1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/swarm/members.rs b/src/swarm/members.rs
index 59c7571..05c6501 100644
--- a/src/swarm/members.rs
+++ b/src/swarm/members.rs
@@ -216,12 +216,15 @@ pub(crate) fn alive_at(doc: &impl ReadDoc, pk: &str) -> Option<u64> {
 }
 
 /// The members that said they are alive within `window` before `now_ms` (sorted): the
-/// electorate of a remake (`remake::coordinator`).
+/// electorate of a remake (`remake::coordinator`). A stamp further in the future than a
+/// renewal interval (`alive_renewal`) doesn't count: its node's clock is that far ahead
+/// (it warns about it, `swarm::skew`), and the stamp would never age out.
 pub(crate) fn electorate(doc: &impl ReadDoc, now_ms: u64, window: Duration) -> Vec<String> {
     let oldest = now_ms.saturating_sub(window.as_millis() as u64);
+    let newest = now_ms.saturating_add(alive_renewal(window).as_millis() as u64);
     members(doc)
         .into_iter()
-        .filter(|pk| alive_at(doc, pk).is_some_and(|at| at >= oldest))
+        .filter(|pk| alive_at(doc, pk).is_some_and(|at| (oldest..=newest).contains(&at)))
         .collect()
 }
 
@@ -389,6 +392,9 @@ mod tests {
             ("stale", json!({ "since": 1, "alive": now - 8 * day })),
             ("new", json!({ "since": now - day })),
             ("old", json!({ "since": 1 })),
+            // A clock a day ahead is tolerated (one renewal interval); a week isn't.
+            ("ahead", json!({ "since": 1, "alive": now + day })),
+            ("future", json!({ "since": 1, "alive": now + 7 * day })),
         ];
         change(&mut doc, |doc| {
             for (pk, entry) in entries {
@@ -397,7 +403,7 @@ mod tests {
         });
         assert_eq!(
             electorate(&doc, now, Duration::from_secs(7 * 24 * 3600)),
-            ["fresh", "new"]
+            ["ahead", "fresh", "new"]
         );
     }