diff --git a/src/lib/analytics/pre-fold-remainder.ts b/src/lib/analytics/pre-fold-remainder.ts
index ec48d8d3e..af673c6af 100644
--- a/src/lib/analytics/pre-fold-remainder.ts
+++ b/src/lib/analytics/pre-fold-remainder.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 import { createHash } from "node:crypto";
 
 import { Prisma } from "@/generated/prisma/client";
-import { closedBlockKeyPart } from "@/lib/cache/invalidate";
+import { closedBlockKeyPart } from "@/lib/cache/closed-block";
 import { caches, type ServerCache } from "@/lib/cache/server-cache";
 import { prisma } from "@/lib/db";
 import { dayWeightedRowsSql, foldMeanSql } from "@/lib/measurements/day-mean";
diff --git a/src/lib/cache/__tests__/closed-block-invalidation.test.ts b/src/lib/cache/__tests__/closed-block-invalidation.test.ts
index 4aec873b1..091420728 100644
--- a/src/lib/cache/__tests__/closed-block-invalidation.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/cache/__tests__/closed-block-invalidation.test.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 
-import {
-  closedBlockKeyPart,
-  closedBlockUntouched,
-  invalidateUserMeasurements,
-} from "../invalidate";
+import { closedBlockKeyPart, closedBlockUntouched } from "../closed-block";
+import { invalidateUserMeasurements } from "../invalidate";
 import { caches, type ServerCache } from "../server-cache";
 
 const analytics = caches.analytics as ServerCache<{ v: number }>;
diff --git a/src/lib/cache/closed-block.ts b/src/lib/cache/closed-block.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6a4728e94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/cache/closed-block.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/**
+ * The key part that marks an analytics entry as a closed block: a value that
+ * depends only on readings measured before `before`. Such a block is the
+ * same however many syncs land after it, as long as none of them touches a
+ * reading that old, so a measurement write that says how far back it
+ * reached (`touchedFrom`) leaves it in place. Every other invalidation, and
+ * every write that does not say, drops it as before.
+ */
+export function closedBlockKeyPart(before: Date | number): string {
+  const ms = typeof before === "number" ? before : before.getTime();
+  return `before:${ms}`;
+}
+
+const CLOSED_BLOCK_RE = /\|before:(\d+)(?:\||$)/;
+
+/**
+ * Whether `key` is a closed block that a write reaching back to
+ * `touchedFrom` cannot have changed. Exported for its test.
+ */
+export function closedBlockUntouched(key: string, touchedFrom: Date): boolean {
+  const match = CLOSED_BLOCK_RE.exec(key);
+  return match !== null && Number(match[1]) <= touchedFrom.getTime();
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/cache/invalidate.ts b/src/lib/cache/invalidate.ts
index 826026763..0081f1eea 100644
--- a/src/lib/cache/invalidate.ts
+++ b/src/lib/cache/invalidate.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 import { forgetCoverageProbe } from "@/lib/rollups/coverage-inflight";
 
+import { closedBlockUntouched } from "./closed-block";
 import { caches } from "./server-cache";
 
 /**
@@ -48,30 +49,6 @@ export function invalidateUserDashboardSnapshot(userId: string): void {
   caches.analytics.deleteByPrefix(dashboardSnapshotCacheKey(userId));
 }
 
