diff --git a/apps/app_seeds/test/no_stream_first_in_widget_tests_test.dart b/apps/app_seeds/test/no_stream_first_in_widget_tests_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b499751
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/app_seeds/test/no_stream_first_in_widget_tests_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import 'dart:io';
+
+import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
+
+/// Guard against the single most reliable way to make a widget test hang.
+///
+/// Awaiting a Drift/Nostr stream's `.first` (e.g. `await repo.watchSales()
+/// .first`) inside a `testWidgets` body never completes: the widget-test
+/// fake-async clock does not advance the stream's backing timer, so the test
+/// sits until the framework's 10-minute hard cap — the per-test `timeout:` in
+/// dart_test.yaml can't bound it because `pumpAndSettle` has already returned.
+/// It has bitten this repo more than once. Read one-shot state with a plain
+/// `.get()` / `.getSingle()` query instead; those resolve fine under fake-async.
+///
+/// This is a pure-Dart source scan (no widgets, milliseconds) so it runs in the
+/// fast, hang-proof gate and fails loudly the moment the pattern reappears.
+void main() {
+  test('no `watchX().first` awaited inside widget tests', () {
+    // `watchAnything(...)` immediately followed by `.first` — catches
+    // watchSales().first, watchPlantares().first, watchInventoryForVariety(id)
+    // .first, etc. Finder.first (find.byIcon(...).first) has no `watch(` before
+    // it, so it is never matched.
+    final streamFirst = RegExp(r'watch\w*\([^;]*\)\s*\.first\b');
+
+    final uiTests = Directory('test/ui');
+    expect(
+      uiTests.existsSync(),
+      isTrue,
+      reason: 'expected widget tests under test/ui/',
+    );
+
+    final offenders = <String>[];
+    for (final entity in uiTests.listSync(recursive: true)) {
+      if (entity is! File || !entity.path.endsWith('.dart')) continue;
+      final lines = entity.readAsLinesSync();
+      for (var i = 0; i < lines.length; i++) {
+        final trimmed = lines[i].trimLeft();
+        if (trimmed.startsWith('//') || trimmed.startsWith('*')) continue;
+        if (streamFirst.hasMatch(lines[i])) {
+          offenders.add('${entity.path}:${i + 1}: ${lines[i].trim()}');
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    expect(
+      offenders,
+      isEmpty,
+      reason:
+          'Awaiting a stream .first inside a widget test hangs it to the 10-min '
+          'cap. Replace with a one-shot query (db.select(...).get()):\n'
+          '${offenders.join('\n')}',
+    );
+  });
+}
diff --git a/apps/app_seeds/test/ui/handover_sheet_test.dart b/apps/app_seeds/test/ui/handover_sheet_test.dart
index d47f1cf..f00214a 100644
--- a/apps/app_seeds/test/ui/handover_sheet_test.dart
+++ b/apps/app_seeds/test/ui/handover_sheet_test.dart
@@ -84,13 +84,21 @@ void main() {
     await tester.tap(find.byKey(const Key('handover.save')));
     await tester.pumpAndSettle();
 
-    final sales = await repo.watchSales().first;
+    // One-shot .get() reads (NOT watch().first): a Drift stream's `.first`
+    // never completes under the widget-test fake-async clock, so awaiting it
+    // in a testWidgets body hangs the whole test to the 10-min hard cap. A
+    // plain SELECT resolves fine (same as the movements/lot reads below).
+    final sales = await (db.select(
+      db.sales,
+    )..where((s) => s.isDeleted.equals(false))).get();
     expect(sales.single.direction, SaleDirection.iSold);
     expect(sales.single.amount, 2.5);
     expect(sales.single.currency, 'Ğ1');
     expect(sales.single.counterparty, 'María');
 
-    final plantares = await repo.watchPlantares().first;
+    final plantares = await (db.select(
+      db.plantares,
+    )..where((p) => p.isDeleted.equals(false))).get();
     expect(plantares.single.direction, PlantareDirection.owedToMe);
     expect(plantares.single.owedDescription, 'un puñado');