Merge wip/checkalive-relative into main

Signed relative Check Alive (negative = before delivery, positive = after
creation). Resolves CHANGELOG.md (new section 61).

tests/test_cli_controller_offline.py

@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ def test_build_will_reanchors_date_to_check_to_new_locktime():
         plugin.USER_TYPE.set("advanced")
         plugin.NO_WILLEXECUTOR.set(True)
         plugin.ENABLE_MULTIVERSE.set(True)
-        plugin.WILL_SETTINGS.set({"threshold": "150d", "locktime": "2y", "baltx_fees": 20})
+        plugin.WILL_SETTINGS.set({"threshold": "-150d", "locktime": "2y", "baltx_fees": 20})
         c = _make_controller(plugin)
         c.no_willexecutor = True
         c.heirs["alice"] = [VALID_ADDRESS, "100%", "1y"]

tests/test_core_checkalive.py

@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 """
 Tests for ``bal.core.checkalive`` (pure, GUI-free).
 
-Covers the CheckAliveError exception and the BASIC/ADVANCED date_to_check
-policy (``resolve_date_to_check`` / ``check_alive_expired``).
+Covers the CheckAlive exceptions and the BASIC/ADVANCED date_to_check policy
+(``resolve_date_to_check`` / ``resolve_relative_check_alive_date`` /
+``is_check_alive_date_valid`` / ``ensure_check_alive_valid``), including the
+sign rule: a NEGATIVE relative Check Alive counts back from the delivery, a
+POSITIVE one counts forward from the inheritance creation date.
 
 Run:
     source "$BAL_HOME/electrum/env/bin/activate"
@@ -11,24 +14,41 @@ Run:
 
 import sys
 import time
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
 
 sys.path.insert(0, __file__.rsplit("/", 2)[0])
 
 from bal.core.checkalive import (  # noqa: E402  (path insert above)
+    CheckAliveAfterDeliveryError,
     CheckAliveError,
-    check_alive_expired,
+    ensure_check_alive_valid,
+    is_check_alive_date_valid,
     resolve_date_to_check,
+    resolve_delivery_date,
     resolve_guard_threshold,
+    resolve_relative_check_alive_date,
 )
+from bal.core.plugin_base import BalTimestamp  # noqa: E402
+from bal.core.will import Will  # noqa: E402
+
+
+def _midnight(ts):
+    return (
+        datetime.fromtimestamp(ts, tz=timezone.utc)
+        .replace(hour=0, minute=0, second=0, microsecond=0)
+        .timestamp()
+    )
+
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------ #
-# CheckAliveError
+# CheckAliveError / CheckAliveAfterDeliveryError
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------ #
 
 
 def test_check_alive_error_default():
     err = CheckAliveError(1000000)
     assert err.timestamp_to_check == 1000000
+    assert err.reason is None
 
 
 def test_check_alive_error_str():
@@ -38,10 +58,107 @@ def test_check_alive_error_str():
     assert "1970" in s
 
 
+def test_check_alive_error_str_with_reason():
+    err = CheckAliveError(1000000, reason="too early")
+    assert "too early" in str(err)
+
+
 def test_check_alive_error_subclass():
     assert issubclass(CheckAliveError, Exception)
 
