# 192-passkey-test-speedup: Passkey test speedup

Goal: trim approvals passkey_fetch test cost

Steps:
1. Read 189 result notes in done/189-suite-green-reverify.md.* for the approvals passkey_fetch target (~0.5s). 2. On a feature branch: reduce spawns/sleeps (inproc pattern where proven) keeping all assertions identical (never weaken tests); run the file until green. If cost is load-bearing live observation, report that instead. Done criteria: result notes list before/after seconds + pass count, or exact blocking failure.

Done criteria: result notes appended below; file moved to done/.

Result notes (append below before moving to done/):

Completed 2026-10-09T04:46:04Z via box tasks done:
NO-TRIM, load-bearing live observation (per task: report instead). passkey_fetch stable 0.53-0.56s x3: the cost is a real SSH attempt to 34.139.37.135 (BatchMode, ConnectTimeout=3) which fails closed without keys and exercises the fallback-JSON branch the test asserts (fetched False, operator_command present). Stubbing subprocess would stop observing the live fetch/timeout behavior = weakening; tightening prod SSH timeouts risks slow networks. Already inproc (156); nothing left to trim test-side. File: 24 passed in 2.63s. No code changes.