diff --git a/.yarn/patches/@acala-network-chopsticks-utils-npm-1.4.0-abeade0cda.patch b/.yarn/patches/@acala-network-chopsticks-utils-npm-1.4.0-abeade0cda.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ca6e38fe6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.yarn/patches/@acala-network-chopsticks-utils-npm-1.4.0-abeade0cda.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+diff --git a/dist/cjs/index.d.ts b/dist/cjs/index.d.ts
+index e072ffe6156827581272398cf9acd9352d1b502b..ecec2991498332c287c47f35546932126141b001 100644
+--- a/dist/cjs/index.d.ts
++++ b/dist/cjs/index.d.ts
+@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ export type SetupOption = {
+     db?: string;
+     /** Connection timeout in milliseconds */
+     timeout?: number;
++    /** Upstream RPC timeout in milliseconds (chopsticks -> upstream/proxy). Forwarded as rpc-timeout. */
++    rpcTimeout?: number;
+     /** Host address to bind the server to */
+     host?: string;
+     /** Port number to bind the server to */
+@@ -52,7 +54,7 @@ export type SetupConfig = Config & {
+  * @param options - Setup options for the network
+  * @returns Configuration object compatible with chopsticks
+  */
+-export declare const createConfig: ({ endpoint, blockNumber, blockHash, wasmOverride, db, timeout, host, port, maxMemoryBlockCount, resume, runtimeLogLevel, allowUnresolvedImports, processQueuedMessages, saveBlock, }: SetupOption) => SetupConfig;
++export declare const createConfig: ({ endpoint, blockNumber, blockHash, wasmOverride, db, timeout, rpcTimeout, host, port, maxMemoryBlockCount, resume, runtimeLogLevel, allowUnresolvedImports, processQueuedMessages, saveBlock, }: SetupOption) => SetupConfig;
+ /**
+  * Sets up a blockchain network context using provided options
+  * @param option - Setup options for the network
+diff --git a/dist/cjs/index.js b/dist/cjs/index.js
+index 68a4dfb2ef3443eaf662482bd64d66fbf0f904c2..dce2a4c1cb6a048adef2b41506c7d2b516eae5d7 100644
+--- a/dist/cjs/index.js
++++ b/dist/cjs/index.js
+@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ function _export_star(from, to) {
+ const logger = _chopsticks.defaultLogger.child({
+     name: 'utils'
+ });
+-const createConfig = ({ endpoint, blockNumber, blockHash, wasmOverride, db, timeout, host, port, maxMemoryBlockCount, resume, runtimeLogLevel, allowUnresolvedImports, processQueuedMessages, saveBlock })=>{
++const createConfig = ({ endpoint, blockNumber, blockHash, wasmOverride, db, timeout, rpcTimeout, host, port, maxMemoryBlockCount, resume, runtimeLogLevel, allowUnresolvedImports, processQueuedMessages, saveBlock })=>{
+     // random port if not specified
+     port = port ?? Math.floor(Math.random() * 10000) + 10000;
+     const config = {
+@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ const createConfig = ({ endpoint, blockNumber, blockHash, wasmOverride, db, time
+         db,
+         'wasm-override': wasmOverride,
+         timeout,
++        'rpc-timeout': rpcTimeout,
+         resume: resume ?? false,
+         'allow-unresolved-imports': allowUnresolvedImports,
+         'process-queued-messages': processQueuedMessages,
+diff --git a/dist/esm/index.d.ts b/dist/esm/index.d.ts
+index e072ffe6156827581272398cf9acd9352d1b502b..ecec2991498332c287c47f35546932126141b001 100644
+--- a/dist/esm/index.d.ts
++++ b/dist/esm/index.d.ts
+@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ export type SetupOption = {
+     db?: string;
+     /** Connection timeout in milliseconds */
+     timeout?: number;
++    /** Upstream RPC timeout in milliseconds (chopsticks -> upstream/proxy). Forwarded as rpc-timeout. */
++    rpcTimeout?: number;
+     /** Host address to bind the server to */