-/**
- * The key part that marks an analytics entry as a closed block: a value that
- * depends only on readings measured before `before`. Such a block is the
- * same however many syncs land after it, as long as none of them touches a
- * reading that old, so a measurement write that says how far back it
- * reached (`touchedFrom`) leaves it in place. Every other invalidation, and
- * every write that does not say, drops it as before.
- */
-export function closedBlockKeyPart(before: Date | number): string {
-  const ms = typeof before === "number" ? before : before.getTime();
-  return `before:${ms}`;
-}
-
-const CLOSED_BLOCK_RE = /\|before:(\d+)(?:\||$)/;
-
-/**
- * Whether `key` is a closed block that a write reaching back to
- * `touchedFrom` cannot have changed. Exported for its test.
- */
-export function closedBlockUntouched(key: string, touchedFrom: Date): boolean {
-  const match = CLOSED_BLOCK_RE.exec(key);
-  return match !== null && Number(match[1]) <= touchedFrom.getTime();
-}
-
 /**
  * Invalidate every cache that may reflect a user's measurement set.
  *
diff --git a/src/lib/day/notable.ts b/src/lib/day/notable.ts
index 5b3704fd4..8a67ab02d 100644
--- a/src/lib/day/notable.ts
+++ b/src/lib/day/notable.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import type { MeasurementType } from "@/generated/prisma/enums";
 
 import type { DayNotable } from "@/lib/day/contract";
 import { readLocalDailyStats, type DailyStats } from "@/lib/day/daily-stats";
-import { closedBlockKeyPart } from "@/lib/cache/invalidate";
+import { closedBlockKeyPart } from "@/lib/cache/closed-block";
 import { caches, type ServerCache } from "@/lib/cache/server-cache";
 import { prisma } from "@/lib/db";
 import { startOfLocalDayKey } from "@/lib/tz/local-day";
diff --git a/src/lib/provenance/__tests__/source-provenance.test.ts b/src/lib/provenance/__tests__/source-provenance.test.ts
index 17cc5f773..412d93687 100644
--- a/src/lib/provenance/__tests__/source-provenance.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/provenance/__tests__/source-provenance.test.ts
@@ -115,10 +115,10 @@ describe("the provenance query orders like the canonical pick", () => {
         `ORDER BY date_trunc('day', "measured_at"), (${rank}), "source"::text`,
       ),
     );
+    // The shared pick groups to (type, day, source) first and orders the
+    // groups by the same keys, the UTC day named `d`.
     expect(squash(canonicalMeasurementsCte(rank))).toContain(
-      squash(
-        `ORDER BY "type", date_trunc('day', "measured_at"), (${rank}), "source"::text`,
-      ),
+      squash(`ORDER BY "type", d, (${rank}), "source"::text`),
     );
     // Values are bound, never spliced.
     expect(userId).toBe("u1");
diff --git a/tests/integration/server-cache-routes.test.ts b/tests/integration/server-cache-routes.test.ts
index 6e5535fac..64ad40cf2 100644
--- a/tests/integration/server-cache-routes.test.ts
+++ b/tests/integration/server-cache-routes.test.ts
@@ -117,8 +117,21 @@ function countBuildsPerKey(cache: {
   return builds;
 }
 
+/**
+ * The slice's pre-fold remainder is a cell of its own in the same bucket (a
+ * closed block, `pre-fold-remainder.ts`), built when the slice takes the
+ * rollup path; it is counted apart from the route's two cells.
+ */
+function preFoldBuildsOf(builds: Map<string, number>, userId: string) {
+  return [...builds.entries()]
+    .filter(([k]) => k.startsWith(`${userId}|pre-fold-remainder|`))
+    .reduce((n, [, c]) => n + c, 0);
+}
+
 function buildsOf(builds: Map<string, number>, userId: string) {
-  const entries = [...builds.entries()].filter(([k]) => k.startsWith(userId));
+  const entries = [...builds.entries()].filter(
+    ([k]) => k.startsWith(userId) && !k.includes("|pre-fold-remainder|"),
+  );
   return {
     defaultBody: entries
       .filter(([k]) => k.startsWith(`${userId}|default|`))
@@ -230,7 +243,9 @@ describe("v1.4.34 IW-G — server-cache route integration", () => {
       summaries: 2,
       keys: 2,
     });
-    expect(caches.analytics.stats().misses).toBe(4);
+    expect(caches.analytics.stats().misses).toBe(
+      4 + preFoldBuildsOf(builds, user.id),
+    );
 
     // Sanity: the body reflects the new write.
     const body = (await third.json()) as {