diff --git a/tests/integration/rollup-regression-parity.integration.test.ts b/tests/integration/rollup-regression-parity.integration.test.ts
index aabc32f02..81126991e 100644
--- a/tests/integration/rollup-regression-parity.integration.test.ts
+++ b/tests/integration/rollup-regression-parity.integration.test.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,20 @@
  * diverge), folds the rollups, then asserts:
  *
  *   1. `composeRegression` over the folded DAY-bucket accumulators equals
- *      `REGR_SLOPE` / `REGR_R2` / `STDDEV_POP` over the raw rows to ≤ 1e-9.
+ *      `REGR_SLOPE` / `REGR_R2` / `STDDEV_POP` over the raw rows to a tight
+ *      relative tolerance.
+ *
+ * Tolerance note: both paths fold the SAME closed form over the SAME raw-row
+ * epoch-day x set, so they agree mathematically. They disagree only in float
+ * summation order — Postgres's parallel aggregate accumulators vs. the
+ * textbook `n·Σxy − Σx·Σy` closed form `composeRegression` evaluates from the
+ * stored sums. With a UTC epoch-day x-axis (x ≈ 20 540), `n·Σxx − Σx²` is a
+ * difference of two ~1e10 magnitudes, so the closed form sheds ~10 significant
+ * digits to cancellation before the divide. That makes an ABSOLUTE 9-dp
+ * `toBeCloseTo` the wrong gauge for a slope this small — the residual is float
+ * reorder noise, not a data divergence. Parity is asserted RELATIVELY at
+ * 1e-9, which is far tighter than the 2–3 dp the read tier ultimately rounds
+ * the windowed slope / r² / sd to.
  *   2. The source-collapse runs BEFORE accumulator summation — a dual-source
  *      day contributes only the canonical source's accumulators, matching a
  *      live regression over the canonical-source rows.
@@ -38,6 +51,17 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/jobs/boss-instance", () => ({
   getGlobalBoss: vi.fn(() => null),
 }));
 
+/**
+ * Relative parity assertion for two values that are mathematically equal but
+ * differ only by float summation order (see the tolerance note in the file
+ * header). Absolute `toBeCloseTo` is the wrong gauge across magnitudes; this
+ * pins |a − b| ≤ rel · max(|a|, |b|, 1) with a tight 1e-9 relative bound.
+ */
+function expectParity(composed: number, live: number, rel = 1e-9): void {
+  const scale = Math.max(Math.abs(composed), Math.abs(live), 1);
+  expect(Math.abs(composed - live)).toBeLessThanOrEqual(rel * scale);
+}
+
 /** Live REGR row shape (one per type over the seeded window). */
 interface LiveRegrRow {
   slope: number | null;
@@ -186,10 +210,10 @@ describe("rollup regression accumulators — live parity (v1.20.0 F6)", () => {
     expect(live.slope).not.toBeNull();
     expect(composed.slope).not.toBeNull();
 
-    // Bit-identical parity — the closed form is the same on both paths.
-    expect(composed.slope!).toBeCloseTo(live.slope!, 9);
-    expect(composed.r2!).toBeCloseTo(live.r2!, 9);
-    expect(composed.sdPop!).toBeCloseTo(live.sd_pop!, 9);
+    // Same closed form on both paths — parity holds to float reorder noise.
+    expectParity(composed.slope!, live.slope!);
+    expectParity(composed.r2!, live.r2!);
+    expectParity(composed.sdPop!, live.sd_pop!);
   });
 
   it("source-collapse precedes summation: composed RHR equals live REGR over the WHOOP source only", async () => {
@@ -250,9 +274,9 @@ describe("rollup regression accumulators — live parity (v1.20.0 F6)", () => {
     const composed = composeRegression(acc);
 
     expect(Number(live.n)).toBe(days.length);
-    expect(composed.slope!).toBeCloseTo(live.slope!, 9);
-    expect(composed.r2!).toBeCloseTo(live.r2!, 9);
-    expect(composed.sdPop!).toBeCloseTo(live.sd_pop!, 9);
+    expectParity(composed.slope!, live.slope!);
+    expectParity(composed.r2!, live.r2!);
+    expectParity(composed.sdPop!, live.sd_pop!);
 
     // The blend would be wrong: a regression over BOTH sources differs from
     // the WHOOP-only one, proving the collapse-before-sum matters.
@@ -296,8 +320,11 @@ describe("rollup regression accumulators — live parity (v1.20.0 F6)", () => {
     const composed = composeRegression(acc);
 
     expect(Number(live.n)).toBe(seed.length);
-    expect(composed.slope!).toBeCloseTo(live.slope!, 9);
-    expect(composed.r2!).toBeCloseTo(live.r2!, 9);
-    expect(composed.sdPop!).toBeCloseTo(live.sd_pop!, 9);
+    // The two same-UTC-day DST readings (00:30Z + 02:30Z) make this the
+    // multi-reading-per-day case where the large epoch-day x drives the worst
+    // closed-form cancellation — relative parity is the honest gauge.
+    expectParity(composed.slope!, live.slope!);
+    expectParity(composed.r2!, live.r2!);
+    expectParity(composed.sdPop!, live.sd_pop!);
   });
 });