diff --git a/phone_app/lib/services/settings_sync.dart b/phone_app/lib/services/settings_sync.dart
index 7028a8a..6b4d529 100644
--- a/phone_app/lib/services/settings_sync.dart
+++ b/phone_app/lib/services/settings_sync.dart
@@ -53,7 +53,10 @@ String stampOf(Hlc hlc) => DateTime.fromMillisecondsSinceEpoch(
 /// unless it holds a value from before stamps existed, which goes in at
 /// [_legacyMs] so it is kept when nothing else is known and loses to any
 /// stamped peer.
-Future<void> stageLocalSettings(AlarmSyncService service) async {
+Future<void> stageLocalSettings(
+  AlarmSyncService service, {
+  DateTime Function()? now,
+}) async {
   final tags = await RoomProofSettings.load();
   await stageField(
     service,
@@ -72,7 +75,7 @@ Future<void> stageLocalSettings(AlarmSyncService service) async {
   );
   await _stageEarned(service);
   await stageSessionData(service);
-  await stageEnforcementData(service);
+  await stageEnforcementData(service, now: now);
 }
 
 /// Pushes the union of the local and logged earned dates when it is new.
diff --git a/phone_app/test/services/enforcement_sync_test.dart b/phone_app/test/services/enforcement_sync_test.dart
index fa41579..f6867f7 100644
--- a/phone_app/test/services/enforcement_sync_test.dart
+++ b/phone_app/test/services/enforcement_sync_test.dart
@@ -73,7 +73,9 @@ void main() {
         ..events.add(_event(DateTime(2026, 10, 1, 7, 15), 'lockdown_sent'));
       final service = await _open();
 
-      await stageLocalSettings(service);
+      // The clock is pinned: on the real one the 2026-10-01 event aged past
+      // boundEvents' 14-day window on 2026-10-16 and the test went red.
+      await stageLocalSettings(service, now: () => now);
 
       expect(service.field(ringStartedField)?.$1, ring);
       final escapes = service.field(escapesField)!;