diff --git a/.config/nextest.toml b/.config/nextest.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..46ffe077
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/nextest.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Per-test timeout. Any test that runs longer than `period * terminate-after`
+# (= 5 minutes) is killed, instead of being allowed to consume the full
+# GitHub Actions job timeout (6 hours). See node-components#134 for the
+# incident that motivated this guard.
+[profile.default]
+slow-timeout = { period = "60s", terminate-after = 5 }
diff --git a/crates/rpc/src/eth/endpoints.rs b/crates/rpc/src/eth/endpoints.rs
index 1ce6604b..4498a684 100644
--- a/crates/rpc/src/eth/endpoints.rs
+++ b/crates/rpc/src/eth/endpoints.rs
@@ -1057,54 +1057,59 @@ where
 {
     let task = async move {
         let fm = ctx.filter_manager();
-        let mut entry = fm
-            .get_mut(id)
-            .ok_or_else(|| EthError::InvalidParams(format!("filter not found: {id}")))?;
-
-        // Scan the global reorg ring buffer for notifications received
-        // since this filter's last poll, then lazily compute removed logs
-        // and rewind `next_start_block`.
-        let reorgs = fm.reorgs_since(entry.last_poll_time());
-        let removed = entry.compute_removed_logs(&reorgs);
-        if !removed.is_empty() {
-            trace!(count = removed.len(), "computed removed logs from reorg ring buffer");
-        }
+
+        // Snapshot filter state under the shard lock, then drop it before
+        // any cold-storage `.await`. Holding a `DashMap` `RefMut` across
+        // an await can deadlock the current_thread runtime when another
+        // task tries to acquire the same shard (parking_lot's RwLock
+        // parks the OS thread on contention).
+        let (is_block, stored_filter, start, removed, empty_out) = {
+            let mut entry = fm
+                .get_mut(id)
+                .ok_or_else(|| EthError::InvalidParams(format!("filter not found: {id}")))?;
+
+            // Scan the global reorg ring buffer for notifications received
+            // since this filter's last poll, then lazily compute removed
+            // logs and rewind `next_start_block`.
+            let reorgs = fm.reorgs_since(entry.last_poll_time());
+            let removed = entry.compute_removed_logs(&reorgs);
+            if !removed.is_empty() {
+                trace!(count = removed.len(), "computed removed logs from reorg ring buffer");
+            }
+
+            (
+                entry.is_block(),
+                entry.as_filter().cloned(),
+                entry.next_start_block(),
+                removed,
+                entry.empty_output(),
+            )
+        };
 
         let latest = ctx.tags().latest();
-        let start = entry.next_start_block();
-
-        // Implicit reorg detection: if latest has moved backward past our
-        // window, a reorg occurred that we missed (e.g. broadcast lagged).
-        // Return any removed logs we do have, then reset.
-        if latest + 1 < start {
-            trace!(latest, start, "implicit reorg detected, resetting filter");
-            entry.touch_poll_time();
-            return Ok(if removed.is_empty() {
-                entry.empty_output()
-            } else {
-                FilterOutput::from(removed)
-            });
-        }
 
-        if start > latest {
-            entry.touch_poll_time();
-            return Ok(if removed.is_empty() {
-                entry.empty_output()
-            } else {
-                FilterOutput::from(removed)
-            });
+        // Early returns: implicit reorg (latest moved backward past our
+        // window) or no new blocks since last poll. Either way, just
+        // update the poll timestamp and return.
+        if latest + 1 < start || start > latest {
+            if latest + 1 < start {
+                trace!(latest, start, "implicit reorg detected, resetting filter");
+            }
+            if let Some(mut entry) = fm.get_mut(id) {
+                entry.touch_poll_time();
+            }
+            return Ok(if removed.is_empty() { empty_out } else { FilterOutput::from(removed) });
         }
 
         let cold = ctx.cold();
 
-        if entry.is_block() {
+        let result = if is_block {
             let specs: Vec<_> = (start..=latest).map(HeaderSpecifier::Number).collect();
             let headers = cold.get_headers(specs).await?;
             let hashes: Vec<B256> = headers.into_iter().flatten().map(|h| h.hash()).collect();
-            entry.mark_polled(latest);
-            Ok(FilterOutput::from(hashes))
+            FilterOutput::from(hashes)
         } else {
-            let stored = entry.as_filter().cloned().unwrap();
+            let stored = stored_filter.expect("log filter must carry a stored filter spec");
             let resolved = Filter {
                 block_option: alloy::rpc::types::FilterBlockOption::Range {
                     from_block: Some(BlockNumberOrTag::Number(start)),
@@ -1128,9 +1133,17 @@ where
                 logs = combined;
             }
 
+            FilterOutput::from(logs)
+        };
+
+        // Commit the poll cursor. Tolerate a concurrent uninstall: the
+        // caller already received `result`; future polls on this id will
+        // fail with "filter not found".
+        if let Some(mut entry) = fm.get_mut(id) {
             entry.mark_polled(latest);
-            Ok(FilterOutput::from(logs))
         }
+
+        Ok(result)
     };
 
     await_handler!(hctx.spawn(task), EthError::task_panic())
diff --git a/crates/rpc/src/interest/filters.rs b/crates/rpc/src/interest/filters.rs
index 3f97ffd5..cea6fd48 100644
--- a/crates/rpc/src/interest/filters.rs
+++ b/crates/rpc/src/interest/filters.rs
@@ -160,6 +160,12 @@ impl FilterManagerInner {
     }
 
     /// Get a filter by ID.
+    ///
+    /// The returned [`RefMut`] holds a `parking_lot` write lock on a
+    /// [`DashMap`] shard. Do not hold it across `.await`: on a
+    /// current_thread runtime a colliding `get_mut` from another task
+    /// will park the OS thread and deadlock the runtime. (Same family
+    /// as the [`DashMap::retain`] hazard documented on [`FilterManager`].)
     pub(crate) fn get_mut(&self, id: FilterId) -> Option<RefMut<'_, U64, ActiveFilter>> {
         self.filters.get_mut(&id)
     }