diff --git a/Flipcash/Core/Screens/Conversation/ChatItem+Conversation.swift b/Flipcash/Core/Screens/Conversation/ChatItem+Conversation.swift
index 7c28c65c9..8c35a9a74 100644
--- a/Flipcash/Core/Screens/Conversation/ChatItem+Conversation.swift
+++ b/Flipcash/Core/Screens/Conversation/ChatItem+Conversation.swift
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ extension ChatItem {
         _ messages: [ConversationMessage],
         selfUserID: UserID,
         // How long a pause has to be before it heads the next message with its own separator and
-        // ends the run above it. Android's `SeparatorConfig.Continuous` gap, so a pause of minutes
-        // keeps one exchange together on both platforms instead of cutting it into single bubbles.
-        gap: TimeInterval = 3 * 60 * 60,
+        // ends the run above it. Android's `SeparatorConfig.Continuous` gap (one hour), so a pause of
+        // minutes keeps one exchange together on both platforms instead of cutting it into single bubbles.
+        gap: TimeInterval = 60 * 60,
         counterpartRead: (pointer: MessageID, date: Date?)? = nil,
         suppressReceiptFor: String? = nil,
         cashBranding: (ExchangedFiat) -> (token: String, iconURL: URL?) = { _ in ("Cash", nil) },
diff --git a/FlipcashCore/Sources/FlipcashCore/Models/Chat/ChatPreviewMapping.swift b/FlipcashCore/Sources/FlipcashCore/Models/Chat/ChatPreviewMapping.swift
index c73ab3c89..82a1d6113 100644
--- a/FlipcashCore/Sources/FlipcashCore/Models/Chat/ChatPreviewMapping.swift
+++ b/FlipcashCore/Sources/FlipcashCore/Models/Chat/ChatPreviewMapping.swift
@@ -156,5 +156,5 @@ extension ChatItem {
 
     /// Matches the in-app chat: a separator opens the transcript and breaks any run whose gap from
     /// the previous message exceeds this.
-    private static let separatorGap: TimeInterval = 15 * 60
+    private static let separatorGap: TimeInterval = 60 * 60
 }
diff --git a/FlipcashTests/Chat/ChatMessageMappingTests.swift b/FlipcashTests/Chat/ChatMessageMappingTests.swift
index d63b1f716..62dac3f0a 100644
--- a/FlipcashTests/Chat/ChatMessageMappingTests.swift
+++ b/FlipcashTests/Chat/ChatMessageMappingTests.swift
@@ -322,6 +322,20 @@ struct ChatMessageMappingTests {
         #expect(!broken[1].isContinuationFromPrevious)
     }
 
+    @Test("A 90-minute pause opens a date separator; a 30-minute pause does not")
+    func hourGapOpensSeparator() {
+        func separators(afterPause pause: TimeInterval) -> Int {
+            let rows = [
+                ConversationMessage(id: MessageID(value: 1), senderID: me, content: .text("a"), date: base, unreadSeq: 1),
+                ConversationMessage(id: MessageID(value: 2), senderID: me, content: .text("b"), date: base.addingTimeInterval(pause), unreadSeq: 2),
+            ]
+            return separatorCount(ChatItem.from(rows, selfUserID: me))
+        }
+
+        #expect(separators(afterPause: 30 * 60) == 1)  // only the one opening the transcript
+        #expect(separators(afterPause: 90 * 60) == 2)  // the pause heads the second message
+    }
+
     @Test("A run does not carry across a change of day, however short the pause")
     func dayChangeBreaksRun() {
         // Straddling local midnight, so the two rows are minutes apart but on different dates.
diff --git a/FlipcashTests/ChatPreviewMappingTests.swift b/FlipcashTests/ChatPreviewMappingTests.swift
index 9e7241c13..d39be8be3 100644
--- a/FlipcashTests/ChatPreviewMappingTests.swift
+++ b/FlipcashTests/ChatPreviewMappingTests.swift
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ struct ChatPreviewMappingTests {
 
     @Test("Messages within the gap share a single opening separator")
     func messagesWithinGapShareSeparator() {
-        // ids 1 and 2 → dates 1s apart, well under the 15-minute gap.
+        // ids 1 and 2 → dates 1s apart, well under the one-hour gap.
         let messages = [
             textMessage(id: 1, senderID: meID, text: "a"),
             textMessage(id: 2, senderID: meID, text: "b"),
@@ -253,17 +253,28 @@ struct ChatPreviewMappingTests {
         #expect(separators(items).count == 1)
     }
 
-    @Test("A gap longer than 15 minutes inserts another separator")
+    @Test("A gap longer than one hour inserts another separator")
     func gapInsertsSeparator() {
-        // ids 1 and 1000 → dates 999s (~16.6 min) apart, beyond the 15-minute gap.
+        // ids 1 and 5401 → dates 5400s (90 min) apart, beyond the one-hour gap.
         let messages = [
             textMessage(id: 1, senderID: meID, text: "a"),
-            textMessage(id: 1000, senderID: meID, text: "b"),
+            textMessage(id: 5401, senderID: meID, text: "b"),
         ]
         let items = ChatItem.preview(from: messages, selfUserID: meID)
         #expect(separators(items).count == 2)
     }
 
+    @Test("A pause of 30 minutes does not insert another separator")
+    func shortPauseKeepsOneSeparator() {
+        // ids 1 and 1801 → dates 1800s (30 min) apart, under the one-hour gap.
+        let messages = [
+            textMessage(id: 1, senderID: meID, text: "a"),
+            textMessage(id: 1801, senderID: meID, text: "b"),
+        ]
+        let items = ChatItem.preview(from: messages, selfUserID: meID)
+        #expect(separators(items).count == 1)
+    }
+
     // MARK: - Cache serialization
 
     @Test("Preview round-trips through Codable unchanged — the notification cache's mechanism")