diff --git a/tests/test_api.py b/tests/test_api.py
index 8da70e5..06dd59e 100644
--- a/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/tests/test_api.py
@@ -753,6 +753,26 @@ def test_tick_sweeps_files_once_a_day(hub, tmp_path, monkeypatch):
     assert len(calls) == 2
 
 
+def test_tick_sweeps_downloads_once_a_day(hub):
+    h = hub["hub"]
+    old = time.time() - 31 * 86400
+
+    def put_old(name):
+        d = h.db_path.parent / "downloads" / name
+        d.mkdir(parents=True)
+        (d / "a.png").write_bytes(b"x")
+        os.utime(d / "a.png", (old, old))
+        os.utime(d, (old, old))
+        return d
+
+    first = put_old("1")
+    h.tick()
+    assert not first.exists() and "downloads_at" in h.module_state["jira"]
+    second = put_old("2")
+    h.tick()
+    assert second.exists()                                       # второй тик в те же сутки — без уборки
+
+
 def test_tick_sweep_failure_logged_auto_refresh_still_runs(hub, monkeypatch, caplog, add_project):
     _add_project(hub, add_project)
     def broken(*args, **kwargs):