 
+def test_check_alive_after_delivery_error_is_sibling():
+    # NOT a subclass of CheckAliveError: the existing ``except CheckAliveError``
+    # handlers must not invalidate the will for this configuration error.
+    assert not issubclass(CheckAliveAfterDeliveryError, CheckAliveError)
+    err = CheckAliveAfterDeliveryError(2000, 1000)
+    assert err.timestamp_to_check == 2000
+    assert err.delivery_timestamp == 1000
+    assert "delivery" in str(err)
+
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------ #
+# resolve_delivery_date
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------ #
+
+
+def test_delivery_absolute_locktime():
+    settings = {"locktime": 1_800_000_000}
+    assert resolve_delivery_date(settings) == 1_800_000_000
+
+
+def test_delivery_relative_locktime_resolved_from_now():
+    fake_now = 1_800_000_000.0
+    settings = {"locktime": "90d"}
+    result = resolve_delivery_date(settings, now=fake_now)
+    expected = _midnight(fake_now) + 90 * 86400
+    assert abs(result - expected) < 1
+
+
+def test_delivery_relative_locktime_anchored_to_built_tx():
+    frozen = 1817424000
+    settings = {"locktime": "2y"}
+    result = resolve_delivery_date(
+        settings, now=1_800_000_000.0, built_locktime=frozen
+    )
+    assert result == frozen
+
+
+def test_delivery_missing_locktime_returns_none():
+    assert resolve_delivery_date({}) is None
+
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------ #
+# resolve_relative_check_alive_date (the single calculation rule)
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------ #
+
+
+def test_relative_negative_anchors_to_delivery():
+    fake_now = 1_800_000_000.0
+    delivery = fake_now + 90 * 86400
+    result = resolve_relative_check_alive_date(
+        "-30d", delivery_date=delivery, creation_date=fake_now, now=fake_now
+    )
+    expected = _midnight(delivery) - 30 * 86400
+    assert abs(result - expected) < 1
+    assert result < delivery
+
+
+def test_relative_positive_anchors_to_creation():
+    fake_now = 1_800_000_000.0
+    creation = fake_now + 5 * 86400
+    delivery = fake_now + 365 * 86400
+    result = resolve_relative_check_alive_date(
+        "30d", delivery_date=delivery, creation_date=creation, now=fake_now
+    )
+    expected = _midnight(creation) + 30 * 86400
+    assert abs(result - expected) < 1
+    # The delivery anchor is irrelevant for a positive value.
+    assert result < delivery
+
+
+def test_relative_positive_without_creation_falls_back_to_now():
+    fake_now = 1_800_000_000.0
+    result = resolve_relative_check_alive_date(
+        "30d", delivery_date=fake_now + 365 * 86400, creation_date=None, now=fake_now
+    )
+    expected = _midnight(fake_now) + 30 * 86400
+    assert abs(result - expected) < 1
+
+
+def test_relative_negative_without_delivery_falls_back_to_now():
+    fake_now = 1_800_000_000.0
+    result = resolve_relative_check_alive_date(
+        "-30d", delivery_date=None, creation_date=fake_now, now=fake_now
+    )
+    expected = _midnight(fake_now) - 30 * 86400
+    assert abs(result - expected) < 1
+
+
+def test_relative_absolute_value_returned_unchanged():
+    assert resolve_relative_check_alive_date(1_700_000_000, None, None) == 1_700_000_000
+
+
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------ #
 # resolve_date_to_check
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------ #
@@ -59,69 +176,60 @@ def test_advanced_mode_uses_threshold_absolute():
     assert abs(result - threshold) < 1
 
 
-def test_advanced_mode_parses_relative_threshold():
-    # A relative threshold means "N days BEFORE the delivery": it resolves
-    # against the stored locktime (backwards), not forward from now.
-    from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
-
+def test_advanced_mode_negative_relative_anchored_to_delivery():
     fake_now = 1_800_000_000.0
     locktime = fake_now + 90 * 86400
-    settings = {"threshold": "30d", "locktime": locktime}
+    settings = {"threshold": "-30d", "locktime": locktime}
     result = resolve_date_to_check(False, settings, now=fake_now)
-    # date_to_check = (locktime, midnight-normalised) - 30 days.
-    expected = (datetime.fromtimestamp(locktime, tz=timezone.utc)
-                .replace(hour=0, minute=0, second=0, microsecond=0)
-                - timedelta(days=30)).timestamp()
+    expected = _midnight(locktime) - 30 * 86400
     assert abs(result - expected) < 1
-    # 90d delivery with a 30d window: the window starts 60 days after now.
     assert result > fake_now
 
 
-def test_advanced_mode_relative_threshold_anchored_to_locktime():
-    """A relative threshold never drifts with the clock: re-resolving it a day
-    later, with the same fixed absolute locktime, yields the same date."""
+def test_advanced_mode_positive_relative_anchored_to_creation():
+    fake_now = 1_800_000_000.0
+    creation = fake_now + 10 * 86400
+    locktime = fake_now + 365 * 86400
+    settings = {"threshold": "30d", "locktime": locktime}
+    result = resolve_date_to_check(
+        False, settings, now=fake_now, creation_date=creation
+    )
+    expected = _midnight(creation) + 30 * 86400
+    assert abs(result - expected) < 1
+
+
+def test_advanced_mode_negative_relative_never_drifts():
+    """A negative relative threshold anchored to a fixed absolute delivery does
+    not drift with the clock."""
     fake_now = 1_800_000_000.0
     locktime = fake_now + 90 * 86400
-    settings = {"threshold": "30d", "locktime": locktime}
+    settings = {"threshold": "-30d", "locktime": locktime}
     first = resolve_date_to_check(False, settings, now=fake_now)
-    # Next day: same stored settings (the fixed delivery), a later clock.
     second = resolve_date_to_check(False, settings, now=fake_now + 86400)
     assert first == second
 
