[omercangumus]

What

A timeout in the packaging smoke test no longer looks like a clean exit. Routing checks still accept a timeout when they mean to.

Why

A hung command could satisfy exitCode === 0, so the packaging check could pass for the wrong reason. Closes #1795.

How

• Return exitCode: null alongside timedOut: true.
• Test a deliberately hanging Node process and confirm it cannot report success.
• Give --version and --help a longer cold-start window on Windows.

Checks

• npm run build and npm run lint passed.
• Packaging smoke test: 32/32 passed with --hookTimeout 60000 for Windows cleanup.
• ESLint on the changed file: 0 errors, 2 existing console warnings.
• The full local suite hit unrelated Windows failures in gh-aw and first-run tests; I stopped it after those failures. I am not counting it as passed.

Only a test file changed, so no changeset is needed.

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🛫 PR Readiness Check

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PR Scope: 🔧 Infrastructure

⚠️ 3 item(s) to address before review

Status	Check	Details
❌	Single commit	5 commits — consider squashing before review
✅	Not in draft	Ready for review
✅	Branch up to date	Up to date with dev
❌	Copilot review	No Copilot review yet — it may still be processing
✅	Changeset present	No source files changed — changeset not required
✅	Scope clean	No .squad/ or docs/proposals/ files
✅	No merge conflicts	No merge conflicts
✅	Copilot threads resolved	No Copilot review threads
❌	CI passing	13 check(s) still running

Files Changed (1 file, +23 −12)

File	+/−
test/cli-packaging-smoke.test.ts	+23 −12

Total: +23 −12

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🟢 Impact Analysis — PR #2289

Risk tier: 🟢 LOW

📊 Summary

Metric	Count
Files changed	1
Files added	0
Files modified	1
Files deleted	0
Modules touched	1

🎯 Risk Factors

• 1 files changed (≤5 → LOW)
• 1 module(s) touched (≤1 → LOW)

📦 Modules Affected

tests (1 file)

• test/cli-packaging-smoke.test.ts

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