diff --git a/tests/AcDream.Core.Tests/Streaming/StreamingControllerPriorityApplyTests.cs b/tests/AcDream.Core.Tests/Streaming/StreamingControllerPriorityApplyTests.cs
index d9bdd3e4..27b86b6c 100644
--- a/tests/AcDream.Core.Tests/Streaming/StreamingControllerPriorityApplyTests.cs
+++ b/tests/AcDream.Core.Tests/Streaming/StreamingControllerPriorityApplyTests.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,29 @@ namespace AcDream.Core.Tests.Streaming;
 
 public class StreamingControllerPriorityApplyTests
 {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// One frame of streaming work is bounded by a wall-clock ceiling
+    /// (<see cref="StreamingWorkBudgetOptions.Default"/> allows 2 ms). That
+    /// ceiling is a production scheduling knob, not the subject of these
+    /// tests: every assertion here is about which results publish, in what
+    /// order, and under which generation. Leaving the elapsed-time dimension
+    /// at its production value makes each assertion depend on how much of the
+    /// publication path a previous test already JIT-compiled in this process —
+    /// a cold first <c>Tick</c> spends about 10 ms inside publication, the
+    /// meter yields at <c>publication-spatial-commit</c>, and the landblock
+    /// never reaches <see cref="GpuWorldState"/> in that frame. Raising only
+    /// the time dimension removes that hidden input; every count and byte
+    /// ceiling keeps its real value so bounded-admission behavior under test
+    /// is unchanged.
+    /// </summary>
+    private const double UntimedFrameMilliseconds = 3_600_000d;
+
+    private static StreamingWorkBudgetOptions UntimedBudget() =>
+        StreamingWorkBudgetOptions.Default with
+        {
+            MaxUpdateMilliseconds = UntimedFrameMilliseconds,
+        };
+
     private static LandblockStreamResult.Loaded LoadedOf(uint canonicalId, ulong generation = 0)
         => new(canonicalId, LandblockStreamTier.Near,
                new LoadedLandblock(canonicalId, new LandBlock(), Array.Empty<WorldEntity>()),
@@ -85,7 +108,8 @@ public class StreamingControllerPriorityApplyTests
             applyTerrain:      (lb, _) => applied.Add(lb.LandblockId),
             state:             state,
             nearRadius:        4,
-            farRadius:         12)
+            farRadius:         12,
+            workBudgetOptions: UntimedBudget())
         { MaxCompletionsPerFrame = 4 };
         ctrl.BeginDestinationReservation(1, priority, 0);
 
@@ -130,7 +154,8 @@ public class StreamingControllerPriorityApplyTests
             applyTerrain:     (lb, _) => applied.Add(lb.LandblockId),
             state:            state,
             nearRadius:       4,
-            farRadius:        12)
+            farRadius:        12,
+            workBudgetOptions: UntimedBudget())
         { MaxCompletionsPerFrame = 4 };
 
         // Set a priority id that will NEVER appear in the outbox.
@@ -152,7 +177,7 @@ public class StreamingControllerPriorityApplyTests
     }
 
     private static StreamingWorkBudgetOptions GenerousBudget() => new(
-        MaxUpdateMilliseconds: 100,
+        MaxUpdateMilliseconds: UntimedFrameMilliseconds,
         MaxCompletionAdmissions: 64,
         MaxAdoptedCpuBytes: 16 * StreamingWorkBudgetOptions.MiB,
         MaxEntityOperations: 10_000,
@@ -170,7 +195,8 @@ public class StreamingControllerPriorityApplyTests
             applyTerrain: (_, _) => { },
             state: new GpuWorldState(),
             nearRadius: 1,
-            farRadius: 2);
+            farRadius: 2,
+            workBudgetOptions: UntimedBudget());
 
