test: pause sim around plane-popup marker click at 1000× (rendered marker lags fresh state by one poll)

e2e/map-interactions.spec.ts

@@ -251,8 +251,23 @@ test('plane markers move while flying and the plane popup shows status + route',
   // The arc itself stays covered by unit tests: lib/mapData.test.ts.)
 
   // 4) Click the flying plane → status popup with model, status, fuel and the leg.
-  // Fetch + project in one evaluate so the click lands on a fresh position (at scale
-  // 1000 the marker moves fast — a stale projection would miss it).
+  // Freeze the sim so the click can't miss a fast-moving marker: at scale 1000 the rendered
+  // marker lags our fresh /api/state fetch by up to one map poll (~1 s) — tens of px of drift
+  // on this leg. Pausing makes the position static; we resume right after the popup checks.
+  await postSim(page, { paused: true });
+  let prevPos: { lat: number; lon: number } | null = null;
+  await expect
+    .poll(async () => {
+      const p = (await getState(page)).planes.find((x) => x.id === 'plane-starter');
+      if (!p || p.status !== 'flying') return false;
+      if (prevPos && prevPos.lat === p.lat && prevPos.lon === p.lon) return true;
+      prevPos = { lat: p.lat, lon: p.lon };
+      return false;
+    }, { timeout: 15_000, message: 'waiting for the paused clock to freeze the plane position' })
+    .toBe(true);
+
+  // Fetch + project in one evaluate — with the sim paused above, the server's analytic
+  // position is static, so the projected point matches what the map renders.
   const pt = await page.evaluate(async () => {
     const m = (window as any).__flightMap;
     if (!m) return null;
@@ -277,6 +292,9 @@ test('plane markers move while flying and the plane popup shows status + route',
   // The popup's route line is the plane's own leg: origin name → destination name.
   await expect(page.getByTestId('plane-route')).toContainText(`${live.locationName} → ${live.destName}`);
 
+  // Resume before step 5 — the landing wait needs a running clock.
+  await postSim(page, { timeScale: SCALE, paused: false });
+
   // 5) Let the flight finish, then fly home so the live instance stays in its
   // onboarding state (starter grounded at EDDF) for the other specs. The loaded
   // package is delivered on arrival (in-deadline).