diff --git a/goodwe_controller/DECISIONS/SAFETY-119-bound-after-hand-back.md b/goodwe_controller/DECISIONS/SAFETY-119-bound-after-hand-back.md
index 8755c41..f62be34 100644
--- a/goodwe_controller/DECISIONS/SAFETY-119-bound-after-hand-back.md
+++ b/goodwe_controller/DECISIONS/SAFETY-119-bound-after-hand-back.md
@@ -58,6 +58,22 @@ and 15 s the meter's lag puts the highest quarter 20 to 55 W over 5000 W,
 the same with and without the fix. Quarter-edge case, 15 s meter: the highest
 quarter is 2327 W to 2680 W, the same with and without the fix.
 
+**Accepted limits (owner, 2026-10-20, with N=8).** The owner accepted N=8
+knowing that:
+- at a 2 s meter the quarter-edge false alarm still shows on about 1 of 30
+  seeds (one notification in 2 h);
+- at a 15 s meter the case above warns in only 1 to 3 of the 7 quarters
+  (some runs are silent for more than one quarter in a row);
+- at a 30 s meter and slower it gives no warning in that case (0 in 2 h,
+  against 7 and 11 without the fix): a real bound is suppressed there;
+- the cap is exceeded at 10 s and slower in that case (and up to 2680 W of
+  2500 W at 15 s on the quarter edge), the same with and without the fix.
+A budget that follows the cycle length (10 cycles up to 3.5 s, 8 to 11 s, 6
+to 16 s, 4 beyond) met both cases on every swept seed at 1 to 20 s (at
+30 s: no false alarm, 3 to 5 of 7 quarters) in the dev round-3 sweep; it was
+not adopted. Without a monotonic clock the budget
+never refills, so a bound that stays is counted after 8 hidden cycles.
+
 **Kept.** The loop in charge at its rail warns on the same cycle as before.
 The start and a restart after a stop are not hand-backs. The quarter-edge
 kick of `test_safety119.py` part 1 stays hidden (0 warnings in 2 h at
diff --git a/goodwe_controller/app/main.py b/goodwe_controller/app/main.py
index afc6de1..90276ce 100644
--- a/goodwe_controller/app/main.py
+++ b/goodwe_controller/app/main.py
@@ -301,7 +301,8 @@ REFUSED_PROGRESS_W = _ctl.PROBE_ANSWER_W / 2
 SHORT_CYCLES, SHORT_SPAN_S = _ctl.SETTLE_CYCLES, REFUSED_SPAN_S
 # SAFETY-119: across all hand-backs, the loop's bound is hidden on at most
 # this many cycles in any ROLLING_S seconds (a budget measured in
-# DECISIONS/SAFETY-119-bound-after-hand-back.md).
+# DECISIONS/SAFETY-119-bound-after-hand-back.md). Without a monotonic clock
+# the budget never refills.
 ROLLING_BOUND_CYCLES, ROLLING_S = 8, 900.0
 
