diff --git a/Strand/BLE/BLEManager.swift b/Strand/BLE/BLEManager.swift
index 45dad6876b..0ef49e05d6 100644
--- a/Strand/BLE/BLEManager.swift
+++ b/Strand/BLE/BLEManager.swift
@@ -3499,15 +3499,27 @@ extension BLEManager: @preconcurrency CBPeripheralDelegate {
     /// Newest plausible-unix marker in a GET_DATA_RANGE COMMAND_RESPONSE = the strap's newest stored
     /// record. Mirrors re/diagnose_biometrics.py: scan u32 LE words in the response body (data starts at
     /// frame[7], after [type,seq,cmd]), keep those in the unix range, return the max. nil if none.
-    static func dataRangeNewestUnix(from frame: [UInt8]) -> Int? {
-        guard frame.count > 7 else { return nil }
-        let body = Array(frame[7...]); var newest: Int? = nil; var i = 0
-        while i + 4 <= body.count {
-            let w = Int(body[i]) | Int(body[i+1]) << 8 | Int(body[i+2]) << 16 | Int(body[i+3]) << 24
-            if w >= 1_700_000_000 && w <= 1_900_000_000 { newest = max(newest ?? 0, w) }
-            i += 4
+    static func dataRangeNewestUnix(from frame: [UInt8],
+                                    wallNowUnix: Int = Int(Date().timeIntervalSince1970)) -> Int? {
+        guard frame.count >= 4 else { return nil }
+        // Scan EVERY byte offset (was: 4-byte words from offset 7). The strap's newest-record u32 does not
+        // always land on that grid — on WHOOP 4 it sits at byte offset 8, so the aligned scan straddled it
+        // and returned nil, leaving a stale/garbage word latched in strapNewestTs. Harmless until #228 wired
+        // that value into BackfillPolicy: a FUTURE-reading value now skips the periodic offload, so one bad
+        // read stalls auto-sync (#451/#928/#1012).
+        let futureCutoff = wallNowUnix + BackfillContinuation.defaultFutureSkewSeconds
+        var newestNotFuture: Int? = nil; var newestAny: Int? = nil; var i = 0
+        while i + 4 <= frame.count {
+            let w = Int(frame[i]) | Int(frame[i+1]) << 8 | Int(frame[i+2]) << 16 | Int(frame[i+3]) << 24
+            if w >= 1_700_000_000 && w <= 1_900_000_000 {
+                newestAny = max(newestAny ?? 0, w)
+                if w <= futureCutoff { newestNotFuture = max(newestNotFuture ?? 0, w) }
+            }
+            i += 1
         }
-        return newest
+        // Prefer the newest word at/behind the wall clock (a device can't record the future); return the
+        // future max only if EVERY plausible word is future — a genuinely future-set RTC (#928).
+        return newestNotFuture ?? newestAny
     }
 
     /// The OLDEST plausible record timestamp in a GET_DATA_RANGE frame — the start of the strap's stored
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/com/noop/ble/WhoopBleClient.kt b/android/app/src/main/java/com/noop/ble/WhoopBleClient.kt
index 9a67da0703..a788fce51e 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/com/noop/ble/WhoopBleClient.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/com/noop/ble/WhoopBleClient.kt
@@ -797,19 +797,37 @@ class WhoopBleClient(
          * record. Mirrors Swift `BLEManager.dataRangeNewestUnix`: scan u32 LE words in the response
          * body (starts at frame[7], after [type,seq,cmd]), keep those in the unix range, return max.
          */
-        fun dataRangeNewestUnix(frame: ByteArray): Long? {
-            if (frame.size <= 7) return null
-            var newest: Long? = null
-            var i = 7
+        fun dataRangeNewestUnix(
+            frame: ByteArray,
+            wallNowUnix: Long = System.currentTimeMillis() / 1000L,
+        ): Long? {
+            if (frame.size < 4) return null
+            // Scan EVERY byte offset (was: 4-byte words aligned FROM offset 7). The strap's newest-record
+            // u32 does not always land on that grid — on WHOOP 4 it sits at byte offset 8, so the aligned
+            // scan straddled it and returned null, leaving a stale/garbage word from an earlier misaligned
+            // read latched in [strapNewestTs]. Harmless until #228 wired that value into BackfillPolicy:
+            // a FUTURE-reading strapNewestTs now SKIPS the automatic periodic/strap offload
+            // ([isFutureDatedNewest]), so one bad read stalls auto-sync (#451/#928/#1012).