 
-def test_advanced_mode_relative_threshold_with_relative_locktime():
-    """A relative locktime is resolved against 'now' first, then the relative
-    threshold counts N days back from it (matches the settings widget)."""
-    from datetime import datetime, timezone
-
-    from bal.core.plugin_base import BalTimestamp
-
+def test_advanced_mode_positive_relative_creation_never_drifts():
+    """A positive relative threshold anchored to the frozen creation date does
+    not drift with the clock."""
     fake_now = 1_800_000_000.0
-    settings = {"threshold": "30d", "locktime": "90d"}
-    result = resolve_date_to_check(False, settings, now=fake_now)
-    # Recompute the expected value with the same resolution rules:
-    # locktime = now + 90d (midnight-normalised), threshold = locktime - 30d.
-    locktime_dt = BalTimestamp("90d").to_date(datetime.fromtimestamp(fake_now, tz=timezone.utc))
-    expected = BalTimestamp("30d").to_date(locktime_dt, reverse=True).timestamp()
-    assert abs(result - expected) < 1
-    assert result > fake_now
-
-
-def test_advanced_mode_relative_threshold_no_locktime_falls_back():
-    # Without a locktime reference, fall back to the legacy forward resolution.
-    settings = {"threshold": "30d"}
-    result = resolve_date_to_check(False, settings)
-    assert result > time.time()
+    creation = fake_now + 2 * 86400
+    settings = {"threshold": "30d", "locktime": fake_now + 365 * 86400}
+    first = resolve_date_to_check(
+        False, settings, now=fake_now, creation_date=creation
+    )
+    second = resolve_date_to_check(
+        False, settings, now=fake_now + 5 * 86400, creation_date=creation
+    )
+    assert first == second
 
 
 def test_advanced_mode_relative_locktime_anchored_to_built_tx():
     """A RELATIVE stored locktime is anchored to the built will's frozen
     delivery date (built_locktime), not to "now": an unchanged will must not
     read as expired as the clock advances (the karen7 daily-invalidate bug)."""
-    frozen = 1817424000  # frozen tx locktime (2027-08-05 00:00 UTC), built 2026-08-05
-    settings = {"threshold": "30d", "locktime": "2y"}
-    # On build day the frozen delivery is authoritative: date_to_check is
-    # frozen - 30d and NEVER drifts, however much later the clock gets.
+    frozen = 1817424000  # frozen tx locktime, built 2026-08-05
+    settings = {"threshold": "-30d", "locktime": "2y"}
     first = resolve_date_to_check(
         False, settings, now=1_800_000_000.0, built_locktime=frozen
     )
@@ -130,22 +238,15 @@ def test_advanced_mode_relative_locktime_anchored_to_built_tx():
         False, settings, now=1_800_000_000.0 + 10 * 86400, built_locktime=frozen
     )
     assert first == later
-    # The check window must start BEFORE the frozen delivery (never expired).
     assert first < frozen
 
 
 def test_advanced_mode_relative_locktime_without_built_tx_falls_back():
-    """Without a built will there is no anchor: keeps the legacy now-based
-    resolution (a moving target, used only before the first build)."""
-    from datetime import datetime, timezone
-
-    from bal.core.plugin_base import BalTimestamp
-
     fake_now = 1_800_000_000.0
-    settings = {"threshold": "30d", "locktime": "90d"}
+    settings = {"threshold": "-30d", "locktime": "90d"}
     result = resolve_date_to_check(False, settings, now=fake_now)
-    locktime_dt = BalTimestamp("90d").to_date(datetime.fromtimestamp(fake_now, tz=timezone.utc))
-    expected = BalTimestamp("30d").to_date(locktime_dt, reverse=True).timestamp()
+    locktime_dt = BalTimestamp("90d").to_date(fake_now)
+    expected = BalTimestamp("-30d").to_date(locktime_dt).timestamp()
     assert abs(result - expected) < 1
 
