diff --git a/tests/operator_gui/pages/workbench_page.py b/tests/operator_gui/pages/workbench_page.py
index 4fc5f48..f049a25 100644
--- a/tests/operator_gui/pages/workbench_page.py
+++ b/tests/operator_gui/pages/workbench_page.py
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ SUGGESTED_QUERY_LOADED_STATUS = "추천 쿼리를 입력했습니다. 실행 버
 # Client-side guard message when a reject/correct decision is missing its memo.
 MEMO_REQUIRED_ERROR = "반려 또는 보정 결정에는 메모가 필요합니다."
 
+# Uploading runs the real analysis pipeline server-side (decode, fingerprints,
+# YuNet face detection) before the case appears in the queue, so this path needs
+# far more headroom than a mocked-bootstrap wait. At 10s it passed standalone but
+# failed inside the full suite, where the other specs contend for the same CPU.
+UPLOAD_ANALYSIS_TIMEOUT_MS = 30000
+
 
 class OperatorWorkbench:
     """Drives the operator GUI for browser-level (E2E) assertions."""
@@ -123,7 +129,9 @@ class OperatorWorkbench:
         self.page.get_by_role("button", name="사진 넣기").click()
         return self
 
-    def upload_and_open(self, file_path: str, case_id: str, timeout: int = 10000) -> "OperatorWorkbench":
+    def upload_and_open(
+        self, file_path: str, case_id: str, timeout: int = UPLOAD_ANALYSIS_TIMEOUT_MS
+    ) -> "OperatorWorkbench":
         """Upload an image and wait until its new case is queued and the workbench opens."""
         self.upload_submission(file_path)
         self.confirm_upload()
diff --git a/tests/operator_gui/test_browser_smoke.py b/tests/operator_gui/test_browser_smoke.py
index e74ddc4..d232f10 100644
--- a/tests/operator_gui/test_browser_smoke.py
+++ b/tests/operator_gui/test_browser_smoke.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import pytest
 
 from .pages import OperatorWorkbench
-from .pages.workbench_page import SUGGESTED_QUERY_LOADED_STATUS
+from .pages.workbench_page import SUGGESTED_QUERY_LOADED_STATUS, UPLOAD_ANALYSIS_TIMEOUT_MS
 
 
 def _bootstrap_payload():
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ def test_browser_uploads_image_and_selects_new_submission(operator_server, opera
     assert workbench.submission_image_name.inner_text() == "smoke upload.svg"
 
     workbench.confirm_upload()
-    workbench.wait_for_case("smoke-upload", state="attached", timeout=10000)
-    workbench.workbench_view.wait_for(state="visible", timeout=10000)
+    workbench.wait_for_case("smoke-upload", state="attached", timeout=UPLOAD_ANALYSIS_TIMEOUT_MS)
+    workbench.workbench_view.wait_for(state="visible", timeout=UPLOAD_ANALYSIS_TIMEOUT_MS)
 
     assert (operator_server.image_root / "images" / "smoke-upload.svg").exists()
     assert (