diff --git a/test/smoke/suites/debugConfiguration.test.ts b/test/smoke/suites/debugConfiguration.test.ts
index 9aa879f40..1537a54d3 100644
--- a/test/smoke/suites/debugConfiguration.test.ts
+++ b/test/smoke/suites/debugConfiguration.test.ts
@@ -88,36 +88,32 @@ export function startDebugConfigurationTests(): void {
             await applicationInDirectModeButton.click();
             await ElementHelper.waitPageLoad("domcontentloaded");
 
-            // Retry reading launch.json content to account for async insertion timing
-            let launchContent: string | null | undefined = null;
-            let includesHermesConfig = false;
-            const maxAttempts = 20; // ~10s with 500ms waits
-
-            for (let attempt = 0; attempt < maxAttempts; attempt++) {
-                const configurationElement = await ElementHelper.TryFindElement(
-                    Element.configurationElementSelector,
-                    TimeoutConstants.COMMAND_PALETTE_TIMEOUT,
-                );
-                launchContent = await configurationElement?.textContent();
-                if (launchContent) {
-                    const normalized = launchContent.replace(/\s/g, "");
-                    if (normalized.includes("DebugAndroidHermes")) {
-                        includesHermesConfig = true;
-                        break;
-                    }
-                }
-                await ElementHelper.waitPageLoad("networkidle");
-            }
-
-            if (!launchContent) {
-                assert.fail("Fail to set launch file configuration.");
-            }
+            const launchContent = await ComponentHelper.waitUntil<string>(
+                async () => {
+                    const configurationElement = await ElementHelper.TryFindElement(
+                        Element.configurationElementSelector,
+                        TimeoutConstants.COMMAND_PALETTE_TIMEOUT,
+                    );
+                    const text = (await configurationElement?.textContent()) || "";
+                    const normalized = text.replace(/\s/g, "");
+
+                    return {
+                        ok: normalized.includes("DebugAndroidHermes"),
+                        actual: normalized || "<empty>",
+                        value: text,
+                    };
+                },
+                {
+                    operation: "launch.json debug configuration update",
+                    expected: 'content includes "DebugAndroidHermes"',
+                    timeout: TimeoutConstants.DEBUG_CONFIGURATION_TIMEOUT,
+                    interval: 500,
+                },
+            );
 
             assert.ok(
-                includesHermesConfig,
-                `Expected launchContent to include "Debug Android Hermes", but got: ${(
-                    launchContent || ""
-                ).replace(/\s/g, "")}`,
+                !!launchContent,
+                "Expected launch.json content to be available after configuration insertion.",
             );
         });
     });
diff --git a/test/smoke/suites/helper/componentHelper.ts b/test/smoke/suites/helper/componentHelper.ts
index 04ca44148..9deaba801 100644
--- a/test/smoke/suites/helper/componentHelper.ts
+++ b/test/smoke/suites/helper/componentHelper.ts
@@ -98,28 +98,42 @@ export class ComponentHelper {
         expected: string,
         timeout: number = 30000,
     ): Promise<void> {
-        const ok = await WaitHelper.waitIsTrue(async () => {
-            const packager = await this.getReactNativePackager();
-            const currentState = await packager.getAttribute("aria-label");
-            return !!currentState?.includes(expected);
-        }, timeout);
-        if (!ok) {
-            throw new Error(`Packager state did not include "${expected}" within ${timeout}ms`);
-        }
+        await this.waitUntil(
+            async () => {
+                const packager = await this.getReactNativePackager();
+                const currentState = (await packager.getAttribute("aria-label")) || "<empty>";
+                return {
+                    ok: currentState.includes(expected),
+                    actual: currentState,
+                };
+            },
+            {
+                operation: "packager state update",
+                expected: `state includes \"${expected}\"`,
+                timeout,
+            },
+        );
     }
 
     public static async waitPackagerStateIncludesOneOf(
         expectedList: string[],
         timeout: number = 30000,
     ): Promise<void> {
-        const ok = await this.isPackagerStateIncludesOneOf(expectedList, timeout);
-        if (!ok) {
-            throw new Error(
-                `Packager state did not include any of ${expectedList
-                    .map(e => `"${e}"`)
-                    .join(", ")} within ${timeout}ms`,
-            );
-        }
+        await this.waitUntil(
+            async () => {
+                const packager = await this.getReactNativePackager();
+                const currentState = (await packager.getAttribute("aria-label")) || "<empty>";
+                return {
+                    ok: expectedList.some(exp => currentState.includes(exp)),
+                    actual: currentState,
+                };
+            },
+            {
+                operation: "packager state update",
+                expected: `state includes one of ${expectedList.map(e => `\"${e}\"`).join(", ")}`,
+                timeout,
+            },
+        );
     }
 
     public static async isPackagerStateIncludesOneOf(
@@ -132,4 +146,43 @@ export class ComponentHelper {
             return expectedList.some(exp => currentState?.includes(exp));
         }, timeout);
     }
+
+    public static async waitUntil<T>(
+        condition: () => Promise<{ ok: boolean; actual?: string; value?: T }>,
+        options: {
+            operation: string;
+            expected: string;
+            timeout?: number;
+            interval?: number;
+        },
+    ): Promise<T | undefined> {
+        const timeout = options.timeout ?? 30000;
+        const interval = options.interval ?? 1000;
+        let lastActual = "<unavailable>";
+        let lastValue: T | undefined;
+
+        const ok = await WaitHelper.waitIsTrue(
+            async () => {
+                const result = await condition();
+                if (result.actual !== undefined) {
+                    lastActual = result.actual;
+                }
+                if (result.value !== undefined) {
+                    lastValue = result.value;
+                }
+
+                return result.ok;
+            },
+            timeout,
+            interval,
+        );
+
+        if (!ok) {
+            throw new Error(
+                `[WaitTimeout] ${options.operation}. Expected: ${options.expected}. Last actual: ${lastActual}. Timeout: ${timeout}ms. Interval: ${interval}ms.`,
+            );
+        }
+
+        return lastValue;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/test/smoke/suites/helper/timeoutConstants.ts b/test/smoke/suites/helper/timeoutConstants.ts
index 643d6faa9..c92733919 100644
--- a/test/smoke/suites/helper/timeoutConstants.ts
+++ b/test/smoke/suites/helper/timeoutConstants.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ export class TimeoutConstants {
     /** Command palette visibility timeout - 5 seconds */
     static readonly COMMAND_PALETTE_TIMEOUT = 5000;
 
+    /** launch.json debug configuration insertion timeout - 10 seconds */
+    static readonly DEBUG_CONFIGURATION_TIMEOUT = 10000;
+
     /** Package loader timeout - 4 minutes (240 seconds) */
     static readonly PACKAGE_LOADER_TIMEOUT = 4 * 60 * 1000;