diff --git a/packages/gittensory-engine/src/index.ts b/packages/gittensory-engine/src/index.ts
index 9b0bb89479..7fab36c5bb 100644
--- a/packages/gittensory-engine/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/gittensory-engine/src/index.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ export {
   computeMinerGoalLaneFit,
   isMinerRepoTargetable,
 } from "./miner-goal-lane-fit.js";
+export {
+  computeOpportunityFreshness,
+  type FreshnessIssue,
+} from "./opportunity-freshness.js";
 export { computeOpportunityCompetition } from "./opportunity-competition.js";
 export {
   classifyContributorFit,
@@ -47,10 +51,6 @@ export {
   type ContributorFitCheck,
   type ContributorFitProfile,
 } from "./contributor-fit.js";
-export {
-  computeOpportunityFreshness,
-  type FreshnessIssue,
-} from "./opportunity-freshness.js";
 export {
   buildMetadataRankInput,
   computeMetadataDupRisk,
diff --git a/packages/gittensory-engine/src/opportunity-freshness.ts b/packages/gittensory-engine/src/opportunity-freshness.ts
index 6057673523..943ee78f49 100644
--- a/packages/gittensory-engine/src/opportunity-freshness.ts
+++ b/packages/gittensory-engine/src/opportunity-freshness.ts
@@ -12,22 +12,31 @@ function clamp(value: number, min: number, max: number): number {
   return Math.max(min, Math.min(max, value));
 }
 
-const STALE_AGE_DAYS = 9999;
+function isParseableTimestamp(value: string): boolean {
+  return Number.isFinite(Date.parse(value));
+}
 
 function pickTimestamp(issue: FreshnessIssue): string | null {
   const updated = typeof issue.updatedAt === "string" ? issue.updatedAt.trim() : "";
-  if (updated) return updated;
+  if (updated && isParseableTimestamp(updated)) return updated;
+
   const created = typeof issue.createdAt === "string" ? issue.createdAt.trim() : "";
-  return created || null;
+  if (created && isParseableTimestamp(created)) return created;
+
+  return null;
 }
 
 function issueAgeDays(value: string | null, nowMs: number): number {
-  if (!value) return STALE_AGE_DAYS;
+  if (!value) return 0;
   const parsed = Date.parse(value);
-  if (!Number.isFinite(parsed)) return STALE_AGE_DAYS;
+  if (!Number.isFinite(parsed)) return 0;
   return Math.floor((nowMs - parsed) / 86_400_000);
 }
 
+function isOpenIssue(issue: FreshnessIssue): boolean {
+  return typeof issue?.state === "string" && issue.state.trim().toLowerCase() === "open";
+}
+
 /* v8 ignore start -- Test-only export surface for branch coverage. */
 export const opportunityFreshnessInternals = {
   pickTimestamp,
@@ -46,10 +55,14 @@ export function computeOpportunityFreshness(
 ): number {
   /* v8 ignore next -- Caller supplies a finite epoch; non-finite clocks degrade to zero freshness. */
   if (!Number.isFinite(nowMs)) return 0;
-  const openIssues = issues.filter((issue) => issue?.state?.toLowerCase() === "open");
+  const openIssues = issues.filter(isOpenIssue);
   if (openIssues.length === 0) return 0;
-  const mostRecentAgeDays = Math.min(
-    ...openIssues.map((issue) => issueAgeDays(pickTimestamp(issue), nowMs)),
-  );
+
+  let mostRecentAgeDays = Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY;
+  for (const issue of openIssues) {
+    const ageDays = issueAgeDays(pickTimestamp(issue), nowMs);
+    if (ageDays < mostRecentAgeDays) mostRecentAgeDays = ageDays;
+  }
+
   return round4(clamp(Math.exp(-mostRecentAgeDays / 20), 0.05, 1));
 }
diff --git a/packages/gittensory-engine/test/opportunity-freshness.test.ts b/packages/gittensory-engine/test/opportunity-freshness.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6e0172391e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/gittensory-engine/test/opportunity-freshness.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+import { test } from "node:test";
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+
+import { computeOpportunityFreshness } from "../dist/index.js";
+
+const nowMs = Date.parse("2026-07-03T00:00:00.000Z");
+
+test("barrel: the public entrypoint re-exports the freshness scorer API", () => {
+  assert.equal(typeof computeOpportunityFreshness, "function");
+});
+
+test("computeOpportunityFreshness returns 0 when no open issues exist", () => {
+  assert.equal(computeOpportunityFreshness([], nowMs), 0);
+  assert.equal(
+    computeOpportunityFreshness([{ state: "closed", updatedAt: "2026-07-01T00:00:00.000Z" }], nowMs),
+    0,
+  );
+});
+
+test("computeOpportunityFreshness decays with issue age", () => {
+  const fresh = computeOpportunityFreshness(
+    [{ state: "open", updatedAt: "2026-07-01T00:00:00.000Z" }],
+    nowMs,
+  );
+  assert.ok(fresh > 0.7);
+
+  const stale = computeOpportunityFreshness(
+    [{ state: "open", createdAt: "2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" }],
+    nowMs,
+  );
+  assert.ok(stale <= 0.05);
+});
+
+test("computeOpportunityFreshness uses the most recently updated open issue", () => {
+  const score = computeOpportunityFreshness(
+    [
+      { state: "open", updatedAt: "2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" },
+      { state: "open", updatedAt: "2026-07-01T00:00:00.000Z" },
+    ],
+    nowMs,
+  );
+  assert.ok(score > 0.7);
+});
+
+test("computeOpportunityFreshness normalizes issue state case and blank timestamps", () => {
+  assert.ok(
+    computeOpportunityFreshness([{ state: "OPEN", updatedAt: "2026-07-01T00:00:00.000Z" }], nowMs) > 0.7,
+  );
+  assert.ok(
+    computeOpportunityFreshness([{ state: " open ", updatedAt: "2026-07-01T00:00:00.000Z" }], nowMs) > 0.7,
+  );
+  const score = computeOpportunityFreshness(
+    [{ state: "open", updatedAt: "", createdAt: "2026-07-01T00:00:00.000Z" }],
+    nowMs,
+  );
+  assert.ok(score > 0.7);
+});
+
+test("computeOpportunityFreshness falls back from malformed updatedAt to createdAt", () => {
+  const stale = computeOpportunityFreshness(
+    [{ state: "open", updatedAt: "not-a-date", createdAt: "2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" }],
+    nowMs,
+  );
+  assert.ok(stale <= 0.05);
+
+  const fresh = computeOpportunityFreshness(
+    [{ state: "open", updatedAt: "not-a-date", createdAt: "2026-07-01T00:00:00.000Z" }],
+    nowMs,
+  );
+  assert.ok(fresh > 0.7);
+});
+
+test("computeOpportunityFreshness handles large open-issue lists without spreading into Math.min", () => {
+  const issues = Array.from({ length: 200_000 }, (_, index) => ({
+    state: "open",
+    updatedAt: index === 0 ? "2026-07-01T00:00:00.000Z" : "2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+  }));
+  const score = computeOpportunityFreshness(issues, nowMs);
+  assert.ok(score > 0.7);
+});