diff --git a/swarm-controller/src/review_classifier.rs b/swarm-controller/src/review_classifier.rs
index 11ce0da6..80436e96 100644
--- a/swarm-controller/src/review_classifier.rs
+++ b/swarm-controller/src/review_classifier.rs
@@ -1279,19 +1279,27 @@ pub(crate) mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn a_result_expires_after_its_ttl() {
         let now = Instant::now();
-        let entry = |settled: Option<Instant>| Entry {
+        let sized = |classifications: usize, settled: Option<Instant>| Entry {
             status: TryOutStatus::settled("abc".to_owned(), done()),
             started: now,
-            deadline: run_deadline(10),
+            deadline: run_deadline(classifications),
             settled,
         };
+        let entry = |settled: Option<Instant>| sized(10, settled);
         let deadline = run_deadline(10);
         assert!(!entry(Some(now)).expired(now + RESULT_TTL));
         assert!(entry(Some(now)).expired(now + RESULT_TTL + Duration::from_secs(1)));
-        // A run whose reply never came stays until the latest it could have,
-        // which is later for a bigger run.
+        // A run whose reply never came stays until the latest it could have.
         assert!(!entry(None).expired(now + deadline + RESULT_TTL));
         assert!(entry(None).expired(now + deadline + RESULT_TTL + Duration::from_secs(1)));
+        // That is later for a bigger run: a hundred classifications are still
+        // running when ten would have given up, and expire at their own.
+        let big = run_deadline(100);
+        assert!(big > deadline);
+        let past_ten = now + deadline + RESULT_TTL + Duration::from_secs(1);
+        assert!(!sized(100, None).expired(past_ten));
+        assert!(!sized(100, None).expired(now + big + RESULT_TTL));
+        assert!(sized(100, None).expired(now + big + RESULT_TTL + Duration::from_secs(1)));
     }
 
     /// A rules file holding `classifications`, and `extra` beside them.