+     host?: string;
+     /** Port number to bind the server to */
+@@ -52,7 +54,7 @@ export type SetupConfig = Config & {
+  * @param options - Setup options for the network
+  * @returns Configuration object compatible with chopsticks
+  */
+-export declare const createConfig: ({ endpoint, blockNumber, blockHash, wasmOverride, db, timeout, host, port, maxMemoryBlockCount, resume, runtimeLogLevel, allowUnresolvedImports, processQueuedMessages, saveBlock, }: SetupOption) => SetupConfig;
++export declare const createConfig: ({ endpoint, blockNumber, blockHash, wasmOverride, db, timeout, rpcTimeout, host, port, maxMemoryBlockCount, resume, runtimeLogLevel, allowUnresolvedImports, processQueuedMessages, saveBlock, }: SetupOption) => SetupConfig;
+ /**
+  * Sets up a blockchain network context using provided options
+  * @param option - Setup options for the network
+diff --git a/dist/esm/index.js b/dist/esm/index.js
+index 6509ac6f609c0abcef9996b563181930ae933413..bb2db6a13d46f46cc5d1c7cee53708e3f53b08da 100644
+--- a/dist/esm/index.js
++++ b/dist/esm/index.js
+@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export * from './signFake.js';
+  * Creates a configuration object from setup options
+  * @param options - Setup options for the network
+  * @returns Configuration object compatible with chopsticks
+- */ export const createConfig = ({ endpoint, blockNumber, blockHash, wasmOverride, db, timeout, host, port, maxMemoryBlockCount, resume, runtimeLogLevel, allowUnresolvedImports, processQueuedMessages, saveBlock })=>{
++ */ export const createConfig = ({ endpoint, blockNumber, blockHash, wasmOverride, db, timeout, rpcTimeout, host, port, maxMemoryBlockCount, resume, runtimeLogLevel, allowUnresolvedImports, processQueuedMessages, saveBlock })=>{
+     // random port if not specified
+     port = port ?? Math.floor(Math.random() * 10000) + 10000;
+     const config = {
+@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export * from './signFake.js';
+         db,
+         'wasm-override': wasmOverride,
+         timeout,
++        'rpc-timeout': rpcTimeout,
+         resume: resume ?? false,
+         'allow-unresolved-imports': allowUnresolvedImports,
+         'process-queued-messages': processQueuedMessages,
diff --git a/KNOWN_GOOD_BLOCK_NUMBERS_WESTEND.env b/KNOWN_GOOD_BLOCK_NUMBERS_WESTEND.env
index 010d773f0..0605389b8 100644
--- a/KNOWN_GOOD_BLOCK_NUMBERS_WESTEND.env
+++ b/KNOWN_GOOD_BLOCK_NUMBERS_WESTEND.env
@@ -1 +1 @@
-ASSETHUBWESTEND_BLOCK_NUMBER=15118358
+ASSETHUBWESTEND_BLOCK_NUMBER=15151649
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 01b6469d4..6f087ad77 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@
 		"node-gyp": "^11.0.0",
 		"@polkadot/types@npm:^16.4.1": "patch:@polkadot/types@npm%3A16.5.6#~/.yarn/patches/@polkadot-types-npm-16.5.6-6fe2703ed8.patch",
 		"@polkadot/types@npm:^16.5.4": "patch:@polkadot/types@npm%3A16.5.6#~/.yarn/patches/@polkadot-types-npm-16.5.6-6fe2703ed8.patch",
-		"@polkadot/types@npm:16.5.6": "patch:@polkadot/types@npm%3A16.5.6#~/.yarn/patches/@polkadot-types-npm-16.5.6-6fe2703ed8.patch"
+		"@polkadot/types@npm:16.5.6": "patch:@polkadot/types@npm%3A16.5.6#~/.yarn/patches/@polkadot-types-npm-16.5.6-6fe2703ed8.patch",
+		"@acala-network/chopsticks-utils@npm:1.4.0": "patch:@acala-network/chopsticks-utils@npm%3A1.4.0#~/.yarn/patches/@acala-network-chopsticks-utils-npm-1.4.0-abeade0cda.patch"
 	},
 	"packageManager": "yarn@4.14.1",
 	"dependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/networks/src/defineChain.ts b/packages/networks/src/defineChain.ts
index 12c210913..5fa4fba26 100644
--- a/packages/networks/src/defineChain.ts
