diff --git a/src/daemon/runtime/codebase/query.ts b/src/daemon/runtime/codebase/query.ts
index 92e6569d..8db855e3 100644
--- a/src/daemon/runtime/codebase/query.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/runtime/codebase/query.ts
@@ -192,7 +192,21 @@ function parsePath(path: string): { command: string; remainder: string } {
 	const cleaned = path.replace(/^\/+/, "").replace(/^graph\//, "").replace(/\.md$/, "");
 	const slash = cleaned.indexOf("/");
 	if (slash < 0) return { command: cleaned.toLowerCase(), remainder: "" };
-	return { command: cleaned.slice(0, slash).toLowerCase(), remainder: decodeURIComponent(cleaned.slice(slash + 1)) };
+	return { command: cleaned.slice(0, slash).toLowerCase(), remainder: safeDecode(cleaned.slice(slash + 1)) };
+}
+
+/**
+ * URL-decode a remainder, falling back to the RAW string on a malformed `%` escape.
+ * `decodeURIComponent` throws `URIError` on a lone/short `%` (e.g. a `find/100%` pattern);
+ * {@link handleGraphVfs} promises it "never throws", so an undecodable remainder is passed
+ * through verbatim rather than blowing up the whole render.
+ */
+function safeDecode(s: string): string {
+	try {
+		return decodeURIComponent(s);
+	} catch {
+		return s;
+	}
 }
 
 // ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
diff --git a/tests/cli/daemon-service.test.ts b/tests/cli/daemon-service.test.ts
index c21e6da6..eb6ed98f 100644
--- a/tests/cli/daemon-service.test.ts
+++ b/tests/cli/daemon-service.test.ts
@@ -530,6 +530,7 @@ describe("PRD-064h schtasks controller, register/restart/status argv (injected r
 				),
 			).toThrow();
 		},
+		30_000,
 	);
 
 	it("isRegistered is true when /Query succeeds, false when it throws (task absent)", () => {
diff --git a/tests/cli/health-probes.test.ts b/tests/cli/health-probes.test.ts
index a4ec5c45..556e548e 100644
--- a/tests/cli/health-probes.test.ts
+++ b/tests/cli/health-probes.test.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ describe("PRD-021b b-AC-5 — status reports the real D1–D5 health", () => {
 		const lines = await health.evaluate();
 		const ids = lines.map((l) => l.id);
 		expect(ids).toEqual(["D1", "D2", "D3", "D4", "D5"]);
-	});
+	},
+	30_000);
 
 	it("D5 (capture wired) reports HEALTHY when the Claude Code plugin is installed + enabled", async () => {
 		const probes = buildHealthProbes(createFakeDaemonClient({ alive: true }), fakePluginRunner(true));
diff --git a/tests/daemon/runtime/codebase/query.test.ts b/tests/daemon/runtime/codebase/query.test.ts
index 65f032e8..46c9d05f 100644
--- a/tests/daemon/runtime/codebase/query.test.ts
+++ b/tests/daemon/runtime/codebase/query.test.ts
@@ -303,6 +303,14 @@ describe("d-AC-5 zero network — handleGraphVfs reads only the local snapshot",
 		expect(() => handleGraphVfs("graph/bogus/thing", buildFixture())).not.toThrow();
 		expect(handleGraphVfs("graph/bogus/thing", buildFixture())).toContain("unknown");
 	});
+
+	it("d-AC-5 a remainder with a malformed % escape does not throw (never throws contract)", () => {
+		// `decodeURIComponent` throws URIError on a lone/short `%`; the renderer must not.
+		for (const path of ["graph/find/100%", "graph/show/a%zz", "graph/neighborhood/src/x%.ts"]) {
+			expect(() => handleGraphVfs(path, buildFixture())).not.toThrow();
+			expect(typeof handleGraphVfs(path, buildFixture())).toBe("string");
+		}
+	});
 });
 
 // ── Supporting endpoints (FR-4 / FR-7) ──────────────────────────────────────────
diff --git a/tests/daemon/runtime/logs/log-store.test.ts b/tests/daemon/runtime/logs/log-store.test.ts
index 290f96be..4622a5ba 100644
--- a/tests/daemon/runtime/logs/log-store.test.ts
+++ b/tests/daemon/runtime/logs/log-store.test.ts
@@ -63,13 +63,15 @@ afterEach(() => {
 describe("PRD-043a openLogStore persists to disk", () => {
 	it("AC-1: records written before a restart are queryable after re-opening the same logs.db", () => {
 		// Write three records, then CLOSE (simulating the daemon stopping).
-		const first = openLogStore({ baseDir: dir });
+		// Mock clock so test records (2026-06-20) don't get pruned as "too old" by the startup sweep.
+		const testClock = { now: () => Date.parse("2026-06-20T00:00:00.000Z") };
+		const first = openLogStore({ baseDir: dir, clock: testClock });
 		expect(first.persistent).toBe(true);
 		for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) first.appendRequest(rec(i));
 		first.close();
 
 		// A FRESH store opens the SAME on-disk file (the daemon restarting) and reads the records back.
-		const second = openLogStore({ baseDir: dir });
+		const second = openLogStore({ baseDir: dir, clock: testClock });
 		const page = second.queryRequests(resolveHistoryQuery({}));
 		expect(page.records).toHaveLength(3);
 		// Newest first.
@@ -79,7 +81,8 @@ describe("PRD-043a openLogStore persists to disk", () => {
 	});
 
 	it("AC-6: the request_log schema carries ONLY the record fields — no header/token/body column", () => {
-		const store = openLogStore({ baseDir: dir });
+		const testClock = { now: () => Date.parse("2026-06-20T00:00:00.000Z") };
+		const store = openLogStore({ baseDir: dir, clock: testClock });
 		store.appendRequest(rec(0));
 		const page = store.queryRequests(resolveHistoryQuery({}));
 		const record = page.records[0] as Record<string, unknown>;
@@ -95,7 +98,8 @@ describe("PRD-043a openLogStore persists to disk", () => {
 	});
 
 	it("the db file lands under .daemon/logs.db (mirrors the secrets .daemon pattern)", () => {
-		const store = openLogStore({ baseDir: dir });
+		const testClock = { now: () => Date.parse("2026-06-20T00:00:00.000Z") };
+		const store = openLogStore({ baseDir: dir, clock: testClock });
 		store.appendRequest(rec(0));
 		store.close();
 		// The file exists at the documented path.
diff --git a/tests/daemon/runtime/pipeline/memory-redrive.test.ts b/tests/daemon/runtime/pipeline/memory-redrive.test.ts
index 4c62bb26..ab2066e1 100644
--- a/tests/daemon/runtime/pipeline/memory-redrive.test.ts
+++ b/tests/daemon/runtime/pipeline/memory-redrive.test.ts
@@ -187,7 +187,8 @@ describe("b-AC-4: readTerminalControlledWriteJobs reads only TERMINAL memory_con
 		const jobs = readTerminalControlledWriteJobs({ baseDir: dir });
 		expect(jobs).toHaveLength(1);
 		expect(jobs[0]!.content).toBe("terminal fact");
-	});
+	},
+	30_000);
 
 	it("returns [] when the local-queue.db does not exist yet (read-through fail-soft)", () => {
 		// The temp dir has no `.daemon/local-queue.db` — the reader must NOT fabricate one.