diff --git a/src/__tests__/integration/order-ingestion.test.ts b/src/__tests__/integration/order-ingestion.test.ts
index 01e3dbb..0ab8b82 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/integration/order-ingestion.test.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/integration/order-ingestion.test.ts
@@ -142,6 +142,19 @@ describe("Order ingestion — invariants", () => {
   beforeEach(async () => {
     await queryRaw(`DELETE FROM expense_metadata WHERE source = 'email'`);
     await queryRaw(`DELETE FROM transactions WHERE description LIKE 'Order - %'`);
+    // The statement fixtures these tests insert survived into the next run, and
+    // reconcileCardLeg matched a leftover charge at ingest time — so an order
+    // meant to park "awaiting_card_statement" resolved immediately instead.
+    // That is the whole story behind the intermittent failure in "parks an
+    // unresolvable split": not a race, just fixtures that were never cleaned.
+    // Must happen BEFORE ingest, which is why cleaning up at the end of the
+    // test was not enough.
+    await queryRaw(
+      `DELETE FROM statements WHERE filename IN ('test-westpac-2026-03.pdf', 'panel-cba.pdf', 'panel-plain.pdf')`
+    );
+    await queryRaw(
+      `DELETE FROM transactions WHERE description IN ('DD *DOORDASH WOOLWORTHS MELBOURNE AUS', 'UBER *EATS ZURICH')`
+    );
   });
 
   it("I6: a credits order creates one transaction at face value", async () => {
@@ -223,12 +236,6 @@ describe("Order ingestion — invariants", () => {
     expect(res.transactionId).toBeNull();
     expect(res.flags).toContain("awaiting_card_statement");
 
-    // Repeat runs would otherwise accumulate identical candidate charges.
-    await queryRaw(
-      `DELETE FROM transactions WHERE description = 'DD *DOORDASH WOOLWORTHS MELBOURNE AUS'`
-    );
-    await queryRaw(`DELETE FROM statements WHERE filename = 'test-westpac-2026-03.pdf'`);
-
     // Statement arrives: card 8032 took 40.93 of the 60.93 order.
     const st = await queryRow<{ id: number }>(
       `INSERT INTO statements (bank_name, account_number, filename)