Merge pull request 'v0.53.0 — antimeridian routes no longer chord across the map (#120)' (#123) from feat/antimeridian-route into master

v0.52.0 — fixed world clock at 24x (1h = 1 day): no time skip, background tick, idle-pause (#117)

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,35 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v0.53.0 — 2026-09-22 14:47
+- **Antimeridian routes no longer chord across the map (ISS-120).** Routes whose great circle crosses ±180° (e.g. Auckland → Fua'amotu, Tonga) rendered as a line spanning the whole map: `greatCircleArc` sampled `positionAt`, which wraps every sample's longitude into [−180, 180], so consecutive samples jumped +179.x → −179.x and MapLibre — which draws LineStrings as-is with no ±180 splitting — connected them across the globe. New module-private `unwrapLons` in `lib/mapData.ts` re-expresses each arc's sample sequence in continuous longitudes (first sample keeps its raw lon; every later one is shifted by ±360 relative to the previous UNWRAPPED value until |Δlon| ≤ 180), applied inside `greatCircleArc` so all four line builders (`routesGeoJson`, `queuedRoutesGeoJson`, `hoverRouteGeoJson`, `hoverTraceGeoJson`) are fixed at once. One line stays one LineString — no splitting; out-of-range values render on MapLibre's adjacent world copies (`renderWorldCopies` is default-on). `queuedRoutesGeoJson` gets a second global pass after concatenation: each leg's arc unwraps relative to its OWN start airport, so at a joint the sequence can jump ±360 (leg 1 ends at dest+360k, leg 2 restarts at the raw dest) and the re-unwrap keeps multi-leg chains continuous. Non-crossing routes are byte-identical (no |Δlon| > 180 anywhere → the pass is a no-op).
+- **Tests.** Unit +4 in `lib/mapData.test.ts` (new "antimeridian crossing" block, real dataset pairs NZAA/NFTF/NZCH): eastward and westward crossings stay continuous (every consecutive |Δlon| < 180), endpoints exact mod 360 with the first sample still the raw origin, sampled chord length ≈ haversine within 1%, a non-crossing route's lons stay in [−180, 180], and a grounded plane's two-leg queue chain crossing ±180 stays continuous across the joint (the regression `queuedRoutesGeoJson`'s global pass guards). E2E +1 in `e2e/hover.spec.ts`: hovering an antimeridian-crossing package (hook-created NZAA → NFTF) draws one continuous trace — no rendered segment may contain a ±180 longitude jump; `expectHoverRoute`'s endpoint check now compares longitudes on the circle (mod 360, identical for any pair within ±180 so existing routes are unaffected) and `fitToAirports` unwraps crossing pairs so their bounds follow the short arc across the date line instead of spanning the wrong side of the globe.
+- **Known limitation (follow-up).** Plane MARKERS still use the snapshot's wrapped lat/lon (`lib/game/state.ts` → `positionAt`), so a plane mid-crossing teleports 360° on its marker at the instant it passes ±180 while its route line stays continuous. Fixing needs airport coordinates inside `planesGeoJson` (signature change + `Map.tsx` call site) — deliberately out of scope for this fix.
+
+## v0.52.0 — 2026-09-22 10:45
+- **Fixed world clock, no player time controls (ISS-117).** The pause button and the 1×–1000× scale slider are gone from the left pane (`components/LeftPane.tsx`) — the world now always runs at a fixed `WORLD_TIME_SCALE = 24` (new client-safe `lib/worldClock.ts`, re-exported by the engine). The server advances time in a background tick: new `instrumentation.ts` starts `startBackgroundTick()` (1 s interval, singleton-guarded) under `NEXT_RUNTIME === 'nodejs'`, so the sim moves even with no open browser. **Idle-pause:** while no plane is flying or in repair the clock is frozen exactly — pure `shouldAdvanceTime(planes)` in `lib/sim/engine.ts` gates every tick (no catch-up jump on wake; `lastRealTickMs` still updates). Fresh worlds start at year 2000 (`STARTING_CLOCK_MS = Date.UTC(2000, 0, 1)` in `lib/game/seed.ts`; existing saves untouched — no migration). The client clock (`lib/useSimClock.ts`) extrapolates between polls at the fixed rate and freezes while idle, mirroring the server.
+- **API.** `POST /api/sim` deleted (route + OpenAPI entry; spec now lists twelve endpoints) and its controls removed from the engine (`applyTimeControls`, `clampTimeScale`, MIN/MAX_TIME_SCALE). The `/api/state` snapshot's `simState` is now `{ clockMs }` only — no `timeScale`/`paused`. New test-only hook `POST /api/test/set-timescale` behind the existing `FLIGHT_TEST_HOOKS=1` gate (sibling of `/api/test/set-health`, same 404-when-disabled convention): body `{ timeScale: finite number in [1, 100_000] }` else 400; ticks first under the sim lock and returns `{ clockMs, timeScale }`. The e2e suite's per-spec `setScale` helpers now call it (and verify from the response); every spec restores the world rate in `afterEach`.
+- **Tests.** Unit: engine tests re-anchored to `STARTING_CLOCK_MS` with a `makeWorldActive` helper (fresh DBs seed a grounded starter, so advancing-world tests put one in flight first) plus new idle-pause coverage (`shouldAdvanceTime` synthetic arrays; grounded fleet freezes the clock exactly; repairing keeps it advancing); actions/seed/db/openapi tests re-anchored to the year-2000 origin and fixed world rate; `lib/timeScale.ts`, its test, `components/left-pane.test.ts` and the old `/api/sim` route + test deleted. E2E: all specs rewritten off `POST /api/sim` — pause tests replaced by idle-pause assertions (e.g. `right-pane.spec.ts` verifies a double-read 1.5 s apart that a grounded fleet freezes the clock exactly, which also makes its penalty-preview math deterministic); `sim.spec.ts` activates the world via set-health + `/repair` for its advance/expiry tests and pins the new hook's validation; `panes.spec.ts` drops the slider-commit test (controls gone) and samples the smooth client clock at the fixed 24× rate, asserting the pause/slider testids are absent; `state.spec.ts` restart test self-heals to a fully grounded fleet first and now asserts the post-restart clock is byte-identical (frozen across the restart); `two-planes.spec.ts` loses its ISS-057 slow-on-landing assertions — the auto-chain observation leg now flies at world rate so polls can see it; `api.spec.ts` endpoint list drops `/api/sim` (thirteen → twelve).
+
+## v0.51.0 — 2026-09-22 08:21
+- **Max range display is now guaranteed flyable in all weather (ISS-099).** The spec card's "Max range" (`components/RightPane.tsx`) showed `maxRangeKm` — the weighted-model closed form with NO wind — while dispatch's fuel guard (`flyPlane`, and the engine's auto-chain) uses wind-adjusted burn (up to +20% headwind, v0.36.0), so a leg inside the displayed range could 409 "insufficient fuel" when the departure airport had a headwind. New `MAX_WIND_BURN_FACTOR` (= 1.2 — pinned in tests to be exactly `windBurnFactor`'s maximum) and `guaranteedRangeKm(burnPerKm, emptyWeightKg, maxFuel)` = `maxRangeKm` under worst-case headwind burn (`lib/sim/movement.ts`). The UI now shows the guaranteed range: any leg within it is flyable in all weather. ATR 72-600: 4436 → 3696 km; Boeing 777: 13045 → 10871 km — matching the `maxRangeKm ÷ 1.2` convention seed.ts already uses for its job-generation cap
+- **Tests.** Unit +15: new `guaranteedRangeKm` block in `lib/sim/movement.test.ts` (3 tests — MAX_WIND_BURN_FACTOR pinned to `windBurnFactor(30, 90, 90)`, ATR ≈ 3697 km ±5%, zero-fuel/invalid-weight guards) and a per-type consistency loop in `lib/game/catalog.test.ts` (12 tests — for ALL six catalog types: `requiredFuelFor(guaranteed range)` ≤ maxFuel under worst-case headwind, tightness at 1.05× > maxFuel, and the no-wind closed form still an exact inverse). E2E: `e2e/right-pane.spec.ts` market-tab test now imports and asserts `guaranteedRangeKm` directly (local mirror deleted)
+
+## v0.50.0 — 2026-09-22 08:00
+- **Queued/planned route line is now amber/gold instead of gray (ISS-098).** The dotted queue line in `components/Map.tsx` (a flying plane's not-yet-started legs, ISS-043) was drawn in muted slate `#64748b`. It is now an amber/gold `#d4a017`, readable on both light and dark tiles. The color was extracted from the inline literal to a new exported module-scope constant `QUEUE_ROUTE_LINE_COLOR` so it is testable; the dashed/dotted style (`line-dasharray [0.1, 1.5]`) and width (3) are unchanged
+- **Tests.** Unit +1: new `components/map.test.ts` pins `QUEUE_ROUTE_LINE_COLOR === '#d4a017'`. No new e2e spec — the existing queued-route rendering paths (`e2e/queue.spec.ts`, `e2e/relocation.spec.ts`) already exercise this layer, and a pure color swap needs no behavioral coverage
+
+## v0.49.0 — 2026-09-22 07:25
+- **Airport popup Relocate now works for flying/repairing planes (ISS-096).** The Relocate row in the map's airport popup (`components/Map.tsx`) previously listed only grounded planes and showed "No grounded planes to relocate." when none was available. It now lists ALL planes from the latest snapshot, and the click handler picks the endpoint by the SELECTED plane's current status: `available` → `POST /api/planes/{id}/fly` (immediate relocation, unchanged), `flying`/`repairing` → `POST /api/planes/{id}/queue` (the destination is appended to the plane's flight queue and chains on landing). Success text is "Relocation started." for fly and "Added to queue." for queue; the no-planes fallback guard is reworded to "No planes to relocate." No API changes — both endpoints existed since v0.25.0/v0.46.0
+- **Tests.** E2E +1 (`e2e/relocation.spec.ts`): dispatches the starter plane on a leg via the API so it is flying, slows the sim to 1x so the leg cannot land mid-test, opens the airport popup for a different airport, selects the flying plane from the (now full) list and clicks "Relocate here", then asserts via state that the plane's `queue` contains the clicked airport's ICAO while it is still flying its original destination
+
+## v0.48.0 — 2026-09-22 06:55
+- **Leg distance shown on contracts (ISS-095).** `PackageState` gains `distanceKm` (`lib/game/state.ts`) — the great-circle origin→dest distance, computed server-side in `getStateSnapshot()` from the airport GeoJSON already loaded for live-plane math (same `haversineKm` as flight movement; 0 if a coord is missing). Shown in two places via new `formatKm()` (`lib/format.ts`, integer km, no space before "km"): the on-board contract line (`EGCC → GMME 554km €23,826.00 …`) and the job-list row (`€37,408.00 215km Perishables 0.4t …`). OpenAPI spec updated in lockstep; nothing stored
+- **Tests.** Unit: `app/api/state/route.test.ts` asserts every package's `distanceKm` equals the haversine of its airports' coordinates (computed with the same lib/geo helper); `lib/openapi.test.ts` pinned key list gains `distanceKm`; new `formatKm` test in `lib/format.test.ts`. E2E: `right-pane.spec.ts` +2 assertions (job-row distance span matches /^\d+km$/, generic and hook-created package), `actions.spec.ts` +1 (on-board line)
+
+## v0.47.0 — 2026-09-21 23:01
+- **Job payoff retuned so weight dominates (ISS-090).** `REWARD_PER_KG` in `lib/game/seed.ts` rises from €0.5/kg to €2.0/kg — the linear form is unchanged, only the constant moves. Before, the weight term was small vs base+distance, so heavier jobs barely paid more (a 1000 km leg: €3,250 @500 kg → €5,000 @4,000 kg — per-kg rate fell from €4.59 to €1.01) and there was no sense in taking heavy jobs; after the retune the same leg pays €4,000 / €11,000, so weight clearly drives payoff. Safe for viability: fuel burn (`lib/sim/movement.ts`) is weight-independent, so this only raises income
+- **Tests.** `seed.test.ts`: stale test name "… 0.5 * weightKg …" made generic; new literal pins in the `rewardFor` formula test — `rewardFor(1000, 4000) === 11_000` and `rewardFor(1000, 500) === 4_000` — so future retunes are deliberate. All other reward assertions recompute through the exported constants and pass unchanged
+
 ## v0.46.0 — 2026-09-21 22:32
 - **Queue consumption on dispatch (ISS-088).** `flyPlane` (`lib/game/actions.ts`) now consumes `queue[0]` when the requested destination IS the first queued leg, so a landing never chains a zero-distance self-hop (the "phantom hop" — a→a completing instantly before reaching the real next leg). Flying to a non-first queued leg stays an explicit override and leaves the queue untouched; the persisted queue is written back in the same update
 - **Engine auto-chain hardening.** `deliverPackages` (`lib/sim/engine.ts`) gains two guards: (1) defensive skip — if `queue[0]` equals the arrival airport (only reachable from legacy/corrupt rows now that dispatch consumes), it drops the leg without flying; (2) full-tank backstop — if the next queued leg does not fit even a full tank, the plane grounds as `'available'` with the queue kept intact instead of chaining an unflyable leg (mirrors `flyPlane`'s 409 without throwing mid-tick)

app/api/packages/[id]/abandon/route.test.ts

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ describe('POST /api/packages/:id/abandon', () => {
     // Response convention (v0.8.0): the FULL snapshot, same shape as GET /api/state.
     const body = (await res.json()) as {
       account: { cash: number };
-      simState: { clockMs: number; timeScale: number; paused: boolean };
+      simState: { clockMs: number }; // ISS-117
       packages: Array<{ id: string; status: string; planeId: string | null }>;
     };
     expect(Object.keys(body).sort()).toEqual([

app/api/packages/[id]/load/route.test.ts

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ describe('POST /api/packages/:id/load', () => {
     // Response convention (v0.8.0): the FULL snapshot, same shape as GET /api/state.
     const body = (await res.json()) as {
       account: { cash: number };
-      simState: { clockMs: number; timeScale: number; paused: boolean };
+      simState: { clockMs: number }; // ISS-117
       planes: Array<Record<string, unknown>>;
       packages: Array<{ id: string; status: string; planeId: string | null }>;
     };

app/api/planes/[planeId]/fly/route.test.ts

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ describe('POST /api/planes/:planeId/fly', () => {
     // Response convention (v0.8.0): the FULL snapshot, same shape as GET /api/state.
     const body = (await res.json()) as {
       account: { cash: number };
-      simState: { clockMs: number; timeScale: number; paused: boolean };
+      simState: { clockMs: number }; // ISS-117
       planes: Array<{ id: string; status: string; destIcao: string | null; departureSimTime: number | null; locationIcao: string }>;
     };
     expect(Object.keys(body).sort()).toEqual([

app/api/sim/route.test.ts

@@ -1,116 +0,0 @@
-import fs from 'node:fs/promises';
-import os from 'node:os';
-import path from 'node:path';
-import { afterAll, beforeAll, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
-import { getGameDb } from '@/lib/db/client';
-import * as schema from '@/lib/db/schema';
-import { POST } from './route';
-
-let dir: string;
-
-beforeAll(async () => {
-  // Same pattern as app/api/state/route.test.ts: point the DB singleton at a
-  // throwaway file (fresh module registry per test file → fresh singleton).
-  dir = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'flight-sim-api-'));
-  process.env.FLIGHT_DB_PATH = path.join(dir, 'sim.db');
-});
-
-afterAll(async () => {
-  delete process.env.FLIGHT_DB_PATH;
-  await fs.rm(dir, { recursive: true, force: true });
-});
-
-const post = (body: unknown) => POST(new Request('http://localhost/api/sim', { method: 'POST', body: JSON.stringify(body) }));
-const postRaw = (text: string) => POST(new Request('http://localhost/api/sim', { method: 'POST', body: text }));
-
-describe('POST /api/sim', () => {
-  it('returns the current simState for an empty body (tick + no-op)', async () => {
-    const res = await post({});
-    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
-    const body = (await res.json()) as { clockMs: number; timeScale: number; paused: boolean };
-    expect(typeof body.clockMs).toBe('number');
-    expect(body.timeScale).toBe(1); // seeded default
-    expect(body.paused).toBe(false);
-  });
-
-  it('sets and clamps timeScale into [1, 1000]', async () => {
-    const hi = await post({ timeScale: 2000 });
-    expect(hi.status).toBe(200);
-    expect(((await hi.json()) as { timeScale: number }).timeScale).toBe(1000);
-
-    const lo = await post({ timeScale: 0.1 });
-    expect(lo.status).toBe(200);
-    expect(((await lo.json()) as { timeScale: number }).timeScale).toBe(1);
-
-    // The top of the ladder passes through unclamped (v0.14.0).
-    const max = await post({ timeScale: 1000 });
-    expect(max.status).toBe(200);
-    expect(((await max.json()) as { timeScale: number }).timeScale).toBe(1000);
-
-    // In-range values pass through unclamped — ladder and off-ladder alike.
-    const ladder = await post({ timeScale: 500 });
-    expect(ladder.status).toBe(200);
-    expect(((await ladder.json()) as { timeScale: number }).timeScale).toBe(500);
-
-    const mid = await post({ timeScale: 37 });
-    expect(mid.status).toBe(200);
-    expect(((await mid.json()) as { timeScale: number }).timeScale).toBe(37);
-
-    // Restore the default for later tests.
-    await post({ timeScale: 1 });
-  });
-
-  it('toggles paused and freezes the clock across ticks', async () => {
-    const pause = await post({ paused: true });
-    expect(pause.status).toBe(200);
-    expect(((await pause.json()) as { paused: boolean }).paused).toBe(true);
-
-    // Two reads while paused → identical clock (tick-on-read advances nothing).
-    const a = await post({});
-    const b = await post({});
-    expect(((await a.json()) as { clockMs: number }).clockMs).toBe(
-      ((await b.json()) as { clockMs: number }).clockMs,
-    );
-
-    const resume = await post({ paused: false });
-    expect(resume.status).toBe(200);
-    expect(((await resume.json()) as { paused: boolean }).paused).toBe(false);
-  });
-
-  it('applies both fields in one call', async () => {
-    const res = await post({ timeScale: 64, paused: true });
-    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
-    const body = (await res.json()) as { timeScale: number; paused: boolean };
-    expect(body.timeScale).toBe(64);
-    expect(body.paused).toBe(true);
-    await post({ timeScale: 1, paused: false }); // restore
-  });
-
-  it('records lastSelectedTimeScale when timeScale is posted; a paused-only post leaves it untouched (ISS-057)', async () => {
-    const inst = await getGameDb(); // same singleton the route's applyTimeControls writes through
-    const row = async () => (await inst.db.select().from(schema.simState))[0];
-
-    await post({ timeScale: 250 });
-    expect((await row()).lastSelectedTimeScale).toBe(250); // manual intent recorded…
-
-    await post({ paused: true });
-    expect((await row()).paused).toBe(true);
-    expect((await row()).lastSelectedTimeScale).toBe(250); // …and a {paused}-only post does not touch it
-
-    await post({ timeScale: 1, paused: false }); // restore
-    expect((await row()).lastSelectedTimeScale).toBe(1);
-  });
-
-  it('rejects invalid input with 400', async () => {
-    for (const body of [{ timeScale: 'fast' }, { timeScale: Infinity }, { paused: 'yes' }, { bogus: 1 }]) {
-      const res = await post(body);
-      expect(res.status).toBe(400);
-      expect(((await res.json()) as { error: string }).error).toBeTruthy();
-    }
-
-    for (const text of ['nope{', '[1,2]', '"str"', 'null']) {
-      const res = await postRaw(text);
-      expect(res.status).toBe(400);
-    }
-  });
-});

app/api/sim/route.ts

@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-import { applyTimeControls } from '@/lib/sim/engine';
-
-// POST /api/sim — set sim time controls (v0.7.0). Body: { timeScale?: 1–1000, paused?: boolean }.
-// Ticks the clock first (so the response reflects current game time), then applies
-// and persists the new controls. Returns the updated simState.
-
-export async function POST(req: Request) {
-  let body: unknown;
-  try {
-    const text = await req.text();
-    body = text ? JSON.parse(text) : {};
-  } catch {
-    return Response.json({ error: 'invalid JSON body' }, { status: 400 });
-  }
-  if (typeof body !== 'object' || body === null || Array.isArray(body)) {
-    return Response.json({ error: 'body must be a JSON object' }, { status: 400 });
-  }
-
-  const input = body as Record<string, unknown>;
-  for (const key of Object.keys(input)) {
-    if (key !== 'timeScale' && key !== 'paused') {
-      return Response.json({ error: `unknown field "${key}"` }, { status: 400 });
-    }
-  }
-  if (input.timeScale !== undefined && (typeof input.timeScale !== 'number' || !Number.isFinite(input.timeScale))) {
-    return Response.json({ error: 'timeScale must be a finite number (1–1000)' }, { status: 400 });
-  }
-  if (input.paused !== undefined && typeof input.paused !== 'boolean') {
-    return Response.json({ error: 'paused must be a boolean' }, { status: 400 });
-  }
-
-  try {
-    const sim = await applyTimeControls({
-      timeScale: input.timeScale as number | undefined,
-      paused: input.paused as boolean | undefined,
-    });
-    return Response.json({ clockMs: sim.clockMs, timeScale: sim.timeScale, paused: sim.paused });
-  } catch (err) {
-    console.error('failed to apply sim controls', err);
-    return Response.json({ error: 'failed to apply sim controls' }, { status: 500 });
-  }
-}

app/api/state/route.test.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import fs from 'node:fs/promises';
 import os from 'node:os';
 import path from 'node:path';
 import { afterAll, beforeAll, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { loadAirportsGeoJson } from '@/lib/airports';
+import { haversineKm } from '@/lib/geo';
 import { FUEL_PRICE_PER_L, PLANE_TYPES, SELL_FRACTION } from '@/lib/game/catalog';
 import { GET } from './route';
 
@@ -41,10 +43,8 @@ describe('GET /api/state', () => {
     expect(typeof account.cash).toBe('number');
     expect(typeof account.reputation).toBe('number');
 
-    const sim = body.simState as { clockMs: number; timeScale: number; paused: boolean };
+    const sim = body.simState as { clockMs: number }; // ISS-117: time controls are gone — clock only
     expect(typeof sim.clockMs).toBe('number');
-    expect(typeof sim.timeScale).toBe('number');
-    expect(sim.paused).toBe(false);
 
     const planes = body.planes as Array<Record<string, unknown>>;
     expect(planes.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1);
@@ -58,9 +58,20 @@ describe('GET /api/state', () => {
 
     const packages = body.packages as Array<Record<string, unknown>>;
     expect(packages.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
-    for (const key of ['id', 'originIcao', 'destIcao', 'reward', 'cargoType', 'weightKg', 'deadlineSimTime', 'status']) {
+    for (const key of ['id', 'originIcao', 'destIcao', 'reward', 'cargoType', 'weightKg', 'distanceKm', 'deadlineSimTime', 'status']) {
       expect(packages[0], `package.${key}`).toHaveProperty(key);
     }
+
+    // v0.48.0 (ISS-095): distanceKm is computed server-side — it must equal the haversine of the
+    // fixture airports' coordinates for every package in the snapshot.
+    const fc = await loadAirportsGeoJson();
+    const coords = new Map(fc.features.map((f) => [f.properties.icao, f.properties]));
+    for (const pkg of packages) {
+      const from = coords.get(String(pkg.originIcao));
+      const to = coords.get(String(pkg.destIcao));
+      if (!from || !to) continue; // missing coord → 0 fallback (cannot happen with the committed dataset)
+      expect(pkg.distanceKm, `package ${String(pkg.id)} distance`).toBeCloseTo(haversineKm(from.lat, from.lon, to.lat, to.lon), 6);
+    }
   });
 
   it('is stable across repeated calls (same seeded DB)', async () => {

app/api/test/set-timescale/route.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import { setTestTimeScale } from '@/lib/sim/engine';
+
+// TEST-ONLY hook (v0.52.0, ISS-117) — lets the e2e suite override the effective time scale now
+// that there are no player-facing controls; without it every spec would run at the fixed world
+// rate and a cross-Europe leg would take hours of real time. Disabled unless FLIGHT_TEST_HOOKS=1
+// (set in docker-compose.yml for the e2e instance only); every other deployment 404s here.
+// Sibling of /api/test/set-health — same gate, same conventions.
+//
+// POST /api/test/set-timescale
+//   body { timeScale: number } — a finite number in [1, 100_000] (400 otherwise).
+//   Ticks first so the write lands on current game state, under the sim lock.
+//   Returns { clockMs, timeScale } — the new effective scale for test assertions.
+
+export async function POST(req: Request) {
+  if (process.env.FLIGHT_TEST_HOOKS !== '1') {
+    return Response.json({ error: 'test hooks disabled' }, { status: 404 });
+  }
+
+  let body: unknown = {};
+  try {
+    const text = await req.text();
+    body = text ? JSON.parse(text) : {};
+  } catch {
+    return Response.json({ error: 'invalid JSON body' }, { status: 400 });
+  }
+  if (typeof body !== 'object' || body === null || Array.isArray(body)) {
+    return Response.json({ error: 'body must be a JSON object' }, { status: 400 });
+  }
+  const input = body as Record<string, unknown>;
+  for (const key of Object.keys(input)) {
+    if (key !== 'timeScale') {
+      return Response.json({ error: `unknown field "${key}"` }, { status: 400 });
+    }
+  }
+  const timeScale = input.timeScale;
+  if (typeof timeScale !== 'number' || !Number.isFinite(timeScale) || timeScale < 1 || timeScale > 100_000) {
+    return Response.json({ error: 'timeScale must be a finite number in [1, 100000]' }, { status: 400 });
+  }
+
+  try {
+    const row = await setTestTimeScale(timeScale);
+    return Response.json({ clockMs: row.clockMs, timeScale: row.timeScale });
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error('test hook failed', err);
+    return Response.json({ error: 'test hook failed' }, { status: 500 });
+  }
+}

app/page.tsx

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export default function Home() {
   // Single polling source for the whole shell (v0.9.0): one /api/state loop, snapshot passed
   // down as props so later panes can share it without extra poll loops. applySnapshot (v0.10.0)
   // lets a pane push an action endpoint's full response snapshot in immediately.
-  const { state, loading, error, refresh, applySnapshot } = useGameState(1000);
+  const { state, loading, error, applySnapshot } = useGameState(1000);
 
   // ISS-002 (v0.15.0): the side panels' hover target — shared here so hovering a row in
   // either pane highlights the matching plane/route/airports on the map.
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export default function Home() {
     <div className="app-shell">
       {/* ISS-021 (v0.20.0) — applySnapshot also reaches the left pane: its On board section's
           fly/abandon actions push their response snapshot into the shared state */}
-      <LeftPane state={state} loading={loading} error={error} onRefresh={refresh} applySnapshot={applySnapshot} onHover={setHovered} onError={onError} />
+      <LeftPane state={state} loading={loading} error={error} applySnapshot={applySnapshot} onHover={setHovered} onError={onError} />
       {/* v0.11.0 — the same polled snapshot drives the map's plane markers + route lines;
           ISS-010 (v0.18.0) — applySnapshot lets the airport popup's Relocate row push its
           action response into the shared state, exactly like RightPane does */}

components/LeftPane.tsx

@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 'use client';
 
-import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState, type ChangeEvent } from 'react';
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import type { GeoJsonFeatureCollection } from '@/lib/airports';
 import type { PlaneState, StateSnapshot } from '@/lib/game/state';
 import { PLANE_TYPES } from '@/lib/game/catalog';
 import { abandonPenalty } from '@/lib/game/penalty';
-import { formatCash, formatDeadlineRelative, formatFuel, formatSimClock, formatSpecialLabel } from '@/lib/format';
+import { formatCash, formatDeadlineRelative, formatFuel, formatKm, formatSimClock, formatSpecialLabel } from '@/lib/format';
-import { TIME_SCALES, scaleToSlider, sliderToScale } from '@/lib/timeScale';
 import { useGameAction } from '@/lib/useGameAction';
 import { useSimClock } from '@/lib/useSimClock';
 import { cargoWeightFor } from './RightPane';
@@ -16,8 +15,6 @@ interface LeftPaneProps {
   state: StateSnapshot | null;
   loading: boolean;
   error: string | null;
-  // The shell's single-poll refresh — called after a sim-control POST so the pane updates immediately.
-  onRefresh: () => void;
   // ISS-021 (v0.20.0): push the full snapshot returned by an action endpoint into the shared shell
   // state — needed now that the per-plane cargo rows' fly/abandon actions live in this pane.
   applySnapshot: (snapshot: StateSnapshot) => void;
@@ -27,12 +24,6 @@ interface LeftPaneProps {
   onError?: (message: string) => void;
 }
 
-// Discrete ladder slider (v0.9.2, values reworked in v0.14.0): position t ∈ [0,1] → nearest
-// step of the ladder 1×/2×/5×/10×/25×/50×/100×/250×/500×/1000× — each of the 10 positions
-// roughly doubles the speed.
-const SCALE_SLIDER_STEP = 1 / (TIME_SCALES.length - 1); // one ladder step per keyboard-arrow step
-const SCALE_COMMIT_DEBOUNCE_MS = 250;
-
 // Flying planes show their current leg from the snapshot's dest fields (v0.12.0).
 function planeLocation(p: PlaneState): string {
   if (p.status === 'flying' && p.destName) return `${p.locationName} → ${p.destName}`;
@@ -47,51 +38,7 @@ function loadoutFor(state: StateSnapshot, p: PlaneState): string {
   return `${(used / 1000).toFixed(1)}t / ${(maxPayloadKg / 1000).toFixed(1)}t`;
 }
 
-// ISS-001 — an optimistic slider value is cleared exactly when a rendered snapshot CONFIRMS it
+export default function LeftPane({ state, loading, error, applySnapshot, onHover, onError }: LeftPaneProps) {
-// (server scale === pending), never earlier: clearing at commit time would snap the pointer back
-// to the stale scale for one poll cycle, then jump forward again on the confirming snapshot.
-export function pendingScaleConfirmed(pendingScale: number | null, serverTimeScale: number): boolean {
-  return pendingScale !== null && serverTimeScale === pendingScale;
-}
-
-// ISS-008 fix (v0.17.0, CI runs #44/#47): bounded retry for POST /api/sim — a commit dropped by
-// the runner's flaky uplink used to leave the UI optimistic while the server kept the old scale.
-// Up to maxAttempts tries with delayMs between them; stops early once superseded() flips (a newer
-// intent arrived and the caller's loop sends it instead). post is idempotent set-semantics, so
-// re-sending a body whose response was lost cannot double-apply. Pure core — unit-tested in node.
-export const SIM_POST_MAX_ATTEMPTS = 3;
-export const SIM_POST_RETRY_DELAY_MS = 500;
-
-export type SimPostRetryResult =
-  | { ok: true }
-  | { ok: false; reason: 'exhausted'; error: unknown }
-  | { ok: false; reason: 'superseded' };
-
-export async function retrySimPost(
-  post: () => Promise<void>,
-  superseded: () => boolean,
-  sleep: (ms: number) => Promise<void> = (ms) => new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, ms)),
-  maxAttempts: number = SIM_POST_MAX_ATTEMPTS,
-  delayMs: number = SIM_POST_RETRY_DELAY_MS,
-): Promise<SimPostRetryResult> {
-  let lastError: unknown;
-  for (let attempt = 1; attempt <= maxAttempts; attempt++) {
-    if (superseded()) return { ok: false, reason: 'superseded' }; // a newer intent takes over — don't even send this body
-    try {
-      await post();
-      return { ok: true };
-    } catch (err) {
-      lastError = err;
-      if (superseded()) return { ok: false, reason: 'superseded' }; // a newer intent arrived during the attempt — don't wait out the backoff
-      if (attempt < maxAttempts) await sleep(delayMs);
-    }
-  }
-  return { ok: false, reason: 'exhausted', error: lastError };
-}
-
-export default function LeftPane({ state, loading, error, onRefresh, applySnapshot, onHover, onError }: LeftPaneProps) {
-  const [busy, setBusy] = useState(false);
-
   // ISS-021 (v0.20.0): shared action runner for the per-plane cargo/queue actions (moved here from RightPane).
   const { runAction, busy: actionsBusy, actionError } = useGameAction(state, applySnapshot, onError);
 
