fix(e2e): add a globalTimeout under the 45m CI cap

playwright.config.ts

@@ -35,6 +35,17 @@ export default defineConfig({
 	// beforeEach. Each such test is verified to pass in isolation, so a retry
 	// recovers from state-isolation races, not from a product defect.
 	retries: 1,
+	// The shared quality.yml Playwright job is `timeout-minutes: 45`, and a job
+	// cancelled by that cap produces NO verdict: Playwright never prints its
+	// tally, the `if: failure()` trace upload never fires, and the
+	// `if: always()` report upload does not run on a cancelled job either — the
+	// run you most need to read is the one that leaves nothing behind, and it
+	// still renders as "fail" in `gh pr checks` while carrying no information.
+	// Runs cancelled at ~45m16s have been observed in this fleet. Measured
+	// overhead before `Run Playwright tests` starts is 2.0-2.4 min and the
+	// uploads after it take seconds, so 38m keeps ~7 min of margin while
+	// guaranteeing both a tally and the artifacts that explain it.
+	globalTimeout: 38 * 60_000,
 	reporter: process.env.CI ? [['list'], ['html', { open: 'never' }]] : [['list']],
 	timeout: 60_000,
 	expect: { timeout: 15_000 },