diff --git a/src/signer/nip46_client.rs b/src/signer/nip46_client.rs
index 94e011f..198b3c4 100644
--- a/src/signer/nip46_client.rs
+++ b/src/signer/nip46_client.rs
@@ -2333,8 +2333,15 @@ impl Nip46ClientSigner {
                     let app = app.lock().await;
                     crate::relays::enabled_urls(&app.settings)
                 };
+                // Outer budget must exceed the inner worst case:
+                // fetch_profile_metadata waits up to 10s for the pool to
+                // connect (relay.nostr.band is a known handshake-hanger and
+                // sits in the user's relay list), then fetches per relay.
+                // A 10s outer timeout killed the task during the connect
+                // wait — live Sep 25: nos.lol held the account's kind-0
+                // ('web5osint') but the profile kept the seed label.
                 let meta = match tokio::time::timeout(
-                    Duration::from_secs(10),
+                    Duration::from_secs(30),
                     tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || {
                         profiles::fetch_profile_metadata(&identity, &relays_for_meta)
                     }),