@@ -123,73 +70,6 @@ export default function LeftPane({ state, loading, error, onRefresh, applySnapsh
     void airportsPromiseRef.current.then(setAirportOptions).catch(() => {});
   }, []);
 
-  // POST /api/sim (retried up to SIM_POST_MAX_ATTEMPTS× on failure — CI runs #44/#47), then
-  // refetch the full snapshot immediately so the pane reflects the new controls without waiting
-  // for the next poll tick. After the final attempt fails keep the stale UI and surface an error
-  // toast (the running poll retries on its own). A commit that lands while another POST is in
-  // flight — including mid-retry — is held in a single slot (last intent wins) and supersedes
-  // the in-flight body, so every user intent reaches the server (the [1,1000] clamp stays as
-  // backstop). The gate is a REF, not React state: closures never see a stale "busy" value,
-  // which used to let a flush re-queue instead of send and silently drop a commit.
-  const queuedRef = useRef<{ timeScale?: number; paused?: boolean } | null>(null);
-  const busyRef = useRef(false);
-
-  type SimControlsOutcome = 'sent' | 'queued' | 'failed';
-
-  // 'sent': this body reached the server (a confirming snapshot follows via onRefresh).
-  // 'queued': an in-flight call holds it — its flush will send it.
-  // 'failed': the POST for this body never succeeded; callers drop optimistic values only then.
-  const applySimControls = useCallback(
-    async (body: { timeScale?: number; paused?: boolean }): Promise<SimControlsOutcome> => {
-      if (busyRef.current) {
-        queuedRef.current = body; // last intent wins — the in-flight call's flush sends it
-        return 'queued';
-      }
-      busyRef.current = true;
-      setBusy(true);
-      let sentOwn = false;
-      try {
-        let current: { timeScale?: number; paused?: boolean } | null = body;
-        while (current !== null) {
-          const target = current; // stable across this retry round
-          const result = await retrySimPost(
-            async () => {
-              const res = await fetch('/api/sim', {
-                method: 'POST',
-                headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
-                body: JSON.stringify(target),
-                cache: 'no-store',
-              });
-              if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`POST /api/sim → HTTP ${res.status}`);
-            },
-            () => queuedRef.current !== null, // a newer intent supersedes the in-flight body mid-retry
-          );
-          if (result.ok) {
-            onRefresh();
-            if (target === body) sentOwn = true; // object identity — queued bodies are fresh literals
-          } else if (result.reason === 'exhausted') {
-            throw result.error; // only after the final attempt fails → error toast below
-          }
-          current = queuedRef.current; // pick up anything that arrived while we were in flight
-          queuedRef.current = null;
-        }
-      } catch (err) {
-        console.error('failed to apply sim controls', err);
-        // ISS-008: surface the failure as an error toast too — previously console-only.
-        onError?.(`Failed to update time controls (${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)})`);
-        queuedRef.current = null; // don't replay a stale intent after a failed round-trip
-      } finally {
-        busyRef.current = false;
-        setBusy(false);
-      }
-      return sentOwn ? 'sent' : 'failed';
-    },
-    [onRefresh, onError],
-  );
-
-  const paused = state?.simState.paused ?? false;
-  const timeScale = state?.simState.timeScale ?? 1;
-
   // Snapshot clock — feeds the deadline/penalty previews in the per-plane cargo rows.
   const clockMs = state?.simState.clockMs ?? 0;
 
@@ -208,69 +88,6 @@ export default function LeftPane({ state, loading, error, onRefresh, applySnapsh
     relocatePlane?.status === 'flying' && relocateDest !== null &&
     (relocatePlane.destIcao === relocateDest.icao || relocatePlane.queue.includes(relocateDest.icao));
 
-  // Slider commit (v0.9.1): the displayed value follows the drag optimistically via
-  // pendingScale; POST /api/sim fires after a 250 ms debounce, or immediately when the
-  // user releases the slider (browsers fire a native 'change' on release). The server's
-  // [1,1000] clamp stays as the backstop.
-  const [pendingScale, setPendingScaleState] = useState<number | null>(null);
-  const pendingRef = useRef<number | null>(null);
-  const commitTimerRef = useRef<ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null>(null);
-
-  const setPending = useCallback((s: number | null) => {
-    pendingRef.current = s;
-    setPendingScaleState(s);
-  }, []);
-
-  const commitNow = useCallback(() => {
-    if (commitTimerRef.current !== null) {
-      clearTimeout(commitTimerRef.current);
-      commitTimerRef.current = null;
-    }
-    const s = pendingRef.current;
-    if (s === null) return;
-    // ISS-001: keep the chosen value on screen until a snapshot CONFIRMS it — clearing at
-    // commit time would snap the slider back to the stale scale for one poll cycle, then jump
-    // forward again when the confirming snapshot lands. 'queued' also keeps it (the in-flight
-    // call flushes it); only a genuine failure drops it so the display falls back to truth.
-    void applySimControls({ timeScale: s }).then((outcome) => {
-      if (outcome === 'failed') setPending(null);
-    });
-  }, [applySimControls, setPending]);
-
-  // Confirmation: once a rendered snapshot carries the pending scale AND no commit is in
-  // flight, the optimistic value has been superseded by server truth — clear it (display is
-  // unchanged either way). The busy guard matters: while a commit POST is still out, an OLD
-  // snapshot that happens to match the pending value is coincidence, not confirmation (e.g. a
-  // quick drag back to the previous scale must not be swallowed before its own commit fires).
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (!busy && state && pendingScaleConfirmed(pendingScale, state.simState.timeScale)) setPending(null);
-  }, [state, pendingScale, busy, setPending]);
-
-  const onSliderInput = useCallback(
-    (e: ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
-      setPending(sliderToScale(Number(e.target.value)));
-      if (commitTimerRef.current !== null) clearTimeout(commitTimerRef.current);
-      commitTimerRef.current = setTimeout(commitNow, SCALE_COMMIT_DEBOUNCE_MS);
-    },
-    [commitNow, setPending],
-  );
-
-  const sliderRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
-  useEffect(() => {
-    const el = sliderRef.current;
-    if (!el) return;
-    el.addEventListener('change', commitNow); // flush on pointer-up / keyboard release
-    return () => el.removeEventListener('change', commitNow);
-  }, [commitNow]);
-
-  // Drop any pending debounce timer on unmount.
-  useEffect(
-    () => () => {
-      if (commitTimerRef.current !== null) clearTimeout(commitTimerRef.current);
-    },
-    [],
-  );
-
   // ISS-008: browser-notification opt-in. Starts null (SSR-safe — the real permission is read
   // in an effect after hydration, so server and client render identically) and follows the
   // result of Notification.requestPermission(). 'unsupported' = no Notification API at all.
@@ -290,13 +107,11 @@ export default function LeftPane({ state, loading, error, onRefresh, applySnapsh
           ? 'Notifications unavailable'
           : 'Enable notifications';
 
-  const displayedScale = pendingScale ?? timeScale;
+  // ISS-007: the clock ticks client-side between polls at the fixed world rate, re-syncing to
-
+  // server truth on every snapshot (and freezing while nothing is happening). Only the sim-clock
-  // ISS-007: the clock ticks client-side between polls, re-syncing to server truth on every
+  // paragraph uses this — deadline and penalty previews stay snapshot-based (deterministic against
-  // snapshot. Fed with EFFECTIVE controls so a scale drag / pause click takes effect immediately,
+  // the server clock).
-  // not when the confirming snapshot lands. Only the sim-clock paragraph uses this — deadline and
+  const simClockMs = useSimClock(state);
-  // penalty previews stay snapshot-based (deterministic against the server clock).
-  const simClockMs = useSimClock(state, { timeScale: displayedScale, paused });
 
   return (
     <aside data-testid="left-pane" className="pane left-pane">
@@ -441,6 +256,8 @@ export default function LeftPane({ state, loading, error, onRefresh, applySnapsh
                               <span data-testid={`onboard-route-${pkg.id}`} className="contract-route">
                                 {pkg.originIcao} → {pkg.destIcao}
                               </span>
+                              {/* v0.48.0 (ISS-095): leg distance after the route, e.g. "EGCC → GMME 554km". */}
+                              <span data-testid={`onboard-distance-${pkg.id}`}>{formatKm(pkg.distanceKm)}</span>
                               {/* v0.37.0 (ISS-073): special-status badge — rendered only when the package has one. */}
                               {pkg.special && (
                                 <span data-testid={`package-special-${pkg.id}`} className="special-badge">
@@ -561,32 +378,9 @@ export default function LeftPane({ state, loading, error, onRefresh, applySnapsh
 
           <section className="pane-section">
             <h3 className="pane-heading">Time</h3>
-            <p data-testid="sim-clock" className="sim-clock">
+            {/* ISS-117 (v0.52.0): no player-facing time controls — the world runs at a fixed rate;
-              {simClockMs !== null && formatSimClock(simClockMs)}
+                only the clock display remains here. */}
-              {paused ? ' (paused)' : ''}
+            <p data-testid="sim-clock" className="sim-clock">{simClockMs !== null && formatSimClock(simClockMs)}</p>
-            </p>
-            <div className="time-controls">
-              <button
-                type="button"
-                data-testid="pause-toggle"
-                disabled={busy}
-                onClick={() => void applySimControls({ paused: !paused })}
-              >
-                {paused ? 'Resume' : 'Pause'}
-              </button>
-              <input
-                ref={sliderRef}
-                type="range"
-                data-testid="time-scale-slider"
-                aria-label="Time scale"
-                min={0}
-                max={1}
-                step={SCALE_SLIDER_STEP}
-                value={scaleToSlider(displayedScale)}
-                onChange={onSliderInput}
-              />
-              <span data-testid="time-scale-value">{displayedScale}×</span>
-            </div>
             {/* ISS-008: explicit opt-in for browser notifications (fired when the window is hidden). */}
             <button
               type="button"

components/Map.tsx

@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ const ROUTES_LEGS_LAYER_ID = 'routes-legs';
 // (dest → queue[0] → …) as their own source + layer, drawn under everything else dynamic.
 const QUEUE_ROUTES_SOURCE_ID = 'queue-routes';
 const QUEUE_ROUTES_LAYER_ID = 'queue-routes';
+// ISS-098 (v0.50.0): amber/gold — planned legs read as "queued", visible on light and dark tiles alike.
+export const QUEUE_ROUTE_LINE_COLOR = '#d4a017';
 // ISS-002 (v0.15.0): top-most hover-highlight layers, added after the base layers so they
 // render above them. Each starts filtered to match nothing; applyHoverRef drives the filters.
 const PLANES_HIGHLIGHT_LAYER_ID = 'planes-highlight';
@@ -231,21 +233,22 @@ export default function FlightMap({ state, hovered, applySnapshot }: MapProps) {
         // deterministic generated weather — no gameplay effects per PLAN.md.
         const w = weatherFor(p.icao);
         const localTime = approxLocalTime(p.lon, Date.now());
-        // ISS-010 (v0.18.0): Relocate row — grounded planes from the latest snapshot can be
+        // ISS-010 (v0.18.0): Relocate row — every plane from the latest snapshot can be sent to
-        // repositioned to this airport via POST /api/planes/{id}/fly (pure repositioning).
+        // this airport: grounded ones fly immediately (POST /api/planes/{id}/fly), flying/repairing
+        // ones get the leg appended to their queue (POST /api/planes/{id}/queue, ISS-096 v0.49.0).
         const st = stateRef.current;
-        const groundedPlanes = st ? st.planes.filter((pl) => pl.status === 'available') : [];
+        const planes = st ? st.planes : [];
         const planeLabel = (model: string) => st?.catalog.find((c) => c.model === model)?.label ?? model;
         const relocateHtml =
-          groundedPlanes.length > 0
+          planes.length > 0
             ? `<select data-testid="airport-popup-plane" aria-label="Plane to relocate here">` +
               `<option value="">Select a plane\u2026</option>` +
-              groundedPlanes.map(
+              planes.map(
                 (pl) =>
                   `<option value="${escapeHtml(pl.id)}">${escapeHtml(planeLabel(pl.model))} \u2014 ${escapeHtml(pl.locationIcao)}</option>`,
               ).join('') +
               `</select><button type="button" data-testid="airport-popup-relocate" disabled>Relocate here</button>`
-            : `<span data-testid="airport-popup-no-planes">No grounded planes to relocate.</span>`;
+            : `<span data-testid="airport-popup-no-planes">No planes to relocate.</span>`;
         const popup = new maplibregl.Popup({ offset: 10 })
           .setLngLat(f.geometry.coordinates as [number, number])
           .setHTML(
@@ -263,7 +266,7 @@ export default function FlightMap({ state, hovered, applySnapshot }: MapProps) {
         const el = popup.getElement();
         const select = el?.querySelector<HTMLSelectElement>('[data-testid="airport-popup-plane"]');
         const button = el?.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>('[data-testid="airport-popup-relocate"]');
-        // The status span is always in the popup HTML (even with no grounded planes), so it
+        // The status span is always in the popup HTML (even with no planes), so it
         // exists whenever the select/button do.
         const statusEl = el?.querySelector<HTMLElement>('[data-testid="airport-popup-relocate-status"]');
         if (select && button && statusEl) {
@@ -276,7 +279,11 @@ export default function FlightMap({ state, hovered, applySnapshot }: MapProps) {
             button.disabled = true;
             statusEl.textContent = 'Relocating\u2026';
             try {
-              const res = await fetch(`/api/planes/${planeId}/fly`, {
+              // ISS-096 (v0.49.0): endpoint follows the SELECTED plane's current status — grounded
+              // planes fly now, flying/repairing ones get the leg queued for after landing.
+              const planeStatus = stateRef.current?.planes.find((pl) => pl.id === planeId)?.status ?? 'available';
+              const action = planeStatus === 'available' ? 'fly' : 'queue';
+              const res = await fetch(`/api/planes/${planeId}/${action}`, {
                 method: 'POST',
                 headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
                 body: JSON.stringify({ destIcao: p.icao }),
@@ -285,7 +292,7 @@ export default function FlightMap({ state, hovered, applySnapshot }: MapProps) {
               const data = (await res.json()) as StateSnapshot & { error?: string };
               if (!res.ok) throw new Error(data.error ?? `HTTP ${res.status}`);
               applySnapshotRef.current(data); // shared shell state updates immediately, like the panes' runAction
-              statusEl.textContent = 'Relocation started.';
+              statusEl.textContent = action === 'fly' ? 'Relocation started.' : 'Added to queue.';
             } catch (err) {
               statusEl.textContent = err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err);
               button.disabled = false; // allow retry / picking another plane
@@ -377,8 +384,8 @@ export default function FlightMap({ state, hovered, applySnapshot }: MapProps) {
           });
         }
         // ISS-043 (v0.26.0): dotted queue line — added after routes-legs but BEFORE the hover
-        // layers so a hovered trace still draws on top of it. Muted slate + fine dots reads as
+        // layers so a hovered trace still draws on top of it. Amber/gold + fine dots reads as
-        // "planned/future", distinct from the solid amber active leg and the [2,2] yellow hover dash.
+        // "planned/future", distinct from the solid bright-amber active leg and the [2,2] yellow hover dash.
         if (!map.getSource(QUEUE_ROUTES_SOURCE_ID)) {
           map.addSource(QUEUE_ROUTES_SOURCE_ID, {
             type: 'geojson',
@@ -391,7 +398,7 @@ export default function FlightMap({ state, hovered, applySnapshot }: MapProps) {
             type: 'line',
             source: QUEUE_ROUTES_SOURCE_ID,
             paint: {
-              'line-color': '#64748b', // muted slate — planned legs, not actively flying
+              'line-color': QUEUE_ROUTE_LINE_COLOR, // amber/gold — planned legs, not actively flying (ISS-098)
               'line-width': 3,
               'line-dasharray': [0.1, 1.5], // dotted — distinct from solid legs and the [2,2] hover dash
             },

components/RightPane.tsx

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 import { useState } from 'react';
 import type { PackageState, PlaneState, StateSnapshot } from '@/lib/game/state';
 import { MAX_PLANE_DISCOUNT, PLANE_DISCOUNT_PER_REP, PLANE_TYPES, repRate, SELL_FRACTION } from '@/lib/game/catalog';
-import { maxRangeKm } from '@/lib/sim/movement';
+import { guaranteedRangeKm } from '@/lib/sim/movement';
-import { formatCargo, formatCash, formatDeadlineRelative, formatSpecialLabel } from '@/lib/format';
+import { formatCargo, formatCash, formatDeadlineRelative, formatKm, formatSpecialLabel } from '@/lib/format';
 import { useGameAction } from '@/lib/useGameAction';
 import type { HoverTarget } from './hoverTypes';
 
@@ -234,6 +234,8 @@ export default function RightPane({ state, loading, applySnapshot, onHover, onEr
                   </div>
                   <div className="contract-sub">
                     <span data-testid={`open-package-reward-${pkg.id}`}>{formatCash(pkg.reward)}</span>
+                    {/* v0.48.0 (ISS-095): leg distance after the reward, e.g. "€37,408.00 215km". */}
+                    <span data-testid={`open-package-distance-${pkg.id}`}>{formatKm(pkg.distanceKm)}</span>
                     {/* ISS-066 (v0.35.0): cargo shows as type + tonnage ("Mail 10.0t"), not "type × count". */}
                     <span data-testid={`open-package-cargo-${pkg.id}`}>{formatCargo(pkg.cargoType, pkg.weightKg)}</span>
                     <span data-testid={`open-package-deadline-${pkg.id}`}>
@@ -320,7 +322,8 @@ export default function RightPane({ state, loading, applySnapshot, onHover, onEr
         {/* ISS-035 (v0.23.0): the Refuel-to-full row moved to the left pane's "Refuel" section, next to Relocate. */}
 
         {/* v0.28.0 (ISS-047): tech-spec panel per catalog type — progression order (price ascending).
-            All values come from the snapshot's catalog; max range is the weighted-model closed form. */}
+            All values come from the snapshot's catalog; max range is the GUARANTEED full-tank range —
+            worst-case headwind, so any leg within it is flyable in all weather (v0.51.0, ISS-099). */}
         {[...catalog].sort((a, b) => a.price - b.price).map((e) => (
           <div key={e.model} className="plane-type-card" data-testid={`plane-type-${e.model}`}>
             <h4 className="plane-type-name">{e.label}</h4>
@@ -351,7 +354,7 @@ export default function RightPane({ state, loading, applySnapshot, onHover, onEr
             <div className="stat-row">
               <span>Max range</span>
               <strong data-testid={`plane-type-range-${e.model}`}>
-                {Math.round(maxRangeKm(e.burnPerKm, e.emptyWeightKg, e.maxFuel))} km
+                {Math.round(guaranteedRangeKm(e.burnPerKm, e.emptyWeightKg, e.maxFuel))} km
               </strong>
             </div>
           </div>

components/left-pane.test.ts

@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
-import { pendingScaleConfirmed, retrySimPost, SIM_POST_MAX_ATTEMPTS, SIM_POST_RETRY_DELAY_MS } from './LeftPane';
-
-// ISS-001 — the optimistic slider value is cleared exactly when a rendered snapshot confirms
-// it (server scale === pending), never earlier. Clearing at commit time would snap the pointer
-// back to the stale scale for one poll cycle, then jump forward again on the confirming snapshot.
-
-describe('pendingScaleConfirmed', () => {
-  it('is false while there is no pending value', () => {
-    expect(pendingScaleConfirmed(null, 1)).toBe(false);
-    expect(pendingScaleConfirmed(null, 64)).toBe(false);
-  });
-
-  it('stays false while the server still reports the stale scale (the ISS-001 window)', () => {
-    // User committed 64×; the last rendered snapshot is still at 1× → must NOT clear yet.
-    expect(pendingScaleConfirmed(64, 1)).toBe(false);
-    expect(pendingScaleConfirmed(32, 8)).toBe(false);
-  });
-
-  it('becomes true exactly when a snapshot carries the pending scale', () => {
-    expect(pendingScaleConfirmed(64, 64)).toBe(true);
-    expect(pendingScaleConfirmed(1, 1)).toBe(true); // committing the current value confirms immediately
-  });
-});
-
-// ISS-008 fix (CI runs #44/#47): a dropped POST /api/sim must be retried before surfacing the
-// error — up to SIM_POST_MAX_ATTEMPTS tries with SIM_POST_RETRY_DELAY_MS between them, and a newer
-// intent supersedes the in-flight body instead of waiting out its retries.
-
-describe('retrySimPost', () => {
-  it('pins the retry budget: 3 attempts total, ~500 ms backoff', () => {
-    expect(SIM_POST_MAX_ATTEMPTS).toBe(3);
-    expect(SIM_POST_RETRY_DELAY_MS).toBe(500);
-  });
-
-  it('succeeds on the first attempt without sleeping or retrying', async () => {
-    const post = vi.fn(async () => {});
-    const sleep = vi.fn(async () => {});
-    await expect(retrySimPost(post, () => false, sleep)).resolves.toEqual({ ok: true });
-    expect(post).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(sleep).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-  });
-
-  it('retries with the backoff delay and succeeds on a later attempt', async () => {
-    let calls = 0;
-    const post = vi.fn(async () => {
-      if (++calls < 3) throw new Error('dropped');
-    });
-    const sleep = vi.fn(async () => {});
-    await expect(retrySimPost(post, () => false, sleep)).resolves.toEqual({ ok: true });
-    expect(post).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
-    expect(sleep).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2); // one backoff between each pair of attempts
-    expect(sleep).toHaveBeenCalledWith(SIM_POST_RETRY_DELAY_MS);
-  });
-
-  it('gives up after the final attempt with the last error (no trailing sleep)', async () => {
-    const err = new Error('down');
-    const post = vi.fn(async () => {
-      throw err;
-    });
-    const sleep = vi.fn(async () => {});
-    const result = await retrySimPost(post, () => false, sleep);
-    expect(result.ok).toBe(false);
-    if (!result.ok) {
-      expect(result.reason).toBe('exhausted');
-      if (result.reason === 'exhausted') expect(result.error).toBe(err); // the LAST attempt's error
-    }
-    expect(post).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(SIM_POST_MAX_ATTEMPTS);
-    expect(sleep).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(SIM_POST_MAX_ATTEMPTS - 1);
-  });
-
-  it('stops retrying once a newer intent supersedes the in-flight body (no further attempts or sleeps)', async () => {
-    let calls = 0;
-    const post = vi.fn(async () => {
-      calls++; // flip "superseded" right after the first failure, like a queued commitNow would
-      throw new Error('dropped');
-    });
-    const sleep = vi.fn(async () => {});
-    await expect(retrySimPost(post, () => calls >= 1, sleep)).resolves.toEqual({ ok: false, reason: 'superseded' });
-    expect(post).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1); // the caller's loop sends the newer body instead
-    expect(sleep).not.toHaveBeenCalled(); // supersede is checked before the backoff sleep
-  });
-
-  it('never even sends a body that is already superseded', async () => {
-    const post = vi.fn(async () => {});
-    const sleep = vi.fn(async () => {});
-    await expect(retrySimPost(post, () => true, sleep)).resolves.toEqual({ ok: false, reason: 'superseded' });
-    expect(post).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-    expect(sleep).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-  });
-});

components/map.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { QUEUE_ROUTE_LINE_COLOR } from './Map';
+
+// ISS-098 (v0.50.0): the dotted queued/planned route line is amber/gold, not gray — pinned so a
+// future retune is deliberate. E2E already exercises the rendering path (queue.spec.ts, relocation.spec.ts).
+
+describe('queued route line color', () => {
+  it('pins the amber/gold queue-line color readable on light and dark tiles', () => {
+    expect(QUEUE_ROUTE_LINE_COLOR).toBe('#d4a017');
+  });
+});

components/right-pane.test.ts

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ function pkg(over: Partial<PackageState> & Pick<PackageState, 'id'>): PackageSta
     cargoCount: 4,
     weightKg: 1_000,
     special: null, // v0.37.0 (ISS-073) — no special status by default in fixtures
+    distanceKm: 1839, // v0.48.0 (ISS-095) — EDDF→LEMD great-circle distance
     deadlineSimTime: 1_000_000,
     status: 'open',
     planeId: null,
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ function pkg(over: Partial<PackageState> & Pick<PackageState, 'id'>): PackageSta
 function snap(planes: PlaneState[], packages: PackageState[] = []): StateSnapshot {
   return {
     account: { cash: 0, reputation: 0 },
-    simState: { clockMs: 0, timeScale: 1, paused: false },
+    simState: { clockMs: 0 },
     planes,
     packages,
     catalog: CATALOG,

e2e/actions.spec.ts

@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ import { windBurnFactor } from '../lib/sim/movement';
 // penalty while grounded; expired packages deliver/abandon with no reward and no
 // penalty. Mirrors lib/game/penalty.ts for exact-value assertions.
 
-const SCALE = 1000; // fastest sim speed (v0.14.0 ladder top) — keeps flights to seconds of real time
+const SCALE = 1000; // test rate for fast-forwarding legs — keeps flights to seconds of real time
+const WORLD = 24; // the fixed world rate (ISS-117) — must match lib/worldClock.ts
 const HUB = 'EDDF'; // Frankfurt Main — the seeded starter plane's home base (lib/game/seed.ts)
 
 // Mirrors lib/sim/movement.ts (v0.16.0 weight-proportional burn).
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ function penaltyFor(reward: number, createdSimTime: number, deadlineSimTime: num
 
 interface StateBody {
   account: { cash: number; reputation: number };
-  simState: { clockMs: number; timeScale: number; paused: boolean };
+  simState: { clockMs: number }; // ISS-117: the snapshot carries only the game clock
   planes: Array<{ id: string; status: string; fuel: number; maxFuel: number; locationIcao: string; destIcao: string | null }>;
   packages: Array<{
     id: string; originIcao: string; destIcao: string; reward: number; cargoType: string; cargoCount: number;
@@ -69,11 +70,6 @@ async function createPackage(
   return (await res.json()) as StateBody['packages'][number];
 }
 
-async function postSim(page: Page, body: Record<string, unknown>): Promise<void> {
-  const res = await page.request.post('/api/sim', { data: body });
-  expect(res.ok()).toBeTruthy();
-}
-
 // Test hook (FLIGHT_TEST_HOOKS=1): top a plane's tank back to full — replaces the removed /refuel
 // endpoint (ISS-082). Reads maxFuel from the snapshot so no catalog mirror is needed.
 async function setFuelFull(page: Page, planeId: string): Promise<void> {
@@ -82,15 +78,38 @@ async function setFuelFull(page: Page, planeId: string): Promise<void> {
   expect((await page.request.post('/api/test/set-fuel', { data: { planeId, fuel: p.maxFuel } })).status()).toBe(200);
 }
 
-// Set the time scale and VERIFY from the response that it stuck — if something external ever
+// Test hook (FLIGHT_TEST_HOOKS=1): set the world rate and VERIFY from the response that it stuck —
-// resets the live instance's controls mid-test, fail loudly here instead of timing out later.
+// if something external ever resets the live instance's controls mid-test, fail loudly here instead of timing out later.
-// ISS-041 also clears pause: a landing pauses the sim, so any fast-forward after one must
-// resume it or the clock stays frozen and the next wait hangs.
 async function setScale(page: Page, scale: number): Promise<void> {
-  const res = await page.request.post('/api/sim', { data: { timeScale: scale, paused: false } });
+  const res = await page.request.post('/api/test/set-timescale', { data: { timeScale: scale } });
   expect(res.status()).toBe(200);
   const body = (await res.json()) as { timeScale: number };
-  expect(body.timeScale, `timeScale should be ${scale} after POST /api/sim`).toBe(scale);
+  expect(body.timeScale, `timeScale should be ${scale} after POST /api/test/set-timescale`).toBe(scale);
+}
+
+// Test hook (FLIGHT_TEST_HOOKS=1): force a plane's health and/or repair gate — same shape as e2e/sim.spec.ts.
+async function setHealth(page: Page, planeId: string, fields: Record<string, unknown>): Promise<void> {
+  const res = await page.request.post('/api/test/set-health', { data: { planeId, ...fields } });
+  expect(res.status()).toBe(200);
+}
+
+// Idle-pause (ISS-117) freezes a fully grounded fleet — put the starter in repair so the clock
+// advances for tests that need it. The €1.5k repair cost is why the expiry test captures its
+// cash/rep baseline AFTER deactivateWorld; deactivateWorld restores full health and no gate afterwards.
+async function activateWorld(page: Page): Promise<void> {
+  await setHealth(page, 'plane-starter', { health: 50 });
+  expect((await page.request.post('/api/planes/plane-starter/repair')).status()).toBe(200);
+}
+
+// Shorten the repair gate to "now" — the next advancing tick flips the plane back to available.
+async function deactivateWorld(page: Page): Promise<void> {
+  await setHealth(page, 'plane-starter', { health: 100, repairUntilMs: 0 });
+  await expect
+    .poll(async () => (await getState(page)).planes.find((p) => p.id === 'plane-starter')?.status ?? '', {
+      timeout: 30_000,
+      message: 'waiting for the starter to flip back to available',
+    })
+    .toBe('available');
 }
 
 // Closest airport to the hub from /api/airports → shortest possible flight. Returns both
@@ -110,10 +129,10 @@ async function nearestToHub(page: Page): Promise<{ icao: string; lat: number; lo
   return { icao: nearest.icao, lat: nearest.lat, lon: nearest.lon, hubLat: hub.lat, hubLon: hub.lon };
 }
 
-// Every spec that touches the time controls restores scale=1 / unpaused on exit so
+// Every spec that touches the world rate restores it to the fixed world rate (ISS-117) on exit so
 // a failure mid-test can't leave the live instance fast-forwarded for later specs.
 test.afterEach(async ({ page }) => {
-  await postSim(page, { timeScale: 1, paused: false });
+  await setScale(page, WORLD);
 });
 
 test.describe.configure({ mode: 'serial' }); // shared live DB — order matters within this file
@@ -142,8 +161,7 @@ async function flyHomeViaApi(page: Page): Promise<void> {
     plane = s.planes.find((p) => p.id === 'plane-starter')!;
   }
   if (plane.locationIcao !== HUB) {
-    // ISS-041: the landing above paused the sim — setScale clears pause so the return leg
+    // Make sure the world rate is back at SCALE so the return leg fast-forwards.
-    // fast-forwards instead of taking real-time hours.
     await setScale(page, SCALE);
     const res = await page.request.post(`/api/planes/${plane.id}/fly`, { data: { destIcao: HUB } });
     expect(res.ok()).toBeTruthy(); // repositioning needs no package (v0.12.0 manual flight)
@@ -197,6 +215,8 @@ test('full core loop via UI: load → fly to destination → exact reward + rep
   await expect(onboardRow, 'loaded package appears in the on-board list').toBeVisible();
   // ISS-081 (v0.40.0): the on-board route shows ICAO tags, not full airport names.
   await expect(page.getByTestId(`onboard-route-${pkg.id}`)).toContainText(`${HUB} → ${nearest.icao}`);
+  // v0.48.0 (ISS-095): leg distance on the on-board line, right after the route — integer km.
+  await expect(page.getByTestId(`onboard-distance-${pkg.id}`)).toHaveText(/^\d+km$/);
 
   // FLY via the UI: click the fly-to button in the on-board list (ISS-081: ICAO label).
   const flyBtn = page.getByTestId(`fly-to-${pkg.id}`);
@@ -253,8 +273,7 @@ test('full core loop via UI: load → fly to destination → exact reward + rep
   // ISS-082 (v0.42.0): manual refuel is gone — the return leg below auto-refuels on dispatch; the
   // exact top-up cost delta is pinned in e2e/right-pane.spec.ts instead of here.
 
