diff --git a/crates/testing/src/overall_safety_task.rs b/crates/testing/src/overall_safety_task.rs
index 4bda48adcc..26b21130ee 100644
--- a/crates/testing/src/overall_safety_task.rs
+++ b/crates/testing/src/overall_safety_task.rs
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ impl Default for OverallSafetyPropertiesDescription {
             check_leaf: false,
             check_state: true,
             check_block: true,
-            num_failed_views: 10,
+            num_failed_views: 0,
             transaction_threshold: 0,
             // very strict
             threshold_calculator: Arc::new(|_num_live, num_total| 2 * num_total / 3 + 1),
diff --git a/crates/testing/src/test_builder.rs b/crates/testing/src/test_builder.rs
index f1db2a9320..a56c9330fc 100644
--- a/crates/testing/src/test_builder.rs
+++ b/crates/testing/src/test_builder.rs
@@ -66,12 +66,12 @@ pub struct TestMetadata {
 impl Default for TimingData {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self {
-            next_view_timeout: 10000,
+            next_view_timeout: 1000,
             timeout_ratio: (11, 10),
-            round_start_delay: 1,
-            start_delay: 1,
+            round_start_delay: 100,
+            start_delay: 100,
             propose_min_round_time: Duration::new(0, 0),
-            propose_max_round_time: Duration::new(5, 0),
+            propose_max_round_time: Duration::from_millis(100),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ impl TestMetadata {
     }
 
     /// Default setting with 20 nodes and 10 views of successful views.
-    pub fn default_more_nodes_less_success() -> TestMetadata {
+    pub fn default_more_nodes() -> TestMetadata {
         TestMetadata {
             total_nodes: 20,
             start_nodes: 20,
@@ -139,12 +139,13 @@ impl TestMetadata {
             completion_task_description: CompletionTaskDescription::TimeBasedCompletionTaskBuilder(
                 TimeBasedCompletionTaskDescription {
                     // Increase the duration to get the expected number of successful views.
-                    duration: Duration::new(40, 0),
+                    duration: Duration::new(140, 0),
                 },
             ),
-            overall_safety_properties: OverallSafetyPropertiesDescription {
-                num_successful_views: 10,
-                ..Default::default()
+            overall_safety_properties: Default::default(),
+            timing_data: TimingData {
+                next_view_timeout: 1000,
+                ..TimingData::default()
             },
             ..TestMetadata::default()
         }
diff --git a/crates/testing/tests/basic.rs b/crates/testing/tests/basic.rs
index fc4b6017f7..116598c459 100644
--- a/crates/testing/tests/basic.rs
+++ b/crates/testing/tests/basic.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ async fn test_with_failures_one() {
 
     async_compatibility_layer::logging::setup_logging();
     async_compatibility_layer::logging::setup_backtrace();
-    let mut metadata = TestMetadata::default_more_nodes_less_success();
+    let mut metadata = TestMetadata::default_more_nodes();
     // The first 14 (i.e., 20 - f) nodes are in the DA committee and we may shutdown the
     // remaining 6 (i.e., f) nodes. We could remove this restriction after fixing the
     // following issue.
@@ -50,8 +50,9 @@ async fn test_with_failures_one() {
     }];
 
     metadata.spinning_properties = SpinningTaskDescription {
-        node_changes: vec![(Duration::new(4, 0), dead_nodes)],
+        node_changes: vec![(Duration::new(1, 0), dead_nodes)],
     };
+    metadata.overall_safety_properties.num_failed_views = 2;
     metadata
         .gen_launcher::<SequencingTestTypes, SequencingMemoryImpl>()
         .launch()
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ async fn test_with_failures_half_f() {
 
     async_compatibility_layer::logging::setup_logging();
     async_compatibility_layer::logging::setup_backtrace();
-    let mut metadata = TestMetadata::default_more_nodes_less_success();
+    let mut metadata = TestMetadata::default_more_nodes();
     // The first 14 (i.e., 20 - f) nodes are in the DA committee and we may shutdown the
     // remaining 6 (i.e., f) nodes. We could remove this restriction after fixing the
     // following issue.
@@ -99,8 +100,9 @@ async fn test_with_failures_half_f() {
     ];
 
     metadata.spinning_properties = SpinningTaskDescription {
-        node_changes: vec![(Duration::new(4, 0), dead_nodes)],
+        node_changes: vec![(Duration::new(1, 0), dead_nodes)],
     };
+    metadata.overall_safety_properties.num_failed_views = 6;
     metadata
         .gen_launcher::<SequencingTestTypes, SequencingMemoryImpl>()
         .launch()
@@ -126,7 +128,10 @@ async fn test_with_failures_f() {
 
     async_compatibility_layer::logging::setup_logging();
     async_compatibility_layer::logging::setup_backtrace();
-    let mut metadata = TestMetadata::default_more_nodes_less_success();
+    let mut metadata = TestMetadata::default_more_nodes();
+    metadata.overall_safety_properties.num_failed_views = 6;
+    // Make sure we keep commiting rounds after the bad leaders, but not the full 50 because of the numerous timeouts
+    metadata.overall_safety_properties.num_successful_views = 22;
     // The first 14 (i.e., 20 - f) nodes are in the DA committee and we may shutdown the
     // remaining 6 (i.e., f) nodes. We could remove this restriction after fixing the
     // following issue.
@@ -160,7 +165,7 @@ async fn test_with_failures_f() {
     ];
 
     metadata.spinning_properties = SpinningTaskDescription {
-        node_changes: vec![(Duration::new(4, 0), dead_nodes)],
+        node_changes: vec![(Duration::new(1, 0), dead_nodes)],
     };
     metadata
         .gen_launcher::<SequencingTestTypes, SequencingMemoryImpl>()