 
@@ -156,14 +257,12 @@ def test_advanced_mode_relative_locktime_without_built_tx_falls_back():
 
 def test_guard_threshold_basic_mode_returns_none():
     fake_now = 1_800_000_000.0
-    threshold = resolve_guard_threshold(True, {"threshold": "30d"}, now=fake_now)
+    threshold = resolve_guard_threshold(True, {"threshold": "-30d"}, now=fake_now)
     assert threshold is None
 
 
 def _guard_locktime(settings, fake_now):
     """Reproduce the call-site locktime expression of the guard."""
-    from bal.core.plugin_base import BalTimestamp
-
     return BalTimestamp(settings["locktime"]).to_timestamp(fake_now)
 
 
@@ -175,43 +274,27 @@ def test_guard_threshold_absolute():
     assert resolve_guard_threshold(False, settings, now=fake_now) == threshold
 
 
-def test_guard_threshold_relative_fresh_anchor():
-    """A relative threshold must be anchored to the FRESH locktime so the
-    guard and the settings always share one reference frame.
-
-    Regression for the false positive where a still-valid built will frozen at
-    a LONGER delivery ("2y") anchored ``date_to_check`` beyond the currently
-    stored shorter delivery ("1y"): the old guard compared the fresh "1y"
-    locktime against that anchored threshold and wrongly fired "locktime is
-    lower than threshold", even though the settings themselves are consistent
-    (locktime is 30d AFTER the threshold).
-    """
+def test_guard_threshold_negative_relative_fresh_anchor():
+    """A negative relative threshold is anchored to the FRESH locktime so the
+    guard and the settings always share one reference frame."""
     fake_now = 1_800_000_000.0
-    settings = {"locktime": "1y", "threshold": "30d"}
+    settings = {"locktime": "1y", "threshold": "-30d"}
     locktime = _guard_locktime(settings, fake_now)
     threshold = resolve_guard_threshold(False, settings, now=fake_now)
     assert threshold is not None
     assert locktime > threshold  # internally consistent: no fire
     assert threshold > fake_now
-    # The helper takes no built anchor: a frozen "2y" built will must NOT
-    # contaminate the result, although resolve_date_to_check (the expiry
-    # reference) legitimately keeps using it.
-    frozen_two_years = locktime + 365 * 86400
-    anchored = resolve_date_to_check(
-        False, settings, now=fake_now, built_locktime=frozen_two_years
-    )
-    assert anchored > threshold  # built anchor pushes date_to_check forward...
-    assert locktime < anchored  # ...which is exactly what used to fire the bug
 
 
-def test_guard_threshold_relative_locktime_absolute_threshold():
+def test_guard_threshold_positive_relative_anchored_to_creation():
     fake_now = 1_800_000_000.0
-    threshold = fake_now + 200 * 86400
-    settings = {"locktime": "1y", "threshold": threshold}
-    assert resolve_guard_threshold(False, settings, now=fake_now) == threshold
-    # "1y" from now is later than the stored absolute threshold: allowed.
-    locktime = _guard_locktime(settings, fake_now)
-    assert locktime > threshold
+    creation = fake_now + 4 * 86400
+    settings = {"locktime": "1y", "threshold": "30d"}
+    threshold = resolve_guard_threshold(
+        False, settings, now=fake_now, creation_date=creation
+    )
+    expected = _midnight(creation) + 30 * 86400
+    assert abs(threshold - expected) < 1
 
 
 def test_guard_threshold_missing_returns_none():
@@ -220,21 +303,99 @@ def test_guard_threshold_missing_returns_none():
 
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------ #
-# check_alive_expired
+# is_check_alive_date_valid / ensure_check_alive_valid
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------ #
 
 
+def test_is_valid_inside_window():
+    now = 1_800_000_000.0
+    assert is_check_alive_date_valid(now + 100, now + 1000, now=now) is True
+
+
+def test_is_valid_rejects_past():
+    now = 1_800_000_000.0
+    assert is_check_alive_date_valid(now - 100, now + 1000, now=now) is False
+
+
+def test_is_valid_rejects_on_or_after_delivery():
+    now = 1_800_000_000.0
+    delivery = now + 1000
+    assert is_check_alive_date_valid(delivery, delivery, now=now) is False
+    assert is_check_alive_date_valid(delivery + 1, delivery, now=now) is False
+
+
+def test_is_valid_without_delivery_skips_upper_bound():
+    now = 1_800_000_000.0
+    assert is_check_alive_date_valid(now + 100, None, now=now) is True
+
+
+def test_is_valid_none_is_false():
+    assert is_check_alive_date_valid(None, 1000) is False
+
+
 def test_basic_mode_never_expired():
-    assert check_alive_expired(True, 1_000_000_000.0) is False
-    assert check_alive_expired(True, time.time() - 10_000) is False
+    assert ensure_check_alive_valid(True, time.time() - 10_000) is None
+    assert ensure_check_alive_valid(True, 1_000_000_000.0) is None
 
 
-def test_advanced_expired_when_past():
-    assert check_alive_expired(False, time.time() - 10_000) is True
+def test_advanced_raises_when_past():
+    try:
+        ensure_check_alive_valid(False, time.time() - 10_000)
+    except CheckAliveError:
+        pass
+    else:
+        raise AssertionError("expected CheckAliveError")
 
 
-def test_advanced_not_expired_when_future():
-    assert check_alive_expired(False, time.time() + 10_000) is False
+def test_advanced_raises_when_after_delivery():
+    now = time.time()
+    try:
+        ensure_check_alive_valid(False, now + 100, delivery_date=now + 50)
+    except CheckAliveAfterDeliveryError:
+        pass
+    else:
+        raise AssertionError("expected CheckAliveAfterDeliveryError")
+
+
+def test_advanced_valid_does_not_raise():
+    now = time.time()
+    assert ensure_check_alive_valid(False, now + 100, delivery_date=now + 1000) is None
+
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------ #
+# Will.get_creation_time
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------ #
+
+
+class _FakeWillItem:
+    def __init__(self, time_value, valid=True):
+        self.time = time_value
+        self._valid = valid
+
+    def get_status(self, status):
+        return self._valid if status == "VALID" else False
+
+
+def test_get_creation_time_min_of_valid_items():
+    will = {
+        "a": _FakeWillItem(2000),
+        "b": _FakeWillItem(1000),
+        "c": _FakeWillItem(3000),
+    }
+    assert Will.get_creation_time(will) == 1000
+
+
+def test_get_creation_time_ignores_invalid_and_none():
+    will = {
+        "a": _FakeWillItem(500, valid=False),
+        "b": _FakeWillItem(None),
+        "c": _FakeWillItem(2000),
+    }
+    assert Will.get_creation_time(will) == 2000
+
+
+def test_get_creation_time_empty_returns_none():
+    assert Will.get_creation_time({}) is None
 
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------ #

tests/test_core_input_rules.py

@@ -117,6 +117,30 @@ def test_normalize_locktime_raw_single_suffix():
     assert s == "130d"
 
 
+def test_normalize_locktime_raw_negative_disallowed_by_default():
+    # The delivery field must never accept a sign.
+    s, isdays, isyears, pos = normalize_locktime_raw_text("-30d", 4)
+    assert s == "30d"
+    assert isdays is True
+
+
+def test_normalize_locktime_raw_negative_allowed_keeps_single_sign():
+    s, isdays, isyears, pos = normalize_locktime_raw_text(
+        "-30d", 4, allow_negative=True
+    )
+    assert s == "-30d"
+    assert isdays is True
+    assert pos >= 1
+
+
+def test_normalize_locktime_raw_negative_only_leading():
+    # Extra signs are dropped; a single leading sign survives.
+    s, _isdays, _isyears, _pos = normalize_locktime_raw_text(
+        "--1y", 4, allow_negative=True
+    )
+    assert s == "-1y"
+
+
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------ #
 # Percentage-or-amount normalisation
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------ #

tests/test_core_plugin_base.py

@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ def test_balconfig_set():
 
 def test_default_will_settings_relative():
     rel = BalPlugin.default_will_settings_relative()
-    assert rel["threshold"] == "30d"
+    assert rel["threshold"] == "-30d"
     assert rel["locktime"] == "1y"
 
