## TL;DR

The merge queue dequeued the PR because a required check timed out. Re-add the PR to the queue, and fix the underlying flakiness (raise the check timeout, split the slow job, or quarantine the flaky test) so it does not happen again.

## Error

```text
Merge queue: entry removed  -  required check "ci / e2e" timed out after 60m
```

## Steps

1. Open the timed-out check's logs and confirm it actually timed out (not failed fast). Expected: a timeout message, not a test failure.
2. Re-add the PR to the merge queue from the PR page. Expected: the entry is queued again.
3. Fix the root cause: raise the job `timeout-minutes`, split the slow suite, or mark the flaky test as quarantined. Expected: the check completes reliably under its timeout.
4. Watch the next queue run. Expected: the entry merges without a timeout.

## When to use

- The merge queue removed the entry because a required check timed out.
- The check passes when it finishes in time.

## When not to use

- The check failed with a real error  -  fix the error, not the timeout.
- The PR is not using merge queue; this fix does not apply to plain branch protection.

## Tool compatibility

- GitHub merge queue (public beta+).
- Any CI provider behind the check.

## Variant phrasings

### Check timed out only in the queue, not on the PR

Queue runs group PRs together; the extra load slows the suite  -  split or parallelize it.

### Timeout on a required third-party check

Ask the check owner to raise the timeout or make the check report progress.

## Why it happens

The merge queue validates the exact merge commit; a timed-out required check means the validation never completed, so the queue drops the entry rather than merging unvalidated code.

## Edge cases

- Repeatedly requeueing without fixing the flake just burns queue slots; fix the check after the second timeout.
- Timeouts that only happen in the queue often mean resource contention  -  check runner concurrency.

## Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_1sr_YkMAkhCWntroxGFQww

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