         controller.BeginDestinationReservation(1, 0x11340021u, 1);
         controller.BeginDestinationReservation(2, 0x20210123u, 0);
@@ -220,7 +246,8 @@ public class StreamingControllerPriorityApplyTests
             },
             state: new GpuWorldState(),
             nearRadius: 4,
-            farRadius: 12)
+            farRadius: 12,
+            workBudgetOptions: UntimedBudget())
         {
             MaxCompletionsPerFrame = 3,
         };
@@ -259,7 +286,7 @@ public class StreamingControllerPriorityApplyTests
             nearRadius: 4,
             farRadius: 12,
             workBudgetOptions: new StreamingWorkBudgetOptions(
-                MaxUpdateMilliseconds: 100,
+                MaxUpdateMilliseconds: UntimedFrameMilliseconds,
                 MaxCompletionAdmissions: 4,
                 MaxAdoptedCpuBytes: 1_000_000,
                 MaxEntityOperations: 1_000,
@@ -296,7 +323,8 @@ public class StreamingControllerPriorityApplyTests
             applyTerrain: (build, _) => applied.Add(build.LandblockId),
             state: state,
             nearRadius: 1,
-            farRadius: 2);
+            farRadius: 2,
+            workBudgetOptions: UntimedBudget());
 
         ctrl.Tick(10, 10);
         ctrl.ForceReloadWindow();
@@ -348,7 +376,8 @@ public class StreamingControllerPriorityApplyTests
             state: state,
             nearRadius: 0,
             farRadius: 2,
-            removeTerrain: id => terrainRemoved.Add(id));
+            removeTerrain: id => terrainRemoved.Add(id),
+            workBudgetOptions: UntimedBudget());
 
         ctrl.Tick(10, 10); // generation 0 promotion supersedes its queued Far base.
         Assert.Equal(new[] { outdoorId }, terrainApplied);
@@ -403,7 +432,8 @@ public class StreamingControllerPriorityApplyTests
             applyTerrain: (build, _) => applied.Add(build.LandblockId),
             state: state,
             nearRadius: 0,
-            farRadius: 3);
+            farRadius: 3,
+            workBudgetOptions: UntimedBudget());
 
         ctrl.Tick(10, 10); // target starts Far.
         ctrl.Tick(10, 13); // target becomes Near; promotion is now in flight.
@@ -503,7 +533,8 @@ public class StreamingControllerPriorityApplyTests
             applyTerrain: (build, _) => applied.Add(build),
             state: state,
             nearRadius: 0,
-            farRadius: 3);
+            farRadius: 3,
+            workBudgetOptions: UntimedBudget());
 
         ctrl.Tick(10, 10); // target's initial LoadNear is now in flight.
         ctrl.Tick(10, 13); // target becomes desired Far before it completes.
@@ -559,7 +590,8 @@ public class StreamingControllerPriorityApplyTests
             applyTerrain: (build, _) => applied.Add(build.LandblockId),
             state: state,
             nearRadius: 1,
-            farRadius: 2);
+            farRadius: 2,
+            workBudgetOptions: UntimedBudget());
 
         ctrl.Tick(10, 10);
         ulong oldGeneration = loads.Single(load => load.Id == overlap).Generation;
@@ -602,7 +634,8 @@ public class StreamingControllerPriorityApplyTests
             applyTerrain: (build, _) => applied.Add(build.LandblockId),
             state: new GpuWorldState(),
             nearRadius: 1,
-            farRadius: 2)
+            farRadius: 2,
+            workBudgetOptions: UntimedBudget())
         { MaxCompletionsPerFrame = 1 };
 
         ctrl.Tick(10, 10);
@@ -644,7 +677,8 @@ public class StreamingControllerPriorityApplyTests
             applyTerrain: (_, _) => { },
             state: state,
             nearRadius: 0,
-            farRadius: 0);
+            farRadius: 0,
+            workBudgetOptions: UntimedBudget());
 
         ctrl.Tick(10, 10);
         state.AddLandblock(