diff --git a/.github/workflows/desktop-package.yml b/.github/workflows/desktop-package.yml
index ce8929993e..50e7bdf341 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/desktop-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/desktop-package.yml
@@ -957,7 +957,11 @@ jobs:
             --clobber
           # A successful HTTP response can still contain the previous CDN object.
           # Retry content validation as well as transport failures after replacement.
-          for attempt in {1..12}; do
+          # GitHub's release CDN can take several minutes to converge after a
+          # clobber, so keep the failure bound at five minutes instead of
+          # treating a transient stale object as a failed release.
+          max_readback_attempts=60
+          for ((attempt = 1; attempt <= max_readback_attempts; attempt++)); do
             if curl -fsSL --max-time 30 \
               "https://github.com/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/releases/download/channel-v1-beta/latest-v1.json" \
               -o channel-v1-beta.published.json && \
@@ -966,8 +970,8 @@ jobs:
               echo "Beta channel manifest verified: ${CANDIDATE_VERSION}"
               exit 0
             fi
-            echo "Beta channel manifest is not ready (attempt ${attempt}/12)."
-            if [[ "${attempt}" -lt 12 ]]; then sleep 5; fi
+            echo "Beta channel manifest is not ready (attempt ${attempt}/${max_readback_attempts})."
+            if [[ "${attempt}" -lt "${max_readback_attempts}" ]]; then sleep 5; fi
           done
           echo "Beta channel manifest did not converge to ${CANDIDATE_VERSION}." >&2
           exit 1
diff --git a/scripts/check-github-config.test.mjs b/scripts/check-github-config.test.mjs
index de213f6491..280733ddcc 100644
--- a/scripts/check-github-config.test.mjs
+++ b/scripts/check-github-config.test.mjs
@@ -1437,7 +1437,7 @@ fs.writeFileSync(output, content);
     });
     assert.equal(result.status, scenario === 'stale' ? 1 : 0, `${scenario}: ${result.stderr}`);
     const requests = Number(readFileSync(path.join(cwd, 'requests'), 'utf8'));
-    assert.ok(requests > 1 && requests <= 12, `${scenario}: bounded content retries`);
+    assert.ok(requests > 1 && requests <= 60, `${scenario}: bounded content retries`);
     if (scenario === 'stale') assert.match(result.stderr, /did not converge/);
   }
 });