diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index 6f4c58be..51717f4a 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@openrouter/spawn",
-  "version": "0.15.26",
+  "version": "0.15.27",
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {
     "spawn": "cli.js"
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/digitalocean/digitalocean.ts b/packages/cli/src/digitalocean/digitalocean.ts
index ade66a64..a14db974 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/digitalocean/digitalocean.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/digitalocean/digitalocean.ts
@@ -1009,7 +1009,7 @@ export async function waitForSshOnly(ip?: string): Promise<void> {
 
 // ─── SSH Execution ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-export async function waitForCloudInit(ip?: string, _maxAttempts = 60): Promise<void> {
+export async function waitForCloudInit(ip?: string, maxAttempts = 60): Promise<void> {
   const serverIp = ip || _state.serverIp;
   const selectedKeys = await ensureSshKeys();
   const keyOpts = getSshKeyOpts(selectedKeys);
@@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ export async function waitForCloudInit(ip?: string, _maxAttempts = 60): Promise<
   }
 
   // Fallback poll if streaming failed (e.g. log file not yet created)
-  for (let attempt = 1; attempt <= 20; attempt++) {
+  for (let attempt = 1; attempt <= maxAttempts; attempt++) {
     try {
       const proc = Bun.spawn(
         [
@@ -1093,7 +1093,7 @@ export async function waitForCloudInit(ip?: string, _maxAttempts = 60): Promise<
     } catch {
       /* ignore */
     }
-    logStepInline(`Cloud-init in progress (${attempt}/20)`);
+    logStepInline(`Cloud-init in progress (${attempt}/${maxAttempts})`);
     await sleep(5000);
   }
   logStepDone();
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/hetzner/hetzner.ts b/packages/cli/src/hetzner/hetzner.ts
index f1048592..f0718975 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/hetzner/hetzner.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/hetzner/hetzner.ts
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ export async function createServer(
 
 // ─── SSH Execution ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-export async function waitForCloudInit(ip?: string, _maxAttempts = 60): Promise<void> {
+export async function waitForCloudInit(ip?: string, maxAttempts = 60): Promise<void> {
   const serverIp = ip || _state.serverIp;
   const selectedKeys = await ensureSshKeys();
   const keyOpts = getSshKeyOpts(selectedKeys);
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ export async function waitForCloudInit(ip?: string, _maxAttempts = 60): Promise<
   });
 
   logStep("Waiting for cloud-init to complete...");
-  for (let attempt = 1; attempt <= 60; attempt++) {
+  for (let attempt = 1; attempt <= maxAttempts; attempt++) {
     try {
       const proc = Bun.spawn(
         [
@@ -541,12 +541,12 @@ export async function waitForCloudInit(ip?: string, _maxAttempts = 60): Promise<
     } catch {
       // ignore
     }
-    if (attempt >= 60) {
+    if (attempt >= maxAttempts) {
       logStepDone();
       logWarn("Cloud-init marker not found, continuing anyway...");
       return;
     }
-    logStepInline(`Cloud-init in progress (${attempt}/60)`);
+    logStepInline(`Cloud-init in progress (${attempt}/${maxAttempts})`);
     await sleep(5000);
   }
 }