diff --git a/tools/coturn-test-check.sh b/tools/coturn-test-check.sh
index 87e87e7..d1a7f66 100755
--- a/tools/coturn-test-check.sh
+++ b/tools/coturn-test-check.sh
@@ -179,10 +179,16 @@ else
         # confirmed correctly reporting success (exit 0, real packet-loss
         # stats) with valid credentials and failure ("Cannot complete
         # Allocation", exit 255) with a wrong password.
-        OUT="$(docker exec coturn timeout 10 turnutils_uclient -u "$_u" -w "$_p" -y "$TEST_HOST" -p "$COTURN_PORT" 2>&1)"
+        OUT="$(docker exec coturn timeout 20 turnutils_uclient -u "$_u" -w "$_p" -y "$TEST_HOST" -p "$COTURN_PORT" 2>&1)"
         RC=$?
         if [ "$RC" -eq 0 ]; then
             ok "$c: TURN allocation succeeded (credentials + relay range + reachability all confirmed working)"
+        elif [ "$RC" -eq 124 ]; then
+            # timeout(1)'s own exit code — no error was printed yet when the
+            # clock ran out, so this isn't a reported failure like "Cannot
+            # complete Allocation" would be. Worth a look, not a hard FAIL.
+            warn "$c: TURN test didn't finish within 20s (no error printed — likely still negotiating). Raw output so far:"
+            echo "$OUT" | tail -n 15 | sed 's/^/         /'
         else
             fail "$c: TURN allocation failed (exit $RC) — raw output:"
             echo "$OUT" | tail -n 15 | sed 's/^/         /'
diff --git a/tools/pstn-test-check.sh b/tools/pstn-test-check.sh
index 58f781a..5a75919 100755
--- a/tools/pstn-test-check.sh
+++ b/tools/pstn-test-check.sh
@@ -232,9 +232,19 @@ else
         # packet-loss stats) with valid credentials and correctly fails
         # ("Cannot complete Allocation", exit 255) with a wrong password —
         # a real pass/fail signal, not just "didn't crash."
-        OUT="$(docker exec "$COTURN_CONTAINER" timeout 10 turnutils_uclient -u "$TURN_USERNAME" -w "$TURN_PASSWORD" -y 127.0.0.1 -p "${TURN_PORT:-3478}" 2>&1)"
-        if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+        OUT="$(docker exec "$COTURN_CONTAINER" timeout 20 turnutils_uclient -u "$TURN_USERNAME" -w "$TURN_PASSWORD" -y 127.0.0.1 -p "${TURN_PORT:-3478}" 2>&1)"
+        RC=$?
+        if [ "$RC" -eq 0 ]; then
             ok "Live TURN allocation succeeded with Asterisk's own configured credentials (user '$TURN_USERNAME')"
+        elif [ "$RC" -eq 124 ]; then
+            # timeout(1)'s own exit code — the process was still running
+            # (no error printed yet) when the clock ran out, not a reported
+            # failure. Different from an actual auth/allocation error, so
+            # don't conflate the two — a real error prints its own message
+            # (e.g. "Cannot complete Allocation") well before this.
+            warn "TURN test with Asterisk's credentials didn't finish within 20s (no error printed — likely still negotiating). Raw output so far:"
+            echo "$OUT" | tail -n 15 | sed 's/^/         /'
+            warn "Try running manually with more time: docker exec $COTURN_CONTAINER turnutils_uclient -u $TURN_USERNAME -w $TURN_PASSWORD -y 127.0.0.1 -p ${TURN_PORT:-3478}"
         else
             fail "Live TURN allocation FAILED with Asterisk's configured credentials — raw output:"
             echo "$OUT" | tail -n 15 | sed 's/^/         /'