+            var newestNotFuture: Long? = null
+            var newestAny: Long? = null
+            val futureCutoff = wallNowUnix + AUTO_CONTINUE_FUTURE_SKEW_SECONDS
+            var i = 0
             while (i + 4 <= frame.size) {
                 val w = (frame[i].toLong() and 0xFFL) or
                     ((frame[i + 1].toLong() and 0xFFL) shl 8) or
                     ((frame[i + 2].toLong() and 0xFFL) shl 16) or
                     ((frame[i + 3].toLong() and 0xFFL) shl 24)
-                if (w in 1_700_000_000L..1_900_000_000L) newest = maxOf(newest ?: 0L, w)
-                i += 4
+                if (w in 1_700_000_000L..1_900_000_000L) {
+                    newestAny = maxOf(newestAny ?: 0L, w)
+                    if (w <= futureCutoff) newestNotFuture = maxOf(newestNotFuture ?: 0L, w)
+                }
+                i += 1
             }
-            return newest
+            // A device cannot record the future: prefer the newest word AT/BEHIND the wall clock (the true
+            // frontier), so a lone future-dated straddle can't hijack it. Only when EVERY plausible word is
+            // future — a genuinely future-set RTC (#928) — return the future max, so [isFutureDatedNewest]
+            // still fires and the auto-continue / periodic guards correctly refuse the range.
+            return newestNotFuture ?: newestAny
         }
 
         /** OLDEST plausible record timestamp in a GET_DATA_RANGE frame — the start of the strap's stored
diff --git a/android/app/src/test/java/com/noop/ble/DataRangeScanTest.kt b/android/app/src/test/java/com/noop/ble/DataRangeScanTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..efe80d3212
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/app/src/test/java/com/noop/ble/DataRangeScanTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+package com.noop.ble
+
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Test
+
+/**
+ * [WhoopBleClient.dataRangeNewestUnix] offset/future-date correctness (#451/#928/#1012).
+ *
+ * Regression fixtures are David's REAL WHOOP 4.0 GET_DATA_RANGE frames captured 2026-07-11: the newest
+ * banked record is 2026-07-11 16:00 (unix 1_783_785_625) and it sits at BYTE OFFSET 8 — off the old
+ * 4-byte-aligned-from-7 grid, so the old scan returned null and a stale FUTURE word stayed latched in
+ * strapNewestTs, which #228 then used to skip the periodic offload → auto-sync stalled ~25 min.
+ */
+class DataRangeScanTest {
+
+    private fun hex(s: String) = ByteArray(s.length / 2) {
+        ((Character.digit(s[it * 2], 16) shl 4) + Character.digit(s[it * 2 + 1], 16)).toByte()
+    }
+
+    /** Little-endian u32 [value] written at [offset] into a [size]-byte frame (rest zero). */
+    private fun frameWithU32(size: Int, offset: Int, value: Long): ByteArray {
+        val b = ByteArray(size)
+        for (k in 0..3) b[offset + k] = ((value shr (8 * k)) and 0xFF).toByte()
+        return b
+    }
+
+    private val WALL_NOW = 1_783_786_000L    // 2026-07-11 ~16:06, just after the captured newest
+    private val REAL_NEWEST = 1_783_785_625L // 2026-07-11 16:00:25 (frame a)
+
+    @Test
+    fun `reads the real WHOOP4 newest at byte offset 8 (old scan-from-7 missed it, returned null)`() {
+        // Three real captured frames → their true newest (offset-8 u32), all 2026-07-11 ~16:00, a few
+        // seconds apart. Each is well behind WALL_NOW, so none is treated as future.
+        val expected = mapOf(
+            "aa100057305d22009968526a083900001d2e2263" to 1_783_785_625L, // 16:00:25
+            "aa10005730612200a268526ab0290000e87d155d" to 1_783_785_634L, // 16:00:34
+            "aa100057307c2200e768526a78760000c997138d" to 1_783_785_703L, // 16:01:43
+        )
+        for ((h, ts) in expected) {
+            assertEquals(
+                "newest for $h should be its offset-8 value, not null",
+                ts,
+                WhoopBleClient.dataRangeNewestUnix(hex(h), WALL_NOW),
+            )
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `a lone future-dated straddle never becomes the frontier`() {
+        // Real "today" word plus a fabricated far-future word: the true frontier is today, not the future.
+        val future = WALL_NOW + 400L * 86_400L
+        val frame = frameWithU32(16, 4, REAL_NEWEST)
+        for (k in 0..3) frame[10 + k] = ((future shr (8 * k)) and 0xFF).toByte()
+        assertEquals(REAL_NEWEST, WhoopBleClient.dataRangeNewestUnix(frame, WALL_NOW))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `all-future frame (genuinely wrong RTC) still returns future so the guard fires`() {
+        // The strap's ONLY plausible-unix word is future → return it so isFutureDatedNewest detects the
+        // real bad-clock case and the periodic/auto-continue guards correctly refuse the range (#928).
+        val future = WALL_NOW + 400L * 86_400L
+        assertEquals(future, WhoopBleClient.dataRangeNewestUnix(frameWithU32(12, 4, future), WALL_NOW))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `a value just inside the 48h skew is treated as present, not future`() {
+        val within = WALL_NOW + 40L * 3600L   // 40h ahead, under the 48h AUTO_CONTINUE_FUTURE_SKEW
+        assertEquals(within, WhoopBleClient.dataRangeNewestUnix(frameWithU32(12, 4, within), WALL_NOW))
+    }
+}