-  // Restore: fly home (repositioning — no package needed in the v0.12.0 model). ISS-041: the
+  // Restore: fly home (repositioning — no package needed in the v0.12.0 model), at SCALE.
-  // arrival above paused the sim, so re-set SCALE for the return leg (setScale clears pause).
   await setScale(page, SCALE);
   const homeRes = await page.request.post(`/api/planes/${planeId}/fly`, { data: { destIcao: HUB } });
   expect(homeRes.ok()).toBeTruthy();
@@ -302,7 +321,6 @@ test('abandon while grounded deducts exactly the formula penalty', async ({ page
 test('expired packages deliver and abandon with no reward and no penalty', async ({ page }) => {
   test.setTimeout(480_000); // two ~10 s real-time legs at 1000× (HUB↔LEMD) plus expiry wait
   await flyHomeViaApi(page);
-  const before = await getState(page);
 
   // A: load, let it expire while loaded, then FLY to its destination — arrival must
   // unbind it WITHOUT paying out. B: load, let it expire, abandon for free. B's
@@ -316,12 +334,23 @@ test('expired packages deliver and abandon with no reward and no penalty', async
     expect(res.ok()).toBeTruthy();
   }
 
-  // Fast-forward past both deadlines — the tick flips loaded → expired (slot kept).
+  // Idle-pause (ISS-117): a fully grounded fleet freezes the clock, so expirePackages never runs —
-  await setScale(page, SCALE);
+  // put the starter in repair for the expiry window only. The €1.5k repair cost is why the cash/rep
-  let s = await getState(page);
+  // baseline below is captured AFTER deactivateWorld, not before it.
-  await expect.poll(async () => ((await getState(page)).packages.find((p) => p.id === pkgA.id)!.status), { timeout: 30_000 }).toBe('expired');
+  await activateWorld(page);
-  s = await getState(page);
+  try {
-  expect(s.packages.find((p) => p.id === pkgB.id)!.status).toBe('expired');
+    // Fast-forward past both deadlines — the tick flips loaded → expired (slot kept).
+    await setScale(page, SCALE);
+    let s = await getState(page);
+    await expect.poll(async () => ((await getState(page)).packages.find((p) => p.id === pkgA.id)!.status), { timeout: 30_000 }).toBe('expired');
+    s = await getState(page);
+    expect(s.packages.find((p) => p.id === pkgB.id)!.status).toBe('expired');
+  } finally {
+    await deactivateWorld(page);
+  }
+
+  const before = await getState(page); // baseline AFTER the repair cost — no-reward assertions compare against this
+  let s = before;
 
   // Fly to the destination — arrival unbinds A for free (no reward, no rep).
   const flyRes = await page.request.post('/api/planes/plane-starter/fly', { data: { destIcao: 'LEMD' } });
@@ -343,8 +372,7 @@ test('expired packages deliver and abandon with no reward and no penalty', async
   expect(s.packages.find((p) => p.id === pkgB.id)!.status).toBe('abandoned');
   expect(s.account.cash).toBe(cashBeforeAbandon); // free — expired abandons cost nothing
 
-  // Restore: top up + fly home. ISS-041: the LEMD arrival above paused the sim, so
+  // Restore: top up + fly home at SCALE.
-  // re-set SCALE for the return leg (setScale clears pause; the expiry wait's scale is kept).
   await setFuelFull(page, 'plane-starter');
   await setScale(page, SCALE);
   const homeRes = await page.request.post('/api/planes/plane-starter/fly', { data: { destIcao: HUB } });
@@ -384,8 +412,7 @@ test('load and fly validation paths (404 / 409 / 400)', async ({ page }) => {
   res = await page.request.post(`/api/packages/${pkg.id}/abandon`);
   expect(res.status()).toBe(409);
 
-  // Fly home from the hop so the fuel section starts at the hub. ISS-041: the hop arrival above
+  // Fly home from the hop so the fuel section starts at the hub, at SCALE.
-  // paused the sim, so re-set SCALE for this leg (setScale clears pause).
   await setScale(page, SCALE);
   res = await page.request.post('/api/planes/plane-starter/fly', { data: { destIcao: HUB } });
   expect(res.ok()).toBeTruthy();

e2e/api.spec.ts

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ test('GET /api/version returns the app version from package.json', async ({ page
   expect(body.version).toBe(pkg.version);
 });
 
-test('GET /api/openapi serves the spec with all thirteen endpoints and the package.json version', async ({ page }) => {
+test('GET /api/openapi serves the spec with all twelve endpoints and the package.json version', async ({ page }) => {
   const res = await page.request.get('/api/openapi');
   expect(res.status()).toBe(200);
   expect(res.headers()['content-type']).toContain('application/json');
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ test('GET /api/openapi serves the spec with all thirteen endpoints and the packa
     '/api/planes/{planeId}/queue',
     '/api/planes/{planeId}/queue/cancel',
     '/api/planes/{planeId}/repair', // v0.39.0 (ISS-069)
-    '/api/sim',
     '/api/state',
     '/api/version',
   ]);

e2e/hover.spec.ts

@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ import { test, expect, type Page } from '@playwright/test';
 // cargo rows and the Relocate section; the relocate preview rings only its TARGET airport, which
 // additionally gets a distinct green ring in `airports-target-highlight` (ISS-022).
 
-const SCALE = 1000; // fastest sim speed (v0.14.0 ladder top) — keeps flights to seconds of real time
+const SCALE = 1000; // test rate for fast-forwarding legs — keeps flights to seconds of real time
+const WORLD = 24; // the fixed world rate (ISS-117) — must match lib/worldClock.ts
 const HUB = 'EDDF'; // must match HUB_ICAO in lib/game/seed.ts
 // Madrid–Barajas — same long leg as e2e/map-interactions.spec.ts: ~1420 km → ~10 s at scale 1000.
 const DEST = 'LEMD';
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ interface PackageState {
 
 interface StateBody {
   account: { cash: number; reputation: number };
-  simState: { clockMs: number; timeScale: number; paused: boolean };
+  simState: { clockMs: number }; // ISS-117: the snapshot carries only the game clock
   planes: PlaneState[];
   packages: PackageState[];
 }
@@ -52,24 +53,18 @@ async function getState(page: Page): Promise<StateBody> {
   return (await res.json()) as StateBody;
 }
 
-async function postSim(page: Page, body: unknown) {
+// Test hook (FLIGHT_TEST_HOOKS=1): set the world rate and VERIFY from the response that it stuck —
-  return page.request.post('/api/sim', { data: body });
+// a silent reset would otherwise surface as an unexplained landing-wait timeout.
-}
-
-// Set the time scale and VERIFY from the response that it stuck — a silent reset would
-// otherwise surface as an unexplained landing-wait timeout. ISS-041 also clears pause: a
-// landing pauses the sim, so any fast-forward after one must resume it or the clock stays frozen.
 async function setScale(page: Page, scale: number): Promise<void> {
-  const res = await page.request.post('/api/sim', { data: { timeScale: scale, paused: false } });
+  const res = await page.request.post('/api/test/set-timescale', { data: { timeScale: scale } });
   expect(res.status()).toBe(200);
   const body = (await res.json()) as { timeScale: number };
-  expect(body.timeScale, `timeScale should be ${scale} after POST /api/sim`).toBe(scale);
+  expect(body.timeScale, `timeScale should be ${scale} after POST /api/test/set-timescale`).toBe(scale);
 }
 
-// Leave the live instance in a sane state for the other specs (scale 1, running).
+// Leave the live instance in a sane state for the other specs (the fixed world rate).
 test.afterEach(async ({ page }) => {
-  const res = await postSim(page, { timeScale: 1, paused: false });
+  await setScale(page, WORLD);
-  expect(res.status()).toBe(200);
 });
 
 // Test hook (FLIGHT_TEST_HOOKS=1): create an open package on a known route.
@@ -106,8 +101,7 @@ async function flyHomeViaApi(page: Page): Promise<void> {
       .toBe(true);
   }
   if (starter.locationIcao !== HUB) {
-    // ISS-041: the landing above paused the sim — setScale clears pause so the return leg
+    // Make sure the world rate is back at SCALE so the return leg fast-forwards.
-    // fast-forwards instead of taking real-time hours.
     await setScale(page, SCALE);
     const res = await page.request.post('/api/planes/plane-starter/fly', { data: { destIcao: HUB } });
     expect(res.status()).toBe(200); // repositioning needs no package (v0.12.0 manual flight)
@@ -177,6 +171,16 @@ async function fitToAirports(page: Page, icaos: string[]): Promise<void> {
     if (!f) throw new Error(`airport ${icao} not found in /api/airports`);
     return [f.properties.lon, f.properties.lat] as [number, number];
   });
+  // ISS-120 (v0.53.0): raw min/max bounds for a pair straddling ±180 span the WRONG side of the globe
+  // (−175…+174 covers the Atlantic, not the Pacific) — unwrap each point relative to its predecessor so
+  // the bounds follow the short arc across the date line. Non-crossing pairs are unchanged.
+  for (let i = 1; i < points.length; i++) {
+    let lon = points[i]![0];
+    const prev = points[i - 1]![0];
+    while (lon - prev > 180) lon -= 360;
+    while (prev - lon > 180) lon += 360;
+    points[i]![0] = lon;
+  }
   await page.evaluate((pts: [number, number][]) => {
     const m = (window as any).__flightMap;
     if (!m) throw new Error('map not ready');
@@ -223,8 +227,13 @@ const HOVER_ROUTE_EPS_DEG = 0.05; // ~5 km: above worst-case quantization at any
 
 async function expectHoverRoute(page: Page, fromIcao: string, toIcao: string): Promise<void> {
   const [from, to] = await Promise.all([airportLonLat(page, fromIcao), airportLonLat(page, toIcao)]);
-  const near = (a: [number, number], b: [number, number]) =>
+  // ISS-120 (v0.53.0): antimeridian-crossing traces end UNWRAPPED — the dest-side endpoint is ≡ dest
-    Math.abs(a[0] - b[0]) <= HOVER_ROUTE_EPS_DEG && Math.abs(a[1] - b[1]) <= HOVER_ROUTE_EPS_DEG;
+  // (mod 360) but sits at e.g. +184.9 instead of −175.1, so compare longitudes on the circle. For any
+  // two lons within ±180 of each other this equals the plain |Δlon| — existing routes are unaffected.
+  const near = (a: [number, number], b: [number, number]) => {
+    const dLon = Math.abs(a[0] - b[0]);
+    return Math.min(dLon, 360 - dLon) <= HOVER_ROUTE_EPS_DEG && Math.abs(a[1] - b[1]) <= HOVER_ROUTE_EPS_DEG;
+  };
   await expect.poll(async () => {
     const feats = (await renderedFeatures(page, ['hover-route'])) as Array<{ geometry?: { type: string; coordinates: [number, number][] } }>;
     // Features are plain objects with in-page-evaluated geometry (see renderedFeatures). The filter
@@ -350,6 +359,51 @@ test('hovering an open package highlights its endpoint airports', async ({ page
   }).toBe(0);
 });
 
+// ISS-120 (v0.53.0): Auckland → Fua'amotu (Tonga) — both in the world dataset, and their short great
+// circle crosses ±180 EASTWARD. Before the fix the arc's wrapped samples jumped +179.x → −179.x and
+// MapLibre connected them with a chord across the whole map; now the trace is one continuous line.
+test('hovering an antimeridian-crossing package draws one continuous trace, no chord across the map', async ({ page }) => {
+  test.setTimeout(300_000); // self-heal can take minutes after an interrupted run
+  await flyHomeViaApi(page);
+
+  const pkg = await createPackage(page, 'NZAA', 'NFTF');
+
+  await page.goto('/');
+  await waitForAirportCount(page);
+
+  const row = page.locator(`li[data-testid="open-package-${pkg.id}"]`);
+  await expect(row, 'the hook-created package appears in the list').toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
+
+  // fitToAirports unwraps crossing pairs (ISS-120) so both endpoints are in-viewport.
+  await fitToAirports(page, ['NZAA', 'NFTF']);
+
+  await row.hover();
+  await expectHoverRoute(page, 'NZAA', 'NFTF'); // endpoint check is mod-360 aware now (ISS-120)
+
+  // The regression itself: no rendered segment may contain a ±180 longitude jump — that was the chord.
+  await expect.poll(async () => {
+    const feats = (await renderedFeatures(page, ['hover-route'])) as Array<{ geometry?: { type: string; coordinates: [number, number][] } }>;
+    const segs = feats.filter(
+      (f): f is { geometry: { type: 'LineString'; coordinates: [number, number][] } } =>
+        !!f.geometry && f.geometry.type === 'LineString' && Array.isArray(f.geometry.coordinates) && f.geometry.coordinates.length >= 2,
+    );
+    if (!segs.length) return false; // none yet — keep polling
+    for (const s of segs) {
+      const c = s.geometry.coordinates;
+      for (let i = 1; i < c.length; i++) {
+        if (Math.abs(c[i]![0] - c[i - 1]![0]) >= 180) return false; // a wrapped jump — the chord bug is back
+      }
+    }
+    return true;
+  }, { timeout: 15_000, message: 'waiting for the hover-route trace to be continuous across the antimeridian' }).toBe(true);
+
+  await unhover(page);
+  await expect.poll(async () => (await renderedFeatures(page, ['hover-route'])).length, {
+    timeout: 15_000,
+    message: 'waiting for the hover route trace to clear after mouseleave',
+  }).toBe(0);
+});
+
 test('hovering an on-board cargo row draws its trace and keeps the plane halo', async ({ page }) => {
   test.setTimeout(300_000); // self-heal can take minutes after an interrupted run
   await flyHomeViaApi(page); // deterministic: the starter sits grounded at EDDF
@@ -472,8 +526,9 @@ test('hovering the fleet row of a flying plane highlights its route', async ({ p
   await expect(block).toContainText(/in flight/i, { timeout: 15_000 });
 
   // Freeze mid-flight so the ~10 s leg can't land under us while we assert (same pattern as
-  // e2e/map-interactions.spec.ts' marker click): the route line stays drawn while paused.
+  // e2e/map-interactions.spec.ts' marker click): at scale 1 the leg takes minutes of real time, and
-  await postSim(page, { paused: true });
+  // the route line stays drawn while frozen.
+  await setScale(page, 1);
 
   await block.hover();
   await expect.poll(async () => {
@@ -489,7 +544,7 @@ test('hovering the fleet row of a flying plane highlights its route', async ({ p
 
   // Resume and fast-forward to arrival, then fly home so the live instance stays in its
   // onboarding state (starter grounded at EDDF) for the other specs.
-  await postSim(page, { timeScale: SCALE, paused: false });
+  await setScale(page, SCALE);
   await expect
     .poll(async () => {
       const p = (await getState(page)).planes.find((x) => x.id === 'plane-starter');
@@ -497,7 +552,7 @@ test('hovering the fleet row of a flying plane highlights its route', async ({ p
     }, { timeout: 120_000, message: `waiting for plane-starter to land at ${DEST}` })
     .toBe(true);
 
-  // ISS-041: the arrival above paused the sim, so re-set SCALE for this leg (setScale clears pause).
+  // Re-set SCALE for the return leg.
   await setScale(page, SCALE);
   const home = await page.request.post('/api/planes/plane-starter/fly', { data: { destIcao: HUB } });
   expect(home.status()).toBe(200);
@@ -535,10 +590,10 @@ test('hovering an on-board package while its carrier is mid-flight traces from t
   expect(flyBody.planes.find((p) => p.id === 'plane-starter')?.status).toBe('flying');
 
   // Freeze immediately: at a leftover scale of 1000 the ~10 s leg could otherwise land under us and
-  // auto-chain the queued EHAM leg, which would change (or empty) the trace while we assert. Paused,
+  // auto-chain the queued EHAM leg, which would change (or empty) the trace while we assert. At
-  // every /api/state snapshot reports the same state — and the new rule's start point is the LANDING
+  // scale 1 every /api/state snapshot reports the same state for minutes — and the new rule's start
-  // airport regardless of progress, so no mid-flight position window is needed at all.
+  // point is the LANDING airport regardless of progress, so no mid-flight position window is needed at all.
-  await postSim(page, { paused: true });
+  await setScale(page, 1);
 
   const row = page.locator(`[data-testid="onboard-package-${pkg.id}"]`);
   await expect(row, 'the loaded package appears in the On board section').toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
@@ -584,7 +639,7 @@ test('hovering an on-board package while its carrier is mid-flight traces from t
   // not DEST — it never delivered), then fly home.
   const cancelRes = await page.request.post('/api/planes/plane-starter/queue/cancel', { data: { index: 0 } });
   expect(cancelRes.status()).toBe(200);
-  await setScale(page, SCALE); // also clears the pause above
+  await setScale(page, SCALE);
   await expect
     .poll(async () => {
       const p = (await getState(page)).planes.find((x) => x.id === 'plane-starter');
@@ -595,7 +650,7 @@ test('hovering an on-board package while its carrier is mid-flight traces from t
   const abandon = await page.request.post(`/api/packages/${pkg.id}/abandon`);
   expect(abandon.status()).toBe(200); // only possible once grounded — the poll above guarantees it
 
-  // ISS-041: the arrival above paused the sim, so re-set SCALE for this leg (setScale clears pause).
+  // Re-set SCALE for the return leg.
   await setScale(page, SCALE);
   const home = await page.request.post('/api/planes/plane-starter/fly', { data: { destIcao: HUB } });
   expect(home.status()).toBe(200);

e2e/maintenance.spec.ts

@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ import { REPAIR_COST } from '../lib/game/catalog';
 // engine heals it gradually over the gate, landing on exactly 100 when the (hook-shortened) gate
 // passes.
 
-const SCALE = 1000; // fastest sim speed (v0.14.0 ladder top) — keeps flights to seconds of real time
+const SCALE = 1000; // test rate for fast-forwarding legs — keeps flights to seconds of real time
+const WORLD = 24; // the fixed world rate (ISS-117) — must match lib/worldClock.ts
 const HUB = 'EDDF'; // must match HUB_ICAO in lib/game/seed.ts
 const STARTER = 'plane-starter';
 
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ interface CatalogEntry {
 
 interface StateBody {
   account: { cash: number };
-  simState: { clockMs: number; timeScale: number; paused: boolean };
+  simState: { clockMs: number }; // ISS-117: the snapshot carries only the game clock
   planes: PlaneState[];
   catalog: CatalogEntry[];
 }
@@ -46,13 +47,13 @@ async function getState(page: Page): Promise<StateBody> {
   return (await res.json()) as StateBody;
 }
 
-// Set the time scale and VERIFY from the response that it stuck — a silent reset would otherwise
+// Test hook (FLIGHT_TEST_HOOKS=1): set the world rate and VERIFY from the response that it stuck —
-// surface as an unexplained wait timeout. Also clears pause (ISS-041: landings slow to 1×).
+// a silent reset would otherwise surface as an unexplained wait timeout.
 async function setScale(page: Page, scale: number): Promise<void> {
-  const res = await page.request.post('/api/sim', { data: { timeScale: scale, paused: false } });
+  const res = await page.request.post('/api/test/set-timescale', { data: { timeScale: scale } });
   expect(res.status()).toBe(200);
   const body = (await res.json()) as { timeScale: number };
-  expect(body.timeScale, `timeScale should be ${scale} after POST /api/sim`).toBe(scale);
+  expect(body.timeScale, `timeScale should be ${scale} after POST /api/test/set-timescale`).toBe(scale);
 }
 
 // Test hook (FLIGHT_TEST_HOOKS=1): force a plane's health and/or shorten an active repair gate.
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ async function healStarterHome(page: Page): Promise<void> {
     starter = s.planes.find((p) => p.id === STARTER)!;
   }
   if (starter.locationIcao !== HUB) {
-    // ISS-041: the landing above slowed the sim to 1× — setScale restores it for the return leg.
+    // Make sure the world rate is back at SCALE for the return leg.
     await setScale(page, SCALE);
     // ISS-082: dispatch auto-refuels, so a grounded plane can always start any full-tank-flyable
     // leg when cash allows — no top-up retry needed.
@@ -152,11 +153,10 @@ async function restoreStarter(page: Page): Promise<void> {
 
 test.describe.configure({ mode: 'serial' }); // shared live DB — order matters within this file
 
-// On exit (success or failure): restore scale=1 / unpaused for the other specs (house convention)
+// On exit (success or failure): restore the fixed world rate for the other specs (house convention)
 // and leave a clean starter — full health, no active repair gate.
 test.afterEach(async ({ page }) => {
-  const res = await page.request.post('/api/sim', { data: { timeScale: 1, paused: false } });
+  await setScale(page, WORLD);
-  expect(res.status()).toBe(200);
   await restoreStarter(page);
 });
 

e2e/map-interactions.spec.ts

@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ const HUB = 'EDDF'; // must match HUB_ICAO in lib/game/seed.ts
 // land in ~2 s — shorter than the map poll + click pipeline). Round-trip burn (~4970 L) fits
 // the 6300 L tank, so a full-tank departure always makes it home.
 const DEST = 'LEMD';
-const SCALE = 1000; // fastest sim speed (v0.14.0 ladder top)
+const SCALE = 1000; // test rate for fast-forwarding legs
+const WORLD = 24; // the fixed world rate (ISS-117) — must match lib/worldClock.ts
 
 interface PlaneState {
   id: string;
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ interface PackageState {
 
 interface StateBody {
   account: { cash: number; reputation: number };
-  simState: { clockMs: number; timeScale: number; paused: boolean };
+  simState: { clockMs: number }; // ISS-117: the snapshot carries only the game clock
   planes: PlaneState[];
   packages: PackageState[];
 }
@@ -64,24 +65,18 @@ async function getState(page: Page): Promise<StateBody> {
   return (await res.json()) as StateBody;
 }
 
-async function postSim(page: Page, body: unknown) {
+// Test hook (FLIGHT_TEST_HOOKS=1): set the world rate and VERIFY from the response that it stuck —
-  return page.request.post('/api/sim', { data: body });
+// a silent reset would otherwise surface as an unexplained landing-wait timeout.
-}
-
-// Set the time scale and VERIFY from the response that it stuck — a silent reset would
-// otherwise surface as an unexplained landing-wait timeout. ISS-041 also clears pause: a
-// landing pauses the sim, so any fast-forward after one must resume it or the clock stays frozen.
 async function setScale(page: Page, scale: number): Promise<void> {
-  const res = await page.request.post('/api/sim', { data: { timeScale: scale, paused: false } });
+  const res = await page.request.post('/api/test/set-timescale', { data: { timeScale: scale } });
   expect(res.status()).toBe(200);
   const body = (await res.json()) as { timeScale: number };
-  expect(body.timeScale, `timeScale should be ${scale} after POST /api/sim`).toBe(scale);
+  expect(body.timeScale, `timeScale should be ${scale} after POST /api/test/set-timescale`).toBe(scale);
 }
 
-// Leave the live instance in a sane state for the other specs (scale 1, running).
+// Leave the live instance in a sane state for the other specs (the fixed world rate).
 test.afterEach(async ({ page }) => {
-  const res = await postSim(page, { timeScale: 1, paused: false });
+  await setScale(page, WORLD);
-  expect(res.status()).toBe(200);
 });
 
 // Test hook (FLIGHT_TEST_HOOKS=1): create an open package on a known route.
@@ -235,7 +230,7 @@ test('plane markers move while flying and the plane popup shows status + route',
   // 2) Fly the plane and speed up — its current leg must appear as a route line.
   const fly = await page.request.post('/api/planes/plane-starter/fly', { data: { destIcao: DEST } });
   expect(fly.status()).toBe(200);
-  await postSim(page, { timeScale: SCALE });
+  await setScale(page, SCALE);
 
   await expect
     .poll(async () => {
@@ -258,23 +253,30 @@ 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.
-  // Freeze the sim so the click can't miss a fast-moving marker: at scale 1000 the rendered
+  // Freeze the sim so the click can't miss a moving marker: at scale 1000 the rendered marker lags
-  // marker lags our fresh /api/state fetch by up to one map poll (~1 s) — tens of px of drift
+  // our fresh /api/state fetch by up to one map poll (~1 s). At scale 1 (and this continent-level
-  // on this leg. Pausing makes the position static; we resume right after the popup checks.
+  // view) the per-second drift is sub-pixel, so the position is static for all practical purposes;
-  await postSim(page, { paused: true });
+  // we restore SCALE right after the popup checks.
+  await setScale(page, 1);
+  // At scale 1 a flying plane still advances every tick (the ATR72 cruises ~0.14 km/s of real time),
+  // so exact lat/lon equality between polls can never hold — "settled" means slow enough to click:
+  // two consecutive snapshots within EPS of each other. Per-tick advance is clamped to
+  // MAX_TICK_ELAPSED_MS (2 s) × scale, so at scale 1 the worst-case per-poll drift is ~0.5 km even
+  // for the fastest catalog plane; 5 km sits far above that and far below what a still-fast clock
+  // would show (~km per poll pair).
   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;
+      if (prevPos && haversineKm(prevPos.lat, prevPos.lon, p.lat, p.lon) < 5) 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' })
+    }, { timeout: 15_000, message: 'waiting for the scale-1 clock to slow the plane to click-safe drift' })
     .toBe(true);
 
-  // Click the RENDERED marker position, not a fresh /api/state fetch. With the sim paused
+  // Click the RENDERED marker position, not a fresh /api/state fetch. With the clock at scale 1
-  // above the server's analytic position is static — but the map renders from its own ~1 s
+  // above the server's analytic position barely moves — but the map renders from its own ~1 s
   // poll, so right after the freeze confirmation the last rendered frame can still be up to
   // one poll interval stale (tens of px at scale 1000 on this leg) and a click projected
   // from a fresh fetch misses the small circle layer (CI run #37). Poll for the plane's
@@ -314,8 +316,8 @@ 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.
+  // Restore SCALE before step 5 — the landing wait needs a fast clock.
-  await postSim(page, { timeScale: SCALE, paused: false });
+  await setScale(page, SCALE);
 
   // 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

e2e/panes.spec.ts

@@ -1,20 +1,16 @@
 import { test, expect, type Page } from '@playwright/test';
 
 // v0.9.0 — single-screen 3-pane shell + left Assets pane against the live origin.
-// The panes render from the shell's single /api/state poll (lib/useGameState.ts); time
+// The panes render from the shell's single /api/state poll (lib/useGameState.ts).
-// controls POST to /api/sim and refetch immediately, so UI assertions settle within a tick.
 
-const SCALE = 1000; // fastest sim speed — top of the v0.14.0 ladder (same convention as e2e/sim.spec.ts)
+const WORLD = 24; // the fixed world rate (ISS-117) — must match lib/worldClock.ts
-
+const SCALE = 1000; // test rate for fast-forwarding legs (self-heal only)
-interface SimState {
+const HUB = 'EDDF'; // must match HUB_ICAO in lib/game/seed.ts
-  clockMs: number;
+const STARTER = 'plane-starter';
-  timeScale: number;
-  paused: boolean;
-}
 
 interface StateBody {
   account: { cash: number; reputation: number };
-  simState: SimState;
+  simState: { clockMs: number }; // ISS-117: the snapshot carries only the game clock
   planes: Array<Record<string, unknown>>;
   packages: Array<Record<string, unknown>>;
 }
@@ -25,11 +21,70 @@ async function getState(page: Page): Promise<StateBody> {
   return (await res.json()) as StateBody;
 }
 
-// Leave the live instance in a sane state for the other specs (scale 1, running) — same
+// Test hook (FLIGHT_TEST_HOOKS=1): set the world rate and VERIFY from the response that it stuck.
+async function setScale(page: Page, scale: number): Promise<void> {
+  const res = await page.request.post('/api/test/set-timescale', { data: { timeScale: scale } });
+  expect(res.status()).toBe(200);
+  const body = (await res.json()) as { timeScale: number };
+  expect(body.timeScale, `timeScale should be ${scale} after POST /api/test/set-timescale`).toBe(scale);
+}
+
+async function setHealth(page: Page, planeId: string, fields: Record<string, unknown>): Promise<void> {
+  const res = await page.request.post('/api/test/set-health', { data: { planeId, ...fields } });
+  expect(res.status()).toBe(200);
+}
+
+// Idle-pause (ISS-117) freezes a fully grounded fleet — put the starter in repair so the clock
+// advances for tests that need it. The €1.5k repair cost is irrelevant to every spec's relative
+// cash assertions; deactivateWorld restores full health and no gate afterwards.
+async function activateWorld(page: Page): Promise<void> {
+  await setHealth(page, STARTER, { health: 50 });
+  expect((await page.request.post(`/api/planes/${STARTER}/repair`)).status()).toBe(200);
+}
+
+// Shorten the repair gate to "now" — the next advancing tick flips the plane back to available.
+async function deactivateWorld(page: Page): Promise<void> {
+  await setHealth(page, STARTER, { health: 100, repairUntilMs: 0 });
+  await expect
+    .poll(async () => ((await getState(page)).planes.find((p) => p.id === STARTER) as { status: string } | undefined)?.status ?? '', {
+      timeout: 30_000,
+      message: 'waiting for the starter to flip back to available',
+    })
+    .toBe('available');
+}
+
+// Self-heal helper (same pattern as e2e/actions.spec.ts): let any in-flight leg finish and
+// reposition plane-starter home via the API — an interrupted earlier run can leave it mid-flight,
+// and repairPlane 409s on non-available planes, which would break activateWorld.
+async function flyHomeViaApi(page: Page): Promise<void> {
+  // v0.39.0 (ISS-069): wear accumulates across the shared CI DB — restore full health and clear any
+  // active repair gate from an interrupted run before acting on the starter.
+  expect((await page.request.post('/api/test/set-health', { data: { planeId: STARTER, health: 100, repairUntilMs: 0 } })).status()).toBe(200);
+  let s = await getState(page); // ticks — a shortened gate flips the plane back to available here
+  let plane = (s.planes.find((p) => p.id === STARTER) ?? {}) as { status?: string; locationIcao?: string };
+  if (plane.status === 'flying' || plane.locationIcao !== HUB) {
+    // Fast-forward any leftover leg / repositioning flight (~20 s real time worst case at 1000×).
+    await setScale(page, SCALE);
+  }
+  if (plane.status === 'flying') {
+    // While flying, locationIcao stays at the DEPARTURE airport — re-read state after landing.
+    await expect.poll(async () => ((await getState(page)).planes.find((p) => p.id === STARTER)?.status ?? ''), { timeout: 240_000 }).toBe('available');
+    s = await getState(page);
+    plane = (s.planes.find((p) => p.id === STARTER) ?? {}) as { status?: string; locationIcao?: string };
+  }
+  if (plane.locationIcao !== HUB) {
+    // Make sure the world rate is back at SCALE so the return leg fast-forwards.
+    await setScale(page, SCALE);
+    const res = await page.request.post(`/api/planes/${STARTER}/fly`, { data: { destIcao: HUB } });
+    expect(res.ok()).toBeTruthy(); // repositioning needs no package (v0.12.0 manual flight)
+    await expect.poll(async () => ((await getState(page)).planes.find((p) => p.id === STARTER)?.locationIcao ?? ''), { timeout: 240_000 }).toBe(HUB);
+  }
+}
+
+// Leave the live instance in a sane state for the other specs (the fixed world rate) — same
 // pattern as e2e/sim.spec.ts.
 test.afterEach(async ({ page }) => {
-  const res = await page.request.post('/api/sim', { data: { timeScale: 1, paused: false } });
+  await setScale(page, WORLD);
-  expect(res.status()).toBe(200);
 });
 
 test('left pane renders wallet, reputation and the starter fleet at Frankfurt', async ({ page }) => {
@@ -79,71 +134,51 @@ test('left pane renders wallet, reputation and the starter fleet at Frankfurt',
   // Refuel heading or row anymore.
   await expect(page.getByTestId('left-pane').getByRole('heading', { name: 'Refuel', exact: true })).toHaveCount(0);
   await expect(page.getByTestId('right-pane').getByRole('heading', { name: 'Refuel', exact: true })).toHaveCount(0);
+
+  // ISS-117 (v0.52.0): the time controls are gone — no pause button or scale slider in the left pane.
+  await expect(page.getByTestId('pause-toggle')).toHaveCount(0);
+  await expect(page.getByTestId('time-scale-slider')).toHaveCount(0);
 });
 
