diff --git a/compute_endpoint/globus_compute_endpoint/engines/high_throughput/messages.py b/compute_endpoint/globus_compute_endpoint/engines/high_throughput/messages.py
index 542c19f31..9c05f5df4 100644
--- a/compute_endpoint/globus_compute_endpoint/engines/high_throughput/messages.py
+++ b/compute_endpoint/globus_compute_endpoint/engines/high_throughput/messages.py
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ def pack(self) -> bytes:
                 f"TID={self.task_id};CID={self.container_id};"  # type: ignore
                 f"{self.task_buffer}"
             )
+            # globus_compute_endpoint/engines/high_throughput/messages.py:109: error: If x = b'abc' then f"{x}" or "{}".format(x) produces "b'abc'", not "abc". If this is desired behavior, use f"{x!r}" or "{!r}".format(x). Otherwise, decode the bytes  [str-bytes-safe]
+
             self.raw_buffer = add_ons.encode("utf-8")
 
         return self.type.pack() + self.raw_buffer
diff --git a/smoke_tests/tests/conftest.py b/smoke_tests/tests/conftest.py
index 4794d1f6f..f5458476a 100644
--- a/smoke_tests/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/smoke_tests/tests/conftest.py
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ def tutorial_function_id(compute_test_config):
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def timeout_s():
-    return 60
+    return 300
 
 
 class LinearBackoff: