diff --git a/core/lib/protobuf_config/src/consensus.rs b/core/lib/protobuf_config/src/consensus.rs
index ceec0a8d3ea..967537d13d0 100644
--- a/core/lib/protobuf_config/src/consensus.rs
+++ b/core/lib/protobuf_config/src/consensus.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use zksync_config::configs::consensus::{
     AttesterPublicKey, ConsensusConfig, GenesisSpec, Host, NodePublicKey, ProtocolVersion,
     RpcConfig, ValidatorPublicKey, WeightedAttester, WeightedValidator,
 };
-use zksync_protobuf::{kB, read_optional, repr::ProtoRepr, required, ProtoFmt};
+use zksync_protobuf::{kB, read_optional, read_required, repr::ProtoRepr, required, ProtoFmt};
 
 use crate::{parse_h160, proto::consensus as proto, read_optional_repr};
 
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ impl ProtoRepr for proto::Config {
                 .context("server_addr")?,
             public_addr: Host(required(&self.public_addr).context("public_addr")?.clone()),
             max_payload_size,
-            view_timeout: required(&self.view_timeout).context("view_timeout")?,
+            view_timeout: read_required(&self.view_timeout).context("view_timeout")?,
             max_batch_size,
             gossip_dynamic_inbound_limit: required(&self.gossip_dynamic_inbound_limit)
                 .and_then(|x| Ok((*x).try_into()?))
diff --git a/core/node/consensus/src/config.rs b/core/node/consensus/src/config.rs
index 80763c82247..0d25a375930 100644
--- a/core/node/consensus/src/config.rs
+++ b/core/node/consensus/src/config.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::collections::{BTreeMap, HashMap};
 
 use anyhow::Context as _;
 use secrecy::{ExposeSecret as _, Secret};
-use zksync_concurrency::{limiter, net, time};
+use zksync_concurrency::net;
 use zksync_config::{
     configs,
     configs::consensus::{ConsensusConfig, ConsensusSecrets, Host, NodePublicKey},
diff --git a/core/node/consensus/src/testonly.rs b/core/node/consensus/src/testonly.rs
index 4799bb26df8..b9bc420344c 100644
--- a/core/node/consensus/src/testonly.rs
+++ b/core/node/consensus/src/testonly.rs
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ fn make_config(
         public_addr: config::Host(cfg.public_addr.0.clone()),
         max_payload_size: usize::MAX,
         max_batch_size: usize::MAX,
-        view_timeout: usize::MAX,
+        view_timeout: time::Duration::milliseconds(10000),
         gossip_dynamic_inbound_limit: cfg.gossip.dynamic_inbound_limit,
         gossip_static_inbound: cfg
             .gossip