-test('sim clock ticks smoothly between polls — seconds advance without waiting for a snapshot (ISS-007)', async ({ page }) => {
+test('sim clock ticks smoothly between polls at the fixed world rate (ISS-007, ISS-117)', async ({ page }) => {
-  await page.goto('/');
+  test.setTimeout(300_000); // self-heal (worst case ~260 s at 1000×) + clock sampling
-  const clock = page.getByTestId('sim-clock');
+  // Self-heal first: an interrupted earlier run can leave the starter mid-flight, and repairPlane
-  await expect(clock).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
+  // 409s on non-available planes — it must be grounded before activateWorld.
+  await flyHomeViaApi(page);
+  await setScale(page, WORLD); // self-heal may have left the fast test rate behind
+  // Idle-pause freezes a grounded fleet — put the starter in repair so the clock advances.
+  await activateWorld(page);
+  try {
+    await page.goto('/');
+    const clock = page.getByTestId('sim-clock');
+    await expect(clock).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
 
-  // Fastest scale so game seconds move visibly inside the sampling window.
+    // "YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS UTC" → epoch ms (UTC).
-  const post = await page.request.post('/api/sim', { data: { timeScale: SCALE, paused: false } });
+    const sample = async () => {
-  expect(post.status()).toBe(200);
+      const text = ((await clock.textContent()) ?? '').trim();
+      expect(text, `clock format: ${text}`).toMatch(/^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2} UTC$/);
+      return Date.parse(text.replace(' ', 'T').replace(' UTC', 'Z'));
+    };
 
-  // "YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS UTC" → epoch ms (UTC). While running there is no "(paused)" suffix.
+    // Three samples ~1.3 s apart real time: at the fixed 24× world rate each gap is ≈31 game seconds,
-  const sample = async () => {
+    // so the displayed clock must strictly advance between CONSECUTIVE samples — with poll-only
-    const text = ((await clock.textContent()) ?? '').trim();
+    // rendering a sample pair could straddle zero snapshot updates and show no change at all.
-    expect(text, `clock format: ${text}`).toMatch(/^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2} UTC$/);
+    const t0 = await sample();
-    return Date.parse(text.replace(' ', 'T').replace(' UTC', 'Z'));
+    await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 1_300));
-  };
+    const t1 = await sample();
+    await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 1_300));
+    const t2 = await sample();
 
-  // Three samples ~1.3 s apart real time: at scale 1000 each gap is ≈1300 game seconds, so the
+    expect(t1).toBeGreaterThan(t0);
-  // displayed clock must strictly advance between CONSECUTIVE samples — with the old poll-only
+    expect(t2).toBeGreaterThan(t1);
-  // rendering a sample pair could straddle zero snapshot updates and show no change at all.
+    // Sanity: ~2.6 s real × 24 ≈ 62 game seconds — generous bounds keep slow CI boxes safe while
-  const t0 = await sample();
+    // still catching a frozen or wildly mis-scaled clock.
-  await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 1_300));
+    const total = t2 - t0;
-  const t1 = await sample();
+    expect(total).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(50_000);
-  await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 1_300));
+    expect(total).toBeLessThanOrEqual(200_000);
-  const t2 = await sample();
+  } finally {
-
+    await deactivateWorld(page);
-  expect(t1).toBeGreaterThan(t0);
-  expect(t2).toBeGreaterThan(t1);
-  // Sanity: ~2.6 s real × 1000 ≈ 2.6 M game ms — generous bounds keep slow CI boxes safe while
-  // still catching a frozen or wildly mis-scaled clock.
-  const total = t2 - t0;
-  expect(total).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1_000_000);
-  expect(total).toBeLessThanOrEqual(6_000_000);
-});
-
-test('slider commit keeps the chosen scale on screen until confirmed — no snap-back (ISS-001)', async ({ page }) => {
-  test.setTimeout(60_000);
-  await page.goto('/');
-  const slider = page.getByTestId('time-scale-slider');
-  await expect(slider).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
-
-  // Commit to max via keyboard (input + change → immediate commitNow POST)…
-  await slider.focus();
-  await page.keyboard.press('End');
-
-  // …and sample the displayed value rapidly across the whole commit→confirm window. With the
-  // ISS-001 fix the optimistic value stays until a snapshot confirms it, so EVERY sample must
-  // be '1000×' — never snapping back to the previous scale for one poll cycle (the old bug).
-  const seen: string[] = [];
-  for (let i = 0; i < 30; i++) {
-    seen.push(((await page.getByTestId('time-scale-value').textContent()) ?? '').trim());
-    await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 25));
   }
-  expect(
-    seen.every((v) => v === '1000×'),
-    `displayed scale must stay 1000× during the commit window (saw: ${[...new Set(seen)].join(', ')})`,
-  ).toBe(true);
-
-  // …and the server confirms it.
-  await expect.poll(async () => (await getState(page)).simState.timeScale, { timeout: 10_000 }).toBe(1000);
-
-  // Restore to min for later tests (afterEach restores scale anyway).
-  await page.keyboard.press('Home');
-  await expect.poll(async () => (await getState(page)).simState.timeScale, { timeout: 10_000 }).toBe(1);
 });
 
 test('right pane placeholder exists with the Jobs & Market heading', async ({ page }) => {

e2e/queue.spec.ts

@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ import { fuelAtWeighted, requiredFuelFor, windBurnFactor } from '../lib/sim/move
 // dest → queue[0] → … — the active leg stays in the solid `routes-legs` layer. Landing auto-starts
 // the next queued leg server-side (part 1); test 3 exercises that chain end-to-end through the API.
 
-const SCALE = 1000; // fastest sim speed (v0.14.0 ladder top) — keeps flights to seconds of real time
+const SCALE = 1000; // test rate for fast-forwarding legs — keeps flights to seconds of real time
+const WORLD = 24; // the fixed world rate (ISS-117) — must match lib/worldClock.ts
 const HUB = 'EDDF'; // must match HUB_ICAO in lib/game/seed.ts
 const DEST = 'LEMD'; // Madrid–Barajas — the typical long leg (~10 s at scale 1000)
 const QUEUE = 'EHAM'; // Amsterdam — a third airport, distinct from hub and destination
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ interface PackageState {
 
 interface StateBody {
   account: { cash: number; reputation: number };
-  simState: { clockMs: number; timeScale: number; paused: boolean };
+  simState: { clockMs: number }; // ISS-117: the snapshot carries only the game clock
   planes: PlaneState[];
   packages: PackageState[];
 }
@@ -51,23 +52,17 @@ async function getState(page: Page): Promise<StateBody> {
   return (await res.json()) as StateBody;
 }
 
-async function postSim(page: Page, body: unknown) {
+// Test hook (FLIGHT_TEST_HOOKS=1): set the world rate and VERIFY from the response that it stuck.
-  return page.request.post('/api/sim', { data: body });
-}
-
-// Set the time scale and VERIFY from the response that it stuck. ISS-041 also clears pause: a
-// landing pauses the sim, so any fast-forward after one must resume it or the clock stays frozen.
 async function setScale(page: Page, scale: number): Promise<void> {
-  const res = await page.request.post('/api/sim', { data: { timeScale: scale, paused: false } });
+  const res = await page.request.post('/api/test/set-timescale', { data: { timeScale: scale } });
   expect(res.status()).toBe(200);
   const body = (await res.json()) as { timeScale: number };
-  expect(body.timeScale, `timeScale should be ${scale} after POST /api/sim`).toBe(scale);
+  expect(body.timeScale, `timeScale should be ${scale} after POST /api/test/set-timescale`).toBe(scale);
 }
 
-// Leave the live instance in a sane state for the other specs (scale 1, running).
+// Leave the live instance in a sane state for the other specs (the fixed world rate).
 test.afterEach(async ({ page }) => {
-  const res = await postSim(page, { timeScale: 1, paused: false });
+  await setScale(page, WORLD);
-  expect(res.status()).toBe(200);
 });
 
 // Test hook (FLIGHT_TEST_HOOKS=1): create an open package on a known route.
@@ -119,7 +114,7 @@ async function flyHomeViaApi(page: Page): Promise<void> {
     plane = s.planes.find((p) => p.id === 'plane-starter')!;
   }
   if (plane.locationIcao !== HUB) {
-    // ISS-041: the landing above paused the sim — setScale clears pause so the return leg fast-forwards.
+    // Make sure the world rate is back at SCALE so the return leg fast-forwards.
     await setScale(page, SCALE);
     const res = await page.request.post(`/api/planes/${plane.id}/fly`, { data: { destIcao: HUB } });
     expect(res.status()).toBe(200); // repositioning needs no package (v0.12.0 manual flight)
@@ -259,7 +254,7 @@ test('queue display + cancel via UI (ISS-043 part 2)', async ({ page }) => {
     const p = (await getState(page)).planes.find((x) => x.id === 'plane-starter');
     return !!p && p.status === 'flying' && p.destIcao === DEST;
   }, { timeout: 15_000, message: 'waiting for the fly click to take effect (status "flying" + dest set)' }).toBe(true);
-  await postSim(page, { paused: true }); // pause-sim pattern: deterministic window for UI clicks
+  await setScale(page, 1); // scale-1 freeze pattern: deterministic window for UI clicks
 
   // ISS-065: re-queuing the CURRENT leg's destination while flying must be rejected with 409.
   const dupQueue = await page.request.post('/api/planes/plane-starter/queue', { data: { destIcao: DEST } });
@@ -286,7 +281,7 @@ test('queue display + cancel via UI (ISS-043 part 2)', async ({ page }) => {
     return !!p && p.status === 'available' && p.locationIcao === DEST;
   }, { timeout: 120_000, message: `waiting for plane-starter to land at ${DEST}` }).toBe(true);
 
-  // ISS-041: the arrival above paused the sim — setScale clears pause for the return leg.
+  // Re-set SCALE for the return leg.
   await setScale(page, SCALE);
   const home = await page.request.post('/api/planes/plane-starter/fly', { data: { destIcao: HUB } });
   expect(home.status()).toBe(200);
@@ -316,8 +311,8 @@ test('dotted queue line renders the queued path on the map (ISS-043 part 2)', as
   const flyBody = (await flyRes.json()) as StateBody;
   expect(flyBody.planes.find((p) => p.id === 'plane-starter')?.status).toBe('flying');
 
-  // Freeze mid-flight so the ~10 s leg can't land under us while we assert.
+  // Freeze mid-flight (scale 1) so the ~10 s leg can't land under us while we assert.
-  await postSim(page, { paused: true });
+  await setScale(page, 1);
 
   await page.goto('/');
   await waitForAirportCount(page);
@@ -367,7 +362,7 @@ test('dotted queue line renders the queued path on the map (ISS-043 part 2)', as
     return !!p && p.status === 'available' && p.locationIcao === DEST;
   }, { timeout: 120_000, message: `waiting for plane-starter to land at ${DEST}` }).toBe(true);
 
-  // ISS-041: the arrival above paused the sim — setScale clears pause for the return leg.
+  // Re-set SCALE for the return leg.
   await setScale(page, SCALE);
   const home = await page.request.post('/api/planes/plane-starter/fly', { data: { destIcao: HUB } });
   expect(home.status()).toBe(200);

e2e/relocation.spec.ts

@@ -5,17 +5,19 @@ import { expect, test } from '@playwright/test';
 // Two UI surfaces drive the EXISTING POST /api/planes/{id}/fly endpoint (pure repositioning has
 // been allowed since v0.12.0 — no API change): the left-pane Relocate section (ISS-023, v0.21.0)
 // (relocate-plane / relocate-dest / relocate-go) and the Relocate row inside the airport popup on
-// the map (airport-popup-plane / airport-popup-relocate). Marker-size regression is covered by
+// the map (airport-popup-plane / airport-popup-relocate). Since v0.49.0 (ISS-096) the popup row also
-// the existing e2e/map.spec.ts click tests, not here.
+// works for FLYING planes — it then appends to POST /api/planes/{id}/queue instead of flying now.
+// Marker-size regression is covered by the existing e2e/map.spec.ts click tests, not here.
 
-const SCALE = 1000; // fastest sim speed (v0.14.0 ladder top) — keeps cleanup flights to seconds of real time
+const SCALE = 1000; // test rate for fast-forwarding legs — keeps cleanup flights to seconds of real time
+const WORLD = 24; // the fixed world rate (ISS-117) — must match lib/worldClock.ts
 const HUB = 'EDDF'; // Frankfurt Main — the seeded starter plane's home base (lib/game/seed.ts)
 // LFRS Nantes Atlantique — same isolated marker as e2e/map.spec.ts: its nearest neighbour is ~78 px
 // away at the initial zoom, so a click on its projected center cannot hit another circle.
 const POPUP_AIRPORT = { icao: 'LFRS', lon: -1.61073, lat: 47.153198 };
 
 interface StateBody {
-  planes: Array<{ id: string; status: string; maxFuel: number; locationIcao: string; destIcao: string | null }>;
+  planes: Array<{ id: string; status: string; maxFuel: number; locationIcao: string; destIcao: string | null; queue: string[] }>;
 }
 
 async function getState(page: Page): Promise<StateBody> {
@@ -32,20 +34,13 @@ async function setFuelFull(page: Page, planeId: string): Promise<void> {
   expect((await page.request.post('/api/test/set-fuel', { data: { planeId, fuel: p.maxFuel } })).status()).toBe(200);
 }
 
-async function postSim(page: Page, body: Record<string, unknown>): Promise<void> {
+// Test hook (FLIGHT_TEST_HOOKS=1): set the world rate and VERIFY from the response that it stuck —
-  const res = await page.request.post('/api/sim', { data: body });
+// if something external ever resets the live instance's controls mid-test, fail loudly here instead of timing out later.
-  expect(res.ok()).toBeTruthy();
-}
-
-// Set the time scale and VERIFY from the response that it stuck — if something external ever
-// resets the live instance's controls mid-test, fail loudly here instead of timing out later.
-// ISS-041 also clears pause: a landing pauses the sim, so any fast-forward after one must
-// resume it or the clock stays frozen and the next wait hangs.
 async function setScale(page: Page, scale: number): Promise<void> {
-  const res = await page.request.post('/api/sim', { data: { timeScale: scale, paused: false } });
+  const res = await page.request.post('/api/test/set-timescale', { data: { timeScale: scale } });
   expect(res.status()).toBe(200);
   const body = (await res.json()) as { timeScale: number };
-  expect(body.timeScale, `timeScale should be ${scale} after POST /api/sim`).toBe(scale);
+  expect(body.timeScale, `timeScale should be ${scale} after POST /api/test/set-timescale`).toBe(scale);
 }
 
 // Closest airport to the hub from /api/airports → shortest possible leg (fuel trivial).
@@ -82,8 +77,7 @@ async function flyHomeViaApi(page: Page): Promise<void> {
     plane = s.planes.find((p) => p.id === 'plane-starter')!;
   }
   if (plane.locationIcao !== HUB) {
-    // ISS-041: the landing above paused the sim — setScale clears pause so the return leg
+    // Make sure the world rate is back at SCALE so the return leg fast-forwards.
-    // fast-forwards instead of taking real-time hours.
     await setScale(page, SCALE);
     const res = await page.request.post(`/api/planes/${plane.id}/fly`, { data: { destIcao: HUB } });
     expect(res.ok()).toBeTruthy(); // repositioning needs no package (v0.12.0 manual flight)
@@ -92,10 +86,10 @@ async function flyHomeViaApi(page: Page): Promise<void> {
 }
 
 // Self-heal in CLEANUP (afterEach): the tests deliberately leave plane-starter mid-flight, so
-// fast-forward + reposition home here; then restore scale=1 / unpaused for later specs.
+// fast-forward + reposition home here; then restore the fixed world rate for later specs.
 test.afterEach(async ({ page }) => {
   await flyHomeViaApi(page);
-  await postSim(page, { timeScale: 1, paused: false });
+  await setScale(page, WORLD);
 });
 
 test.describe.configure({ mode: 'serial' }); // shared live DB — order matters within this file
@@ -195,3 +189,82 @@ test('airport popup offers Relocate options for grounded planes', async ({ page
     return p.status === 'flying' && p.destIcao === POPUP_AIRPORT.icao;
   }, { timeout: 15_000, message: 'waiting for the popup relocate click to take effect (status "flying" + dest set)' }).toBe(true);
 });
+
+test('airport popup Relocate queues a leg for a flying plane', async ({ page }) => {
+  test.setTimeout(300_000); // self-heal (worst case ~20 s at 1000×) + one short leg, fast-forwarded in cleanup
+  await flyHomeViaApi(page);
+
+  // Full tank before departure — deterministic baseline (ISS-082 hook; dispatch would auto-refuel anyway).
+  await setFuelFull(page, 'plane-starter');
+
+  // ISS-096: the popup must offer Relocate for a FLYING plane too. Dispatch the starter on a leg via
+  // the API, then slow the sim to 1x so the leg cannot land during the UI steps (at 1x even the
+  // shortest leg takes minutes of real time) — "still flying its original destination" below is
+  // deterministic regardless of how fast the UI moves.
+  const nearest = await nearestToHub(page);
+  expect(nearest.icao).not.toBe(POPUP_AIRPORT.icao); // popup click target must differ from the active leg
+  await setScale(page, 1);
+
+  const flyRes = await page.request.post('/api/planes/plane-starter/fly', { data: { destIcao: nearest.icao } });
+  expect(flyRes.ok()).toBeTruthy();
+  await expect.poll(async () => {
+    const b = await getState(page);
+    const p = b.planes.find((x) => x.id === 'plane-starter')!;
+    return p.status === 'flying' && p.destIcao === nearest.icao;
+  }, { timeout: 15_000, message: 'waiting for the API dispatch to take effect (status "flying" + dest set)' }).toBe(true);
+
+  await page.goto('/');
+
+  // Same map-ready waits as the grounded popup test above: airport count rendered + a snapshot with
+  // the plane in the planes source — the popup's Relocate row is built from that same latest snapshot.
+  const countEl = page.getByTestId('airport-count');
+  await expect.poll(async () => {
+    const text = (await countEl.textContent()) ?? '';
+    const m = text.match(/(\d+)/);
+    return m ? parseInt(m[1], 10) : -1;
+  }, { timeout: 15_000 }).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+  await expect.poll(async () =>
+    page.evaluate(() => {
+      const m = (window as any).__flightMap;
+      if (!m || !m.getSource('planes')) return false;
+      try {
+        return m.querySourceFeatures('planes').some((f: { properties?: Record<string, unknown> }) => f.properties?.id === 'plane-starter');
+      } catch {
+        return false; // source not ready yet — keep polling
+      }
+    }),
+    { timeout: 15_000 },
+  ).toBe(true);
+
+  const pt = await page.evaluate(({ lon, lat }) => {
+    const map = (window as any).__flightMap;
+    const p = map.project([lon, lat]);
+    const rect = map.getContainer().getBoundingClientRect();
+    return { x: rect.left + p.x, y: rect.top + p.y };
+  }, POPUP_AIRPORT);
+  await page.mouse.click(pt.x, pt.y);
+
+  const popup = page.getByTestId('airport-popup');
+  await expect(popup).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(popup).toContainText(POPUP_AIRPORT.icao);
+
+  // The Relocate row now lists ALL planes (ISS-096) — the flying starter is selectable even though it
+  // is not grounded; while flying its option shows the DEPARTURE airport.
+  const planeSel = page.getByTestId('airport-popup-plane');
+  await expect(planeSel).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(planeSel.locator('option[value="plane-starter"]')).toHaveText(/ATR 72-600 — EDDF/);
+  const goBtn = page.getByTestId('airport-popup-relocate');
+  await expect(goBtn).toBeDisabled(); // placeholder selected
+
+  await planeSel.selectOption('plane-starter');
+  await expect(goBtn).toBeEnabled();
+  await goBtn.click();
+
+  // The click fires the queue POST asynchronously — poll until it took effect: the leg is APPENDED to
+  // the flight queue while the plane keeps flying its original destination.
+  await expect.poll(async () => {
+    const b = await getState(page);
+    const p = b.planes.find((x) => x.id === 'plane-starter')!;
+    return p.status === 'flying' && p.destIcao === nearest.icao && p.queue.includes(POPUP_AIRPORT.icao);
+  }, { timeout: 15_000, message: 'waiting for the popup relocate click to take effect (queue contains LFRS, still flying original dest)' }).toBe(true);
+});

e2e/right-pane.spec.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { expect, test } from '@playwright/test';
 // the repo's tsconfig paths, so importing beats mirroring a third copy of the formulas.
 import { initialBearingDeg } from '../lib/geo';
 import { weatherFor } from '../lib/weather';
-import { fuelAtWeighted, windBurnFactor } from '../lib/sim/movement';
+import { fuelAtWeighted, guaranteedRangeKm, windBurnFactor } from '../lib/sim/movement';
 // v0.38.0 (ISS-072) — reputation discounts: expectations computed from the LIVE snapshot's rep with the real helpers.
 import { FUEL_DISCOUNT_PER_REP, MAX_FUEL_DISCOUNT, MAX_PLANE_DISCOUNT, PLANE_DISCOUNT_PER_REP, repRate } from '../lib/game/catalog';
 import { STARTING_REPUTATION } from '../lib/game/seed';
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ import { STARTING_REPUTATION } from '../lib/game/seed';
 // 150% of the leg requirement at exactly its rep-discounted cost (ISS-082). Packages are created via
 // POST /api/test/create-package (FLIGHT_TEST_HOOKS=1), same pattern as e2e/actions.spec.ts.
 
-const SCALE = 1000; // fastest sim speed (v0.14.0 ladder top) — keeps flights to seconds of real time
+const SCALE = 1000; // test rate for fast-forwarding legs — keeps flights to seconds of real time
+const WORLD = 24; // the fixed world rate (ISS-117) — must match lib/worldClock.ts
 const HUB = 'EDDF'; // must match HUB_ICAO in lib/game/seed.ts
 
 interface PlaneState {
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ interface CatalogEntry {
 
 interface StateBody {
   account: { cash: number; reputation: number };
-  simState: { clockMs: number; timeScale: number; paused: boolean };
+  simState: { clockMs: number }; // ISS-117: the snapshot carries only the game clock
   planes: PlaneState[];
   packages: PackageState[];
   catalog: CatalogEntry[];
@@ -74,24 +75,18 @@ async function getState(page: Page): Promise<StateBody> {
   return (await res.json()) as StateBody;
 }
 
-async function postSim(page: Page, body: unknown) {
+// Test hook (FLIGHT_TEST_HOOKS=1): set the world rate and VERIFY from the response that it stuck —
-  return page.request.post('/api/sim', { data: body });
+// a silent reset would otherwise surface as an unexplained landing-wait timeout.
-}
-
-// Set the time scale and VERIFY from the response that it stuck — a silent reset would
-// otherwise surface as an unexplained landing-wait timeout. ISS-041 also clears pause: a
-// landing pauses the sim, so any fast-forward after one must resume it or the clock stays frozen.
 async function setScale(page: Page, scale: number): Promise<void> {
-  const res = await page.request.post('/api/sim', { data: { timeScale: scale, paused: false } });
+  const res = await page.request.post('/api/test/set-timescale', { data: { timeScale: scale } });
   expect(res.status()).toBe(200);
   const body = (await res.json()) as { timeScale: number };
-  expect(body.timeScale, `timeScale should be ${scale} after POST /api/sim`).toBe(scale);
+  expect(body.timeScale, `timeScale should be ${scale} after POST /api/test/set-timescale`).toBe(scale);
 }
 
-// Leave the live instance in a sane state for the other specs (scale 1, running).
+// Leave the live instance in a sane state for the other specs (the fixed world rate).
 test.afterEach(async ({ page }) => {
-  const res = await postSim(page, { timeScale: 1, paused: false });
+  await setScale(page, WORLD);
-  expect(res.status()).toBe(200);
 });
 
 // Mirrors haversineKm in lib/geo.ts (same formula → identical floats).
@@ -137,12 +132,6 @@ function requiredFuelFor(burnPerKm: number, emptyWeightKg: number, maxFuel: numb
   return (emptyWeightKg / FUEL_DENSITY_KG_PER_L) * (Math.exp(k * FUEL_DENSITY_KG_PER_L * distanceKm) - 1);
 }
 
-// Mirrors maxRangeKm in lib/sim/movement.ts (v0.28.0): full-tank range under the weighted model.
-function maxRangeKm(burnPerKm: number, emptyWeightKg: number, maxFuel: number): number {
-  const rho = FUEL_DENSITY_KG_PER_L;
-  return Math.log(1 + (rho * maxFuel) / emptyWeightKg) * ((emptyWeightKg + rho * maxFuel) / (rho * burnPerKm));
-}
-
 // Test hook (FLIGHT_TEST_HOOKS=1): create an open package on a known route. Omitting `special`
 // makes the hook force null (no roll), so existing specs' exact reward/rep assertions stay deterministic.
 async function createPackage(page: Page, fromIcao: string, toIcao: string, deadlineOffsetMs?: number, weightKg?: number, special?: string | null): Promise<PackageState> {
@@ -174,9 +163,8 @@ async function flyHomeViaApi(page: Page): Promise<void> {
       .toBe(true);
   }
   if (starter.locationIcao !== HUB) {
-    // ISS-041: the landing above paused the sim — setScale clears pause so the return leg
+    // Make sure the world rate is back at SCALE so the return leg fast-forwards. ISS-082: dispatch
-    // fast-forwards instead of taking real-time hours. ISS-082: dispatch auto-refuels, so a
+    // auto-refuels, so a grounded plane can always start any full-tank-flyable leg when cash allows — no top-up retry needed.
-    // grounded plane can always start any full-tank-flyable leg when cash allows — no top-up retry needed.
     await setScale(page, SCALE);
     const flyHome = await page.request.post('/api/planes/plane-starter/fly', { data: { destIcao: HUB } });
     expect(flyHome.status()).toBe(200); // repositioning needs no package (v0.12.0 manual flight)
@@ -210,6 +198,8 @@ test('open packages render with names, reward and deadline; Load is enabled at a
   await expect(rows.first(), 'an open package row appears').toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
   await expect(rows.first()).toContainText(/→/);
   await expect(page.locator('[data-testid^="open-package-reward-"]').first()).toContainText('€');
+  // v0.48.0 (ISS-095): leg distance on the job row — integer km, no space before "km".
+  await expect(page.locator('[data-testid^="open-package-distance-"]').first()).toHaveText(/^\d+km$/);
 
   // Deterministic target: a hook-created EDDF package — Load is enabled (starter at origin, free slot).
   const nearest = await nearestToHub(page);
@@ -220,6 +210,8 @@ test('open packages render with names, reward and deadline; Load is enabled at a
   // 4 t is within the starter ATR's 4.8 t maxPayloadKg, so Load stays enabled below.
   await expect(page.getByTestId(`open-package-cargo-${pkg.id}`)).toContainText('4.0t');
   await expect(page.getByTestId(`open-package-reward-${pkg.id}`)).toContainText(eur(pkg.reward));
+  // v0.48.0 (ISS-095): the hook-created package's row shows its leg distance too.
+  await expect(page.getByTestId(`open-package-distance-${pkg.id}`)).toHaveText(/^\d+km$/);
   const loadBtn = page.getByTestId(`load-${pkg.id}`);
   await expect(loadBtn).toBeEnabled();
 
@@ -276,9 +268,15 @@ test('on-board list: fly-to-destination + abandon with penalty preview; flying p
   await expect(onboardRow, 'loaded package appears in the on-board list').toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
 
   // The abandon button previews the exact penalty at the snapshot's clock (same formula as the server).
-  // Freeze the clock first so every snapshot — mine and the UI's last poll — shares one clock value,
+  // The fleet is grounded here (the starter just loaded; workers:1 and every spec's cleanup leave no
-  // making the preview deterministic instead of racing the 1 s poll loop.
+  // other planes), so idle-pause (ISS-117) freezes the clock — verify it actually did, so every
-  await postSim(page, { paused: true });
+  // snapshot (mine and the UI's last poll) shares one clock value instead of racing the 1 s poll loop.
+  const frozenClock = (await getState(page)).simState.clockMs;
+  await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 1_500)); // > one background-tick interval
+  expect(
+    (await getState(page)).simState.clockMs,
+    'world should be frozen while the fleet is idle (ISS-117)',
+  ).toBe(frozenClock);
   const state = await getState(page);
   const expectedPenalty = penaltyFor(pkg.reward, pkg.createdSimTime, pkg.deadlineSimTime, state.simState.clockMs);
   await expect(page.getByTestId(`abandon-penalty-${pkg.id}`)).toContainText(eur(expectedPenalty));
@@ -299,8 +297,7 @@ test('on-board list: fly-to-destination + abandon with penalty preview; flying p
   expect(body.planes.find((p) => p.id === 'plane-starter')!.status).toBe('flying');
   expect(body.planes.find((p) => p.id === 'plane-starter')!.destIcao).toBe(nearest.icao);
 
-  // Resume and fast-forward to arrival (poll the authoritative state).
+  // Fast-forward to arrival (poll the authoritative state) — the takeoff above unfroze the world.
-  await postSim(page, { paused: false });
   await setScale(page, SCALE);
   await expect
     .poll(async () => {
@@ -315,8 +312,7 @@ test('on-board list: fly-to-destination + abandon with penalty preview; flying p
   expect(body.packages.find((p) => p.id === pkg.id)?.status).toBe('delivered');
   await expect(onboardRow).not.toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
 
-  // Restore: fly home so the live instance stays in its onboarding state for the next run.
+  // Restore: fly home at SCALE so the live instance stays in its onboarding state for the next run.
-  // ISS-041: the arrival above paused the sim, so re-set SCALE for this leg (setScale clears pause).
   await setScale(page, SCALE);
   const homeRes = await page.request.post('/api/planes/plane-starter/fly', { data: { destIcao: HUB } });
   expect(homeRes.status()).toBe(200);
@@ -479,11 +475,11 @@ test('Planes market tab lists all plane types with tech specs', async ({ page })
 
   await page.getByTestId('tab-planes-market').click();
 
-  // ATR card: name + full-tank range from the same closed form as lib/sim/movement.ts (v0.28.0).
+  // ATR card: name + guaranteed full-tank range (worst-case headwind) from lib/sim/movement.ts (v0.51.0).
   const atr = body.catalog.find((e) => e.model === 'atr72')!;
   await expect(page.getByTestId('plane-type-atr72'), 'the ATR card appears').toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
   await expect(page.getByTestId('plane-type-atr72')).toContainText(atr.label);
-  const atrRange = Math.round(maxRangeKm(atr.burnPerKm, atr.emptyWeightKg, atr.maxFuel));
+  const atrRange = Math.round(guaranteedRangeKm(atr.burnPerKm, atr.emptyWeightKg, atr.maxFuel));
   await expect(page.getByTestId('plane-type-range-atr72')).toContainText(`${atrRange} km`);
 
   // Ladder sanity: the most expensive type (Boeing 777-300ER) is present with its €9M price.

e2e/sim.spec.ts

@@ -1,157 +1,177 @@
 import { test, expect, type Page } from '@playwright/test';
 
-// v0.7.0 sim engine against the live origin: tick-on-read clock advance at a
+// v0.52.0 (ISS-117) fixed world clock against the live origin: idle-pause freezing a grounded
-// raised time scale, pause freezing, package expiry (via the FLIGHT_TEST_HOOKS
+// fleet, background-tick advance at a raised rate while something is active, package expiry via
-// hook enabled in docker-compose.yml), and market top-up.
+// the FLIGHT_TEST_HOOKS hooks (enabled in docker-compose.yml), and market top-up.
 
