diff --git a/.changeset/plenty-flies-tease.md b/.changeset/plenty-flies-tease.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..78b7eecc122
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/plenty-flies-tease.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+'@forgerock/journey-client': major
+---
+
+Add x-requested-platform to the journey-client as a header
+
+BREAKING!: This adds a required header to the journey-client requests that will be required in cors-configurations.
diff --git a/packages/journey-client/src/lib/journey.api.ts b/packages/journey-client/src/lib/journey.api.ts
index 5ce1ce09c0b..4e1e30671e4 100644
--- a/packages/journey-client/src/lib/journey.api.ts
+++ b/packages/journey-client/src/lib/journey.api.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,13 @@
  */
 
 import { initQuery } from '@forgerock/sdk-request-middleware';
-import { getEndpointPath, REQUESTED_WITH, resolve, stringify } from '@forgerock/sdk-utilities';
+import {
+  getEndpointPath,
+  REQUESTED_WITH,
+  resolve,
+  stringify,
+  X_REQUESTED_PLATFORM,
+} from '@forgerock/sdk-utilities';
 import { createApi, fetchBaseQuery } from '@reduxjs/toolkit/query';
 
 import type { logger as loggerFn } from '@forgerock/sdk-logger';
@@ -98,6 +104,7 @@ export const journeyApi = createApi({
       headers.set('Accept-API-Version', 'protocol=1.0,resource=2.1');
       headers.set('Content-Type', 'application/json');
       headers.set('X-Requested-With', REQUESTED_WITH);
+      headers.set('X-Requested-Platform', X_REQUESTED_PLATFORM);
 
       return headers;
     },
diff --git a/tools/api-report/src/integration.spec.ts b/tools/api-report/src/integration.spec.ts
index 178a0b322a6..ff20f0458bf 100644
--- a/tools/api-report/src/integration.spec.ts
+++ b/tools/api-report/src/integration.spec.ts
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ describe('integration: forgotten export detection and fix', () => {
   });
 
   it('should handle multiple entry points', () => {
+    // This test runs api-extractor twice, which can be slow in CI environments
     // Add a second entry point: ./utils with its own forgotten export
     mkdirSync(resolve(CLIENT_DIR, 'dist/src/utils'), { recursive: true });
 
diff --git a/tools/api-report/vitest.config.ts b/tools/api-report/vitest.config.ts
index fdf351304d7..4d694794d1c 100644
--- a/tools/api-report/vitest.config.ts
+++ b/tools/api-report/vitest.config.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ export default defineConfig(() => ({
     environment: 'node',
     include: ['src/**/*.{test,spec}.{js,mjs,cjs,ts,mts,cts,jsx,tsx}'],
     reporters: ['default'],
+    // api-extractor invocations can be slow, especially in CI environments
+    testTimeout: 30000,
+    hookTimeout: 30000,
     coverage: {
       reportsDirectory: './test-output/vitest/coverage',
       provider: 'v8' as const,