diff --git a/artifacts/tx-os/src/__tests__/parse-time.test.mjs b/artifacts/tx-os/src/__tests__/parse-time.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8ec1cad9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifacts/tx-os/src/__tests__/parse-time.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+// Unit tests for parseTypedTime — the human-input time parser used by
+// the executive-meetings inline time editor. Covers every shape listed
+// in task #308's "Done looks like" plus the obvious invalid edges.
+//
+// Runs with Node 24's built-in test runner + native TypeScript support.
+import { test } from "node:test";
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { parseTypedTime } from "../lib/parse-time.ts";
+
+test("returns null for empty / whitespace-only input", () => {
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime(""), null);
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("   "), null);
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("\t\n"), null);
+});
+
+test("canonical 24h HH:MM passes through unchanged", () => {
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("09:30"), "09:30");
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("00:00"), "00:00");
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("23:59"), "23:59");
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("12:00"), "12:00");
+});
+
+test("zero-padding is added for single-digit hours / minutes", () => {
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("9:30"), "09:30");
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("9:5"), "09:05");
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("0:0"), "00:00");
+});
+
+test("compact 3-4 digit form parses as HHMM / HMM", () => {
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("0930"), "09:30");
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("930"), "09:30");
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("1230"), "12:30");
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("0000"), "00:00");
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("2359"), "23:59");
+  // 3-digit form: first digit is the hour, last two the minutes.
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("100"), "01:00");
+});
+
+test("alternate separators (., -, whitespace) are accepted", () => {
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("9.30"), "09:30");
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("9-30"), "09:30");
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("9 30"), "09:30");
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("  9 . 30  "), "09:30");
+});
+
+test("English AM/PM markers are honoured", () => {
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("9:30 AM"), "09:30");
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("9:30am"), "09:30");
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("9:30 PM"), "21:30");
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("9:30pm"), "21:30");
+  // Dotted forms.
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("9:30 a.m."), "09:30");
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("9:30 p.m."), "21:30");
+  // 12 AM = midnight, 12 PM = noon.
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("12:00 AM"), "00:00");
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("12:30 AM"), "00:30");
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("12:00 PM"), "12:00");
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("12:30 PM"), "12:30");
+});
+
+test("Arabic AM/PM markers (ص / م) are honoured", () => {
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("9:30 ص"), "09:30");
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("9:30 م"), "21:30");
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("12:00 ص"), "00:00");
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("12:00 م"), "12:00");
+  // No space between time and marker.
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("9:30م"), "21:30");
+});
+
+test("Arabic-Indic digits (٠-٩) are mapped to ASCII", () => {
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("٠٩:٣٠"), "09:30");
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("٩:٣٠"), "09:30");
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("٩:٣٠ ص"), "09:30");
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("٩:٣٠ م"), "21:30");
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("٢٣:٥٩"), "23:59");
+});
+
+test("Persian / Eastern Arabic-Indic digits (۰-۹) are mapped to ASCII", () => {
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("۰۹:۳۰"), "09:30");
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("۱۲:۴۵"), "12:45");
+});
+
+test("invalid hours/minutes return null", () => {
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("24:00"), null);
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("25:99"), null);
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("9:60"), null);
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("99:99"), null);
+});
+
+test("12-hour-only hours out of 1..12 reject when AM/PM is given", () => {
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("0:30 AM"), null);
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("13:00 PM"), null);
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("13:00 ص"), null);
+});
+
+test("garbage input returns null", () => {
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("abc"), null);
+  // 3-segment form (HH:MM:SS) is rejected — we don't support seconds.
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("9:30:45"), null);
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime(":30"), null);
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("9:"), null);
+  // 5-digit compact form is not a valid HHMM/HMM.
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("12345"), null);
+  // Mixed-with-letters input is rejected.
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("9h30m"), null);
+});
+
+test("collapses repeated separators (lenient typo recovery)", () => {
+  // Repeated separator characters are treated as one: this is a
+  // deliberate "be liberal in what you accept" choice so a user who
+  // double-tapped ":" or mixed "." and " " still gets a valid time
+  // rather than a useless parse error.