 // Must match lib/sim/engine.ts — kept in sync manually (same pattern as MIN_ZOOM/MAX_ZOOM in map.spec.ts).
 const MAX_TICK_ELAPSED_MS = 2_000;
-const SCALE = 1000; // fastest sim speed — top of the v0.14.0 ladder
+const SCALE = 1000; // test rate for fast-forwarding legs
+const WORLD = 24; // the fixed world rate (ISS-117) — must match lib/worldClock.ts
 const MAX_DELTA_PER_TICK = MAX_TICK_ELAPSED_MS * SCALE; // 2_000_000 game ms per tick at scale 1000
 // Must match MARKET_TARGET_OPEN_PACKAGES in lib/game/seed.ts.
 const MARKET_TARGET = 10;
-
+const STARTER = 'plane-starter';
-interface SimState {
-  clockMs: number;
-  timeScale: number;
-  paused: boolean;
-}
 
 interface StateBody {
   account: { cash: number; reputation: number };
-  simState: SimState;
+  simState: { clockMs: number }; // ISS-117: the snapshot carries only the game clock
-  planes: Array<Record<string, unknown>>;
+  planes: Array<{ id: string; status: string }>;
   packages: Array<{ id: string; status: string; deadlineSimTime: number }>;
 }
 
 const sleep = (ms: number) => new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, ms));
 
-async function postSim(page: Page, body: unknown) {
-  return page.request.post('/api/sim', { data: body });
-}
-
 async function getState(page: Page): Promise<StateBody> {
   const res = await page.request.get('/api/state');
   expect(res.status()).toBe(200);
   return (await res.json()) as StateBody;
 }
 
-// Leave the live instance in a sane state for the other specs (scale 1, running).
+// Test hook (FLIGHT_TEST_HOOKS=1): set the world rate and VERIFY from the response that it stuck.
-test.afterEach(async ({ page }) => {
+async function setScale(page: Page, scale: number): Promise<void> {
-  const res = await postSim(page, { timeScale: 1, paused: false });
+  const res = await page.request.post('/api/test/set-timescale', { data: { timeScale: scale } });
   expect(res.status()).toBe(200);
+  const body = (await res.json()) as { timeScale: number };
+  expect(body.timeScale, `timeScale should be ${scale} after POST /api/test/set-timescale`).toBe(scale);
+}
+
+async function setHealth(page: Page, planeId: string, fields: Record<string, unknown>): Promise<void> {
+  const res = await page.request.post('/api/test/set-health', { data: { planeId, ...fields } });
+  expect(res.status()).toBe(200);
+}
+
+// Idle-pause (ISS-117) freezes a fully grounded fleet — put the starter in repair so the clock
+// advances for tests that need it. The €1.5k repair cost is irrelevant to every spec's relative
+// cash assertions; deactivateWorld restores full health and no gate afterwards.
+async function activateWorld(page: Page): Promise<void> {
+  await setHealth(page, STARTER, { health: 50 });
+  expect((await page.request.post(`/api/planes/${STARTER}/repair`)).status()).toBe(200);
+}
+
+// Shorten the repair gate to "now" — the next advancing tick flips the plane back to available.
+async function deactivateWorld(page: Page): Promise<void> {
+  await setHealth(page, STARTER, { health: 100, repairUntilMs: 0 });
+  await expect
+    .poll(async () => (await getState(page)).planes.find((p) => p.id === STARTER)?.status ?? '', {
+      timeout: 30_000,
+      message: 'waiting for the starter to flip back to available',
+    })
+    .toBe('available');
+}
+
+// Leave the live instance in a sane state for the other specs (the fixed world rate).
+test.afterEach(async ({ page }) => {
+  await setScale(page, WORLD);
 });
 
-test('timeScale 1000 advances the clock by roughly real-time × 1000 between polls', async ({ page }) => {
+test('a fully grounded fleet freezes the clock exactly across polls (idle-pause)', async ({ page }) => {
-  const post = await postSim(page, { timeScale: SCALE });
+  const s = await getState(page);
-  expect(post.status()).toBe(200);
+  expect(s.planes.every((p) => p.status === 'available'), 'fleet should be grounded at spec start').toBe(true);
-  const s1 = (await post.json()) as SimState;
+  const frozen = s.simState.clockMs;
-  expect(s1.timeScale).toBe(SCALE);
-  expect(s1.paused).toBe(false);
-
-  let prev = s1.clockMs;
   for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
-    await sleep(1_000); // one real second ≈ 1000 game seconds at scale 1000 — well under the clamp
+    await sleep(500);
-    const body = await getState(page);
+    expect((await getState(page)).simState.clockMs, 'clock must not advance while the fleet is idle').toBe(frozen);
-    const now = body.simState.clockMs;
-    expect(now).toBeGreaterThan(prev); // strictly advances while actively polled
-    expect(now - prev).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(500_000); // ≥ ~500 ms real × 1000
-    expect(now - prev).toBeLessThanOrEqual(MAX_DELTA_PER_TICK + 60); // clamp bounds each tick
-    prev = now;
   }
 });
 
-test('paused freezes the clock exactly across polls', async ({ page }) => {
+test('timeScale 1000 advances the clock by roughly real-time × 1000 between polls', async ({ page }) => {
-  const post = await postSim(page, { timeScale: SCALE, paused: true });
+  await activateWorld(page);
-  expect(post.status()).toBe(200);
+  try {
-  const s1 = (await post.json()) as SimState;
+    await setScale(page, SCALE);
-  expect(s1.paused).toBe(true);
 
-  for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+    let prev = (await getState(page)).simState.clockMs;
-    await sleep(500);
+    for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
-    const body = await getState(page);
+      await sleep(1_000); // one real second ≈ 1000 game seconds at scale 1000 — well under the clamp
-    expect(body.simState.clockMs).toBe(s1.clockMs); // frozen — no advance while paused
+      const now = (await getState(page)).simState.clockMs;
+      expect(now).toBeGreaterThan(prev); // strictly advances while something is active
+      expect(now - prev).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(500_000); // ≥ ~500 ms real × 1000
+      expect(now - prev).toBeLessThanOrEqual(MAX_DELTA_PER_TICK + 60); // clamp bounds each tick
+      prev = now;
+    }
+  } finally {
+    await deactivateWorld(page);
   }
 });
 
 test('an open package past its short deadline expires and the market stays topped up', async ({ page }) => {
   test.setTimeout(60_000);
+  await activateWorld(page);
+  try {
+    const before = await getState(page);
+    const victim = before.packages.find((p) => p.status === 'open');
+    expect(victim).toBeDefined(); // steady state always has open packages
 
-  const before = await getState(page);
+    // Test-only hook (FLIGHT_TEST_HOOKS=1 in docker-compose): move an existing open
-  const victim = before.packages.find((p) => p.status === 'open');
+    // package's deadline ~10 game-seconds out so expiry is observable at scale 1000.
-  expect(victim).toBeDefined(); // steady state always has open packages
+    const hook = await page.request.post('/api/test/expire-package', { data: { packageId: victim!.id } });
+    expect(hook.status()).toBe(200);
+    const moved = (await hook.json()) as { id: string; deadlineSimTime: number };
+    expect(moved.id).toBe(victim!.id);
 
-  // Test-only hook (FLIGHT_TEST_HOOKS=1 in docker-compose): move an existing open
+    await setScale(page, SCALE);
-  // package's deadline ~10 game-seconds out so expiry is observable at scale 1000.
-  const hook = await page.request.post('/api/test/expire-package', { data: { packageId: victim!.id } });
-  expect(hook.status()).toBe(200);
-  const moved = (await hook.json()) as { id: string; deadlineSimTime: number };
-  expect(moved.id).toBe(victim!.id);
 
-  await postSim(page, { timeScale: SCALE });
+    let expiredBody: StateBody | undefined;
+    await expect
+      .poll(async () => {
+        const body = await getState(page);
+        if (body.packages.find((p) => p.id === moved.id)?.status === 'expired') expiredBody = body;
+        return !!expiredBody;
+      }, { timeout: 30_000, message: 'waiting for the short-deadline package to expire' })
+      .toBe(true);
 
-  let expiredBody: StateBody | undefined;
+    const after = expiredBody!;
-  await expect
+    expect(after.packages.find((p) => p.id === moved.id)?.status).toBe('expired');
-    .poll(async () => {
+    // Expired packages leave the available set…
-      const body = await getState(page);
+    expect(after.packages.filter((p) => p.status === 'open').some((c) => c.id === moved.id)).toBe(false);
-      if (body.packages.find((p) => p.id === moved.id)?.status === 'expired') expiredBody = body;
+    // …and spawn tops the market back up to the target — never below it.
-      return !!expiredBody;
+    const openCount = after.packages.filter((p) => p.status === 'open').length;
-    }, { timeout: 30_000, message: 'waiting for the short-deadline package to expire' })
+    expect(openCount).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(MARKET_TARGET);
-    .toBe(true);
+  } finally {
-
+    await deactivateWorld(page);
-  const after = expiredBody!;
+  }
-  expect(after.packages.find((p) => p.id === moved.id)?.status).toBe('expired');
-  // Expired packages leave the available set…
-  expect(after.packages.filter((p) => p.status === 'open').some((c) => c.id === moved.id)).toBe(false);
-  // …and spawn tops the market back up to the target — never below it.
-  const openCount = after.packages.filter((p) => p.status === 'open').length;
-  expect(openCount).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(MARKET_TARGET);
 });
 
 test('the hook can also create a fresh short-deadline package, which then expires', async ({ page }) => {
   test.setTimeout(60_000);
+  await activateWorld(page);
+  try {
+    const created = await page.request.post('/api/test/expire-package');
+    expect(created.status()).toBe(201);
+    const c = (await created.json()) as { id: string; status: string };
+    expect(c.status).toBe('open');
 
-  const created = await page.request.post('/api/test/expire-package');
+    await setScale(page, SCALE);
-  expect(created.status()).toBe(201);
-  const c = (await created.json()) as { id: string; status: string };
-  expect(c.status).toBe('open');
 
-  await postSim(page, { timeScale: SCALE });
+    let expiredBody: StateBody | undefined;
+    await expect
+      .poll(async () => {
+        const body = await getState(page);
+        if (body.packages.find((p) => p.id === c.id)?.status === 'expired') expiredBody = body;
+        return !!expiredBody;
+      }, { timeout: 30_000, message: 'waiting for the hook-created package to expire' })
+      .toBe(true);
 
-  let expiredBody: StateBody | undefined;
+    const openCount = expiredBody!.packages.filter((p) => p.status === 'open').length;
-  await expect
+    expect(openCount).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(MARKET_TARGET); // top-up held after this expiry too
-    .poll(async () => {
+  } finally {
-      const body = await getState(page);
+    await deactivateWorld(page);
-      if (body.packages.find((p) => p.id === c.id)?.status === 'expired') expiredBody = body;
+  }
-      return !!expiredBody;
-    }, { timeout: 30_000, message: 'waiting for the hook-created package to expire' })
-    .toBe(true);
-
-  const openCount = expiredBody!.packages.filter((p) => p.status === 'open').length;
-  expect(openCount).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(MARKET_TARGET); // top-up held after this expiry too
 });
 
-test('POST /api/sim validates and clamps its input', async ({ page }) => {
+test('POST /api/test/set-timescale validates its input', async ({ page }) => {
-  const clampHigh = await postSim(page, { timeScale: 2000 });
+  const ok = await page.request.post('/api/test/set-timescale', { data: { timeScale: 500 } });
-  expect(clampHigh.status()).toBe(200);
+  expect(ok.status()).toBe(200);
-  expect(((await clampHigh.json()) as SimState).timeScale).toBe(1000); // top of the ladder (v0.14.0)
+  expect(((await ok.json()) as { timeScale: number }).timeScale).toBe(500); // echoed back for assertions
 
-  const inRange = await postSim(page, { timeScale: 500 });
+  for (const body of [{ timeScale: 'fast' }, { timeScale: 1e9 }, { bogus: 1 }]) {
-  expect(inRange.status()).toBe(200);
+    const res = await page.request.post('/api/test/set-timescale', { data: body });
-  expect(((await inRange.json()) as SimState).timeScale).toBe(500); // ladder value passes through unclamped
-
-  const clampLow = await postSim(page, { timeScale: 0.1 });
-  expect(clampLow.status()).toBe(200);
-  expect(((await clampLow.json()) as SimState).timeScale).toBe(1);
-
-  for (const body of [{ timeScale: 'fast' }, { paused: 'yes' }, { bogus: 1 }]) {
-    const res = await postSim(page, body);
     expect(res.status()).toBe(400);
   }
-  const notJson = await page.request.post('/api/sim', { data: 'nope{' });
+  const notJson = await page.request.post('/api/test/set-timescale', { data: 'nope{' });
   expect(notJson.status()).toBe(400);
 
-  // Empty body is a valid no-op (just ticks + returns current state).
+  // Empty body is a 400 — the hook requires an explicit rate (unlike the old /api/sim no-op).
-  const empty = await postSim(page, {});
+  const empty = await page.request.post('/api/test/set-timescale', { data: {} });
-  expect(empty.status()).toBe(200);
+  expect(empty.status()).toBe(400);
 });

e2e/slow-on-landing.spec.ts

@@ -1,141 +0,0 @@
-import type { Page } from '@playwright/test';
-import { expect, test } from '@playwright/test';
-
-// v0.30.0 — ISS-057: when a landing leaves any plane on the ground the sim slows to 1× server-side
-// WITHOUT pausing (pause is manual-only now), and starting a flight (POST /api/planes/{id}/fly)
-// restores the last MANUALLY selected speed once no plane remains grounded. The cycle: dispatch at
-// 1000× → landing slows to 1× → next dispatch (last grounded plane airborne) resumes 1000×.
-
-const SCALE = 1000; // fastest sim speed — top of the v0.14.0 ladder (same convention as e2e/sim.spec.ts)
-const HUB = 'EDDF'; // Frankfurt Main — the seeded starter plane's home base (lib/game/seed.ts)
-
-interface SimState {
-  clockMs: number;
-  timeScale: number;
-  paused: boolean;
-}
-
-interface StateBody {
-  simState: SimState;
-  planes: Array<{ id: string; status: string; locationIcao: string; destIcao: string | null }>;
-}
-
-async function getState(page: Page): Promise<StateBody> {
-  const res = await page.request.get('/api/state');
-  expect(res.ok()).toBeTruthy();
-  return (await res.json()) as StateBody;
-}
-
-async function postSim(page: Page, body: Record<string, unknown>): Promise<void> {
-  const res = await page.request.post('/api/sim', { data: body });
-  expect(res.status()).toBe(200);
-}
-
-// Set the time scale and VERIFY from the response that it stuck — if something external ever
-// resets the live instance's controls mid-test, fail loudly here instead of timing out later.
-// ISS-057 also records this as lastSelectedTimeScale (the resume target) and clears pause, so any
-// fast-forward after a manual pause or a slowed-to-1× landing proceeds at full speed.
-async function setScale(page: Page, scale: number): Promise<void> {
-  const res = await page.request.post('/api/sim', { data: { timeScale: scale, paused: false } });
-  expect(res.status()).toBe(200);
-  const body = (await res.json()) as SimState;
-  expect(body.timeScale, `timeScale should be ${scale} after POST /api/sim`).toBe(scale);
-}
-
-// Closest airport to the hub from /api/airports → shortest possible leg (fastest e2e flight).
-async function nearestToHub(page: Page): Promise<{ icao: string }> {
-  const res = await page.request.get('/api/airports');
-  expect(res.ok()).toBeTruthy();
-  const fc = (await res.json()) as { features: Array<{ properties: { icao: string; lat: number; lon: number } }> };
-  const hub = fc.features.find((f) => f.properties.icao === HUB)!.properties;
-  let nearest = fc.features.filter((f) => f.properties.icao !== HUB)[0].properties;
-  for (const f of fc.features) {
-    if (f.properties.icao === HUB) continue;
-    const d = Math.hypot(f.properties.lat - hub.lat, f.properties.lon - hub.lon);
-    const dn = Math.hypot(nearest.lat - hub.lat, nearest.lon - hub.lon);
-    if (d < dn) nearest = f.properties;
-  }
-  return { icao: nearest.icao };
-}
-
-// Self-heal helper (same pattern as e2e/relocation.spec.ts): let any in-flight leg finish and
-// reposition plane-starter home via the API so every test starts from the canonical state even
-// after an interrupted previous run.
-async function flyHomeViaApi(page: Page): Promise<void> {
-  let s = await getState(page);
-  let plane = s.planes.find((p) => p.id === 'plane-starter')!;
-  if (plane.status === 'flying' || plane.locationIcao !== HUB) {
-    // Fast-forward any leftover leg / repositioning flight (~20 s real time worst case at 1000×).
-    await setScale(page, SCALE);
-  }
-  if (plane.status === 'flying') {
-    // Let the in-flight leg finish before repositioning. While flying, locationIcao stays at the
-    // DEPARTURE airport — re-read state after landing before deciding whether a repositioning
-    // flight is needed.
-    await expect.poll(async () => ((await getState(page)).planes.find((p) => p.id === 'plane-starter')!.status), { timeout: 240_000 }).toBe('available');
-    s = await getState(page);
-    plane = s.planes.find((p) => p.id === 'plane-starter')!;
-  }
-  if (plane.locationIcao !== HUB) {
-    // ISS-057: the landing above slowed the sim to 1× — setScale restores 1000× (and records it as
-    // lastSelectedTimeScale) so the return leg fast-forwards instead of taking real-time hours.
-    await setScale(page, SCALE);
-    // ISS-082: dispatch auto-refuels, so a grounded plane can always start any full-tank-flyable
-    // leg when cash allows — no top-up retry needed.
-    const flyHome = await page.request.post(`/api/planes/${plane.id}/fly`, { data: { destIcao: HUB } });
-    expect(flyHome.ok()).toBeTruthy(); // repositioning needs no package (v0.12.0 manual flight)
-    await expect.poll(async () => ((await getState(page)).planes.find((p) => p.id === 'plane-starter')!.locationIcao), { timeout: 240_000 }).toBe(HUB);
-  }
-}
-
-// Self-heal in CLEANUP (afterEach): the test deliberately leaves plane-starter at the far end, so
-// fast-forward + reposition home here; then restore scale=1 / unpaused for later specs.
-test.afterEach(async ({ page }) => {
-  await flyHomeViaApi(page);
-  await postSim(page, { timeScale: 1, paused: false });
-});
-
-test.describe.configure({ mode: 'serial' }); // shared live DB — order matters within this file
-
-test('landing slows the sim to 1× without pausing; dispatch restores the last selected speed (ISS-057)', async ({ page }) => {
-  test.setTimeout(300_000); // self-heal (worst case ~20 s at 1000×) + two short legs
-  await flyHomeViaApi(page); // deterministic: the starter sits grounded at EDDF
-
-  const nearest = await nearestToHub(page);
-
-  // Set 1000× via the API and verify it stuck (also records lastSelectedTimeScale=1000).
-  await setScale(page, SCALE);
-
-  // Dispatch plane-starter on the shortest leg from its hub (repositioning — no package needed).
-  const flyRes = await page.request.post('/api/planes/plane-starter/fly', { data: { destIcao: nearest.icao } });
-  expect(flyRes.status()).toBe(200);
-
-  // Wait for the landing…
-  let landedBody: StateBody | undefined;
-  await expect
-    .poll(async () => {
-      const b = await getState(page);
-      const p = b.planes.find((x) => x.id === 'plane-starter')!;
-      if (p.status === 'available' && p.locationIcao === nearest.icao) landedBody = b;
-      return !!landedBody;
-    }, { timeout: 120_000, message: `waiting for plane-starter to land at ${nearest.icao}` })
-    .toBe(true);
-
-  // …and the server slowed the sim to 1× WITHOUT pausing — persisted on sim_state, so this very
-  // snapshot shows it (the just-landed plane is on ground → slow; ISS-057).
-  expect(landedBody!.simState.paused).toBe(false);
-  expect(landedBody!.simState.timeScale).toBe(1);
-
-  // A subsequent /fly dispatch restores the last selected speed — asserted on the endpoint's OWN
-  // full post-action snapshot, so no poll race with the client's next tick. setScale posted 1000
-  // above, so lastSelectedTimeScale is 1000 and this dispatch (sole grounded plane → airborne)
-  // resumes it.
-  const fly2 = await page.request.post('/api/planes/plane-starter/fly', { data: { destIcao: HUB } });
-  expect(fly2.status()).toBe(200);
-  const resumedBody = (await fly2.json()) as StateBody;
-  expect(resumedBody.simState.paused).toBe(false); // dispatch still clears a manual pause…
-  expect(resumedBody.simState.timeScale).toBe(SCALE); // …and restores the last selected speed
-
-  // Let the return leg finish so cleanup starts from a grounded plane.
-  await expect.poll(async () => ((await getState(page)).planes.find((p) => p.id === 'plane-starter')!.status), { timeout: 120_000 }).toBe('available');
-});

e2e/state.spec.ts

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const composeArgs = process.env.E2E_COMPOSE_ARGS ?? '';
 
 interface StateBody {
   account: { cash: number; reputation: number };
-  simState: { clockMs: number; timeScale: number; paused: boolean };
+  simState: { clockMs: number }; // ISS-117: the snapshot carries only the game clock
   planes: Array<Record<string, unknown>>;
   packages: Array<Record<string, unknown>>;
 }
@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@ test('GET /api/state returns a seeded snapshot', async ({ page }) => {
   expect(typeof body.account.cash).toBe('number');
   expect(typeof body.account.reputation).toBe('number');
 
-  expect(typeof body.simState.clockMs).toBe('number');
+  expect(typeof body.simState.clockMs).toBe('number'); // ISS-117: time controls are gone — clock only
-  expect(typeof body.simState.timeScale).toBe('number');
-  expect(body.simState.paused).toBe(false);
 
   expect(Array.isArray(body.planes)).toBe(true);
   expect(body.planes.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1);
@@ -44,6 +42,17 @@ test('GET /api/state returns a seeded snapshot', async ({ page }) => {
 test('state survives a container restart (sim clock + account persisted)', async ({ page }) => {
   test.setTimeout(180_000);
 
+  // Self-heal to a fully grounded fleet first — idle-pause (ISS-117) then freezes the clock, so the
+  // post-restart snapshot must match byte-for-byte instead of within one tick bound.
+  await expect
+    .poll(async () => {
+      const res = await page.request.get('/api/state');
+      if (res.status() !== 200) return 'down';
+      const body = (await res.json()) as StateBody;
+      return body.planes.every((p) => p.status === 'available') ? 'idle' : 'busy';
+    }, { timeout: 120_000, message: 'waiting for the fleet to be fully grounded' })
+    .toBe('idle');
+
   const resBefore = await page.request.get('/api/state');
   expect(resBefore.status()).toBe(200);
   const before = (await resBefore.json()) as StateBody;
@@ -68,15 +77,9 @@ test('state survives a container restart (sim clock + account persisted)', async
   const a = after!;
 
   // The DB file on the volume must be loaded, not re-seeded (PLAN.md: "sim clock
-  // persisted across sessions"): account and entity ids are byte-identical.
+  // persisted across sessions"): account and entity ids are byte-identical. With the fleet
-  // v0.7.0 tick-on-read caveat: every GET advances the clock by at most one
+  // grounded above, idle-pause keeps the clock frozen across the restart — exact equality.
-  // clamped tick (MAX_TICK_ELAPSED_MS × timeScale, see lib/sim/engine.ts), so the
+  expect(a.simState.clockMs).toBe(before.simState.clockMs);
-  // post-restart clock may be ahead — but never by more than that bound.
-  expect(a.simState.clockMs).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(before.simState.clockMs);
-  const MAX_TICK_ELAPSED_MS = 2_000; // must match lib/sim/engine.ts
-  expect(a.simState.clockMs - before.simState.clockMs).toBeLessThanOrEqual(
-    MAX_TICK_ELAPSED_MS * a.simState.timeScale,
-  );
   expect(a.account.cash).toBe(before.account.cash);
   expect(a.account.reputation).toBe(before.account.reputation);
   expect(a.planes.map((p) => p.id).sort()).toEqual(before.planes.map((p) => p.id).sort());

e2e/two-planes.spec.ts

@@ -10,14 +10,15 @@ import { windBurnFactor } from '../lib/sim/movement';
 // if both planes are on the same airport") was UX-only: LoadControls' multi-plane path rendered a
 // greyed-out Load button until a plane was picked from the dropdown, while the single-plane path
 // is one-click. v0.31.0 preselects the first eligible plane (components/RightPane.tsx), and this
-// spec covers every two-plane flow: load (preselect + picker), parallel flights with the ISS-057
+// spec covers every two-plane flow: load (preselect + picker), parallel flights, relocate,
-// slow/resume semantics, relocate, per-plane queues (scoped testids) and sell.
+// per-plane queues (scoped testids) and sell.
 //
 // Each test buys its own second plane via the UI (after a cash grant from the new
 // POST /api/test/add-cash hook — ATR €200k vs the €20k starting balance); beforeEach/afterEach
 // guarantee the fleet is exactly one plane (the starter, grounded at EDDF) before and after.
 
-const SCALE = 1000; // fastest sim speed (v0.14.0 ladder top) — keeps flights to seconds of real time
+const SCALE = 1000; // test rate for fast-forwarding legs — keeps flights to seconds of real time
+const WORLD = 24; // the fixed world rate (ISS-117) — must match lib/worldClock.ts
 const HUB = 'EDDF'; // must match HUB_ICAO in lib/game/seed.ts
 const STARTER = 'plane-starter'; // the seeded plane's id (lib/game/seed.ts)
 const BUY_MODEL = 'atr72'; // cheapest catalog entry — the second plane every test buys
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ interface CatalogEntry {
 
 interface StateBody {
   account: { cash: number; reputation: number };
-  simState: { clockMs: number; timeScale: number; paused: boolean };
+  simState: { clockMs: number }; // ISS-117: the snapshot carries only the game clock
   planes: PlaneState[];
   packages: PackageState[];
   catalog: CatalogEntry[];
@@ -71,18 +72,12 @@ async function getState(page: Page): Promise<StateBody> {
   return (await res.json()) as StateBody;
 }
 
-async function postSim(page: Page, body: unknown) {
+// Test hook (FLIGHT_TEST_HOOKS=1): set the world rate and VERIFY from the response that it stuck.
-  return page.request.post('/api/sim', { data: body });
-}
-
-// Set the time scale and VERIFY from the response that it stuck. Also records lastSelectedTimeScale
-// (the ISS-057 resume target) and clears pause — so any fast-forward after a slowed-to-1× landing
-// proceeds at full speed.
 async function setScale(page: Page, scale: number): Promise<void> {
-  const res = await page.request.post('/api/sim', { data: { timeScale: scale, paused: false } });
+  const res = await page.request.post('/api/test/set-timescale', { data: { timeScale: scale } });
   expect(res.status()).toBe(200);
   const body = (await res.json()) as { timeScale: number };
-  expect(body.timeScale, `timeScale should be ${scale} after POST /api/sim`).toBe(scale);
+  expect(body.timeScale, `timeScale should be ${scale} after POST /api/test/set-timescale`).toBe(scale);
 }
 
 // Mirrors haversineKm in lib/geo.ts (same formula → identical floats).
@@ -230,17 +225,14 @@ async function healPlaneHome(page: Page, planeId: string): Promise<void> {
   await clearQueueViaApi(page, planeId);
   let p = (await getState(page)).planes.find((x) => x.id === planeId);
   if (!p) return; // already sold — nothing to heal
-  // ISS-057: a prior landing may have slowed the sim to 1× — restore 1000× first so any in-flight leg
+  // Make sure the world rate is at SCALE so any in-flight leg completes fast.
-  // completes fast. Re-applied inside the poll below, since a sibling's landing mid-wait slows it again.
   await setScale(page, SCALE);
   if (p.status === 'flying') {
     // While flying, locationIcao stays at the DEPARTURE airport — re-read state after landing.
     await expect
       .poll(async () => {
         const s = await getState(page);
-        const plane = s.planes.find((x) => x.id === planeId);
+        return s.planes.find((x) => x.id === planeId)?.status ?? '';
-        if (plane?.status === 'flying' && s.simState.timeScale !== SCALE) await setScale(page, SCALE); // sibling landing re-slowed to 1×
-        return plane?.status ?? '';
       }, {
         timeout: 240_000,
         message: `waiting for an in-flight ${planeId} to land`,
@@ -249,9 +241,8 @@ async function healPlaneHome(page: Page, planeId: string): Promise<void> {
     p = (await getState(page)).planes.find((x) => x.id === planeId)!;
   }
   if (p.locationIcao !== HUB) {
-    // ISS-057: the landing above slowed the sim to 1× — setScale restores 1000× for the return leg.
+    // Make sure the world rate is back at SCALE for the return leg. ISS-082: dispatch auto-refuels,
-    // ISS-082: dispatch auto-refuels, so a grounded plane can always start any full-tank-flyable
+    // so a grounded plane can always start any full-tank-flyable leg when cash allows — no top-up retry needed.
-    // leg when cash allows — no top-up retry needed.
     await setScale(page, SCALE);
     const flyHome = await page.request.post(`/api/planes/${planeId}/fly`, { data: { destIcao: HUB } });
     expect(flyHome.status()).toBe(200);
@@ -295,8 +286,7 @@ test.beforeEach(async ({ page }) => {
 
 test.afterEach(async ({ page }) => {
   await sellNonStarters(page); // a failure mid-test may have left the second plane behind (even in flight)
-  const res = await postSim(page, { timeScale: 1, paused: false });
+  await setScale(page, WORLD);
-  expect(res.status()).toBe(200);
 });
 
 test('two grounded planes: Load is one-click with a preselected plane; the picker routes to the other', async ({ page }) => {
@@ -348,7 +338,7 @@ test('two grounded planes: Load is one-click with a preselected plane; the picke
   await expect(page.getByTestId(`plane-${secondId}`), 'the second plane row renders').toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
 });
 
-test('two planes fly in parallel; the last landing slows to 1× and the next dispatch resumes', async ({ page }) => {
+test('two planes fly in parallel and both deliver their packages', async ({ page }) => {
   test.setTimeout(300_000); // self-heal + one long leg each way at scale 1000
   const secondId = await buySecondPlaneViaUi(page);
 
@@ -358,7 +348,7 @@ test('two planes fly in parallel; the last landing slows to 1× and the next dis
 
   // Two very different leg lengths: the starter takes the SHORTEST hop, the second plane the longest
   // full-tank-flyable one — their landings are separated by hours of game time and can never fall on
-  // the same tick (ISS-057 slows to 1× on ANY landing, so a shared-tick arrival would race the asserts).
+  // the same tick (a shared-tick arrival would race the first-landing assert).
   const [nearest] = await twoNearestToHub(page);
   const farthest = await farthestFlyableToHub(page);
 
@@ -388,8 +378,6 @@ test('two planes fly in parallel; the last landing slows to 1× and the next dis
     })
     .toBe(true);
 
-  // …restore speed (that landing slowed the sim to 1× — ISS-057) so the long leg fast-forwards too.
-  await setScale(page, SCALE);
   await expect
     .poll(async () => ((await getState(page)).planes.every((p) => p.status === 'available')), {
       timeout: 240_000,
@@ -397,10 +385,7 @@ test('two planes fly in parallel; the last landing slows to 1× and the next dis
     })
     .toBe(true);
 
-  // ISS-057: the LAST landing left a grounded plane → the sim slowed to 1× WITHOUT pausing.
   const landed = await getState(page);
-  expect(landed.simState.paused).toBe(false);
-  expect(landed.simState.timeScale).toBe(1);
   // Both packages delivered on arrival (in deadline — 24h window vs hours of flight time).
   expect(landed.packages.find((p) => p.id === pkgA.id)?.status).toBe('delivered');
   expect(landed.packages.find((p) => p.id === pkgB.id)?.status).toBe('delivered');
@@ -408,17 +393,9 @@ test('two planes fly in parallel; the last landing slows to 1× and the next dis
   // The outbound to the range edge left the tank nearly empty — top it back up (ISS-082 hook).
   await setFuelFull(page, secondId);
 
-  // Resume semantics: with the starter still grounded, dispatching the second plane does NOT resume…
+  // Cleanup: fly both home so the live instance stays in its onboarding state for later specs.
-  const flyB2 = await page.request.post(`/api/planes/${secondId}/fly`, { data: { destIcao: HUB } });
+  expect((await page.request.post(`/api/planes/${secondId}/fly`, { data: { destIcao: HUB } })).status()).toBe(200);
-  expect(flyB2.status()).toBe(200);
+  expect((await page.request.post(`/api/planes/${STARTER}/fly`, { data: { destIcao: HUB } })).status()).toBe(200);
-  let body = (await flyB2.json()) as StateBody;
-  expect(body.simState.timeScale, 'another plane still grounded → stays at 1×').toBe(1);
-
-  // …but dispatching the LAST grounded plane restores the last manually selected speed.
-  const flyA2 = await page.request.post(`/api/planes/${STARTER}/fly`, { data: { destIcao: HUB } });
-  expect(flyA2.status()).toBe(200);
-  body = (await flyA2.json()) as StateBody;
-  expect(body.simState.timeScale, 'the last grounded plane resumes lastSelectedTimeScale').toBe(SCALE); // setScale posted 1000
 });
 
 // ISS-082 (v0.42.0): the "refuel section lists both planes" test is gone with the manual refuel UI —
@@ -503,9 +480,8 @@ test('per-plane queues are independent; landing auto-chains the next queued leg'
   const flyBody = (await flyRes.json()) as StateBody;
   expect(flyBody.planes.find((x) => x.id === STARTER)!.queue, 'queue[0] consumed on dispatch').toEqual([b.icao]);
 
-  // …fast-forward; on landing at a the server AUTO-CHAINS queue[0] (b) in the same tick — but with
+  // …the outbound leg flies at the fixed world rate (24×) — slow enough that polls can observe the
-  // the second plane still grounded, ISS-057 slows the sim to 1× on that landing. Wait for the chain…
+  // landing and the server's AUTO-CHAIN of queue[0] (b) in the same tick. Wait for the chain…
-  await setScale(page, SCALE);
   const seen: Array<{ locationIcao: string; destIcao: string | null }> = [];
   await expect
     .poll(async () => {
@@ -519,7 +495,7 @@ test('per-plane queues are independent; landing auto-chains the next queued leg'
   // is either the outbound leg (HUB→a) or the chained leg (a→b).
   expect(seen.filter((s) => s.locationIcao === a.icao && s.destIcao === a.icao), 'phantom self-hop a → a').toEqual([]);
 
-  // …then restore speed so the chained leg fast-forwards too.
+  // …fast-forward the chained leg to its landing.
   await setScale(page, SCALE);
   await expect
     .poll(async () => {

instrumentation.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { startBackgroundTick } from '@/lib/sim/engine';
+
+// ISS-117 (v0.52.0): the world clock advances on a ~1 s background tick even with nobody polling —
+// started once at server boot (Next ≥15 instrumentation hook; runs under `next dev` and `next start`).
+export function register() {
+  if (process.env.NEXT_RUNTIME === 'nodejs') {
+    startBackgroundTick();
+  }
+}

lib/db/client.test.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import os from 'node:os';
 import path from 'node:path';
 import initSqlJs from 'sql.js';
 import { afterAll, beforeAll, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { WORLD_TIME_SCALE } from '@/lib/worldClock';
+import { STARTING_CLOCK_MS } from '@/lib/game/seed';
 import { openGameDb, persist } from './client';
 import * as schema from './schema';
 
@@ -111,8 +113,9 @@ describe('openGameDb', () => {
     const account = (await inst.db.select().from(schema.account))[0];
     expect(account?.cash).toBeGreaterThan(0);
     const sim = (await inst.db.select().from(schema.simState))[0];
-    expect(sim?.paused).toBe(false);
+    // ISS-117: fresh worlds start at the year-2000 game clock with the fixed world rate.
-    expect(sim?.timeScale).toBe(1);
+    expect(sim?.clockMs).toBe(STARTING_CLOCK_MS);
+    expect(sim?.timeScale).toBe(WORLD_TIME_SCALE);
 
     // The seed was durably written: the file exists and is non-empty.
     const st = await fs.stat(file);

lib/db/client.ts

@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ async function open(file: string): Promise<GameDb> {
   // First-run seed: only when the DB is empty (no account row yet).
   const res = raw.exec('SELECT COUNT(*) FROM account');
   if (Number(res[0]?.values?.[0]?.[0] ?? 0) === 0) {
+    console.warn(`flight db: no existing world at ${file} — seeding a fresh one`);
     await seedEmpty(instance);
   }
 

lib/deriveEvents.test.ts

@@ -36,9 +36,10 @@ const basePackage = (id: string): PackageState => ({
   reward: 1234.5,
   cargoType: 'mail',
   cargoCount: 2,
-  weightKg: 600,
+    weightKg: 600,
-  special: null, // v0.37.0 (ISS-073) — no special status by default in fixtures
+    special: null, // v0.37.0 (ISS-073) — no special status by default in fixtures
-  deadlineSimTime: 0,
+    distanceKm: 1839, // v0.48.0 (ISS-095) — EDDF→LEMD great-circle distance
+    deadlineSimTime: 0,
   status: 'open',
   planeId: null,
   createdSimTime: 0,
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ const basePackage = (id: string): PackageState => ({
 
 const snapshot = (over: Partial<StateSnapshot> = {}): StateSnapshot => ({
   account: { cash: 20_000, reputation: 10 },
-  simState: { clockMs: 0, timeScale: 1, paused: false },
+  simState: { clockMs: 0 },
   planes: [basePlane('plane-starter')],
   packages: [],
   catalog: CATALOG,
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ const snapshot = (over: Partial<StateSnapshot> = {}): StateSnapshot => ({
 describe('diffSnapshots', () => {
   it('returns [] for identical snapshots (only clock/cash drift)', () => {
     const prev = snapshot();
-    const next = snapshot({ account: { cash: 21_000, reputation: 11 }, simState: { clockMs: 60_000, timeScale: 1, paused: false } });
+    const next = snapshot({ account: { cash: 21_000, reputation: 11 }, simState: { clockMs: 60_000 } });
     expect(diffSnapshots(prev, next)).toEqual([]);
   });
 

lib/format.test.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
-import { formatCargo, formatCash, formatDeadlineRelative, formatDuration, formatFuel, formatSimClock } from './format';
+import { formatCargo, formatCash, formatDeadlineRelative, formatDuration, formatFuel, formatKm, formatSimClock } from './format';
 
 describe('formatCash', () => {
   it('formats EUR with thousands separators and two decimals', () => {
@@ -30,6 +30,14 @@ describe('formatCargo', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('formatKm', () => {
+  it('rounds to integer km with no space before "km" (v0.48.0, ISS-095)', () => {
+    expect(formatKm(554)).toBe('554km');
+    expect(formatKm(214.6)).toBe('215km');
+    expect(formatKm(0)).toBe('0km');
+  });
+});
+
 describe('formatSimClock', () => {
   it('formats epoch ms as a UTC wall-clock string with seconds (deterministic across timezones)', () => {
     expect(formatSimClock(Date.UTC(2026, 8, 17, 14, 5))).toBe('2026-09-17 14:05:00 UTC');

lib/format.ts

@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ export function formatCargo(cargoType: string, weightKg: number): string {
   return `${cargoType} ${(weightKg / 1000).toFixed(1)}t`;
 }
 
+// Leg distance for contract rows (v0.48.0, ISS-095): "554km" — integer km, no space before "km".
+export function formatKm(km: number): string {
+  return `${Math.round(km)}km`;
+}
+
 // Special-status badge label (v0.37.0, ISS-073): "priority" → "Priority".
 export function formatSpecialLabel(special: string): string {
   return special.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + special.slice(1);

lib/game/actions.test.ts

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import {
   repRate,
   SELL_FRACTION,
 } from './catalog';
-import { HUB_ICAO } from './seed';
+import { HUB_ICAO, STARTING_CLOCK_MS } from './seed';
 import {
   abandonPackage,
   buyPlane,
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ describe('flyPlane', () => {
     const plane = (await inst.db.select().from(schema.planes))[0];
     expect(plane.status).toBe('flying');
     expect(plane.destIcao).toBe('LEMD');
-    expect(plane.departureSimTime).toBe(T0); // seeded clock, no tick in direct calls
+    expect(plane.departureSimTime).toBe(STARTING_CLOCK_MS); // seeded game clock (ISS-117), no tick in direct calls
     const fc = await loadAirportsGeoJson();
     const origin = fc.features.find((f) => f.properties.icao === HUB_ICAO)!.properties;
     expect(plane.lat).toBe(origin.lat);
@@ -182,34 +182,6 @@ describe('flyPlane', () => {
     expect(plane.fuel).toBe(PLANE_TYPES.atr72.maxFuel);
   });
 
-  it('resumes a manual pause and restores lastSelectedTimeScale when the last grounded plane takes off (ISS-057)', async () => {
-    const inst = await freshDb('fly-resume.db');
-    // A landing slowed the sim to 1×; the player's last manually selected speed was 250.
-    await inst.db.update(schema.simState).set({ paused: true, timeScale: 1, lastSelectedTimeScale: 250 });
-
-    await flyPlane(inst, 'plane-starter', 'LEMD'); // sole grounded plane → airborne
-
-    const sim = (await inst.db.select().from(schema.simState))[0];
-    expect(sim.paused).toBe(false); // dispatch still resumes a manual pause…
-    expect(sim.timeScale).toBe(250); // …and restores the last selected speed
-  });
-
-  it('keeps 1× when another plane is still grounded after dispatch (ISS-057)', async () => {
-    const inst = await freshDb('fly-stayslow.db');
-    await inst.db.update(schema.simState).set({ timeScale: 1, lastSelectedTimeScale: 250 });
-    // A second grounded plane — the starter taking off leaves it on the ground.
-    await inst.db.insert(schema.planes).values({
-      id: 'plane-extra', model: 'atr72', status: 'available', fuel: 100, maxFuel: PLANE_TYPES.atr72.maxFuel,
-      locationIcao: HUB_ICAO, destIcao: null, lat: 50, lon: 8, departureSimTime: null,
-    });
-
-    await flyPlane(inst, 'plane-starter', 'LEMD');
-
-    const sim = (await inst.db.select().from(schema.simState))[0];
-    expect(sim.paused).toBe(false);
-    expect(sim.timeScale).toBe(1); // another plane on ground → stays slowed
-  });
-
   it('rejects a flying plane with 409', async () => {
     const inst = await freshDb('fly-flying.db');
     await inst.db.update(schema.planes)
@@ -462,14 +434,14 @@ describe('cancelQueuedLeg (v0.25.0, ISS-043)', () => {
 });
 
 describe('abandonPackage', () => {
-  // A loaded package created at T0 with a 10h window; the seeded sim clock is T0.
+  // A loaded package created at the seeded game clock with a 10h window (ISS-117).
   const REWARD = 1_000;
   const WINDOW_MS = 10 * 3_600_000;
 
   async function setupLoaded(name: string, status: 'loaded' | 'expired' = 'loaded') {
     const inst = await freshDb(name);
     // Always insert OPEN and load it through the real action…
-    await insertOpenPackage(inst, 'p-ab', { reward: REWARD, createdSimTime: T0, deadlineSimTime: T0 + WINDOW_MS });
+    await insertOpenPackage(inst, 'p-ab', { reward: REWARD, createdSimTime: STARTING_CLOCK_MS, deadlineSimTime: STARTING_CLOCK_MS + WINDOW_MS });
     await loadPackage(inst, 'p-ab', 'plane-starter');
     // …then flip to expired in place (what the tick would do once the deadline passes).
     if (status === 'expired') {
@@ -494,7 +466,7 @@ describe('abandonPackage', () => {
 
   it('scales to exactly 37.5% at the midpoint of the window', async () => {
     const inst = await setupLoaded('ab-mid.db');
-    await inst.db.update(schema.simState).set({ clockMs: T0 + WINDOW_MS / 2 }); // runAction ticks first in prod
+    await inst.db.update(schema.simState).set({ clockMs: STARTING_CLOCK_MS + WINDOW_MS / 2 }); // runAction ticks first in prod
 
     const { penalty } = await abandonPackage(inst, 'p-ab');
 
@@ -503,8 +475,8 @@ describe('abandonPackage', () => {
 
   it('caps at exactly 60% at and past the deadline', async () => {
     for (const [name, clock] of [
-      ['ab-deadline.db', T0 + WINDOW_MS],
+      ['ab-deadline.db', STARTING_CLOCK_MS + WINDOW_MS],
-      ['ab-pastdeadline.db', T0 + WINDOW_MS * 2], // clamped — a not-yet-ticked loaded package past its deadline
+      ['ab-pastdeadline.db', STARTING_CLOCK_MS + WINDOW_MS * 2], // clamped — a not-yet-ticked loaded package past its deadline
     ] as const) {
       const inst = await setupLoaded(name);
       await inst.db.update(schema.simState).set({ clockMs: clock });
@@ -735,7 +707,7 @@ describe('repairPlane (v0.39.0, ISS-069; gradual since v0.45.0, ISS-089)', () =>
     const plane = (await inst.db.select().from(schema.planes))[0];
     expect(plane.status).toBe('repairing');
     expect(plane.health).toBe(42); // NOT restored yet — the engine's finishRepairs pass heals it gradually…
-    expect(plane.repairUntilSimTime).toBe(T0 + REPAIR_DURATION_MS); // …with the gate set from the seeded clock (no tick in direct calls)
+    expect(plane.repairUntilSimTime).toBe(STARTING_CLOCK_MS + REPAIR_DURATION_MS); // …with the gate set from the seeded game clock (ISS-117; no tick in direct calls)
     const account = (await inst.db.select().from(schema.account))[0];
     expect(account.cash).toBeCloseTo(cashBefore - REPAIR_COST, 6);
   });

lib/game/actions.ts

@@ -173,14 +173,6 @@ export async function flyPlane(inst: GameDb, planeId: string, destIcao: string):
   if (cost > 0) {
     await inst.db.update(schema.account).set({ cash: Math.round((account.cash - cost) * 100) / 100 });
   }
-  // ISS-057: dispatch still resumes a MANUALLY paused sim (pause is manual-only now — landings
-  // slow to 1× instead of pausing), and restores the last manually selected speed when this
-  // dispatch took the LAST grounded plane airborne. Runs inside runAction(), so tick + controls
-  // + dispatch are atomic under the sim lock.
-  const sets: Partial<Pick<schema.SimStateRow, 'paused' | 'timeScale'>> = { paused: false };
-  const remaining = await inst.db.select().from(schema.planes).where(eq(schema.planes.status, 'available'));
-  if (remaining.length === 0) sets.timeScale = sim.lastSelectedTimeScale;
-  await inst.db.update(schema.simState).set(sets);
   await persist(inst);
 }
 

lib/game/catalog.test.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
 import { FUEL_DISCOUNT_PER_REP, MAX_FUEL_DISCOUNT, MAX_PLANE_DISCOUNT, PLANE_DISCOUNT_PER_REP, PLANE_TYPES, repRate, STARTER_MODEL } from './catalog';
 import { STARTING_REPUTATION } from './seed';
+import { guaranteedRangeKm, MAX_WIND_BURN_FACTOR, maxRangeKm, requiredFuelFor } from '@/lib/sim/movement';
 
 // v0.28.0 (ISS-047) — catalog sanity: the progression ladder must stay well-formed as types are added.
 describe('PLANE_TYPES', () => {
@@ -43,3 +44,25 @@ describe('repRate', () => {
     expect(repRate(1_000_000, FUEL_DISCOUNT_PER_REP, MAX_FUEL_DISCOUNT)).toBe(MAX_FUEL_DISCOUNT);
   });
 });
+
+// v0.51.0 (ISS-099) — max range consistency: for EVERY catalog type the displayed guaranteed range
+// must be flyable on a full tank under worst-case headwind burn (the same requiredFuelFor ≤ maxFuel
+// rule as flyPlane's fuel guard), and tight — not padded. The closed form inverts exactly, so the
+// "≤" side allows only float noise (~1e-11 L → relative 1e-9 tolerance).
+describe('max range consistency (v0.51.0, ISS-099)', () => {
+  for (const t of Object.values(PLANE_TYPES)) {
+    it(`${t.id}: guaranteed range is flyable in worst-case headwind and not padded`, () => {
+      const r = guaranteedRangeKm(t.burnPerKm, t.emptyWeightKg, t.maxFuel);
+      expect(requiredFuelFor(t.burnPerKm * MAX_WIND_BURN_FACTOR, t.emptyWeightKg, t.maxFuel, r))
+        .toBeLessThanOrEqual(t.maxFuel * (1 + 1e-9));
+      // Tight: 5% beyond the displayed range no longer fits a full tank.
+      expect(requiredFuelFor(t.burnPerKm * MAX_WIND_BURN_FACTOR, t.emptyWeightKg, t.maxFuel, 1.05 * r))
+        .toBeGreaterThan(t.maxFuel);
+    });
+
+    it(`${t.id}: the no-wind closed form inverts requiredFuelFor exactly`, () => {
+      const r = maxRangeKm(t.burnPerKm, t.emptyWeightKg, t.maxFuel);
+      expect(requiredFuelFor(t.burnPerKm, t.emptyWeightKg, t.maxFuel, r)).toBeLessThanOrEqual(t.maxFuel * (1 + 1e-9));
+    });
+  }
+});

lib/game/seed.test.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { WORLD_TIME_SCALE } from '@/lib/worldClock';
 import { haversineKm } from '@/lib/geo';
 import { PLANE_TYPES, repRate, STARTER_MODEL } from './catalog';
 import { SPECIALS } from './specials';
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ import {
   REWARD_PER_KM,
   rewardFor,
   STARTING_CASH,
+  STARTING_CLOCK_MS,
   STARTING_REPUTATION,
   type Rng,
   type SeedAirport,
@@ -73,12 +75,12 @@ describe('buildSeed', () => {
       expect(c.originIcao).not.toBe(c.destIcao);
       expect(c.status).toBe('open');
       expect(c.planeId).toBeNull();
-      expect(c.createdSimTime).toBe(NOW);
+      expect(c.createdSimTime).toBe(STARTING_CLOCK_MS); // game-clock origin, not wall time (ISS-117)
     }
     expect(new Set(seed.packages.map((c) => c.id)).size).toBe(seed.packages.length);
   });
 
-  it('applies the reward formula: round(500 + 2.5 * km + 0.5 * weightKg), × special multiplier', () => {
+  it('applies the reward formula (BASE_REWARD + REWARD_PER_KM * km + REWARD_PER_KG * weightKg) × special multiplier', () => {
     const seed = seedWith(42);
     for (const c of seed.packages) {
       const o = AIRPORTS.find((a) => a.icao === c.originIcao)!;
@@ -101,22 +103,23 @@ describe('buildSeed', () => {
     }
   });
 
-  it('sets deadlines inside the 6–72h game-time window after now (scaled by any special status)', () => {
+  it('sets deadlines inside the 6–72h game-time window after the game-clock origin (scaled by any special status)', () => {
     const seed = seedWith(42);
     for (const c of seed.packages) {
       // v0.37.0 (ISS-073): a special's deadlineScale tightens the drawn window (e.g. priority → 3–36h).
+      // ISS-117: the window is anchored at STARTING_CLOCK_MS, not wall time.
       const scale = c.special ? SPECIALS[c.special]?.deadlineScale ?? 1 : 1;
-      expect(c.deadlineSimTime).toBeGreaterThan(NOW + 6 * 3_600_000 * scale - 1);
+      expect(c.deadlineSimTime).toBeGreaterThan(STARTING_CLOCK_MS + 6 * 3_600_000 * scale - 1);
-      expect(c.deadlineSimTime).toBeLessThanOrEqual(NOW + 72 * 3_600_000 * scale);
+      expect(c.deadlineSimTime).toBeLessThanOrEqual(STARTING_CLOCK_MS + 72 * 3_600_000 * scale);
     }
   });
 
   it('seeds the starting account and sim state', () => {
     const seed = seedWith(42);
     expect(seed.account).toEqual({ cash: STARTING_CASH, reputation: STARTING_REPUTATION });
-    // lastRealTickMs starts at the seed moment so the first tick-on-read advances ~0;
+    // ISS-117 (v0.52.0): game clock starts at year 2000 with the fixed world rate; lastRealTickMs is
-    // lastSelectedTimeScale mirrors the seeded speed (v0.30.0, ISS-057).
+    // the REAL seed moment so the first tick-on-read advances ~0. paused/lastSelectedTimeScale are legacy columns.
-    expect(seed.simState).toEqual({ clockMs: NOW, timeScale: 1, paused: false, lastRealTickMs: NOW, lastSelectedTimeScale: 1 });
+    expect(seed.simState).toEqual({ clockMs: STARTING_CLOCK_MS, timeScale: WORLD_TIME_SCALE, paused: false, lastRealTickMs: NOW, lastSelectedTimeScale: WORLD_TIME_SCALE });
   });
 
   it('is fully deterministic for a fixed RNG and inputs', () => {
@@ -134,6 +137,9 @@ describe('buildSeed', () => {
   it('rewardFor applies the documented formula', () => {
     expect(rewardFor(0, 0)).toBe(BASE_REWARD);
     expect(rewardFor(1000, 2_000)).toBe(Math.round(BASE_REWARD + REWARD_PER_KM * 1000 + REWARD_PER_KG * 2_000));
+    // v0.47.0 (ISS-090): literal pins so future retunes are deliberate — weight must dominate payoff.
+    expect(rewardFor(1000, 500)).toBe(4_000);
+    expect(rewardFor(1000, 4_000)).toBe(11_000);
   });
 });
 
@@ -183,7 +189,8 @@ describe('generatePackage (shared seed/spawn builder)', () => {
     const count = PACKAGE_COUNT_MIN + Math.floor(rngA() * (PACKAGE_COUNT_MAX - PACKAGE_COUNT_MIN + 1));
     const expected: string[] = [];
     for (let i = 0; i < count; i++) {
-      expected.push(JSON.stringify(generatePackage({ id: `package-${i + 1}`, airports: AIRPORTS, rng: rngA, nowMs: NOW })));
+      // ISS-117: buildSeed anchors packages at the game-clock origin, not the wall-time input.
+      expected.push(JSON.stringify(generatePackage({ id: `package-${i + 1}`, airports: AIRPORTS, rng: rngA, nowMs: STARTING_CLOCK_MS })));
     }
     const seed = buildSeed({ airports: AIRPORTS, rng: mulberry32(42), nowMs: NOW });
     expect(seed.packages.map((c) => JSON.stringify(c))).toEqual(expected);

lib/game/seed.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { haversineKm } from '@/lib/geo';
+import { WORLD_TIME_SCALE } from '@/lib/worldClock';
 import { PLANE_TYPES, repRate, STARTER_MODEL } from './catalog';
 import { pickSpecial, SPECIALS } from './specials';
 
@@ -75,6 +76,10 @@ export interface SeedData {
 export const STARTING_CASH = 20_000;
 export const STARTING_REPUTATION = 10;
 
+// ISS-117 (v0.52.0): fresh worlds start at the top of year 2000 — a fixed game-time origin so
+// every new save begins from the same moment. Existing saves keep their own clock (no migration).
+export const STARTING_CLOCK_MS = Date.UTC(2000, 0, 1);
+
 // The starter plane grounds at a large central-European hub. If the ICAO is
 // ever missing from the dataset we fall back to the first airport rather than
 // failing first run. (EDDF = Frankfurt; EDDM is Munich — don't mix them up.)
@@ -90,9 +95,12 @@ export const MARKET_TARGET_OPEN_PACKAGES = 10;
 // Reward formula (v0.6.0 distance part, deliberately simple; real revenue/cost
 // modeling is a later increment; v0.27.0 weight part): reward = BASE_REWARD +
 // REWARD_PER_KM * great-circle km + REWARD_PER_KG * package weight kg.
+// v0.47.0 (ISS-090) retune: REWARD_PER_KG 0.5 → 2.0 so the weight term dominates
+// base+distance — heavier jobs must clearly pay more per kg to be worth taking
+// (a 1000 km leg went from €3,250 @500 kg / €5,000 @4,000 kg to €4,000 / €11,000).
 export const BASE_REWARD = 500;
 export const REWARD_PER_KM = 2.5;
-export const REWARD_PER_KG = 0.5;
+export const REWARD_PER_KG = 2.0;
 
 // Job reward bonus (v0.38.0, ISS-072): reward ×= 1 + repRate(reputation, …) — better jobs at
 // higher reputation, exactly ×1 at the starting value.
@@ -288,20 +296,21 @@ export function buildSeed(input: {
 
   const count = PACKAGE_COUNT_MIN + Math.floor(rng() * (PACKAGE_COUNT_MAX - PACKAGE_COUNT_MIN + 1));
   // Stable index-based ids for the seed set; runtime-generated entities must use
-  // random UUIDs to avoid colliding with these.
+  // random UUIDs to avoid colliding with these. Deadlines are drawn relative to the GAME clock
+  // origin (ISS-117), not the real wall time, so they stay meaningful at the fixed world rate.
   const packages: SeedPackage[] = [];
   for (let i = 0; i < count; i++) {
-    packages.push(generatePackage({ id: `package-${i + 1}`, airports, rng, nowMs }));
+    packages.push(generatePackage({ id: `package-${i + 1}`, airports, rng, nowMs: STARTING_CLOCK_MS }));
   }
 
   return {
     plane,
     packages,
     account: { cash: STARTING_CASH, reputation: STARTING_REPUTATION },
-    // lastRealTickMs starts at the seed moment so the first tick-on-read advances
+    // ISS-117 (v0.52.0): the game clock starts at year 2000 with the fixed world rate; lastRealTickMs
-    // by ~0 instead of treating "time since install" as elapsed play time.
+    // is the REAL seed moment so the first tick advances by ~0 instead of treating "time since
-    // lastSelectedTimeScale (v0.30.0, ISS-057) mirrors the seeded speed — nothing has been
+    // install" as elapsed play time. paused/lastSelectedTimeScale are legacy columns kept for schema
-    // selected manually yet, so resume would restore 1× anyway.
+    // stability — no game code reads them anymore.
-    simState: { clockMs: nowMs, timeScale: 1, paused: false, lastRealTickMs: nowMs, lastSelectedTimeScale: 1 },
+    simState: { clockMs: STARTING_CLOCK_MS, timeScale: WORLD_TIME_SCALE, paused: false, lastRealTickMs: nowMs, lastSelectedTimeScale: WORLD_TIME_SCALE },
   };
 }

lib/game/state.ts

@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ export interface PackageState {
   weightKg: number;
   // Special status (v0.37.0, ISS-073) — key into lib/game/specials.ts SPECIALS; null = none.
   special: string | null;
+  // Great-circle leg distance in km (v0.48.0, ISS-095) — computed from airport coords, not stored.
+  distanceKm: number;
   deadlineSimTime: number;
   // 'ignored' (v0.29.0, ISS-047 part B) = a dismissed open job — terminal, leaves the market.
   status: 'open' | 'loaded' | 'delivered' | 'expired' | 'abandoned' | 'ignored';
@@ -71,7 +73,9 @@ export interface PackageState {
 
 export interface StateSnapshot {
   account: { cash: number; reputation: number };
-  simState: { clockMs: number; timeScale: number; paused: boolean };
+  // ISS-117 (v0.52.0): the world rate is a fixed constant (WORLD_TIME_SCALE), not per-save state —
+  // only the clock itself is reported here.
+  simState: { clockMs: number };
   planes: PlaneState[];
   packages: PackageState[];
   // Market reference data (v0.10.0) — static per build, sent with every snapshot so
@@ -100,6 +104,12 @@ export async function getStateSnapshot(): Promise<StateSnapshot> {
   const nameByIcao = new Map(fc.features.map((f) => [f.properties.icao, f.properties.name]));
   const nameOf = (icao: string) => nameByIcao.get(icao) ?? icao;
   const coordsByIcao = new Map(fc.features.map((f) => [f.properties.icao, f.properties]));
+  // v0.48.0 (ISS-095): leg distance for the UI — same haversine as live-plane math; 0 if a coord is missing.
+  const legDistanceKm = (originIcao: string, destIcao: string) => {
+    const from = coordsByIcao.get(originIcao);
+    const to = coordsByIcao.get(destIcao);
+    return from && to ? haversineKm(from.lat, from.lon, to.lat, to.lon) : 0;
+  };
 
   // Analytic movement (v0.7.0): a flying plane's stored lat/lon/fuel are its
   // departure values — live position and fuel are pure functions of the clock.
@@ -127,7 +137,7 @@ export async function getStateSnapshot(): Promise<StateSnapshot> {
 
   return {
     account: { cash: accountRow.cash, reputation: accountRow.reputation },
-    simState: { clockMs: simRow.clockMs, timeScale: simRow.timeScale, paused: simRow.paused },
+    simState: { clockMs: simRow.clockMs },
     catalog: catalogEntries(),
     fuelPricePerL: FUEL_PRICE_PER_L,
     sellFraction: SELL_FRACTION,
@@ -162,6 +172,7 @@ export async function getStateSnapshot(): Promise<StateSnapshot> {
       cargoCount: p.cargoCount,
       weightKg: p.weightKg,
       special: p.special,
+      distanceKm: legDistanceKm(p.originIcao, p.destIcao), // v0.48.0 (ISS-095)
       deadlineSimTime: p.deadlineSimTime,
       status: p.status,
       planeId: p.planeId,

lib/mapData.test.ts

@@ -8,12 +8,30 @@ const AIRPORTS = new Map<string, AirportCoord>([
   ['EDDV', { lat: 52.46, lon: 9.68 }],
   ['EHAM', { lat: 52.31, lon: 4.76 }],
   ['LEMD', { lat: 40.47, lon: -3.56 }], // Madrid — ~1400 km from EDDF for the long-route test
+  // ISS-120 (v0.53.0): real dataset pairs whose great circle crosses the antimeridian (±180).
+  ['NZAA', { lat: -37.01199, lon: 174.786331 }], // Auckland — east of +170
+  ['NFTF', { lat: -21.241438, lon: -175.149164 }], // Fua'amotu (Tonga) — west of −175; NZAA→NFTF crosses ±180 eastward
+  ['NZCH', { lat: -43.489029, lon: 172.532065 }], // Christchurch — for the queue-chain joint test
 ]);
 
