diff --git a/tests/ShaderPackageRegistryTests.cpp b/tests/ShaderPackageRegistryTests.cpp
index d0c3bf0..1539913 100644
--- a/tests/ShaderPackageRegistryTests.cpp
+++ b/tests/ShaderPackageRegistryTests.cpp
@@ -119,6 +119,65 @@ void TestInvalidManifest()
 	std::filesystem::remove_all(root);
 }
 
+void TestInvalidTemporalSettings()
+{
+	struct Case
+	{
+		const char* directoryName;
+		const char* temporalJson;
+		const char* expectedError;
+	};
+
+	const Case cases[] = {
+		{ "bad-source", R"({ "enabled": true, "historySource": "previousOutput", "historyLength": 2 })", "Unsupported temporal historySource" },
+		{ "missing-source", R"({ "enabled": true, "historyLength": 2 })", "historySource" },
+		{ "missing-length", R"({ "enabled": true, "historySource": "source" })", "historyLength" },
+		{ "string-length", R"({ "enabled": true, "historySource": "source", "historyLength": "2" })", "historyLength" },
+		{ "zero-length", R"({ "enabled": true, "historySource": "source", "historyLength": 0 })", "positive integer" },
+		{ "negative-length", R"({ "enabled": true, "historySource": "source", "historyLength": -1 })", "positive integer" },
+		{ "fractional-length", R"({ "enabled": true, "historySource": "source", "historyLength": 1.5 })", "positive integer" },
+	};
+
+	const std::filesystem::path root = MakeTestRoot();
+	for (const Case& testCase : cases)
+	{
+		WriteShaderPackage(root, testCase.directoryName, std::string(R"({
+			"id": ")") + testCase.directoryName + R"(",
+			"name": "Bad Temporal",
+			"temporal": )" + testCase.temporalJson + R"(,
+			"parameters": []
+		})");
+
+		ShaderPackageRegistry registry(4);
+		ShaderPackage package;
+		std::string error;
+		Expect(!registry.ParseManifest(root / testCase.directoryName / "shader.json", package, error), "invalid temporal manifest is rejected");
+		Expect(error.find(testCase.expectedError) != std::string::npos, "invalid temporal error explains the rejected field");
+	}
+
+	std::filesystem::remove_all(root);
+}
+
+void TestDisabledTemporalSettingsAreIgnored()
+{
+	const std::filesystem::path root = MakeTestRoot();
+	WriteShaderPackage(root, "disabled-temporal", R"({
+		"id": "disabled-temporal",
+		"name": "Disabled Temporal",
+		"temporal": { "enabled": false, "historySource": "not-supported", "historyLength": 0 },
+		"parameters": []
+	})");
+
+	ShaderPackageRegistry registry(4);
+	ShaderPackage package;
+	std::string error;
+	Expect(registry.ParseManifest(root / "disabled-temporal" / "shader.json", package, error), "disabled temporal settings are ignored");
+	Expect(!package.temporal.enabled, "disabled temporal package stays non-temporal");
+	Expect(package.temporal.effectiveHistoryLength == 0, "disabled temporal package has no effective history");
+
+	std::filesystem::remove_all(root);
+}
+
 void TestDuplicateScan()
 {
 	const std::filesystem::path root = MakeTestRoot();
@@ -141,6 +200,8 @@ int main()
 	TestValidManifest();
 	TestMissingFontAsset();
 	TestInvalidManifest();
+	TestInvalidTemporalSettings();
+	TestDisabledTemporalSettingsAreIgnored();
 	TestDuplicateScan();
 
 	if (gFailures != 0)