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("9::30"), "09:30");
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime("9.. 30"), "09:30");
+});
+
+test("non-string inputs return null", () => {
+  // @ts-expect-error - intentionally testing the runtime guard
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime(null), null);
+  // @ts-expect-error
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime(undefined), null);
+  // @ts-expect-error
+  assert.equal(parseTypedTime(930), null);
+});
diff --git a/artifacts/tx-os/src/lib/parse-time.ts b/artifacts/tx-os/src/lib/parse-time.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..da5b43d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifacts/tx-os/src/lib/parse-time.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+// Pure, unit-testable parser for human-typed times in the executive
+// meetings inline time editor. The native <input type="time"> only
+// surfaces a value to the controlled state when the typed text is a
+// complete, canonical "HH:MM" 24h string — partial input, "9:30"
+// without a leading zero, "0930" compact, "9:30 PM" / "9:30 ص", or
+// Arabic-Indic digits all leave the React state stale, which made
+// "type then press Enter" a silent no-op. We replace the native time
+// input with a plain text input and route every save path through
+// this parser so what the user types is what gets saved.
+//
+// Returns canonical "HH:MM" (24h, zero-padded) or null when the input
+// cannot be parsed. Empty / whitespace-only input returns null too —
+// the caller decides whether that means "clear the time" (current
+// behaviour) or "show a parse error".
+
+export function parseTypedTime(input: string): string | null {
+  if (typeof input !== "string") return null;
+  let s = input.trim();
+  if (!s) return null;
+
+  // Map Arabic-Indic (٠-٩) and Persian/Eastern Arabic-Indic (۰-۹)
+  // digits to ASCII so an Arabic user typing "٠٩:٣٠" parses identically
+  // to "09:30".
+  s = s.replace(/[\u0660-\u0669]/g, (d) =>
+    String(d.charCodeAt(0) - 0x0660),
+  );
+  s = s.replace(/[\u06F0-\u06F9]/g, (d) =>
+    String(d.charCodeAt(0) - 0x06F0),
+  );
+
+  // Detect a trailing AM/PM marker. Accepts English (am/pm, a.m./p.m.,
+  // any case) and Arabic (ص for morning/AM, م for evening/PM). The
+  // marker is stripped before numeric parsing and applied at the end.
+  let isAm = false;
+  let isPm = false;
+  const amPmMatch = /\s*(a\.?m\.?|p\.?m\.?|ص|م)\s*$/i.exec(s);
+  if (amPmMatch) {
+    const m = amPmMatch[1].toLowerCase().replace(/\./g, "");
+    if (m === "am" || m === "ص") isAm = true;
+    else if (m === "pm" || m === "م") isPm = true;
+    s = s.slice(0, amPmMatch.index).trim();
+  }
+
+  if (!s) return null;
+
+  let h: number;
+  let mm: number;
+
+  // Compact 3-4 digit form with no separator: "930" -> 9:30, "0930" ->
+  // 09:30, "1230" -> 12:30. We branch on length so "930" doesn't get
+  // read as 93:0.
+  if (/^\d{3,4}$/.test(s)) {
+    if (s.length === 3) {
+      h = Number(s[0]);
+      mm = Number(s.slice(1));
+    } else {
+      h = Number(s.slice(0, 2));
+      mm = Number(s.slice(2));
+    }
+  } else {
+    // Accept ":", ".", "-", or whitespace as the H/M separator. Collapse
+    // runs so "9 . 30" still parses cleanly.
+    const normalized = s.replace(/[.\-\s]+/g, ":").replace(/:+/g, ":");
+    const parts = normalized.split(":");
+    if (parts.length !== 2) return null;
+    if (!/^\d{1,2}$/.test(parts[0])) return null;
+    if (!/^\d{1,2}$/.test(parts[1])) return null;
+    h = Number(parts[0]);
+    mm = Number(parts[1]);
+  }
+
+  if (!Number.isFinite(h) || !Number.isFinite(mm)) return null;
+  if (mm < 0 || mm > 59) return null;
+
+  if (isAm || isPm) {
+    // 12h shapes only allow 1..12 for the hour. "13:00 PM" is rejected.
+    if (h < 1 || h > 12) return null;
+    if (isAm) {
+      // 12 AM = midnight = 00:xx.
+      if (h === 12) h = 0;
+    } else {
+      // 12 PM = noon = 12:xx; everything else gets +12.
