diff --git a/src/arts/active-app/presets/index.ts b/src/arts/active-app/presets/index.ts
index 5b6a747..d0b812c 100644
--- a/src/arts/active-app/presets/index.ts
+++ b/src/arts/active-app/presets/index.ts
@@ -36,4 +36,8 @@ export {
 	applyPermInvalidateOnIdentityChange,
 	type PermInvalidateOnIdentityChangeApp
 } from './perm-invalidate-on-identity-change.ts';
+export {
+	applySessionAutoRefresh,
+	type SessionAutoRefreshApp
+} from './session-auto-refresh.ts';
 export { applyStandardOrca, type StandardOrcaApp } from './standard.ts';
diff --git a/src/arts/active-app/presets/session-auto-refresh.ts b/src/arts/active-app/presets/session-auto-refresh.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18dce9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/arts/active-app/presets/session-auto-refresh.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import { withAutoRefresh } from '$session';
+import type {
+	ActiveSession,
+	AutoRefreshCleanup,
+	AutoRefreshOptions
+} from '$session/types';
+import type { ActiveAppCore } from '../types.ts';
+
+/**
+ * Shape this preset requires from `App`. Only the `session` slot is
+ * needed; the core's `Timers` is consumed automatically so that the
+ * refresh ticker runs through `App.Timers` (one clock for the whole
+ * ecosystem) instead of the host `setInterval` fallback baked into
+ * `withAutoRefresh`.
+ */
+export interface SessionAutoRefreshApp<TUser, TCredential = undefined, TData = undefined>
+	extends ActiveAppCore {
+	readonly session: ActiveSession<TUser, TCredential, TData>;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Wraps `App.session` with `withAutoRefresh` and pre-fills the
+ * `timers` and `now` injectors from the App's core. Apps that need
+ * deterministic refresh in tests / replay can still override
+ * `random` (or `now`, `timers`) through `options`.
+ *
+ * Returns the same cleanup function `withAutoRefresh` returns —
+ * idempotent, safe to call from a `disposeStarting` event handler
+ * or a Svelte teardown.
+ */
+export function applySessionAutoRefresh<TUser, TCredential = undefined, TData = undefined>(
+	App: SessionAutoRefreshApp<TUser, TCredential, TData>,
+	options: AutoRefreshOptions = {}
+): AutoRefreshCleanup {
+	return withAutoRefresh(App.session, {
+		...options,
+		timers: options.timers ?? App.Timers,
+		now: options.now ?? (() => App.Timers.clock.now())
+	});
+}
diff --git a/src/arts/active-app/test/session-auto-refresh.test.ts b/src/arts/active-app/test/session-auto-refresh.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e9905c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/arts/active-app/test/session-auto-refresh.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+/**
+ * Tests for the `applySessionAutoRefresh` preset. The preset's job is
+ * to wire `App.Timers` and `App.Timers.clock` into `withAutoRefresh`
+ * so the refresh ticker runs through the App's single time source
+ * instead of falling back to `setInterval` + `Date.now`.
+ */
+
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { applySessionAutoRefresh } from '../presets/index.ts';
+import { createEngineSession } from '$session';
+import { createActiveTimers, type ActiveTimers } from '$timer/active-timers.svelte';
+import { createSvelteEngineBus, type EngineBus } from '$bus';
+import { createEngineLogger, type EngineLogger } from '$logger';
+import { createEngineOrca, type EngineOrca } from '$orca';
+import type { ActiveSession, Session } from '$session/types';
+
+interface User {
+	id: string;
+}
+
+const NOW = 1_700_000_000_000;
+
+function alice(expiresAt: number): Session<User> {
+	return { user: { id: 'u1' }, issuedAt: NOW, expiresAt };
+}
+
+interface Core {
+	Logger: EngineLogger;
+	Bus: EngineBus<Record<string, unknown>>;
+	Timers: ActiveTimers;
+	Orca: EngineOrca;
+	dispose: () => void;
+}
+
+function buildCore(): Core {
+	const Logger = createEngineLogger({});
+	const Timers = createActiveTimers({ logger: Logger });
+	const Bus = createSvelteEngineBus<Record<string, unknown>>({
+		logger: Logger,
+		clock: Timers.clock
+	});
+	const Orca = createEngineOrca({ bus: Bus, timers: Timers, logger: Logger });
+	return {
+		Logger,
+		Bus,
+		Timers,
+		Orca,
+		dispose() {
+			Orca.dispose();
+			Bus.dispose();
+			Timers.dispose();
+			Logger.dispose();
+		}
+	};
+}
+
+describe('applySessionAutoRefresh', () => {
+	let core: Core;
+	let session: ActiveSession<User>;
+	let onRefresh: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>;
+
+	beforeEach(() => {
+		vi.useFakeTimers();
+		vi.setSystemTime(NOW);
+		core = buildCore();
+		onRefresh = vi.fn(async () => null);
+		session = createEngineSession<User>({ onRefresh }) as unknown as ActiveSession<User>;
+	});
+
+	afterEach(() => {
+		core.dispose();
+		vi.useRealTimers();
+	});
+
+	it('routes the refresh ticker through App.Timers (not setInterval)', async () => {
+		await session.adopt(alice(NOW + 60_000)); // 60s ahead, margin 90s
+		const stop = applySessionAutoRefresh(
+			{ ...core, session },
+			{
+				tickMs: 30_000,
+				marginMs: 90_000,
+				jitterMs: 0,
+				refreshOnVisible: false
+			}
+		);
+		// Initial maybeRefresh runs synchronously inside startTicker; expiration < margin → refresh fires.
+		await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(0);
+		expect(onRefresh).toHaveBeenCalled();
+		stop();
+	});
+
+	it('honors caller-provided `random` when jitter is enabled', async () => {
+		await session.adopt(alice(NOW + 100_000)); // 100s ahead
+		const customRandom = vi.fn(() => 0.0);
+		const stop = applySessionAutoRefresh(
+			{ ...core, session },
+			{
+				tickMs: 30_000,
+				marginMs: 90_000,
+				jitterMs: 30_000,
+				refreshOnVisible: false,
+				random: customRandom
+			}
+		);
+		await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(0);
+		// jitter=30_000, random=0 -> margin stays at 90_000; remaining=100_000
+		// → not within margin → no refresh on the first tick.
+		expect(onRefresh).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+		expect(customRandom).toHaveBeenCalled();
+		stop();
+	});
+});