diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4dff6f2..d3b2ed7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ From zero to a working OneBrain vault in three steps:
 ```bash
 # 1. Verify the install
 onebrain --version
-# → onebrain 3.4.9
+# → onebrain 3.4.12
 
 # 2. Scaffold a vault and let init pull the OneBrain plugin
 mkdir my-vault && cd my-vault
diff --git a/crates/onebrain-cli/src/commands/token_check.rs b/crates/onebrain-cli/src/commands/token_check.rs
index e6e058e..5910639 100644
--- a/crates/onebrain-cli/src/commands/token_check.rs
+++ b/crates/onebrain-cli/src/commands/token_check.rs
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ mod tests {
                 std::thread::spawn(move || {
                     // Accumulate until the end of the HTTP headers (`\r\n\r\n`) so
                     // a request split across TCP segments isn't misread from a
-                    // single partial `read` (Copilot).
+                    // single partial `read`.
                     let mut req_bytes = Vec::with_capacity(8192);
                     let mut chunk = [0u8; 1024];
                     while req_bytes.len() < 8192 {
diff --git a/crates/onebrain-cli/src/commands/token_gain.rs b/crates/onebrain-cli/src/commands/token_gain.rs
index 209cc5c..ca0951a 100644
--- a/crates/onebrain-cli/src/commands/token_gain.rs
+++ b/crates/onebrain-cli/src/commands/token_gain.rs
@@ -1200,7 +1200,7 @@ mod tests {
                 std::thread::spawn(move || {
                     // Accumulate until the end of the HTTP headers (`\r\n\r\n`) so
                     // a request split across TCP segments isn't misread from a
-                    // single partial `read` (Copilot).
+                    // single partial `read`.
                     let mut req_bytes = Vec::with_capacity(8192);
                     let mut chunk = [0u8; 1024];
                     while req_bytes.len() < 8192 {
diff --git a/crates/onebrain-token/src/gain/rollup.rs b/crates/onebrain-token/src/gain/rollup.rs
index a3e11c5..f63fcfe 100644
--- a/crates/onebrain-token/src/gain/rollup.rs
+++ b/crates/onebrain-token/src/gain/rollup.rs
@@ -68,21 +68,31 @@ impl RollupValue {
     }
 }
 
+/// UTC datetime for a unix timestamp, falling back to the Unix EPOCH (not the
+/// current time) for an out-of-range `ts`. An out-of-range value can't happen
+/// for real gain events (they carry `now_ts()` seconds), but bucketing a corrupt
+/// one under 1970 makes it obviously wrong and self-flagging, rather than
+/// silently recording it under TODAY and polluting the current period's rollup.
+fn utc_or_epoch(ts: i64) -> DateTime<Utc> {
+    DateTime::from_timestamp(ts, 0)
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| DateTime::from_timestamp(0, 0).expect("unix epoch is a valid timestamp"))
+}
+
 /// `YYYY-MM-DD` (UTC) for a unix timestamp — the daily rollup key's period
 /// segment. `pub(crate)` so [`super::pivot::query_events`] buckets raw
 /// events on the exact same day boundary the rollup does.
 pub(crate) fn day_key(ts: i64) -> String {
-    let dt = DateTime::from_timestamp(ts, 0).unwrap_or_else(Utc::now);
+    let dt = utc_or_epoch(ts);
     format!("{:04}-{:02}-{:02}", dt.year(), dt.month(), dt.day())
 }
 
 fn month_key(ts: i64) -> String {
-    let dt = DateTime::from_timestamp(ts, 0).unwrap_or_else(Utc::now);
+    let dt = utc_or_epoch(ts);
     format!("{:04}-{:02}", dt.year(), dt.month())
 }
 
 fn year_key(ts: i64) -> String {
-    let dt = DateTime::from_timestamp(ts, 0).unwrap_or_else(Utc::now);
+    let dt = utc_or_epoch(ts);
     format!("{:04}", dt.year())
 }
 
@@ -256,6 +266,16 @@ mod tests {
     use crate::level::OptLevel;
     use tempfile::tempdir;
 
+    #[test]
+    fn utc_or_epoch_falls_back_to_1970_not_now_for_out_of_range_ts() {
+        // An out-of-range ts (`from_timestamp` → None) must bucket under the
+        // Unix epoch (obviously wrong, self-flagging), never silently under
+        // today's date where it would pollute the current period's rollup.
+        assert_eq!(utc_or_epoch(i64::MAX).year(), 1970);
+        assert_eq!(day_key(i64::MAX), "1970-01-01");
+        assert_eq!(year_key(i64::MIN), "1970");
+    }
+
     fn event(ts: i64, surface: Surface, transform: &str, before: u64, after: u64) -> GainEvent {
         GainEvent {
             ts,