+      if (h !== 12) h += 12;
+    }
+  } else {
+    if (h < 0 || h > 23) return null;
+  }
+
+  const hStr = String(h).padStart(2, "0");
+  const mStr = String(mm).padStart(2, "0");
+  return `${hStr}:${mStr}`;
+}
diff --git a/artifacts/tx-os/src/locales/ar.json b/artifacts/tx-os/src/locales/ar.json
index cc82d65f..1003ecc0 100644
--- a/artifacts/tx-os/src/locales/ar.json
+++ b/artifacts/tx-os/src/locales/ar.json
@@ -1163,6 +1163,7 @@
       "timeStartShort": "البدء",
       "timeEndShort": "الانتهاء",
       "timeOrderError": "وقت النهاية قبل وقت البداية",
+      "timeParseError": "صيغة الوقت غير صحيحة. اكتب الوقت مثل: 09:30 أو 9:30 ص",
       "addAttendee": "أضف حاضر",
       "addSubheading": "+ عنوان فرعي",
       "addVirtualAttendee": "+ حاضر عبر الاتصال المرئي",
diff --git a/artifacts/tx-os/src/locales/en.json b/artifacts/tx-os/src/locales/en.json
index 01a8f786..ad97b3a5 100644
--- a/artifacts/tx-os/src/locales/en.json
+++ b/artifacts/tx-os/src/locales/en.json
@@ -1046,6 +1046,7 @@
       "timeStartShort": "Start",
       "timeEndShort": "End",
       "timeOrderError": "End time is before start time",
+      "timeParseError": "Time format isn't valid. Try 09:30 or 9:30 PM",
       "addAttendee": "Add attendee",
       "addSubheading": "+ subheading",
       "addVirtualAttendee": "+ Virtual",
diff --git a/artifacts/tx-os/src/pages/executive-meetings.tsx b/artifacts/tx-os/src/pages/executive-meetings.tsx
index 50cf5b6a..dcb4ce4a 100644
--- a/artifacts/tx-os/src/pages/executive-meetings.tsx
+++ b/artifacts/tx-os/src/pages/executive-meetings.tsx
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ import { CSS } from "@dnd-kit/utilities";
 import { GripVertical } from "lucide-react";
 import { EditableCell } from "@/components/editable-cell";
 import { safeHtml } from "@/lib/safe-html";
+import { parseTypedTime } from "@/lib/parse-time";
 import {
   ALERT_COLOR_PRESETS,
   DEFAULT_ALERT_PREFS,
@@ -3361,6 +3362,7 @@ function TimeRangeCell({
   const wrapperRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
   const blurTimerRef = useRef<ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null>(null);
   const startInputRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement | null>(null);
+  const endInputRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement | null>(null);
 
   // If the saved times change while we're not editing (e.g. another tab
   // updated them, or the user picked a different date), sync local state.
@@ -3374,6 +3376,10 @@ function TimeRangeCell({
   useEffect(() => {
     if (editing) {
       startInputRef.current?.focus();
+      // Select the existing value so the user can type to overwrite
+      // immediately without having to clear the field first — matches
+      // the behaviour of the native <input type="time"> spinner.
+      startInputRef.current?.select();
     }
   }, [editing]);
 
@@ -3401,8 +3407,42 @@ function TimeRangeCell({
   }, [canMutate, editing, startSaved, endSaved]);
 
   const save = useCallback(async () => {
-    const newStart = start || null;
-    const newEnd = end || null;
+    // Always read the live input values from the refs in addition to
+    // the controlled state. This is belt-and-braces against any path
+    // (Enter pressed before React's batched onChange flush, browser
+    // autofill, etc.) where the controlled state could be a frame
+    // behind what the user actually sees. parseTypedTime accepts a
+    // wide range of human-typed shapes (24h, 12h with AM/PM or ص/م,
+    // compact "HHMM", Arabic-Indic digits) and canonicalises them to
+    // "HH:MM"; empty input means "clear the time".
+    const rawStart = (startInputRef.current?.value ?? start ?? "").trim();
+    const rawEnd = (endInputRef.current?.value ?? end ?? "").trim();
+    const newStart = rawStart === "" ? null : parseTypedTime(rawStart);
+    const newEnd = rawEnd === "" ? null : parseTypedTime(rawEnd);
+
+    // If the user typed something in either field but it cannot be
+    // parsed, surface a clear destructive toast and keep the editor
+    // open with focus on the offending input — never silently discard
+    // their typing.
+    if (rawStart !== "" && newStart === null) {
+      toast({
+        title: t("executiveMeetings.schedule.timeParseError"),
+        variant: "destructive",
+      });
+      startInputRef.current?.focus();
+      startInputRef.current?.select();
+      return;
+    }
+    if (rawEnd !== "" && newEnd === null) {
+      toast({
+        title: t("executiveMeetings.schedule.timeParseError"),
+        variant: "destructive",
+      });
+      endInputRef.current?.focus();
+      endInputRef.current?.select();
+      return;
+    }
+
     if (newStart === (startSaved || null) && newEnd === (endSaved || null)) {
       setEditing(false);
       return;
@@ -3417,6 +3457,12 @@ function TimeRangeCell({
       startInputRef.current?.focus();
       return;
     }
+    // Snap the controlled state to the canonical "HH:MM" so the
+    // collapsed display (and any subsequent re-open of the editor)
+    // shows the same value the server now holds, even if the user
+    // typed a non-canonical shape like "9:30" or "0930".
