@@ -332,12 +332,22 @@ jobs:
 
   # Desktop tools in the real Electron app against a local app, on its own runner: the
   # Electron app, the dev app and its realtime server together outgrow the e2e runner.
+  # Two runners: the lease-lapse test sleeps through a long import and then a lease (~3 min), as
+  # long as the rest of the spec together, so on one runner it set the time for every run.
   desktop-live:
-    name: desktop-live
+    name: desktop-live (${{ matrix.tests }})
     needs: changes
     if: needs.changes.outputs.desktop_live == 'true'
     runs-on: ${{ (vars.CI_PROVIDER == '' || vars.CI_PROVIDER == 'blacksmith') && 'blacksmith-16vcpu-ubuntu-2404' || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
     timeout-minutes: 30
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - tests: lease-lapse
+            filter: --grep @lease-lapse
+          - tests: rest
+            filter: --grep-invert @lease-lapse
     services:
       postgres:
         image: pgvector/pgvector:pg17
@@ -503,13 +513,13 @@ jobs:
           SIM_DESKTOP_E2E_REDIS_URL="$REDIS_URL" \
           SIM_DESKTOP_E2E_AUTH_SECRET="$BETTER_AUTH_SECRET" \
             xvfb-run -a -s '-screen 0 1920x1200x24' bunx playwright test e2e/desktop-tools-live-sim.spec.ts \
-            --output "$report_dir/desktop-tools-results" --retries=0
+            ${{ matrix.filter }} --output "$report_dir/desktop-tools-results" --retries=0
 
       - name: Upload Electron E2E results and server logs
         if: failure()
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7.0.1
         with:
-          name: desktop-live-e2e-results
+          name: desktop-live-e2e-results-${{ matrix.tests }}
           path: ${{ runner.temp }}/e2e/
           if-no-files-found: ignore
           retention-days: 7
 
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ test.describe('desktop tools against a live Sim', () => {
     expect(await callState(chatId)).toMatch(/^completed/)
   })
 
-  test('a long import whose window crashed settles as outcome unknown about one lease later', async () => {
+  test('a long import whose window crashed settles as outcome unknown about one lease later @lease-lapse', async () => {
     test.setTimeout(420_000)
     const user = await db.seedUser(['Crashing import chat'])
     const { callId } = await slowImport(user, 'Crashing import chat', '[crash-import]')