diff --git a/src/lib/server/quotes-search-service.ts b/src/lib/server/quotes-search-service.ts
index 4e6aef6..e593b2a 100644
--- a/src/lib/server/quotes-search-service.ts
+++ b/src/lib/server/quotes-search-service.ts
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ import type { Quote, QuoteItem } from "@/lib/types";
  * compute it independently from `SEARCH_RECENT_WINDOW_DAYS`, so
  * envoy clock skew or process restart never desyncs the label.
  */
-const SEARCH_RECENT_WINDOW_DAYS = 90;
+const SEARCH_RECENT_WINDOW_DAYS = 60;
 function searchRecentCutoff(now: Date = new Date()): string {
   return new Date(
     now.getTime() - SEARCH_RECENT_WINDOW_DAYS * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000,
diff --git a/src/lib/server/quotes-service.ts b/src/lib/server/quotes-service.ts
index 14aa4be..bc4a2f1 100644
--- a/src/lib/server/quotes-service.ts
+++ b/src/lib/server/quotes-service.ts
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ export function completedRecentCutoff(now: Date = new Date()): string {
  * two surfaces agree on what "recent" means. Same single source of
  * truth as `COMPLETED_RECENT_WINDOW_DAYS` for the new tabs.
  * ========================================================================== */
-export const SEARCH_RECENT_WINDOW_DAYS = 90;
+export const SEARCH_RECENT_WINDOW_DAYS = 60;
 export function searchRecentCutoff(now: Date = new Date()): string {
   return new Date(
     now.getTime() - SEARCH_RECENT_WINDOW_DAYS * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000,
diff --git a/src/lib/server/universal-search-service.test.ts b/src/lib/server/universal-search-service.test.ts
index d2446c2..326b030 100644
--- a/src/lib/server/universal-search-service.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/server/universal-search-service.test.ts
@@ -118,8 +118,14 @@ describe("daysAgoIso — the 90-day scope window", () => {
     expect(daysAgoIso(0, now)).toBe("2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z");
   });
 
-  it("defaults to the 90-day window constant the UI reports", () => {
-    expect(UNIVERSAL_SEARCH_WINDOW_DAYS).toBe(90);
+  it("defaults to the window constant the UI reports", () => {
+    // 90 → 60 on 2026-10-15 at the operator's request. If this
+    // assertion is failing after an intentional change, update the
+    // number AND the comment above it — the value is duplicated in
+    // quotes-search-service (private) and quotes-service (exported,
+    // shared with the /quotes page and its archive), and the three
+    // MUST move together or the page label desyncs from the filter.
+    expect(UNIVERSAL_SEARCH_WINDOW_DAYS).toBe(60);
   });
 });
 
diff --git a/src/lib/server/universal-search-service.ts b/src/lib/server/universal-search-service.ts
index 61e2582..00eaeed 100644
--- a/src/lib/server/universal-search-service.ts
+++ b/src/lib/server/universal-search-service.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
  * ============================================================================
  * SCOPE
  * ============================================================================
- * Bounded to a recent window (UNIVERSAL_SEARCH_WINDOW_DAYS, currently 90)
+ * Bounded to a recent window (UNIVERSAL_SEARCH_WINDOW_DAYS, currently 60)
  * on the collections that grow without bound (orders, quotes). The
  * bounded reference collections (suppliers, companies, customers, reps,
  * stock items, both PO flavours) are searched in full — a supplier or
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ type AdminPocketBase = Awaited<ReturnType<typeof getAdminPocketBase>>;
  * client as `windowDays` so the UI can say "last 90 days" instead of
  * leaving the operator guessing whether a miss means "aged out".
  */
-export const UNIVERSAL_SEARCH_WINDOW_DAYS = 90;
+export const UNIVERSAL_SEARCH_WINDOW_DAYS = 60;
 
 /**
  * Rendered hits per group. `total` is always the uncapped count.