diff --git a/apps/server/src/provider/Layers/ClaudeProvider.ts b/apps/server/src/provider/Layers/ClaudeProvider.ts
index 7c8a4c27a6e..60836210b5d 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/provider/Layers/ClaudeProvider.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/provider/Layers/ClaudeProvider.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import {
 
 import {
   buildServerProvider,
+  AUTH_PROBE_TIMEOUT_MS,
   DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS,
   detailFromResult,
   extractAuthBoolean,
@@ -674,7 +675,7 @@ export const checkClaudeProviderStatus = Effect.fn("checkClaudeProviderStatus")(
   // ── Auth check + subscription detection ────────────────────────────
 
   const authProbe = yield* runClaudeCommand(["auth", "status"]).pipe(
-    Effect.timeoutOption(DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS),
+    Effect.timeoutOption(AUTH_PROBE_TIMEOUT_MS),
     Effect.result,
   );
 
diff --git a/apps/server/src/provider/providerSnapshot.ts b/apps/server/src/provider/providerSnapshot.ts
index 068b7c11578..fcea249e6ef 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/provider/providerSnapshot.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/provider/providerSnapshot.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import { normalizeModelSlug } from "@t3tools/shared/model";
 import { isWindowsCommandNotFound } from "../processRunner.ts";
 
 export const DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS = 4_000;
+// Auth status checks involve disk/network lookups and can be slow on first run (especially Windows)
+export const AUTH_PROBE_TIMEOUT_MS = 10_000;
 
 export interface CommandResult {
   readonly stdout: string;