 
@@ -5886,7 +5887,8 @@ class Controller:
             self._handback = None
             return False
         if self.loop_clamped[0] and not self.loop_clamped[2]:
-            kept = tuple(t for t in self._hidden if not aged(t, ROLLING_S))
+            kept = tuple(t for t in self._hidden if now is None or (
+                t is not None and now - t < ROLLING_S))
             if len(kept) >= ROLLING_BOUND_CYCLES:
                 self._hidden = kept
                 return False
diff --git a/goodwe_controller/test_safety119.py b/goodwe_controller/test_safety119.py
index 652e217..aac4fd6 100644
--- a/goodwe_controller/test_safety119.py
+++ b/goodwe_controller/test_safety119.py
@@ -361,11 +361,9 @@ check("...and at 5 s the cap held",
 # The quarter-edge case (part 1) at the slower meters: still no warning.
 # The meter's own lag limits the cap there, the same with and without the fix.
 _qe = {}
-for _t, _seeds in ((10.0, ((1, 1), (2, 1), (3, 2))),
-                   (15.0, ((1, 1), (2, 1), (3, 2))),
-                   (2.0, ((8, 1), (9, 2)))):     # a budget of 7 warns here
+for _t in (2.0, 5.0, 10.0, 15.0):         # with part 1: 1, 2, 5, 10, 15 s
     rig.TICK = _t
-    for _seed, _dl in _seeds:
+    for _seed, _dl in ((1, 1), (2, 1), (3, 2)):     # the brief's fixed set
         _qe[_t, _seed] = (run(house(_seed), delay=_dl),
                           no_fix(lambda: run(house(_seed), delay=_dl)))
     rig.TICK = 1.0
@@ -373,14 +371,15 @@ for _t, _seeds in ((10.0, ((1, 1), (2, 1), (3, 2))),
           f"{[len(notes(r[0][1])) for k, r in _qe.items() if k[0] == _t]} "
           f"(without the fix "
           f"{[len(notes(r[1][1])) for k, r in _qe.items() if k[0] == _t]})")
-check("⭐ the quarter-edge case at 10 s and 15 s meters, and at 2 s on two "
-      "more seeds: no notification",
+check("⭐ the quarter-edge case at 2, 5, 10 and 15 s meters, seeds 1 to 3: "
+      "no notification",
       all(notes(r[0][1]) == [] and r[0][1].clamp_wd.bound == 0
           for r in _qe.values()))
 check("...every command the same as without the fix; without it the false "
-      "alarm is there (non-vacuous)",
+      "alarm is there at each meter (non-vacuous)",
       all(commands(r[0][0]) == commands(r[1][0]) for r in _qe.values())
-      and all(len(notes(r[1][1])) >= 1 for r in _qe.values()))
+      and all(any(len(notes(_qe[_t, k][1][1])) >= 1 for k in (1, 2, 3))
+              for _t in (2.0, 5.0, 10.0, 15.0)))
 check("the budget is the one the sweep chose (8). Changing it means "
       "re-running the sweep in DECISIONS/SAFETY-119-bound-after-hand-back.md",
       app_main.ROLLING_BOUND_CYCLES == 8 and app_main.ROLLING_S == 900.0)
@@ -538,6 +537,18 @@ _c.loop_clamped = (True, "", False)
 check("an over-rating does not use up the budget",
       _c._settling(True, _t + 5.0) is True and len(_c._hidden) == 1)
 
+# No monotonic clock: the budget cannot refill, so a bound that stays is
+# counted after the budget however often the wire changes hands.
+_c = _C()
+_nc = []
+for _ in range(40):
+    for _ in range(3):
+        _c._settling(False, None)
+    _c.loop_clamped = (True, "", False)
+    _nc.append(_c._settling(True, None))
+check("no monotonic clock, repeated hand-backs: the budget holds (8 hidden, "
+      "then every bound counts)", _nc == [True] * M + [False] * (40 - M))
+
 # An over-rating (a command over `max_w`) is a bug, never settled away.
 _ctl = _hb[1]
 _ctl.loop_clamped = (True, "x", True)
diff --git a/goodwe_controller/test_safety84.py b/goodwe_controller/test_safety84.py
index 875b5d7..e239b37 100644
--- a/goodwe_controller/test_safety84.py
+++ b/goodwe_controller/test_safety84.py
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ print("\n8. the N=1 and N=2 digests")
 # pin lifts (t=1800) and B no longer jumps 1390 W, and after the surplus step.
 # SAFETY-119 re-pinned all six: only the log. OUTPUT_CLAMP rows from the
 # loop's bound just after the guard hands back are gone; every command and
-# claim is the same (test_safety119.py part 5).
+# claim is the same (test_safety119.py part 6).
 PINNED = {
     "n1_charge":
         "19781f90b9751b10994dedeaafb38e42d48ad2551640792e601336b7f9b5bb4f",
diff --git a/goodwe_controller/test_safety87.py b/goodwe_controller/test_safety87.py
index 0670f62..6f0229a 100644
--- a/goodwe_controller/test_safety87.py
+++ b/goodwe_controller/test_safety87.py
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ print("\n9. N=1 is byte-identical to release/1.0 b8ddfd7")
 # SAFETY-119 re-pinned n1_crossing, n1_above and n1_charge_low: only the
 # log. The loop's bound just after a hand-back is not counted, so OUTPUT_CLAMP
 # rows are gone or count fewer; every command and claim is the same
-# (test_safety119.py part 5).
+# (test_safety119.py part 6).
 PINNED = {   # tools/safety87_identity.py on b8ddfd7
     "n1_under":
         "d2395ef8d74fb23607ad864d5a4bf62c03044bbd9367e873675d7ad10e8c169f",