diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
index 74cf5a87..84352aee 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@ on:
   push:
     branches: [main]
 
-concurrency:
-  group: deploy-backend
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
 jobs:
   deploy:
     name: Deploy backend to staging
@@ -28,19 +24,25 @@ jobs:
             -f /opt/encoach/overrides/encoach.override.yml \
             up -d --build --remove-orphans
 
-      - name: Smoke test
+      - name: Smoke test (wait up to 3 min for Odoo)
         run: |
-          echo "Waiting 60s for Odoo to become healthy..."
-          sleep 60
-          STATUS=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" --max-time 30 http://localhost:8069/api/health)
+          echo "Polling Odoo /api/health (max 180s)..."
+          for i in $(seq 1 18); do
+            STATUS=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" --max-time 10 http://localhost:8069/api/health 2>/dev/null || echo "000")
+            if [ "$STATUS" = "200" ]; then
+              echo "Odoo is healthy after $((i*10))s"
+              break
+            fi
+            echo "  attempt $i: $STATUS — waiting 10s..."
+            sleep 10
+          done
           if [ "$STATUS" != "200" ]; then
-            echo "ERROR: /api/health returned $STATUS"
+            echo "ERROR: Odoo /api/health still $STATUS after 180s"
             exit 1
           fi
-          FE=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" --max-time 10 http://localhost:3000/)
+          FE=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" --max-time 10 http://localhost:3000/ 2>/dev/null || echo "000")
           if [ "$FE" != "200" ]; then
             echo "ERROR: Frontend returned $FE"
             exit 1
           fi
-          echo "All OK — Odoo=$STATUS Frontend=$FE"
-# trigger
+          echo "All OK — Odoo=200 Frontend=$FE"