+// ISS-120: longitude difference on the circle — two lons are "equal" when they differ by a multiple of 360.
+const modDiff = (a: number, b: number): number => {
+  const d = Math.abs(a - b) % 360;
+  return Math.min(d, 360 - d);
+};
+
+// ISS-120: every consecutive pair of samples must be < 180° apart in longitude — the property that
+// keeps MapLibre from drawing a chord across the map.
+function expectContinuousLons(coords: [number, number][]): void {
+  for (let i = 1; i < coords.length; i++) {
+    expect(Math.abs(coords[i]![0] - coords[i - 1]![0]), `jump between samples ${i - 1} and ${i}`).toBeLessThan(180);
+  }
+}
+
 function snapshot(overrides: Partial<StateSnapshot> = {}): StateSnapshot {
   return {
     account: { cash: 0, reputation: 0 },
-    simState: { clockMs: 0, timeScale: 1, paused: false },
+    simState: { clockMs: 0 },
     planes: [],
     packages: [],
     catalog: [
@@ -320,3 +338,61 @@ describe('greatCircleArc (v0.12.2 — curved route traces)', () => {
     expect(haversineKm(mid[1], mid[0], chordMid[1], chordMid[0])).toBeLessThan(5); // stays close to the chord
   });
 });
+
+describe('greatCircleArc — antimeridian crossing (ISS-120 v0.53.0)', () => {
+  const from = AIRPORTS.get('NZAA')!; // Auckland, lon +174.8
+  const to = AIRPORTS.get('NFTF')!; // Fua'amotu, lon −175.1 — the short arc crosses ±180 EASTWARD
+
+  it('eastward crossing: continuous lons (|Δlon| < 180), endpoints exact mod 360, length ≈ haversine', () => {
+    const arc = greatCircleArc(from, to);
+    expect(arc.length).toBe(ROUTE_ARC_SEGMENTS + 1);
+    expectContinuousLons(arc); // no wrapped ±180 jump anywhere — the chord bug is gone
+    expect(arc[0]).toEqual([from.lon, from.lat]); // first sample = raw origin, exact
+    const last = arc[arc.length - 1]!;
+    expect(modDiff(last[0], to.lon)).toBeLessThan(1e-9); // last ≡ dest (mod 360) — here unwrapped to +184.8
+    expect(Math.abs(last[1] - to.lat)).toBeLessThan(1e-9);
+    expect(arc.some((c) => c[0] > 180)).toBe(true); // the crossing samples sit on the east world copy
+
+    const dist = haversineKm(from.lat, from.lon, to.lat, to.lon);
+    let sum = 0;
+    for (let i = 1; i < arc.length; i++) sum += haversineKm(arc[i - 1]![1], arc[i - 1]![0], arc[i]![1], arc[i]![0]);
+    expect(Math.abs(sum - dist) / dist).toBeLessThan(0.01); // sampled chord length ≈ true great-circle distance
+  });
+
+  it('westward crossing (reversed pair): continuous lons below −180, endpoints exact mod 360', () => {
+    const arc = greatCircleArc(to, from);
+    expectContinuousLons(arc);
+    expect(arc[0]).toEqual([to.lon, to.lat]); // raw origin, exact
+    const last = arc[arc.length - 1]!;
+    expect(modDiff(last[0], from.lon)).toBeLessThan(1e-9); // ≡ +174.8 (mod 360) — here unwrapped to −185.2
+    expect(Math.abs(last[1] - from.lat)).toBeLessThan(1e-9);
+    expect(arc.some((c) => c[0] < -180)).toBe(true); // the crossing samples sit on the west world copy
+  });
+
+  it('non-crossing routes are untouched: lons stay in [−180, 180]', () => {
+    const arc = greatCircleArc(AIRPORTS.get('EDDF')!, AIRPORTS.get('LEMD')!);
+    expectContinuousLons(arc);
+    for (const c of arc) expect(c[0]).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(-180);
+    for (const c of arc) expect(c[0]).toBeLessThanOrEqual(180);
+  });
+
+  it('queuedRoutesGeoJson: a chain crossing the antimeridian stays continuous across the joint', () => {
+    // Grounded at NZAA with queue [NFTF, NZCH]: leg 1 crosses ±180 eastward (ends unwrapped at +184.8),
+    // leg 2 restarts at the RAW −175.1 — without the global re-unwrap the joint would jump ~360°.
+    const fc = queuedRoutesGeoJson(
+      [
+        { id: 'p1', model: 'atr72', status: 'available', fuel: 1, maxFuel: 2, locationIcao: 'NZAA', locationName: 'A', destIcao: null, destName: null, departureSimTime: null, lat: -37.01, lon: 174.79, health: 100, repairUntilSimTime: null, queue: ['NFTF', 'NZCH'] },
+      ],
+      AIRPORTS,
+    );
+    expect(fc.features).toHaveLength(1);
+    const coords = fc.features[0]!.geometry.coordinates;
+    expect(coords.length).toBe(2 * ROUTE_ARC_SEGMENTS + 1); // two arcs, joint dropped once
+    expectContinuousLons(coords); // the whole chain — including across the NFTF joint
+    expect(coords[0]).toEqual([from.lon, from.lat]); // starts at the plane's airport, raw
+    const last = coords[coords.length - 1]!;
+    const nzch = AIRPORTS.get('NZCH')!;
+    expect(modDiff(last[0], nzch.lon)).toBeLessThan(1e-9); // ends ≡ NZCH (mod 360)
+    expect(Math.abs(last[1] - nzch.lat)).toBeLessThan(1e-9);
+  });
+});

lib/mapData.ts

@@ -74,16 +74,34 @@ export interface AirportCoord {
 // curved path the plane actually flies (same slerp as lib/sim/movement.ts).
 export const ROUTE_ARC_SEGMENTS = 24;
 
+// ISS-120 (v0.53.0): positionAt wraps each sample's longitude into [−180, 180], so an arc that
+// crosses the antimeridian jumps +179.x → −179.x between consecutive samples — and MapLibre draws
+// LineStrings as-is (no ±180 splitting), rendering a chord across the whole map. Unwrap the sample
+// sequence into continuous longitudes: keep the first sample's raw lon, then shift each subsequent
+// one by ±360 relative to the previous UNWRAPPED value until |Δlon| ≤ 180. One line stays one line;
+// out-of-range values render on MapLibre's adjacent world copies (renderWorldCopies is default-on).
+function unwrapLons(coords: [number, number][]): [number, number][] {
+  let prev = coords[0]![0];
+  for (let i = 1; i < coords.length; i++) {
+    let lon = coords[i]![0];
+    while (lon - prev > 180) lon -= 360;
+    while (prev - lon > 180) lon += 360;
+    coords[i]![0] = lon;
+    prev = lon;
+  }
+  return coords;
+}
+
 // Great-circle arc between two airports as [lon, lat] coordinates: positionAt at
-// t = i/SEGMENTS for i in 0..SEGMENTS. Pure — endpoints are exactly the airport
+// t = i/SEGMENTS for i in 0..SEGMENTS. Pure — the first sample is exactly `from` and the last is
-// coords (positionAt returns them verbatim at t=0 and t=1).
+// ≡ `to` (mod 360) (positionAt returns them verbatim at t=0 and t=1, unwrapped relative to from).
 export function greatCircleArc(from: AirportCoord, to: AirportCoord): [number, number][] {
   const coords: [number, number][] = [];
   for (let i = 0; i <= ROUTE_ARC_SEGMENTS; i++) {
     const pos = positionAt(from.lat, from.lon, to.lat, to.lon, i / ROUTE_ARC_SEGMENTS);
     coords.push([pos.lon, pos.lat]);
   }
-  return coords;
+  return unwrapLons(coords);
 }
 
 // ISS-022/025/027 (v0.22.0): the hover route trace — one great-circle LineString between two
@@ -195,6 +213,9 @@ export function queuedRoutesGeoJson(
       const arc = greatCircleArc(pts[i]!, pts[i + 1]!);
       coords.push(...(i === 0 ? arc : arc.slice(1))); // drop the duplicated joint point
     }
+    // ISS-120: each leg's arc is unwrapped relative to its OWN start airport, so at a joint the
+    // sequence can jump ±360 (leg 1 ends at dest+360k, leg 2 restarts at the raw dest) — re-unify.
+    unwrapLons(coords);
     features.push({
       type: 'Feature',
       geometry: { type: 'LineString', coordinates: coords },

lib/openapi.test.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
 import { openApiSpec } from './openapi';
 
 describe('OpenAPI spec', () => {
-  it('documents exactly the thirteen public endpoints (4 read + 9 player actions)', () => {
+  it('documents exactly the twelve public endpoints (3 read + 9 player actions)', () => {
     expect(Object.keys(openApiSpec.paths).sort()).toEqual([
       '/api/airports',
       '/api/market/buy-plane',
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ describe('OpenAPI spec', () => {
       '/api/planes/{planeId}/queue', // v0.25.0 (ISS-043)
       '/api/planes/{planeId}/queue/cancel', // v0.25.0 (ISS-043)
       '/api/planes/{planeId}/repair', // v0.39.0 (ISS-069)
-      '/api/sim',
       '/api/state',
       '/api/version',
     ]);
@@ -136,6 +135,7 @@ describe('OpenAPI spec', () => {
       'deadlineSimTime',
       'destIcao',
       'destName',
+      'distanceKm', // v0.48.0 (ISS-095) — great-circle leg distance in km
       'id',
       'originIcao',
       'originName',
@@ -146,36 +146,14 @@ describe('OpenAPI spec', () => {
       'weightKg', // v0.27.0 (ISS-045) — package weight in kg
     ]);
 
+    // ISS-117 (v0.52.0): the snapshot carries only the game clock — time controls are gone.
     const sim = openApiSpec.components.schemas.SimState.properties;
-    expect(Object.keys(sim).sort()).toEqual(['clockMs', 'paused', 'timeScale']);
+    expect(Object.keys(sim).sort()).toEqual(['clockMs']);
 
     const packageStatus = openApiSpec.components.schemas.PackageState.properties.status;
     expect(packageStatus.enum.sort()).toEqual(['abandoned', 'delivered', 'expired', 'ignored', 'loaded', 'open']); // v0.29.0 (ISS-047 part B)
   });
 
-  it('describes POST /api/sim as SimControlsRequest → SimState with a 400 error shape', () => {
-    const post = openApiSpec.paths['/api/sim'].post;
-    expect(post.operationId).toBe('setSimControls');
-
-    const requestSchema = post.requestBody.content['application/json'].schema;
-    expect(requestSchema.$ref).toBe('#/components/schemas/SimControlsRequest');
-
-    const ok = post.responses[200].content['application/json'].schema;
-    expect(ok.$ref).toBe('#/components/schemas/SimState');
-    const bad = post.responses[400].content['application/json'].schema;
-    expect(bad.$ref).toBe('#/components/schemas/Error');
-
-    const controls = openApiSpec.components.schemas.SimControlsRequest.properties;
-    expect(Object.keys(controls).sort()).toEqual(['paused', 'timeScale']);
-    expect(controls.timeScale.type).toBe('number');
-    expect(controls.timeScale.minimum).toBe(1);
-    expect(controls.timeScale.maximum).toBe(1000);
-    expect(controls.paused.type).toBe('boolean');
-
-    const error = openApiSpec.components.schemas.Error.properties;
-    expect(Object.keys(error)).toEqual(['error']);
-  });
-
   it('documents the eight action endpoints: snapshot on 200, Error on their 4xx paths', () => {
     // The spec object is a literal type; these helpers view it as plain JSON.
     const post = (p: string) =>

lib/openapi.ts

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export const openApiSpec = {
       get: {
         summary: 'Game state snapshot',
         description:
-          'Full current game state for client polling — account, sim clock, planes and packages, plus the static market reference data (catalog + economy constants) so clients can compute buy/sell previews locally. Tick-on-read: each call first advances the sim clock by (real time since last read) × timeScale (clamped per tick), so expiry/delivery/spawn are always applied before the snapshot is returned.',
+          'Full current game state for client polling — account, sim clock, planes and packages, plus the static market reference data (catalog + economy constants) so clients can compute buy/sell previews locally. The world clock advances on a ~1 s background tick at a fixed rate (v0.52.0, ISS-117: no player-facing time controls), clamped per tick; while no plane is flying or in repair the clock stays frozen. Each call ticks first, so expiry/delivery/spawn are always applied before the snapshot is returned.',
         operationId: 'getState',
         responses: {
           200: {
@@ -51,40 +51,6 @@ export const openApiSpec = {
         },
       },
     },
-    '/api/sim': {
-      post: {
-        summary: 'Set sim time controls',
-        description:
-          'Advance the sim clock (tick-on-read) and set the time scale / pause state. The clock is advanced first, so the returned simState already reflects current game time; package expiry, arrival delivery and market spawn run inside that tick.',
-        operationId: 'setSimControls',
-        requestBody: {
-          required: false,
-          content: {
-            'application/json': {
-              schema: { $ref: '#/components/schemas/SimControlsRequest' },
-            },
-          },
-        },
-        responses: {
-          200: {
-            description: 'Updated sim state',
-            content: {
-              'application/json': {
-                schema: { $ref: '#/components/schemas/SimState' },
-              },
-            },
-          },
-          400: {
-            description: 'Invalid body (not an object, unknown field, or wrong types)',
-            content: {
-              'application/json': {
-                schema: { $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' },
-              },
-            },
-          },
-        },
-      },
-    },
     '/api/version': {
       get: {
         summary: 'App version',
@@ -493,24 +459,9 @@ export const openApiSpec = {
       SimState: {
         type: 'object',
         properties: {
-          clockMs: { type: 'integer', description: 'Sim-clock epoch ms (game time)' },
+          clockMs: { type: 'integer', description: 'Sim-clock epoch ms (game time). The world runs at a fixed rate with no player-facing controls (v0.52.0, ISS-117).' },
-          timeScale: { type: 'number', minimum: 1, maximum: 1000 },
-          paused: { type: 'boolean' },
-        },
-        required: ['clockMs', 'timeScale', 'paused'],
-      },
-      SimControlsRequest: {
-        type: 'object',
-        description: 'Partial update — omit a field to leave it unchanged.',
-        properties: {
-          timeScale: {
-            type: 'number',
-            minimum: 1,
-            maximum: 1000,
-            description: 'Game-time multiplier; values outside [1, 1000] are clamped. The UI offers the ladder 1/2/5/10/25/50/100/250/500/1000.',
-          },
-          paused: { type: 'boolean' },
         },
+        required: ['clockMs'],
       },
       LoadPackageRequest: {
         type: 'object',
@@ -633,6 +584,7 @@ export const openApiSpec = {
           cargoCount: { type: 'integer' },
           weightKg: { type: 'number', description: 'Package weight in kg (v0.27.0) — drives load validation and the per-kg payout part.' },
           special: { type: ['string', 'null'], description: 'Special status from the specials registry (v0.37.0); null = none.' },
+          distanceKm: { type: 'number', description: 'Great-circle leg distance in km (v0.48.0) — computed server-side from airport coordinates, not stored.' },
           deadlineSimTime: { type: 'integer', description: 'Sim-clock epoch ms (game time)' },
           // 'expired' = an open OR loaded package whose deadline passed on a tick;
           // loaded expired packages keep their slot, deliver no reward, abandon free.
@@ -651,6 +603,7 @@ export const openApiSpec = {
           'cargoType',
           'cargoCount',
           'weightKg', // v0.27.0 (ISS-045) — package weight in kg
+          'distanceKm', // v0.48.0 (ISS-095) — great-circle leg distance in km
           'deadlineSimTime',
           'status',
           'planeId',

lib/sim/engine.test.ts

@@ -10,26 +10,33 @@ import { haversineKm, initialBearingDeg } from '@/lib/geo';
 import { weatherFor } from '@/lib/weather';
 import { FUEL_DISCOUNT_PER_REP, FUEL_PRICE_PER_L, MAX_FUEL_DISCOUNT, PLANE_TYPES, REPAIR_DURATION_MS, repRate, WEAR_PER_KM } from '@/lib/game/catalog';
 import { SPECIALS } from '@/lib/game/specials';
-import { MARKET_TARGET_OPEN_PACKAGES, mulberry32 } from '@/lib/game/seed';
+import { MARKET_TARGET_OPEN_PACKAGES, mulberry32, STARTING_CLOCK_MS } from '@/lib/game/seed';
 import { arrivalTimeFor, fuelAtWeighted, requiredFuelFor, windBurnFactor } from './movement';
 import {
-  clampTimeScale,
   deliverPackages,
   expirePackages,
   finishRepairs,
   MAX_TICK_ELAPSED_MS,
-  MAX_TIME_SCALE,
-  MIN_TIME_SCALE,
   reputationGainFor,
+  shouldAdvanceTime,
   spawnCoveragePackages,
   spawnOpenPackages,
   tickOnce,
+  WORLD_TIME_SCALE,
 } from './engine';
 
 // Engine tests run against throwaway DB files (openGameDb) with fake timers so
 // Date.now() — the only wall-clock input to a tick — is fully controlled. The
-// public tickNow()/applyTimeControls() wrappers (singleton + lock) are covered
+// public tickNow()/setTestTimeScale() wrappers (singleton + lock) are covered by the e2e suite
-// by app/api/sim/route.test.ts and the e2e suite.
+// (every spec's setScale helper hits /api/test/set-timescale; sim.spec.ts pins its validation).
+
+// ISS-117: fresh DBs seed a GROUNDED starter, so any test that needs an advancing world must put
+// a plane in flight first — departureSimTime at the game-clock origin keeps its arrival hours away.
+async function makeWorldActive(inst: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof openGameDb>>) {
+  await inst.db.update(schema.planes)
+    .set({ status: 'flying', destIcao: 'LEMD', departureSimTime: STARTING_CLOCK_MS })
+    .where(eq(schema.planes.id, 'plane-starter'));
+}
 
 let dir: string;
 const T0 = 1_750_000_000_000; // seed moment / fake "now" at DB open
@@ -53,43 +60,46 @@ async function freshDb(name: string) {
 describe('tickOnce — clock advance', () => {
   it('advances the clock by elapsed real ms × timeScale', async () => {
     const inst = await freshDb('scale.db');
+    await makeWorldActive(inst); // a grounded fleet would freeze the world (ISS-117)
     vi.setSystemTime(T0 + 1_000); // one real second later
     await inst.db.update(schema.simState).set({ timeScale: 5 });
 
     const sim = await tickOnce(inst);
 
-    expect(sim.clockMs).toBe(T0 + 5_000); // 1 s × 5
+    expect(sim.clockMs).toBe(STARTING_CLOCK_MS + 5_000); // 1 s × 5
     expect(sim.lastRealTickMs).toBe(T0 + 1_000);
   });
 
-  it('freezes the clock while paused but keeps tracking real time', async () => {
+  it('freezes the clock while the fleet is fully grounded but keeps tracking real time', async () => {
-    const inst = await freshDb('pause.db');
+    const inst = await freshDb('idle.db'); // seeded starter is on the ground → idle (ISS-117)
-    await inst.db.update(schema.simState).set({ paused: true, timeScale: 60 });
 
-    vi.setSystemTime(T0 + 3_600_000); // an hour of real pause
+    vi.setSystemTime(T0 + 3_600_000); // an hour of real idleness
     let sim = await tickOnce(inst);
-    expect(sim.clockMs).toBe(T0); // frozen — no advance at all
+    expect(sim.clockMs).toBe(STARTING_CLOCK_MS); // frozen — no advance at all
     expect(sim.lastRealTickMs).toBe(T0 + 3_600_000);
 
-    // Unpause: resumes from where it stopped, with NO catch-up for the pause.
+    // A plane takes off: resumes from where it stopped, with NO catch-up for the idle time.
-    await inst.db.update(schema.simState).set({ paused: false });
+    await inst.db.update(schema.simState).set({ timeScale: 60 });
+    await makeWorldActive(inst);
     vi.setSystemTime(T0 + 3_600_500);
     sim = await tickOnce(inst);
-    expect(sim.clockMs).toBe(T0 + 500 * 60); // only the 500 ms since unpausing × 60
+    expect(sim.clockMs).toBe(STARTING_CLOCK_MS + 500 * 60); // only the 500 ms since activity × 60
   });
 
   it('clamps long absences: a 1-hour gap advances at most MAX_TICK_ELAPSED_MS × scale', async () => {
     const inst = await freshDb('clamp.db');
+    await makeWorldActive(inst);
     vi.setSystemTime(T0 + 3_600_000); // server sat idle for an hour
 
-    const sim = await tickOnce(inst); // timeScale is the seeded 1
+    const sim = await tickOnce(inst); // timeScale is the seeded WORLD_TIME_SCALE
 
-    expect(sim.clockMs).toBe(T0 + MAX_TICK_ELAPSED_MS); // exactly one clamped tick, not a fast-forward
+    expect(sim.clockMs).toBe(STARTING_CLOCK_MS + MAX_TICK_ELAPSED_MS * WORLD_TIME_SCALE); // exactly one clamped tick, not a fast-forward
     vi.setSystemTime(T0); // reset for later tests in this file
   });
 
   it('does not advance when two ticks land in the same millisecond', async () => {
     const inst = await freshDb('same-ms.db');
+    await makeWorldActive(inst);
     vi.setSystemTime(T0 + 1_000);
     const a = await tickOnce(inst);
     const b = await tickOnce(inst); // no real time passed since `a`
@@ -100,15 +110,17 @@ describe('tickOnce — clock advance', () => {
 describe('expirePackages', () => {
   it('flips open AND loaded packages past their deadline; terminal statuses never expire', async () => {
     const inst = await freshDb('expiry.db');
-    const clock = T0 + 100_000;
+    // Game-clock anchor just after the seed moment — well inside every seeded package's deadline
+    // window (DEADLINE_MIN_HOURS), so only the rows inserted below can expire.
+    const clock = STARTING_CLOCK_MS + 100_000;
 
     await inst.db.insert(schema.packages).values([
-      { id: 'p-open-past', originIcao: 'EDDF', destIcao: 'LEMD', reward: 1, cargoType: 'Mail', cargoCount: 1, deadlineSimTime: clock - 1, status: 'open', planeId: null, createdSimTime: T0 },
+      { id: 'p-open-past', originIcao: 'EDDF', destIcao: 'LEMD', reward: 1, cargoType: 'Mail', cargoCount: 1, deadlineSimTime: clock - 1, status: 'open', planeId: null, createdSimTime: STARTING_CLOCK_MS },
-      { id: 'p-open-future', originIcao: 'EDDF', destIcao: 'LEMD', reward: 1, cargoType: 'Mail', cargoCount: 1, deadlineSimTime: clock + 1, status: 'open', planeId: null, createdSimTime: T0 },
+      { id: 'p-open-future', originIcao: 'EDDF', destIcao: 'LEMD', reward: 1, cargoType: 'Mail', cargoCount: 1, deadlineSimTime: clock + 1, status: 'open', planeId: null, createdSimTime: STARTING_CLOCK_MS },
-      { id: 'p-loaded-past', originIcao: 'EDDF', destIcao: 'LEMD', reward: 1, cargoType: 'Mail', cargoCount: 1, deadlineSimTime: clock - 1, status: 'loaded', planeId: 'plane-starter', createdSimTime: T0 },
+      { id: 'p-loaded-past', originIcao: 'EDDF', destIcao: 'LEMD', reward: 1, cargoType: 'Mail', cargoCount: 1, deadlineSimTime: clock - 1, status: 'loaded', planeId: 'plane-starter', createdSimTime: STARTING_CLOCK_MS },
-      { id: 'p-delivered-past', originIcao: 'EDDF', destIcao: 'LEMD', reward: 1, cargoType: 'Mail', cargoCount: 1, deadlineSimTime: clock - 1, status: 'delivered', planeId: null, createdSimTime: T0 },
+      { id: 'p-delivered-past', originIcao: 'EDDF', destIcao: 'LEMD', reward: 1, cargoType: 'Mail', cargoCount: 1, deadlineSimTime: clock - 1, status: 'delivered', planeId: null, createdSimTime: STARTING_CLOCK_MS },
-      { id: 'p-abandoned-past', originIcao: 'EDDF', destIcao: 'LEMD', reward: 1, cargoType: 'Mail', cargoCount: 1, deadlineSimTime: clock - 1, status: 'abandoned', planeId: null, createdSimTime: T0 },
+      { id: 'p-abandoned-past', originIcao: 'EDDF', destIcao: 'LEMD', reward: 1, cargoType: 'Mail', cargoCount: 1, deadlineSimTime: clock - 1, status: 'abandoned', planeId: null, createdSimTime: STARTING_CLOCK_MS },
-      { id: 'p-ignored-past', originIcao: 'EDDF', destIcao: 'LEMD', reward: 1, cargoType: 'Mail', cargoCount: 1, deadlineSimTime: clock - 1, status: 'ignored', planeId: null, createdSimTime: T0 },
+      { id: 'p-ignored-past', originIcao: 'EDDF', destIcao: 'LEMD', reward: 1, cargoType: 'Mail', cargoCount: 1, deadlineSimTime: clock - 1, status: 'ignored', planeId: null, createdSimTime: STARTING_CLOCK_MS },
     ]);
 
     const n = await expirePackages(inst, clock);
@@ -127,9 +139,9 @@ describe('expirePackages', () => {
     const inst = await freshDb('expiry-edge.db');
     await inst.db.insert(schema.packages).values({
       id: 'p-edge', originIcao: 'EDDF', destIcao: 'LEMD', reward: 1, cargoType: 'Mail', cargoCount: 1,
-      deadlineSimTime: T0 + 50_000, status: 'open', planeId: null, createdSimTime: T0,
+      deadlineSimTime: STARTING_CLOCK_MS + 50_000, status: 'open', planeId: null, createdSimTime: STARTING_CLOCK_MS,
     });
-    expect(await expirePackages(inst, T0 + 50_000)).toBe(1); // <= is inclusive
+    expect(await expirePackages(inst, STARTING_CLOCK_MS + 50_000)).toBe(1); // <= is inclusive
   });
 });
 
@@ -516,11 +528,13 @@ describe('finishRepairs (v0.39.0, ISS-069)', () => {
 
   it('runs inside tickOnce even when nothing landed: a past gate flips the plane back', async () => {
     const inst = await freshDb('repair-tick.db');
+    // The repairing plane keeps the world advancing (ISS-117); scale pinned to 1 for clean math.
+    await inst.db.update(schema.simState).set({ timeScale: 1 });
     await inst.db.update(schema.planes)
-      .set({ status: 'repairing', repairUntilSimTime: T0 + 1_500 })
+      .set({ status: 'repairing', repairUntilSimTime: STARTING_CLOCK_MS + 1_500 })
       .where(eq(schema.planes.id, 'plane-starter'));
 
-    vi.setSystemTime(T0 + 2_000); // one clamped tick at scale 1 → clock T0+2000 ≥ gate; nothing is flying
+    vi.setSystemTime(T0 + 2_000); // one clamped tick at scale 1 → clock STARTING_CLOCK_MS+2000 ≥ gate
     await tickOnce(inst);
 
     const plane = (await inst.db.select().from(schema.planes))[0];
@@ -560,101 +574,35 @@ describe('finishRepairs (v0.39.0, ISS-069)', () => {
   });
 });
 
-describe('slow to 1× when a landing leaves any plane on the ground (ISS-057)', () => {
+describe('idle-pause — the world freezes when nothing is happening (ISS-117)', () => {
-  const FROM = 'EDDF';
+  it('shouldAdvanceTime: grounded/empty fleets are idle; any flying or repairing plane advances', () => {
-  const TO = 'LEMD';
+    expect(shouldAdvanceTime([])).toEqual({ advance: false, flying: 0, repairing: 0 });
+    expect(shouldAdvanceTime([{ status: 'available' }, { status: 'available' }])).toEqual({ advance: false, flying: 0, repairing: 0 });
+    expect(shouldAdvanceTime([{ status: 'flying' }, { status: 'available' }])).toEqual({ advance: true, flying: 1, repairing: 0 });
+    expect(shouldAdvanceTime([{ status: 'repairing' }])).toEqual({ advance: true, flying: 0, repairing: 1 });
+    expect(shouldAdvanceTime([{ status: 'flying' }, { status: 'repairing' }])).toEqual({ advance: true, flying: 1, repairing: 1 });
+  });
 
-  // Starter flying EDDF→LEMD with departureSimTime set so its arrival is EXACTLY T0 —
+  it('a fully grounded fleet freezes the clock but keeps tracking real time', async () => {
-  // any advancing tick past T0 finalizes it. timeScale is the value under test;
+    const inst = await freshDb('idle-pause.db'); // seeded starter is on the ground → idle
-  // lastSelectedTimeScale mirrors what a manual POST /api/sim would have stored.
+    vi.setSystemTime(T0 + 3_600_000);
-  async function setupLanding(name: string, timeScale: number) {
-    const inst = await freshDb(name);
-    const fc = await loadAirportsGeoJson();
-    const from = fc.features.find((f) => f.properties.icao === FROM)!.properties;
-    const to = fc.features.find((f) => f.properties.icao === TO)!.properties;
-    const km = haversineKm(from.lat, from.lon, to.lat, to.lon);
-    const type = PLANE_TYPES.atr72;
 
-    await inst.db.update(schema.simState).set({ timeScale, lastSelectedTimeScale: timeScale });
+    const sim = await tickOnce(inst);
+
+    expect(sim.clockMs).toBe(STARTING_CLOCK_MS); // frozen — no advance at all
+    expect(sim.lastRealTickMs).toBe(T0 + 3_600_000); // …but the real-time anchor moved on
+  });
+
+  it('a repairing plane keeps the world advancing', async () => {
+    const inst = await freshDb('idle-repair.db');
     await inst.db.update(schema.planes)
-      .set({ status: 'flying', destIcao: TO, departureSimTime: T0 - travelMs(km, type.speedKmh), fuel: type.maxFuel })
+      .set({ status: 'repairing', repairUntilSimTime: STARTING_CLOCK_MS + REPAIR_DURATION_MS })
       .where(eq(schema.planes.id, 'plane-starter'));
 
-    return { inst, from, km, type };
+    vi.setSystemTime(T0 + 1_000);
-  }
-
-  it('last plane lands → sim slows to 1× WITHOUT pausing; lastSelectedTimeScale is preserved', async () => {
-    const { inst } = await setupLanding('slow-last.db', 1000);
-    vi.setSystemTime(T0 + 2_000); // one full clamped tick at scale 1000 → clock T0+2e6 ≥ arrival (T0)
-
     const sim = await tickOnce(inst);
 
-    expect(sim.paused).toBe(false); // no pause anymore — ISS-057 replaces it with a slow-down…
+    expect(sim.clockMs).toBeGreaterThan(STARTING_CLOCK_MS); // the repair gate is what keeps time moving
-    expect((await inst.db.select().from(schema.simState))[0].paused).toBe(false); // …persisted on the row…
-    expect(sim.timeScale).toBe(1); // …slowed to the floor…
-    expect(sim.lastSelectedTimeScale).toBe(1000); // …with the last manual speed kept for resume
-    expect((await inst.db.select().from(schema.planes))[0].status).toBe('available'); // landing itself unchanged
-  });
-
-  it('a landing while another plane is still flying → slows to 1× (any plane on ground)', async () => {
-    const { inst, from, type } = await setupLanding('slow-other.db', 1000);
-    // A second plane on the same route departing at T0 — arrives far after this tick's clock.
-    await inst.db.insert(schema.planes).values({
-      id: 'p-b', model: 'atr72', status: 'flying', fuel: type.maxFuel, maxFuel: type.maxFuel,
-      locationIcao: FROM, destIcao: TO, lat: from.lat, lon: from.lon, departureSimTime: T0,
-    });
-
-    vi.setSystemTime(T0 + 2_000);
-    const sim = await tickOnce(inst);
-
-    expect(sim.paused).toBe(false);
-    expect(sim.timeScale).toBe(1); // the just-landed starter is on ground → slow (literal issue reading)
-    const byId = new Map((await inst.db.select().from(schema.planes)).map((p) => [p.id, p.status]));
-    expect(byId.get('plane-starter')).toBe('available'); // the starter did land…
-    expect(byId.get('p-b')).toBe('flying'); // …but the fleet is not idle — still slowed
-  });
-
-  it('already at 1× → stays 1 (no-op slow)', async () => {
-    const { inst } = await setupLanding('slow-one.db', 1);
-    vi.setSystemTime(T0 + 2_000); // one tick at scale 1 advances 2e3 game ms — past the T0 arrival
-
-    const sim = await tickOnce(inst);
-
-    expect(sim.paused).toBe(false);
-    expect(sim.timeScale).toBe(1);
-    expect((await inst.db.select().from(schema.planes))[0].status).toBe('available');
-  });
-
-  it('a chained plane does NOT slow the sim (nothing is grounded)', async () => {
-    const { inst } = await setupLanding('slow-chain.db', 1000); // full tank, arrival exactly T0
-    // A queued next hop with plenty of fuel → chains on landing instead of grounding.
-    await inst.db.update(schema.planes)
-      .set({ queue: JSON.stringify(['EDDV']) })
-      .where(eq(schema.planes.id, 'plane-starter'));
-
-    vi.setSystemTime(T0 + 2_000); // one full clamped tick at scale 1000 → clock T0+2e6 ≥ arrival (T0)
-    const sim = await tickOnce(inst);
-
-    expect(sim.paused).toBe(false);
-    expect(sim.timeScale).toBe(1000); // still flying after the chain, nothing grounded — no slow…
-    const plane = (await inst.db.select().from(schema.planes))[0];
-    expect(plane.status).toBe('flying'); // …the fresh select in tickOnce counts it as airborne
-    expect(plane.destIcao).toBe('EDDV');
-  });
-
-  it('manually-paused sim is untouched by ticks (no landing processed while paused)', async () => {
-    const inst = await freshDb('slow-paused.db');
-    // The fleet is fully grounded (the seeded starter) — a paused tick must not touch the
-    // controls even though "any plane on ground" holds: the trigger requires a landing this tick.
-    await inst.db.update(schema.simState).set({ timeScale: 1000, lastSelectedTimeScale: 1000, paused: true });
-
-    vi.setSystemTime(T0 + 5_000);
-    const sim = await tickOnce(inst);
-
-    expect(sim.paused).toBe(true); // no landing processed while paused → trigger never fires
-    expect(sim.timeScale).toBe(1000);
-    expect(sim.lastSelectedTimeScale).toBe(1000);
-    expect((await inst.db.select().from(schema.planes))[0].status).toBe('available');
   });
 });
 
@@ -789,7 +737,13 @@ describe('spawnCoveragePackages (v0.8.0 spawn coverage rule)', () => {
 
   it('runs inside tickOnce: a fresh DB gains an EDDF-origin package after one advancing tick', async () => {
     const inst = await freshDb('coverage-tick.db');
-    vi.setSystemTime(T0 + 1_000); // one real second → advanceMs > 0 at scale 1
+    // A second, airborne plane keeps the world advancing (ISS-117) while the seeded starter stays
+    // grounded — which is what coverage spawns for. Arrival is hours out, so it never lands here.
+    await inst.db.insert(schema.planes).values({
+      id: 'p-air', model: 'atr72', status: 'flying', fuel: 6300, maxFuel: 6300,
+      locationIcao: 'EDDF', destIcao: 'LEMD', lat: 50.03, lon: 8.57, departureSimTime: STARTING_CLOCK_MS,
+    });
+    vi.setSystemTime(T0 + 1_000); // one real second → advanceMs > 0 at the seeded scale
 
     await tickOnce(inst);
 
@@ -800,32 +754,6 @@ describe('spawnCoveragePackages (v0.8.0 spawn coverage rule)', () => {
   });
 });
 
-describe('clampTimeScale — v0.14.0 ladder bounds [1, 1000]', () => {
-  it('clamps below-minimum values to MIN_TIME_SCALE', () => {
-    expect(clampTimeScale(0)).toBe(MIN_TIME_SCALE);
-    expect(clampTimeScale(-5)).toBe(MIN_TIME_SCALE);
-    expect(clampTimeScale(0.1)).toBe(MIN_TIME_SCALE);
-  });
-
-  it('clamps above-maximum values to MAX_TIME_SCALE', () => {
-    expect(clampTimeScale(1001)).toBe(MAX_TIME_SCALE);
-    expect(clampTimeScale(2000)).toBe(MAX_TIME_SCALE);
-    expect(clampTimeScale(Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER)).toBe(MAX_TIME_SCALE);
-  });
-
-  it('passes in-range values through unclamped — ladder and off-ladder alike', () => {
-    for (const s of [1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500, 1000]) {
-      expect(clampTimeScale(s)).toBe(s); // the full v0.14.0 slider ladder
-    }
-    expect(clampTimeScale(37)).toBe(37); // off-ladder but in range (e.g. a legacy value)
-  });
-
-  it('keeps the endpoints exact', () => {
-    expect(clampTimeScale(MIN_TIME_SCALE)).toBe(MIN_TIME_SCALE);
-    expect(clampTimeScale(MAX_TIME_SCALE)).toBe(MAX_TIME_SCALE);
-  });
-});
-
 // Local helper mirroring lib/sim/movement.ts (kept private there on purpose — the
 // engine composes arrivalTimeFor; tests just need the duration for fixtures).
 function travelMs(km: number, speedKmh: number): number {

lib/sim/engine.ts

@@ -18,20 +18,20 @@ import {
 } from '@/lib/game/seed';
 import { arrivalTimeFor, fuelAtWeighted, requiredFuelFor, windBurnFactor } from './movement';
 
-// Server-authoritative sim engine (v0.7.0) — tick-on-read: there is NO background
+// Server-authoritative sim engine (v0.7.0). ISS-117 (v0.52.0): the clock advances on a background
-// timer. Every read/action endpoint calls tickNow() first; the clock advances by
+// tick (~1 s, started at boot from instrumentation.ts) AND on every read/action — both through the
-// (real ms since last tick) × timeScale, clamped per tick so long absences never
+// same locked tickOnce path. Each tick advances by (real ms since last tick) × timeScale, clamped
-// fast-forward the game.
+// per tick so long absences never fast-forward the game; while no plane is flying or in repair the
+// clock stays frozen (idle-pause) but lastRealTickMs keeps tracking real time.
 
