diff --git a/src/lib/mock-data.test.ts b/src/lib/mock-data.test.ts
index 1bd0ec5..0194d3f 100644
--- a/src/lib/mock-data.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/mock-data.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import {
+  getRecentActivity,
   mockBounties,
   mockMaintenancePools,
   mockMilestones,
@@ -44,3 +45,22 @@ describe("mock-data asset coverage", () => {
     expect(formatCurrency(milestone.distributed, milestone.asset)).toBe("16,837.25 XLM");
   });
 });
+
+describe("recentActivity — dynamic timestamps (#707)", () => {
+  it("computes occurredAt timestamps relative to passed reference time", () => {
+    const fixedNow = new Date("2026-10-13T12:00:00Z").getTime();
+    const events = getRecentActivity(fixedNow);
+    const first = events[0];
+    // a1 is 6 minutes ago
+    expect(first.occurredAt).toBe(new Date(fixedNow - 6 * 60_000).toISOString());
+  });
+
+  it("advances timestamps dynamically at access time instead of freezing at module load", () => {
+    const time1 = new Date(recentActivity[0].occurredAt).getTime();
+    jest.useFakeTimers();
+    jest.advanceTimersByTime(3600 * 1000); // 1 hour later
+    const time2 = new Date(recentActivity[0].occurredAt).getTime();
+    expect(time2).toBeGreaterThan(time1);
+    jest.useRealTimers();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/mock-data.ts b/src/lib/mock-data.ts
index de0dab0..4962f1c 100644
--- a/src/lib/mock-data.ts
+++ b/src/lib/mock-data.ts
@@ -268,14 +268,17 @@ export interface ActivityEvent {
   occurredAt: string;
 }
 
-// minutesAgo(n) anchors each mock event n minutes before whenever this
-// module is evaluated, so the feed's relative-time text keeps advancing
-// (within a given server render) instead of being frozen at deploy time.
-function minutesAgo(n: number): string {
-  return new Date(Date.now() - n * 60_000).toISOString();
+interface RawActivityEventTemplate {
+  id: string;
+  handle: string;
+  action: string;
+  target: string;
+  amount?: number;
+  asset?: "USDC" | "XLM";
+  minutesAgo: number;
 }
 
-export const recentActivity: ActivityEvent[] = [
+const RAW_RECENT_ACTIVITY: RawActivityEventTemplate[] = [
   {
     id: "a1",
     handle: "devrel_ana",
@@ -283,21 +286,21 @@ export const recentActivity: ActivityEvent[] = [
     target: "core-indexer#288",
     amount: 40,
     asset: "USDC",
-    occurredAt: minutesAgo(6),
+    minutesAgo: 6,
   },
   {
     id: "a2",
     handle: "0xkoda",
     action: "claimed",
     target: "soroban-escrow-sdk#17",
-    occurredAt: minutesAgo(22),
+    minutesAgo: 22,
   },
   {
     id: "a3",
     handle: "linh_dev",
     action: "opened a pull request for",
     target: "stellar-wallet-kit#475",
-    occurredAt: minutesAgo(48),
+    minutesAgo: 48,
   },
   {
     id: "a4",
@@ -306,7 +309,7 @@ export const recentActivity: ActivityEvent[] = [
     target: "v2.0: Multi-asset escrow",
     amount: 2500,
     asset: "USDC",
-    occurredAt: minutesAgo(71),
+    minutesAgo: 71,
   },
   {
     id: "a4b",
@@ -315,7 +318,7 @@ export const recentActivity: ActivityEvent[] = [
     target: "v1.4: Indexer performance pass",
     amount: 15000,
     asset: "XLM",
-    occurredAt: minutesAgo(95),
+    minutesAgo: 95,
   },
   {
     id: "a5",
@@ -324,17 +327,46 @@ export const recentActivity: ActivityEvent[] = [
     target: "core-indexer#301",
     amount: 480,
     asset: "USDC",
-    occurredAt: minutesAgo(130),
+    minutesAgo: 130,
   },
   {
     id: "a6",
     handle: "qa_marcus",
     action: "joined as a",
     target: "contributor",
-    occurredAt: minutesAgo(210),
+    minutesAgo: 210,
   },
 ];
 
+/**
+ * Returns recent activity events with timestamps computed dynamically at render/request time
+ * relative to `now` (#707). This prevents timestamps from freezing at module
+ * load time on long-running server instances.
+ */
+export function getRecentActivity(now: number = Date.now()): ActivityEvent[] {
+  return RAW_RECENT_ACTIVITY.map((e) => ({
+    id: e.id,
+    handle: e.handle,
+    action: e.action,
+    target: e.target,
+    amount: e.amount,
+    asset: e.asset,
+    occurredAt: new Date(now - e.minutesAgo * 60_000).toISOString(),
+  }));
+}
+
+/**
+ * Dynamic proxy ensuring callers referencing `recentActivity` receive fresh
+ * timestamps computed at access time rather than frozen at module evaluation (#707).
+ */
+export const recentActivity: ActivityEvent[] = new Proxy([] as ActivityEvent[], {
+  get(_target, prop, receiver) {
+    const list = getRecentActivity();
+    const val = Reflect.get(list, prop, receiver);
+    return typeof val === "function" ? val.bind(list) : val;
+  },
+});
+
 
 // Weekly earnings/spend series (8 weeks) for dashboard charts.
 export const contributorEarningsHistory = [420, 560, 310, 780, 640, 890, 720, 1050];