The knob was authored by the AdminUI and parsed, but consumed by nothing. It now
caps the probe deadline (shorter of the caller's budget and the config; never
extends it; 1 s floor), the same rule as the Galaxy probe.
Refs #743
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Ub9hGmYLQvn9XETzw7CMsT
Joseph Doherty