diff --git a/src/app/(app)/search/page.test.tsx b/src/app/(app)/search/page.test.tsx
index 9d41a1d..16c6128 100644
--- a/src/app/(app)/search/page.test.tsx
+++ b/src/app/(app)/search/page.test.tsx
@@ -416,9 +416,16 @@ describe("ageLabel", () => {
 });
 
 describe("UniversalSearchPage — recency and age chip", () => {
+  // Pinned clock. The chip renders an age relative to NOW, so an
+  // unpinned `Date.now()` makes this test expire the day after it's
+  // written — it passed only because 2026-10-14 happened to be exactly
+  // four days after the fixture's createdAt.
+  const NOW = new Date("2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z");
+
   beforeEach(() => {
     fetchMock.mockReset();
     vi.useFakeTimers({ shouldAdvanceTime: true });
+    vi.setSystemTime(NOW);
   });
 
   afterEach(() => {
@@ -436,7 +443,7 @@ describe("UniversalSearchPage — recency and age chip", () => {
     await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(400);
 
     await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByText("ORD-1")).toBeInTheDocument());
-    // Fixture date 2026-10-10 vs a "now" of 2026-10-14.
+    // Fixture createdAt 2026-10-10, clock pinned to 2026-10-14.
     expect(screen.getByText("4d")).toBeInTheDocument();
     // And the exact date is available on hover, since the chip is compact.
     expect(