diff --git a/src/cli/handlers/agent-hooks.test.ts b/src/cli/handlers/agent-hooks.test.ts
index 45a504c5849..e5aea0ab400 100644
--- a/src/cli/handlers/agent-hooks.test.ts
+++ b/src/cli/handlers/agent-hooks.test.ts
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ describe('agent hooks CLI handler', () => {
     expect(callMock).toHaveBeenCalledExactlyOnceWith(
       'agentHooks.prepareCodexForWslPane',
       { codexHome: home, orcaCodexHome: home, wslDistro: 'Ubuntu-24.04' },
-      { timeoutMs: 10_000 }
+      { timeoutMs: 40_000 }
     )
     expect(prepareManagedCodexHomeBeforeShellLaunchMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
diff --git a/src/cli/handlers/agent-hooks.ts b/src/cli/handlers/agent-hooks.ts
index 78a2d344baf..c7105a26f76 100644
--- a/src/cli/handlers/agent-hooks.ts
+++ b/src/cli/handlers/agent-hooks.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ type AgentHookCommandResult = {
   statuses: AgentHookInstallStatus[]
 }
 
+// Covers the 5s WSL identity probe, 30s trust grant, and bounded app-server reap.
+const WSL_CODEX_PREPARE_TIMEOUT_MS = 40_000
+
 function getDataPath(): string {
   const userDataPath = getDefaultUserDataPath()
   const indexPath = join(userDataPath, 'orca-profile-index.json')
@@ -216,7 +219,7 @@ export const AGENT_HOOK_HANDLERS: Record<string, CommandHandler> = {
             orcaCodexHome: process.env.ORCA_CODEX_HOME ?? '',
             wslDistro: process.env.WSL_DISTRO_NAME
           },
-          { timeoutMs: 10_000 }
+          { timeoutMs: WSL_CODEX_PREPARE_TIMEOUT_MS }
         )
       } catch {
         // Best effort: old or unavailable runtimes must not block Codex launch.