint/runtime entry cold, which reaches the whole gate graph, so the file's floor is vitest's transform of it and of every inlined @objectstack/spec dist bundle it reaches, and the three built-dist probes each spawn node once; slowest CI reading 19.2 s (hourly run 38314183560) x 1.25, rounded up
 //
 // The kernel boot-path contract for `@objectstack/lint/runtime` (#4463).
 //