diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0f44d03..b6e549c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -604,8 +604,10 @@ provide:
 - `script/build` — build the `secret` binary into the repo root, stamping the
   version (`VERSION` from the environment, else `git describe`) and the git
   commit
-- `script/test` — run `go vet` and the test suite (verbose rerun on failure),
-  every test on every run, never a result from Go's test cache
+- `script/test` — run `go vet`, then the test suite with the race detector, a
+  30-second timeout per package and coverage, every test on every run, never a
+  result from Go's test cache; on failure it reruns the tests verbosely for the
+  details and fails even when the rerun passes
 - `script/lint` — run `golangci-lint` in docker only: builds `Dockerfile.lint`,
   where the linter is a build step that runs on every call, also on an unchanged
   tree
diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index e386516..fb587e5 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@ https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/secret/milestone/12
 
 # Completed Steps
 
+- 2026-10-06: `script/test` runs the tests with the race detector, a 30-second
+  timeout per package and coverage, as `REPO_POLICIES.md` requires
+  (https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/secret/issues/32). When they fail, it reruns them
+  verbosely for the details and then fails anyway, so a test that fails once and
+  passes on the retry no longer gives a green build. `go vet` still runs first,
+  and every `go test` keeps `-count=1`. The tests that gave the `secret` binary
+  a minute now give it 10 seconds, and the PGP unlocker test's 30-second timer
+  is 10 seconds, so a test that hangs fails with its own message before the
+  package's 30-second timeout ends every test in it.
 - 2026-10-06: `make test` in `script/cibuild` no longer compiles the standard
   library and every dependency from nothing on every build
   (https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/secret/issues/124). The `Dockerfile` runs it and
diff --git a/internal/cli/entry_test.go b/internal/cli/entry_test.go
index 0e036cd..3889936 100644
--- a/internal/cli/entry_test.go
+++ b/internal/cli/entry_test.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/awnumar/memguard"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -52,7 +51,7 @@ func TestInterruptExitsThroughMemguard(t *testing.T) {
 
 	const waitingForValue = "Reading secret value from stdin"
 
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(t.Context(), time.Minute)
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(t.Context(), commandWait)
 	defer cancel()
 
 	wd, err := filepath.Abs("../..")
diff --git a/internal/cli/integration_test.go b/internal/cli/integration_test.go
index df140a8..3507aa6 100644
--- a/internal/cli/integration_test.go
+++ b/internal/cli/integration_test.go
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ const (
 	// testMnemonic is a standard BIP39 mnemonic used for testing
 	//nolint:dupword // BIP39 test mnemonic intentionally repeats a word
 	testMnemonic = "abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon about"
+
+	// commandWait is how long a test lets the secret binary run before it
+	// kills it and fails. It stays well under the 30 seconds script/test
+	// gives the whole package, so a command that hangs fails the test with
+	// the test's own message instead of Go's timeout panic.
+	commandWait = 10 * time.Second
 )
 
 // errEmptyValue indicates a concurrent reader received an empty secret value.
@@ -2583,7 +2589,7 @@ func TestRemoveWithoutTerminalFailsAtOnce(t *testing.T) {
 		_ = stdin.Close()
 	}()
 
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(t.Context(), time.Minute)
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(t.Context(), commandWait)
 	defer cancel()
 
 	cmd, secretDir := secretRmCommand(ctx, t)
@@ -2602,9 +2608,10 @@ func TestRemoveWithoutTerminalFailsAtOnce(t *testing.T) {
 // the answer is read from. pty.Open returns the two ends of a new terminal:
 // tty is the end a program uses as its terminal, and ptmx the end the test
 // reads what the terminal shows from and types into. Reading ptmx stops at
-// the context's deadline, when secret rm is killed too, so a terminal that
-// stays open fails the test then instead of hanging it. The deadline works
-// only while ptmx stays non-blocking, as pty.Open of the github.com/creack/pty
+// the context's deadline, commandWait (10 seconds) after the test starts,
+// when secret rm is killed too, so a terminal that stays open fails the test
+// then with its own message instead of hanging it. The deadline works only
+// while ptmx stays non-blocking, as pty.Open of the github.com/creack/pty
 // commit in go.mod leaves it: calling ptmx.Fd() or going back to v1.1.24
 // makes the read ignore the deadline, without any error.
 
@@ -2614,7 +2621,7 @@ func TestRemoveWithoutTerminalFailsAtOnce(t *testing.T) {
 func TestRemoveIgnoresTerminalOnStdout(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(t.Context(), time.Minute)
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(t.Context(), commandWait)
 	defer cancel()
 
 	cmd, secretDir := secretRmCommand(ctx, t)
@@ -2638,12 +2645,13 @@ func TestRemoveIgnoresTerminalOnStdout(t *testing.T) {
 	// The read ends once secret rm has exited and so closed the terminal.
 	shown, err := io.ReadAll(ptmx)
 	require.NotErrorIs(t, err, os.ErrDeadlineExceeded,
-		"the terminal was still open a minute after secret rm started: %s",
-		shown)
+		"the terminal was still open %s after secret rm started: %s",
+		commandWait, shown)
 
 	err = cmd.Wait()
 
-	require.NoError(t, ctx.Err(), "secret rm did not exit within a minute")
+	require.NoError(t, ctx.Err(), "secret rm did not exit within %s",
+		commandWait)
 	require.Error(t, err)
 	assert.Contains(t, string(shown), "pass --force")
 	assert.DirExists(t, secretDir)
@@ -2654,7 +2662,7 @@ func TestRemoveIgnoresTerminalOnStdout(t *testing.T) {
 func TestRemoveAsksAtTerminalOnStdin(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(t.Context(), time.Minute)
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(t.Context(), commandWait)
 	defer cancel()
 
 	cmd, secretDir := secretRmCommand(ctx, t)
diff --git a/internal/secret/pgpunlock_test.go b/internal/secret/pgpunlock_test.go
index 72d1e30..cd2b955 100644
--- a/internal/secret/pgpunlock_test.go
+++ b/internal/secret/pgpunlock_test.go
@@ -317,8 +317,8 @@ func testCreatePGPUnlocker(
 	t.Helper()
 
 	// Set a limited test timeout to avoid hanging
-	timer := time.AfterFunc(30*time.Second, func() {
-		t.Fatalf("Test timed out after 30 seconds")
+	timer := time.AfterFunc(10*time.Second, func() {
+		t.Fatalf("Test timed out after 10 seconds")
 	})
 	defer timer.Stop()
 
diff --git a/script/test b/script/test
index 7a48c8b..f2a4ff4 100755
--- a/script/test
+++ b/script/test
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-# script/test: run the test suite (vet first, verbose rerun on failure).
+# script/test: run the test suite (vet first, then the tests with the race
+# detector; a verbose rerun on failure).
 set -eu
 
 ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"
@@ -10,8 +11,12 @@ main() {
     export CGO_ENABLED=1
     go vet ./...
     # -count=1: run every test, never take a result from Go's test cache,
-    # which the Dockerfile keeps between builds
-    go test -count=1 ./... || go test -count=1 -v ./...
+    # which the Dockerfile keeps between builds. The rerun only prints
+    # details: `exit 1` keeps the script failing even if a flaky test
+    # passes on the second attempt.
+    go test -count=1 -timeout 30s -race -cover ./... || \
+        { echo "--- Rerunning with -v for details ---"; \
+          go test -count=1 -timeout 30s -race -v ./...; exit 1; }
 }
 
 main "$@"