-// Clamp constant: max real-time gap counted by a single tick. Chosen at 2000 ms —
+// Clamp constant: max real-time gap counted by a single tick. Chosen at 2000 ms — comfortably above
-// comfortably above a normal client poll interval (~1 s), so active play advances
+// both the client poll interval (~1 s) and the background-tick interval, so active play advances
-// ~real time × scale; small enough that one stale read after an absence moves game
+// ~real time × scale; small enough that one stale read after an absence moves game time by at most
-// time by at most 2 s × scale (≈ 33 min even at max scale 1000). The sim therefore
+// 2 s × scale.
-// only meaningfully progresses while actively polled.
 export const MAX_TICK_ELAPSED_MS = 2_000;
 
-export const MIN_TIME_SCALE = 1;
+// ISS-117: the fixed world rate — re-exported here so server code and tests have one familiar home.
-export const MAX_TIME_SCALE = 1000; // top of the slider ladder (v0.14.0)
+export { WORLD_TIME_SCALE } from '@/lib/worldClock';
 
 // Reputation gain per delivered package: BASE + PER_KM × great-circle km, rounded
 // to 2 decimals (reputation is REAL). A short hop (~300 km) earns ~1.15 rep, a
@@ -43,11 +43,6 @@ export function reputationGainFor(km: number): number {
   return Math.round((REP_BASE + REP_PER_KM * km) * 100) / 100;
 }
 
-export interface SimControlsInput {
-  timeScale?: number;
-  paused?: boolean;
-}
-
 // Serialize ticks across concurrent requests (Next.js route handlers run in the
 // same process): each tick re-reads sim_state after the previous one wrote it, so
 // no advance is ever applied twice.
@@ -63,23 +58,36 @@ function withLock<T>(fn: () => Promise<T>): Promise<T> {
 
 // --- Tick core (takes a GameDb so unit tests can inject their own instance) ---
 
+// ISS-117: idle-pause decision — pure, so unit tests feed it synthetic fleets. The world clock
+// advances only while something is happening: at least one plane flying OR in repair. A fully
+// grounded fleet freezes the clock (and with it expiries/spawns) until a dispatch or repair starts.
+export function shouldAdvanceTime(planes: Array<{ status: string }>): { advance: boolean; flying: number; repairing: number } {
+  let flying = 0;
+  let repairing = 0;
+  for (const p of planes) {
+    if (p.status === 'flying') flying++;
+    else if (p.status === 'repairing') repairing++;
+  }
+  return { advance: flying > 0 || repairing > 0, flying, repairing };
+}
+
 export async function tickOnce(inst: GameDb): Promise<schema.SimStateRow> {
   const rows = await inst.db.select().from(schema.simState);
   const sim = rows[0];
   if (!sim) throw new Error('sim_state row missing');
 
   const nowMs = Date.now();
+  // ISS-117: frozen while nothing is happening (see shouldAdvanceTime). lastRealTickMs still
+  // tracks real time, so a takeoff resumes cleanly with no catch-up jump for the idle duration.
+  const planeRows = await inst.db.select().from(schema.planes);
+  const { advance } = shouldAdvanceTime(planeRows.map((p) => ({ status: p.status })));
   const elapsed = Math.max(0, nowMs - sim.lastRealTickMs);
-  // While paused the clock is frozen; lastRealTickMs still tracks real time so
+  const advanceMs = advance ? Math.min(elapsed, MAX_TICK_ELAPSED_MS) * sim.timeScale : 0;
-  // unpausing resumes cleanly with no catch-up jump for the pause duration.
-  const advanceMs = sim.paused ? 0 : Math.min(elapsed, MAX_TICK_ELAPSED_MS) * sim.timeScale;
   const clockMs = Math.round(sim.clockMs + advanceMs);
 
-  let landedThisTick = 0;
   if (advanceMs > 0) {
     await expirePackages(inst, clockMs);
-    // ISS-057: remember the landings so the tick can slow down when a plane is left on ground.
+    await deliverPackages(inst, clockMs);
-    landedThisTick = await deliverPackages(inst, clockMs);
     // v0.39.0 (ISS-069): repairs whose gate has passed flip back to 'available' — runs even when
     // nothing landed this tick; BEFORE the spawns so a just-repaired plane gets coverage work too.
     await finishRepairs(inst, clockMs);
@@ -89,25 +97,8 @@ export async function tickOnce(inst: GameDb): Promise<schema.SimStateRow> {
     await spawnCoveragePackages(inst, clockMs);
   }
 
-  const sets: Partial<Pick<schema.SimStateRow, 'clockMs' | 'lastRealTickMs' | 'timeScale'>> = {
-    clockMs,
-    lastRealTickMs: nowMs,
-  };
-  // Slow on landing (ISS-057): when ≥1 plane landed this tick and ANY plane is grounded
-  // ('available') afterwards, drop the sim to MIN_TIME_SCALE — a just-landed plane counts, so
-  // any real landing slows. A chained plane stays 'flying' via deliverPackages' auto-chain
-  // branch, so a pure-chain tick with nothing grounded does NOT slow. Pause is manual-only now;
-  // flyPlane restores lastSelectedTimeScale when the last grounded plane takes off. Arrival-
-  // triggered by design: a grounded fleet at high scale is left alone (no idle-enforcement), and
-  // a paused tick never processes landings (advanceMs === 0), so the trigger only fires on an
-  // advancing tick — a manual speed change while planes sit grounded survives until the next landing.
-  if (landedThisTick > 0) {
-    const available = await inst.db.select().from(schema.planes).where(eq(schema.planes.status, 'available'));
-    if (available.length >= 1) sets.timeScale = MIN_TIME_SCALE;
-  }
-
   // Persist lastRealTickMs even when nothing advanced — it is the tick anchor.
-  await inst.db.update(schema.simState).set(sets);
+  await inst.db.update(schema.simState).set({ clockMs, lastRealTickMs: nowMs });
   await persist(inst);
   const updated = (await inst.db.select().from(schema.simState))[0];
   if (!updated) throw new Error('sim_state row missing after tick');
@@ -174,8 +165,7 @@ export async function finishRepairs(inst: GameDb, clockMs: number): Promise<numb
 // remaining fuel and the queue kept intact for a later dispatch.
 // Idempotent — a finalized plane either leaves the 'flying' state or starts a NEW
 // leg whose own arrival is in the future, so it can never be awarded twice.
-// Returns planes landed. NOTE: runs BEFORE tickOnce's slow-down check on purpose —
+// Returns planes landed.
-// a chained plane is already 'flying' again here, so a pure-chain landing never slows the sim.
 export async function deliverPackages(inst: GameDb, clockMs: number): Promise<number> {
   const [planeRows, packageRows] = await Promise.all([
     inst.db.select().from(schema.planes),
@@ -423,6 +413,17 @@ export function tickNow(): Promise<schema.SimStateRow> {
   return withLock(async () => tickOnce(await getGameDb()));
 }
 
+// ISS-117: the world clock runs even with nobody polling — a ~1 s interval drives the same locked
+// tick path as reads/actions. Started once at server boot from instrumentation.ts (Next ≥15); the
+// guard makes double-starts harmless (dev HMR reloads).
+let backgroundTimer: ReturnType<typeof setInterval> | null = null;
+export function startBackgroundTick(intervalMs = 1_000): void {
+  if (backgroundTimer !== null) return;
+  backgroundTimer = setInterval(() => {
+    tickNow().catch((err) => console.error('flight: background tick failed', err));
+  }, intervalMs);
+}
+
 // Run a game action atomically with respect to ticks (v0.8.0): the clock is
 // advanced FIRST so validation and mutation see current game time, then fn runs —
 // all under the same promise lock as tickNow(), so no concurrent request can
@@ -436,31 +437,17 @@ export function runAction<T>(fn: (inst: GameDb) => Promise<T>): Promise<T> {
   });
 }
 
-// Tick first so the returned state reflects current time, then apply the new
+// Test-hook backing (FLIGHT_TEST_HOOKS=1 only — see app/api/test/set-timescale/route.ts): set the
-// controls. timeScale is clamped to [1, 1000]; validation of raw input happens in
+// effective time scale under the same lock as ticks so a background tick can never interleave
-// the route handler (400 on non-number / non-boolean). ISS-057: posting a timeScale
+// between read and write. Input validation happens in the route; this trusts its number.
-// ALSO records it as lastSelectedTimeScale — the resume target flyPlane restores when
+export function setTestTimeScale(scale: number): Promise<schema.SimStateRow> {
-// the last grounded plane takes off. A {paused}-only post never touches it, so the
-// last manual intent wins without an extra flag.
-export function applyTimeControls(input: SimControlsInput): Promise<schema.SimStateRow> {
   return withLock(async () => {
     const inst = await getGameDb();
     await tickOnce(inst);
-    const sets: Partial<Pick<schema.SimStateRow, 'timeScale' | 'lastSelectedTimeScale' | 'paused'>> = {};
+    await inst.db.update(schema.simState).set({ timeScale: scale });
-    if (input.timeScale !== undefined) {
-      const scale = clampTimeScale(input.timeScale);
-      sets.timeScale = scale;
-      sets.lastSelectedTimeScale = scale;
-    }
-    if (input.paused !== undefined) sets.paused = input.paused;
-    if (Object.keys(sets).length > 0) await inst.db.update(schema.simState).set(sets);
     await persist(inst);
     const updated = (await inst.db.select().from(schema.simState))[0];
     if (!updated) throw new Error('sim_state row missing');
     return updated;
   });
 }
-
-export function clampTimeScale(v: number): number {
-  return Math.min(MAX_TIME_SCALE, Math.max(MIN_TIME_SCALE, v));
-}

lib/sim/movement.test.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import {
   burnRateConstant,
   FUEL_DENSITY_KG_PER_L,
   fuelAtWeighted,
+  guaranteedRangeKm,
+  MAX_WIND_BURN_FACTOR,
   maxRangeKm,
   positionAt,
   progressAt,
@@ -234,3 +236,22 @@ describe('maxRangeKm (v0.28.0)', () => {
     expect(() => maxRangeKm(BURN, 0, TANK)).toThrow();
   });
 });
+
+describe('guaranteedRangeKm (v0.51.0, ISS-099)', () => {
+  it("MAX_WIND_BURN_FACTOR is windBurnFactor's actual maximum over the weather domain", () => {
+    // Full headwind at max wind: exactly +20% — the constant must track the factor function, not a copy.
+    expect(MAX_WIND_BURN_FACTOR).toBe(windBurnFactor(30, 90, 90));
+  });
+
+  it('is maxRangeKm under worst-case headwind burn (ATR ≈ 3696 km ±5%)', () => {
+    const r = guaranteedRangeKm(BURN, WE, TANK);
+    expect(r).toBeCloseTo(maxRangeKm(BURN * MAX_WIND_BURN_FACTOR, WE, TANK), 12);
+    expect(r).toBeGreaterThan(3696 * 0.95);
+    expect(r).toBeLessThan(3696 * 1.05);
+  });
+
+  it('zero fuel → zero range; rejects a non-positive empty weight', () => {
+    expect(guaranteedRangeKm(BURN, WE, 0)).toBe(0);
+    expect(() => guaranteedRangeKm(BURN, 0, TANK)).toThrow();
+  });
+});

lib/sim/movement.ts

@@ -137,3 +137,16 @@ export function maxRangeKm(burnPerKm: number, emptyWeightKg: number, maxFuel: nu
   const rho = FUEL_DENSITY_KG_PER_L;
   return Math.log(1 + (rho * maxFuel) / emptyWeightKg) * ((emptyWeightKg + rho * maxFuel) / (rho * burnPerKm));
 }
+
+// Max headwind burn multiplier over the weather domain (v0.51.0, ISS-099): the upper end of
+// windBurnFactor's [0.8, 1.2] range — a full 30 kt headwind (the max in lib/weather.ts) ÷ 150.
+export const MAX_WIND_BURN_FACTOR = 1 + 30 / 150;
+
+// Guaranteed full-tank range (v0.51.0, ISS-099): the maxRangeKm closed form under worst-case
+// headwind burn — any leg within this distance is flyable in ALL weather, since windBurnFactor
+// never exceeds MAX_WIND_BURN_FACTOR and requiredFuelFor grows with the burn rate. This is what
+// the UI displays as "Max range", so a spec-possible leg always passes flyPlane's fuel guard
+// (requiredFuelFor ≤ maxFuel under the same wind-adjusted burn).
+export function guaranteedRangeKm(burnPerKm: number, emptyWeightKg: number, maxFuel: number): number {
+  return maxRangeKm(burnPerKm * MAX_WIND_BURN_FACTOR, emptyWeightKg, maxFuel);
+}

lib/timeScale.test.ts

@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
-import { MAX_SCALE, MIN_SCALE, TIME_SCALES, scaleToSlider, sliderToScale } from './timeScale';
-
-const STEPS = TIME_SCALES.length - 1; // 9 intervals across the 10 ladder positions (v0.14.0)
-
-describe('sliderToScale', () => {
-  it('is exact at the endpoints (0 → 1×, 1 → 1000×)', () => {
-    expect(sliderToScale(0)).toBe(MIN_SCALE);
-    expect(sliderToScale(1)).toBe(MAX_SCALE);
-  });
-
-  it('maps each of the 10 positions to the ladder', () => {
-    const expected = [1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500, 1000];
-    for (let i = 0; i < TIME_SCALES.length; i++) {
-      expect(sliderToScale(i / STEPS)).toBe(expected[i]);
-    }
-  });
-
-  it('is monotonic non-decreasing across the whole range', () => {
-    let prev = sliderToScale(0);
-    for (let i = 1; i <= 2000; i++) {
-      const s = sliderToScale(i / 2000);
-      expect(s).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(prev);
-      prev = s;
-    }
-  });
-
-  it('only ever returns a ladder value', () => {
-    for (let i = 0; i <= 2000; i++) {
-      expect(TIME_SCALES).toContain(sliderToScale(i / 2000));
-    }
-  });
-
-  it('clamps out-of-range and non-finite input', () => {
-    expect(sliderToScale(-0.5)).toBe(MIN_SCALE);
-    expect(sliderToScale(1.5)).toBe(MAX_SCALE);
-    expect(sliderToScale(NaN)).toBe(MIN_SCALE);
-  });
-});
-
-describe('scaleToSlider', () => {
-  it('is exact at the endpoints (1× → 0, 1000× → 1)', () => {
-    expect(scaleToSlider(1)).toBe(0);
-    expect(scaleToSlider(1000)).toBe(1);
-  });
-
-  it('places each ladder value on its own position', () => {
-    for (let i = 0; i < TIME_SCALES.length; i++) {
-      expect(scaleToSlider(TIME_SCALES[i])).toBeCloseTo(i / STEPS, 12);
-    }
-  });
-
-  it('stays within [0, 1] for in-range scales', () => {
-    for (let s = MIN_SCALE; s <= MAX_SCALE; s++) {
-      const t = scaleToSlider(s);
-      expect(t).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0);
-      expect(t).toBeLessThanOrEqual(1);
-    }
-  });
-
-  it('clamps out-of-range and non-finite input', () => {
-    expect(scaleToSlider(0)).toBe(0);
-    expect(scaleToSlider(-3)).toBe(0);
-    expect(scaleToSlider(1001)).toBe(1); // above the ladder top → clamped to 1000× → t=1
-    expect(scaleToSlider(NaN)).toBe(0);
-  });
-});
-
-describe('round-trip', () => {
-  it('sliderToScale(scaleToSlider(s)) === s for every ladder value', () => {
-    for (const s of TIME_SCALES) {
-      expect(sliderToScale(scaleToSlider(s))).toBe(s);
-    }
-  });
-
-  it('maps off-ladder scales to the nearest ladder step by log distance', () => {
-    expect(sliderToScale(scaleToSlider(3))).toBe(2); // ln 3 ≈ 1.10 → closer to 2 (ln ≈ 0.69) than 5 (ln ≈ 1.61)
-    expect(sliderToScale(scaleToSlider(60))).toBe(50); // legacy max from the v0.9.x era sits between 50 and 100, nearer 50
-    expect(sliderToScale(scaleToSlider(200))).toBe(250); // ln 200 ≈ 5.30 → closer to 250 (ln ≈ 5.52) than 100 (ln ≈ 4.61)
-  });
-});

lib/timeScale.ts

@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-// Pure mapping helpers for the time-scale slider (v0.9.2, values reworked in v0.14.0) — no
-// game logic, unit-testable in node. The slider has 10 discrete positions on a mixed
-// ×2/×2.5 ladder: 1× → 2× → 5× → 10× → 25× → 50× → 100× → 250× → 500× → 1000×, so each
-// step roughly doubles the speed (matching POST /api/sim's clamp range [1, 1000]).
-
-export const TIME_SCALES = [1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500, 1000] as const;
-export const MIN_SCALE: number = TIME_SCALES[0];
-export const MAX_SCALE: number = TIME_SCALES[TIME_SCALES.length - 1];
-
-const clamp = (v: number, lo: number, hi: number) => Math.min(hi, Math.max(lo, v));
-
-// t → scale: the position maps to the nearest ladder step. Exact at the endpoints:
-// sliderToScale(0) === 1, sliderToScale(1) === 1000.
-export function sliderToScale(t: number): number {
-  const tt = clamp(Number.isFinite(t) ? t : 0, 0, 1);
-  return TIME_SCALES[clamp(Math.round(tt * (TIME_SCALES.length - 1)), 0, TIME_SCALES.length - 1)];
-}
-
-// scale → t: the nearest ladder position by log distance. Exact at the endpoints:
-// scaleToSlider(1) === 0, scaleToSlider(1000) === 1; round-trips every value in TIME_SCALES.
-export function scaleToSlider(scale: number): number {
-  const s = clamp(Number.isFinite(scale) ? scale : MIN_SCALE, MIN_SCALE, MAX_SCALE);
-  let best = 0;
-  let bestDist = Infinity;
-  for (let i = 0; i < TIME_SCALES.length; i++) {
-    const d = Math.abs(Math.log(s) - Math.log(TIME_SCALES[i]));
-    if (d < bestDist) {
-      bestDist = d;
-      best = i;
-    }
-  }
-  return best / (TIME_SCALES.length - 1);
-}

lib/useGameState.test.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { fetchState } from './useGameState';
 
 const SNAPSHOT = {
   account: { cash: 20_000, reputation: 10 },
-  simState: { clockMs: 1_750_000_000_000, timeScale: 1, paused: false },
+  simState: { clockMs: 1_750_000_000_000 },
   planes: [],
   packages: [],
 };

lib/useGameState.ts

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export async function fetchState(): Promise<StateSnapshot> {
     (window as unknown as Record<string, unknown>).__flightLastSnapshot = {
       planeIds: snapshot.planes.map((p) => p.id),
       cash: snapshot.account.cash,
-      timeScale: snapshot.simState.timeScale,
+      clockMs: snapshot.simState.clockMs,
       at: Date.now(),
     };
   }

lib/useSimClock.test.ts

@@ -1,49 +1,45 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
 import { advanceSimClock, type SimClockAnchor } from './useSimClock';
+import { WORLD_TIME_SCALE } from './worldClock';
 
 // ISS-007 (v0.16.1) — the pure extrapolation core of lib/useSimClock.ts. The hook itself is a
 // thin setInterval + re-sync wrapper covered by e2e (panes.spec.ts "ticks smoothly between polls");
-// this suite pins the math: game time advances real-time × timeScale, frozen while paused.
+// this suite pins the math: game time advances real-time × WORLD_TIME_SCALE, frozen while idle.
 
 const anchor = (over: Partial<SimClockAnchor> = {}): SimClockAnchor => ({
   clockMs: 1_750_000_000_000,
   at: 1_000_000,
-  timeScale: 1,
+  advancing: true,
-  paused: false,
   ...over,
 });
 
 describe('advanceSimClock', () => {
-  it('advances by exactly elapsed real-time × timeScale while running', () => {
+  it('advances by exactly elapsed real-time × WORLD_TIME_SCALE while running', () => {
-    expect(advanceSimClock(anchor(), 1_001_000)).toBe(1_750_000_000_000 + 1_000); // scale 1: 1 s real = 1 s game
+    expect(advanceSimClock(anchor(), 1_001_000)).toBe(1_750_000_000_000 + 1_000 * WORLD_TIME_SCALE);
-    expect(advanceSimClock(anchor({ timeScale: 25 }), 1_002_500)).toBe(1_750_000_000_000 + 62_500);
+    // The e2e scenario: ~2.6 s real at the fixed world rate.
-    // The e2e scenario: scale 1000, 2.5 s real → 2 500 game seconds.
+    expect(advanceSimClock(anchor(), 1_002_600)).toBe(1_750_000_000_000 + 2_600 * WORLD_TIME_SCALE);
-    expect(advanceSimClock(anchor({ timeScale: 1000 }), 1_002_500)).toBe(1_750_000_000_000 + 2_500_000);
   });
 
   it('returns the anchor value exactly at zero elapsed', () => {
-    expect(advanceSimClock(anchor({ timeScale: 1000 }), 1_000_000)).toBe(1_750_000_000_000);
+    expect(advanceSimClock(anchor(), 1_000_000)).toBe(1_750_000_000_000);
   });
 
-  it('is frozen while paused regardless of elapsed or scale', () => {
+  it('is frozen while idle regardless of elapsed time', () => {
-    const a = anchor({ timeScale: 1000, paused: true });
+    const a = anchor({ advancing: false });
     expect(advanceSimClock(a, 1_000_000)).toBe(1_750_000_000_000);
     expect(advanceSimClock(a, 2_000_000)).toBe(1_750_000_000_000); // a full second later — still frozen
   });
 
   it('clamps to the anchor value when nowMs is before the anchor (clock skew), never backwards', () => {
-    expect(advanceSimClock(anchor({ timeScale: 1000 }), 999_999)).toBe(1_750_000_000_000);
+    expect(advanceSimClock(anchor(), 999_999)).toBe(1_750_000_000_000);
-    expect(advanceSimClock(anchor({ paused: true }), 999_999)).toBe(1_750_000_000_000);
+    expect(advanceSimClock(anchor({ advancing: false }), 999_999)).toBe(1_750_000_000_000);
   });
 
-  it('mirrors the server tick model (tickOnce): advance = elapsed × timeScale while actively polled', () => {
+  it('mirrors the server tick model (tickOnce): advance = elapsed × WORLD_TIME_SCALE while actively polled', () => {
     // lib/sim/engine.ts: clockMs += min(now − lastRealTickMs, MAX_TICK_ELAPSED_MS) × timeScale.
     // For gaps under the 2 s clamp the client extrapolation is exactly the server's own formula.
-    const scale = 50;
     for (const gap of [1, 250, 999, 1_999]) {
-      expect(advanceSimClock(anchor({ timeScale: scale }), 1_000_000 + gap)).toBe(
+      expect(advanceSimClock(anchor(), 1_000_000 + gap)).toBe(1_750_000_000_000 + gap * WORLD_TIME_SCALE);
-        1_750_000_000_000 + gap * scale,
-      );
     }
   });
 });

lib/useSimClock.ts

@@ -2,57 +2,51 @@
 
 import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import type { StateSnapshot } from './game/state';
+import { WORLD_TIME_SCALE } from './worldClock';
 
 // ISS-007 (v0.16.1): the sim clock ticks smoothly on the CLIENT between polls instead of
-// jumping once per snapshot. The server's authoritative rate is exactly real-time × timeScale
+// jumping once per snapshot. The server's authoritative rate is exactly real-time × scale
 // (tickOnce in lib/sim/engine.ts: advance = min(elapsed, MAX_TICK_ELAPSED_MS) × timeScale), so
 // client-side extrapolation mirrors the server's own model. Every new snapshot re-anchors to
-// server truth, bounding any drift by network latency only.
+// server truth, bounding any drift by network latency only. ISS-117 (v0.52.0): the scale is the
+// fixed WORLD_TIME_SCALE and the clock freezes while nothing is happening — mirroring the
+// server's idle-pause instead of a player-controlled pause.
 
 export interface SimClockAnchor {
   // Server truth at anchor time — the snapshot's simState.clockMs.
   clockMs: number;
   // Date.now() when that snapshot was received.
   at: number;
-  timeScale: number;
+  // Whether the world clock is advancing (any plane flying or in repair).
-  paused: boolean;
+  advancing: boolean;
 }
 
-// Pure core of the extrapolation — mirrors tickOnce: while running, game time advances by
+// Pure core of the extrapolation — mirrors tickOnce: while advancing, game time advances by
-// real-time × timeScale; while paused it is frozen (advance 0). nowMs before `at` clamps to
+// real-time × WORLD_TIME_SCALE; while idle it is frozen (advance 0). nowMs before `at` clamps to
 // the anchor value instead of going backwards. Unit-testable in node.
 export function advanceSimClock(anchor: SimClockAnchor, nowMs: number): number {
-  if (anchor.paused) return anchor.clockMs;
+  if (!anchor.advancing) return anchor.clockMs;
-  return anchor.clockMs + Math.max(0, nowMs - anchor.at) * anchor.timeScale;
+  return anchor.clockMs + Math.max(0, nowMs - anchor.at) * WORLD_TIME_SCALE;
 }
 
 // ~10 fps display refresh — smooth for a seconds-precision wall clock without busy re-renders.
 const DISPLAY_TICK_MS = 100;
 
-export interface SimClockControls {
-  // EFFECTIVE controls (optimistic pending scale / current pause), not the snapshot's:
-  // UI changes take effect on click/drag without waiting for a confirming snapshot.
-  timeScale: number;
-  paused: boolean;
-}
-
 // Returns the display clockMs to render, or null until the first snapshot arrives.
-export function useSimClock(snapshot: StateSnapshot | null, controls: SimClockControls): number | null {
+export function useSimClock(snapshot: StateSnapshot | null): number | null {
   const anchorRef = useRef<SimClockAnchor | null>(null);
   const [displayMs, setDisplayMs] = useState<number | null>(null);
 
-  // Re-sync on every snapshot AND effective-control change: snap to server truth. The snapshot
+  // Re-sync on every snapshot: snap to server truth. The snapshot object is fresh per poll
-  // object is fresh per poll (useGameState), so this runs once per poll cycle as well.
+  // (useGameState), so this runs once per poll cycle as well.
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!snapshot) return;
-    anchorRef.current = {
+    // Mirror of the server's shouldAdvanceTime (lib/sim/engine.ts): frozen while no plane is
-      clockMs: snapshot.simState.clockMs,
+    // flying or in repair. One line on purpose — keep it in sync with that function.
-      at: Date.now(),
+    const advancing = snapshot.planes.some((p) => p.status === 'flying' || p.status === 'repairing');
-      timeScale: controls.timeScale,
+    anchorRef.current = { clockMs: snapshot.simState.clockMs, at: Date.now(), advancing };
-      paused: controls.paused,
-    };
     setDisplayMs(advanceSimClock(anchorRef.current, Date.now()));
-  }, [snapshot, controls.timeScale, controls.paused]);
+  }, [snapshot]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     const id = setInterval(() => {

lib/worldClock.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+// ISS-117 (v0.52.0): the world clock runs at a fixed rate — no player-facing time controls.
+// Server-side the effective scale lives in the sim_state row (seeded to this value); client-side
+// lib/useSimClock.ts extrapolates between polls at this same constant, so keep them in sync here.
+export const WORLD_TIME_SCALE = 24;

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "flight-ops",
-  "version": "0.46.0",
+  "version": "0.53.0",
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "next dev -p 3000",