 

tests/test_core_will.py

@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ def test_shortened_relative_recipe_on_signed_rebuilds_not_noheirs():
     will = _make_will_with_heirs(will_heirs, lt)
     will["willid_1"].set_status("COMPLETE", True)
     check_date = resolve_date_to_check(
-        False, {"locktime": "2y", "threshold": "150d"}, built_locktime=lt
+        False, {"locktime": "2y", "threshold": "-150d"}, built_locktime=lt
     )
     assert check_date < lt  # the anchored window really precedes the delivery
     raised = None

tests/test_group_i_basic_checkalive.py

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ pure policy in ``bal.core.checkalive``:
 
   * ``resolve_date_to_check(is_basic_mode, will_settings)`` - the single
     reference timestamp: "now" in BASIC, the stored threshold in ADVANCED;
-  * ``check_alive_expired(is_basic_mode, date_to_check)`` - whether the
+  * ``ensure_check_alive_valid(is_basic_mode, ...)`` - whether the
     Check-Alive guard should fire (never in BASIC).
 
 These tests exercise the exact code used at runtime (no GUI/Electrum wallet
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ sys.path.insert(0, __file__.rsplit("/", 2)[0])
 
 from bal.core.checkalive import (  # noqa: E402  (path insert above)
     CheckAliveError,
-    check_alive_expired,
+    ensure_check_alive_valid,
+    is_check_alive_date_valid,
     resolve_date_to_check,
 )
 
@@ -72,23 +73,29 @@ def test_advanced_mode_parses_relative_threshold():
 def test_basic_mode_never_expired():
     """BASIC mode can never be "expired": a passed check-alive date must never
     force a postpone/rewrite of the will."""
-    assert check_alive_expired(True, time.time() - 10_000) is False
-    assert check_alive_expired(True, 1_000_000_000.0) is False
+    assert ensure_check_alive_valid(True, time.time() - 10_000) is None
+    assert ensure_check_alive_valid(True, 1_000_000_000.0) is None
 
 
 def test_advanced_mode_expired_when_past():
-    assert check_alive_expired(False, time.time() - 10_000) is True
+    assert is_check_alive_date_valid(time.time() - 10_000, None) is False
+    try:
+        ensure_check_alive_valid(False, time.time() - 10_000)
+    except CheckAliveError:
+        pass
+    else:
+        raise AssertionError("expected CheckAliveError")
 
 
 def test_advanced_mode_not_expired_when_future():
-    assert check_alive_expired(False, time.time() + 10_000) is False
+    assert is_check_alive_date_valid(time.time() + 10_000, None) is True
 
 
 def test_basic_mode_never_raises_check_alive_error():
     """Regression guard for the reported bug: whatever the delivery date,
     BASIC mode never raises CheckAliveError (the postpone/invalidate trigger)."""
-    date_to_check = resolve_date_to_check(True, {"threshold": "30d"})
-    assert not check_alive_expired(True, date_to_check)
+    date_to_check = resolve_date_to_check(True, {"threshold": "-30d"})
+    assert ensure_check_alive_valid(True, date_to_check) is None
     # If it did fire, this is the exact exception that would be raised.
     assert issubclass(CheckAliveError, Exception)
 

tests/test_gui_will_flows.py

@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ def test_guard_not_blocked_by_old_built_will():
         # Freeze the built (VALID) will at a delivery one year longer than the
         # now-shortened settings: the pre-fix guard would reject the rebuild.
         item.tx.locktime = item.tx.locktime + 365 * 86400
-        ctl.will_settings = {"locktime": "1y", "threshold": "30d"}
+        ctl.will_settings = {"locktime": "1y", "threshold": "-30d"}
         Util.fix_will_settings_tx_fees(ctl.will_settings)
 
         ctl.init_class_variables()
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ def test_anticipated_rebuild_reanchors_date_to_check():
         # Per-heir deliveries require multiverse mode (the only way heirs can
         # carry a different recipe than the settings locktime).
         ctl.bal_plugin.ENABLE_MULTIVERSE.set(True)
-        ctl.will_settings = {"locktime": "2y", "threshold": "150d", "baltx_fees": 20}
+        ctl.will_settings = {"locktime": "2y", "threshold": "-150d", "baltx_fees": 20}
         Util.fix_will_settings_tx_fees(ctl.will_settings)
         ctl.heirs["alice"][2] = "2y"
         ctl.heirs["bob"][2] = "2y"