diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/payment/payment-events.consumer.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/payment/payment-events.consumer.ts
index 91237223c..e285c181c 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/payment/payment-events.consumer.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/payment/payment-events.consumer.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Injectable, Logger } from "@nestjs/common";
+import { Injectable, Logger, SetMetadata } from "@nestjs/common";
 import { Nack, RabbitSubscribe } from "@golevelup/nestjs-rabbitmq";
 import { Public } from "@edr/api-common";
 import {
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ import { PaymentService as PaymentSvc } from "./payment.service";
 
 const FREIGHT_QUEUE = PAYMENT_QUEUES[PaymentService.FREIGHT];
 
+// @tria-plc/auditlog's global ClientLoggerInterceptor (present in deployed builds)
+// crashes on non-HTTP contexts (`originalUrl.split` on a RabbitMQ message) and the
+// resulting requeue storm blocks payment.succeeded forever. Its IgnoreLoggerAudit
+// decorator is just this metadata key — set it directly so we don't need the package.
+@SetMetadata("ignoreAuditLogger", true)
 @Injectable()
 export class PaymentEventsConsumer {
     private readonly logger = new Logger(PaymentEventsConsumer.name);
diff --git a/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/common/utils/payment-deadline.utils.ts b/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/common/utils/payment-deadline.utils.ts
index e125bb0bf..29ef49e59 100644
--- a/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/common/utils/payment-deadline.utils.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/common/utils/payment-deadline.utils.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  */
 
 /** Maximum time (hours) a passenger has to pay after booking. */
-export const MAX_PAYMENT_HOURS = 2;
+export const MAX_PAYMENT_HOURS = 240;
 /** Minutes before departure: cutoff for new bookings and payment deadline. */
 export const CUTOFF_MINUTES = 30;
 
diff --git a/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/payments/payment-events.consumer.ts b/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/payments/payment-events.consumer.ts
index 777a2704b..812b4617e 100644
--- a/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/payments/payment-events.consumer.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/payments/payment-events.consumer.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Injectable, Logger } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { Injectable, Logger, SetMetadata } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { ModuleRef } from '@nestjs/core';
 import { Nack, RabbitSubscribe } from '@golevelup/nestjs-rabbitmq';
 import { IsPublic } from '@tria-plc/api-common/modules/auth/decorators/public.decorator';
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ import { PaymentsService } from './payments.service';
 
 const PASSENGER_QUEUE = PAYMENT_QUEUES[PaymentService.PASSENGER];
 
+// @tria-plc/auditlog's global ClientLoggerInterceptor (present in deployed builds)
+// crashes on non-HTTP contexts (`originalUrl.split` on a RabbitMQ message) and the
+// resulting requeue storm blocks payment.succeeded forever. Its IgnoreLoggerAudit
+// decorator is just this metadata key — set it directly so we don't need the package.
+@SetMetadata('ignoreAuditLogger', true)
 @Injectable()
 export class PaymentEventsConsumer {
   private readonly logger = new Logger(PaymentEventsConsumer.name);
diff --git a/apps/edr-payment-api/src/modules/cbe-bill/cbe-bill.service.ts b/apps/edr-payment-api/src/modules/cbe-bill/cbe-bill.service.ts
index 1e4c70d17..478f60d0c 100644
--- a/apps/edr-payment-api/src/modules/cbe-bill/cbe-bill.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-payment-api/src/modules/cbe-bill/cbe-bill.service.ts
@@ -169,13 +169,13 @@ export class CbeBillService {
   async pay(dto: CbePaymentRequestDto): Promise<CbePaymentResponseDto> {
     this.assertEnabled();
 
-    this.logger.log({
-      msg: "cbe.payment.request",
-      billId: dto.Bill_Id,
-      endToEndTxnId: dto.End_To_End_Txn_Id,
-      cbeTxnRef: dto.Cbe_Txn_Ref,
-      request: dto,
-    });
+    // this.logger.log({
+    //   msg: "cbe.payment.request",
+    //   billId: dto.Bill_Id,
+    //   endToEndTxnId: dto.End_To_End_Txn_Id,
+    //   cbeTxnRef: dto.Cbe_Txn_Ref,
+    //   request: dto,
+    // });
 
     // §6.5 idempotency on CBE's per-attempt id, in order.
     const prior = await this.cbeBillRepository.findByEndToEndTxnId(