+++ b/packages/networks/src/defineChain.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ export function defineChain<
     db: process.env.DB_PATH,
     runtimeLogLevel: process.env.RUNTIME_LOG_LEVEL ? Number(process.env.RUNTIME_LOG_LEVEL) : 0,
     blockNumber: toNumber(process.env[`${upperName}_BLOCK_NUMBER`]),
-    timeout: 60_000,
+    timeout: 90_000,
+    rpcTimeout: 90_000,
     port: 0,
     allowUnresolvedImports: true,
     saveBlock: false,
diff --git a/packages/networks/src/pet-chain-endpoints.json b/packages/networks/src/pet-chain-endpoints.json
index bfbc2e606..b99f61800 100644
--- a/packages/networks/src/pet-chain-endpoints.json
+++ b/packages/networks/src/pet-chain-endpoints.json
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
   "collectivesPolkadot": [
     "wss://sys.ibp.network/collectives-polkadot",
     "wss://collectives-polkadot.dotters.network",
-    "wss://collectives.api.onfinality.io/public-ws",
     "wss://rpc-collectives-polkadot.luckyfriday.io",
     "wss://collectives-polkadot-rpc.n.dwellir.com",
     "wss://dot-rpc.stakeworld.io/collectives",
@@ -131,7 +130,8 @@
     "wss://karura-rpc.n.dwellir.com"
   ],
   "bifrostKusama": [
-    "wss://us.bifrost-rpc.liebi.com/ws"
+    "wss://hk.bifrost-rpc.liebi.com/ws",
+    "wss://bifrost-rpc.liebi.com/ws"
   ],
   "basilisk": [
     "wss://basilisk-rpc.n.dwellir.com",
diff --git a/vitest.config.mts b/vitest.config.mts
index e5908fa20..613be8d29 100644
--- a/vitest.config.mts
+++ b/vitest.config.mts
@@ -20,6 +20,22 @@ export default defineConfig({
 		passWithNoTests: true,
 		retry: 1,
 		reporters: process.env.GITHUB_ACTIONS ? ['verbose', 'github-actions'] : ['default'],
+		// Excluded chains:
+		//
+		// - bifrostKusama: only Liebi public endpoint (us./hk./generic) is configured,
+		//   and the only currently-reachable host prunes the state CI needs.
+		// - acala: Subway hardcodes its per-upstream request_timeout to 30s and
+		//   doesn't expose it in `ClientConfig`, so heavy Acala storage queries
+		//   that take >30s force Subway to cycle through the 3 Liebi endpoints,
+		//   none of which respond inside the chopsticks rpcTimeout (90s here).
+		//   Unblock via an upstream Subway fix (`request_timeout` in YAML).
+		exclude: [
+			'**/node_modules/**',
+			'**/.git/**',
+			'packages/kusama/src/bifrostKusama.*.test.ts',
+			'packages/kusama/src/karura.bifrostKusama.xcm.test.ts',
+			'packages/polkadot/src/acala.*.test.ts',
+		],
 	},
 	build: {
 		outDir: '../../dist',
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 9f48f44d3..c59cbc4cf 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -81,6 +81,24 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
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+  version: 1.4.0
+  resolution: "@acala-network/chopsticks-utils@patch:@acala-network/chopsticks-utils@npm%3A1.4.0#~/.yarn/patches/@acala-network-chopsticks-utils-npm-1.4.0-abeade0cda.patch::version=1.4.0&hash=cb2edc"
+  dependencies:
+    "@acala-network/chopsticks": "npm:1.4.0"
+    "@acala-network/chopsticks-core": "npm:1.4.0"
+    "@polkadot-labs/hdkd": "npm:^0.0.19"
+    "@polkadot-labs/hdkd-helpers": "npm:^0.0.19"
+    "@polkadot/api": "npm:^16.4.1"
+    "@polkadot/api-base": "npm:^16.4.1"
+    "@polkadot/keyring": "npm:^14.0.1"
+    "@polkadot/types": "npm:^16.4.1"
+    "@polkadot/util": "npm:^14.0.1"
+    polkadot-api: "npm:^1.14.1"
+  checksum: 10c0/e3276c0bbe8ab4b8c2c366eee9595807f1fbaf0bd4e34c52ab65edb39c63d959254518549ab7fc41cc4e8be9dfb2573644506eddbff2e1500f36c7a6779ec325
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "@acala-network/chopsticks@npm:1.4.0, @acala-network/chopsticks@npm:^1.4.0":
   version: 1.4.0
   resolution: "@acala-network/chopsticks@npm:1.4.0"