+    setStart(newStart ?? "");
+    setEnd(newEnd ?? "");
     try {
       await onSaveTimes(newStart, newEnd);
       setEditing(false);
@@ -3435,7 +3481,7 @@ function TimeRangeCell({
       setEnd(endSaved);
       setEditing(false);
     }
-  }, [start, end, startSaved, endSaved, onSaveTimes]);
+  }, [start, end, startSaved, endSaved, onSaveTimes, toast, t]);
 
   const onFocusOut = (e: React.FocusEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
     if (!editing) return;
@@ -3530,12 +3576,23 @@ function TimeRangeCell({
         <input
           ref={startInputRef}
           id={startInputId}
-          type="time"
+          // Plain text input (not type="time") so the controlled state
+          // updates on EVERY keystroke. The native <input type="time">
+          // only fires onChange when the value is a complete, canonical
+          // "HH:MM" string, which made keyboard typing + Enter a silent
+          // no-op for partial input, "9:30" without leading zero,
+          // "0930" compact, AM/PM shapes, and Arabic-Indic digits.
+          // parseTypedTime() handles all of those on save.
+          type="text"
+          inputMode="numeric"
+          autoComplete="off"
+          spellCheck={false}
+          placeholder="HH:MM"
           value={start}
           onChange={(e) => setStart(e.target.value)}
           onKeyDown={onKeyDown}
           aria-label={t("executiveMeetings.schedule.timeStart")}
-          className="w-[5rem] border border-blue-400 rounded px-1 py-0.5 text-xs bg-white"
+          className="w-[5rem] border border-blue-400 rounded px-1 py-0.5 text-xs bg-white text-center"
           data-testid={`em-time-start-${meeting.id}`}
         />
       </div>
@@ -3548,13 +3605,20 @@ function TimeRangeCell({
           {t("executiveMeetings.schedule.timeEndShort")}
         </label>
         <input
+          ref={endInputRef}
           id={endInputId}
-          type="time"
+          // See the start input above for why this is type="text" and
+          // not type="time".
+          type="text"
+          inputMode="numeric"
+          autoComplete="off"
+          spellCheck={false}
+          placeholder="HH:MM"
           value={end}
           onChange={(e) => setEnd(e.target.value)}
           onKeyDown={onKeyDown}
           aria-label={t("executiveMeetings.schedule.timeEnd")}
-          className="w-[5rem] border border-blue-400 rounded px-1 py-0.5 text-xs bg-white"
+          className="w-[5rem] border border-blue-400 rounded px-1 py-0.5 text-xs bg-white text-center"
           data-testid={`em-time-end-${meeting.id}`}
         />
       </div>
diff --git a/artifacts/tx-os/tests/executive-meetings-keyboard-editing.spec.mjs b/artifacts/tx-os/tests/executive-meetings-keyboard-editing.spec.mjs
index a1bd8e62..e18214bd 100644
--- a/artifacts/tx-os/tests/executive-meetings-keyboard-editing.spec.mjs
+++ b/artifacts/tx-os/tests/executive-meetings-keyboard-editing.spec.mjs
@@ -698,3 +698,266 @@ test("Schedule keyboard: Tab from the title cell reaches the time cell in the sa
   await page.keyboard.press("Enter");
   await expect(page.getByTestId(`em-time-start-${meetingId}`)).toBeFocused();
 });
+
+// -------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Task #308: typing on the keyboard + Enter must save.
+//
+// The historical bug: the time cell used <input type="time">, which
+// only fires onChange when the value is a complete, canonical "HH:MM"
+// string. Typing "9:30" without a leading zero, "0930" compact, "9:30
+// PM", or Arabic-Indic digits left the controlled React state empty,
+// so pressing Enter ran save() with the stale value, equality with
+// the saved value short-circuited, no PATCH fired, and the cell
+// snapped back to "—" (or the prior value) — looking to the user
+// like Enter "didn't save".
+//
+// These cases exercise each typed shape through the full UI stack
+// (keystrokes → React state → save() → PATCH → DB → refetched cell
+// text) so a regression at any layer trips a test.
+// -------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// Reusable helper: open a meeting's time cell, focus the start input,
+// clear it, type a new value, do the same for end, press Enter, and
+// wait for the PATCH + day GET refetch.
