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@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ typed payloads and the failure semantics above are explicit and covered by tests
 ```console
 $ docker compose up -d postgres         # Postgres 17 on localhost:55432
 $ uv sync --all-extras
-$ uv run pytest                          # 173 tests against the real database, ~80 s
+$ uv run pytest                          # 174 tests against the real database, about a minute
 $ uv run ruff check . && uv run ruff format --check . && uv run mypy
 ```