diff --git a/codex-rs/core/tests/common/responses.rs b/codex-rs/core/tests/common/responses.rs
index 07aaff5aab..511c0b5b03 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core/tests/common/responses.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/tests/common/responses.rs
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ impl ResponsesRequest {
     /// If present, returns the `output` string of the `function_call_output`
     /// entry matching `call_id` in this request's `input`.
     pub fn function_call_output_text(&self, call_id: &str) -> Option<String> {
-        let item = self.input().iter().find(|item| {
+        let binding = self.input();
+        let item = binding.iter().find(|item| {
             item.get("type").and_then(Value::as_str) == Some("function_call_output")
                 && item.get("call_id").and_then(Value::as_str) == Some(call_id)
         })?;
diff --git a/codex-rs/core/tests/suite/abort_tasks.rs b/codex-rs/core/tests/suite/abort_tasks.rs
index 6be8a98a33..c9d595088a 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core/tests/suite/abort_tasks.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/tests/suite/abort_tasks.rs
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ async fn interrupt_tool_records_history_entries() {
     let fixture = test_codex().build(&server).await.unwrap();
     let codex = Arc::clone(&fixture.codex);
 
-    let wait_timeout = Duration::from_secs(0.1);
+    let wait_timeout = Duration::from_millis(100);
 
     codex
         .submit(Op::UserInput {