diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 4c8b0fe1..e86a7c75 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ---
 
-## [5.9.0] 2023-10-24
+## [5.9.0 - 5.9.1] 2023-10-24
 
 ### Added
 
diff --git a/src/invoke-lambda/exec/spawn.js b/src/invoke-lambda/exec/spawn.js
index ce0044d1..30efb1ac 100644
--- a/src/invoke-lambda/exec/spawn.js
+++ b/src/invoke-lambda/exec/spawn.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ module.exports = function spawnChild (params, callback) {
 
   // Let's go!
   let pid = 'init'
-  let child, error, closed
+  let child, error, closed, to, check
   function start () {
     child = spawn(command, args, options)
     pid = child.pid
@@ -28,33 +28,28 @@ module.exports = function spawnChild (params, callback) {
       update.debug.status(`[${requestID}] Emitted 'close' (pid ${pid}, code '${code}', signal '${signal}')`)
       shutdown('child process closure')
     })
+
+    // Set an execution timeout
+    to = setTimeout(function () {
+      timedOut = true
+      let duration = `${timeout / 1000}s`
+      update.warn(`[${requestID}] Timed out after hitting its ${duration} timeout!`)
+      shutdown(`${duration} timeout`)
+    }, timeout)
+
+    // Terminate once we find a result from the runtime API
+    // 25ms is arbitrary, but hopefully it should be solid enough
+    check = setInterval(function () {
+      if (invocations[requestID].response ||
+          invocations[requestID].initError ||
+          invocations[requestID].error) {
+        shutdown('runtime API completion check')
+      }
+    }, 25)
   }
-  if (coldstart) {
-    if (coldstart < timeout) setTimeout(start, coldstart)
-    else {
-      update.debug.status(`[${requestID}] Coldstart simulator: coldstart of ${coldstart}ms exceeds timeout of ${timeout}ms, not spawning the Lambda`)
-    }
-  }
+  if (coldstart) setTimeout(start, coldstart)
   else start()
 
-  // Set an execution timeout
-  let to = setTimeout(function () {
-    timedOut = true
-    let duration = `${timeout / 1000}s`
-    update.warn(`[${requestID}] Timed out after hitting its ${duration} timeout!`)
-    shutdown(`${duration} timeout`)
-  }, timeout)
-
-  // Terminate once we find a result from the runtime API
-  // 25ms is arbitrary, but hopefully it should be solid enough
-  let check = setInterval(function () {
-    if (invocations[requestID].response ||
-        invocations[requestID].initError ||
-        invocations[requestID].error) {
-      shutdown('runtime API completion check')
-    }
-  }, 25)
-
   // Ensure we don't have dangling processes due to open connections, etc. before we wrap up
   function shutdown (event) {
     // Immediately shut down all timeouts and intervals
diff --git a/src/sandbox/maybe-hydrate.js b/src/sandbox/maybe-hydrate.js
index 81f97ad2..803df385 100644
--- a/src/sandbox/maybe-hydrate.js
+++ b/src/sandbox/maybe-hydrate.js
@@ -10,13 +10,19 @@ let { chars } = require('@architect/utils')
  * Checks for the existence of supported dependency manifests, and auto-hydrates dependencies as necessary
  * Supported manifests: `package.json`, `requirements.txt`, `Gemfile`
  */
-module.exports = function maybeHydrate ({ cwd, inventory, quiet, deleteVendor }, callback) {
+module.exports = function maybeHydrate ({ cwd, inventory, quiet, deleteVendor, update }, callback) {
   let { inv } = inventory
   if (!inv.lambdaSrcDirs || !inv.lambdaSrcDirs.length) {
     callback()
   }
   else {
+    /**
+     * Coldstart simulator status
+     */
     let coldstart = inv._project?.preferences?.sandbox?.coldstart || false
+    if (coldstart) {
+      update.done('Started with Lambda coldstart simulator')
+    }
 
     // Enable vendor dir deletion by default
     let del = deleteVendor === undefined ? true : deleteVendor
diff --git a/test/integration/http/misc-http-test.js b/test/integration/http/misc-http-test.js
index e4835e14..c799ecde 100644
--- a/test/integration/http/misc-http-test.js
+++ b/test/integration/http/misc-http-test.js
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ function runTests (runType, t) {
       t.plan(1)
       let file = join(process.cwd(), 'test', 'mock', 'coldstart', 'src', 'http', 'get-chonk', 'chonky.txt')
       let MB = 1024 * 1024
-      let size = MB * 115
+      let size = MB * 50
       if (existsSync(file)) t.equal(statSync(file).size, size, 'Found coldstart enchonkinator')
       else {
         let start = Date.now()
@@ -312,29 +312,34 @@ function runTests (runType, t) {
       }
     })
 
-    t.test(`[Misc / ${runType}] No coldstart timeout`, t => {
-      t.plan(1)
+    t.test(`[Misc / ${runType}] No coldstart delay`, t => {
+      t.plan(2)
+      let start = Date.now()
       tiny.get({
         url: url + '/smol'
       }, function _got (err, result) {
         if (err) t.end(err)
-        else t.deepEqual(result.body, { ok: true }, 'Lambda did not timeout from a coldstart')
+        else {
+          t.deepEqual(result.body, { ok: true }, 'Lambda did not timeout from a coldstart')
+          let time = Date.now() - start
+          // 450 is probably extremely conservative, but sometimes CI can be super slow
+          t.ok(time < 450, `Response returned quickly (${time}ms)`)
+        }
       })
     })
 
-    t.test(`[Misc / ${runType}] Coldstart timeout`, t => {
-      t.plan(3)
+    t.test(`[Misc / ${runType}] Coldstart delay`, t => {
+      t.plan(2)
+      let start = Date.now()
       tiny.get({
         url: url + '/chonk'
       }, function _got (err, result) {
-        if (err) {
-          let message = 'Timeout error'
-          let time = '1 second'
-          t.equal(err.statusCode, 500, 'Errors with 500')
-          t.match(err.body, new RegExp(message), `Errors with message: '${message}'`)
-          t.match(err.body, new RegExp(time), `Timed out set to ${time}`)
+        if (err) t.end(err)
+        else {
+          t.deepEqual(result.body, { ok: true }, 'Lambda did not timeout from a coldstart')
+          let time = Date.now() - start
+          t.ok(time > 450, `Response returned slowly (${time}ms)`)
         }
-        else t.end(result)
       })
     })