+async function typeTimesAndSave(page, meetingId, date, startText, endText) {
+  const timeCell = page.getByTestId(`em-time-${meetingId}`);
+  await timeCell.evaluate((el) => el.focus());
+  await page.keyboard.press("Enter");
+  const startInput = page.getByTestId(`em-time-start-${meetingId}`);
+  const endInput = page.getByTestId(`em-time-end-${meetingId}`);
+  await expect(startInput).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(startInput).toBeFocused();
+
+  // Clear and type into start. Use page.keyboard.type for the AR-digit
+  // case so the OS IME doesn't intercept; for ASCII we use fill() which
+  // is faster and equivalent.
+  await startInput.click();
+  await page.keyboard.press("ControlOrMeta+a");
+  await page.keyboard.press("Delete");
+  await page.keyboard.type(startText, { delay: 10 });
+
+  await endInput.click();
+  await page.keyboard.press("ControlOrMeta+a");
+  await page.keyboard.press("Delete");
+  await page.keyboard.type(endText, { delay: 10 });
+
+  const savePromise = page.waitForResponse(
+    (resp) => {
+      const u = new URL(resp.url());
+      return (
+        u.pathname === `/api/executive-meetings/${meetingId}` &&
+        resp.request().method() === "PATCH" &&
+        resp.ok()
+      );
+    },
+    { timeout: 15_000 },
+  );
+  const refetchPromise = waitForDayRefetch(page, date);
+  await page.keyboard.press("Enter");
+  await Promise.all([savePromise, refetchPromise]);
+}
+
+// Each row in this matrix is one accepted typing shape from the task's
+// "Done looks like" list. Both fields use the same shape so the
+// assertions stay simple, and the tested shapes intentionally vary in
+// hour/minute so a test that accidentally passes by reading stale
+// state (rather than the new value) would fail.
+const TYPING_SHAPES = [
+  { offset: 8,  label: "canonical 24h",        startText: "13:30", endText: "14:45", expectStart: "13:30:00", expectEnd: "14:45:00" },
+  { offset: 9,  label: "no leading zero",      startText: "9:30",  endText: "10:45", expectStart: "09:30:00", expectEnd: "10:45:00" },
+  { offset: 10, label: "compact HHMM",         startText: "0930",  endText: "1045",  expectStart: "09:30:00", expectEnd: "10:45:00" },
+  { offset: 11, label: "12h with PM",          startText: "9:30 AM", endText: "9:30 PM", expectStart: "09:30:00", expectEnd: "21:30:00" },
+];
+
+for (const shape of TYPING_SHAPES) {
+  test(`Schedule keyboard: typing "${shape.label}" + Enter saves and PATCH succeeds`, async ({
+    page,
+  }) => {
+    await setLangEn(page);
+    // Each shape gets its own future date offset so the loop never
+    // collides on the (date, daily_number) unique constraint when
+    // these tests run in the same worker.
+    const date = uniqueFutureDate(shape.offset);
+    const meetingId = await insertMeeting({
+      meetingDate: date,
+      dailyNumber: 1,
+      titleEn: `KbdType ${shape.label} ${Date.now().toString(36)}`,
+      titleAr: `إدخال ${shape.label} ${Date.now().toString(36)}`,
+      // Seed with an empty time cell so we exercise the
+      // "type from scratch" path the user reported broken.
+      startTime: null,
+      endTime: null,
+    });
+
+    await gotoMeetingRow(page, meetingId, date);
+
+    await typeTimesAndSave(page, meetingId, date, shape.startText, shape.endText);
+
+    const timeCell = page.getByTestId(`em-time-${meetingId}`);
+    await expect(page.getByTestId(`em-time-start-${meetingId}`)).toHaveCount(0);
+    await expect(page.getByTestId(`em-time-end-${meetingId}`)).toHaveCount(0);
+    // Don't pin the displayed text format — formatTime() picks 12h/24h
+    // per locale and the dash glyph varies. The DB row is the source
+    // of truth and is asserted below.
+    await expect(timeCell).not.toHaveText("—", { timeout: 10_000 });
+
+    const { rows } = await pool.query(
+      `SELECT start_time, end_time FROM executive_meetings WHERE id = $1`,
+      [meetingId],
+    );
+    expect(String(rows[0].start_time)).toBe(shape.expectStart);
+    expect(String(rows[0].end_time)).toBe(shape.expectEnd);
+  });
+}
+
+test("Schedule keyboard (AR): typing Arabic-Indic digits + Enter saves canonical HH:MM", async ({
+  page,
+}) => {
+  // Default lang is Arabic — don't set EN. This mirrors how an Arabic
+  // user types times from their keyboard layout.
+  const date = uniqueFutureDate(13);
+  const meetingId = await insertMeeting({
+    meetingDate: date,
+    dailyNumber: 1,
+    titleEn: `KbdAr ${Date.now().toString(36)}`,
+    titleAr: `أرقام عربية ${Date.now().toString(36)}`,
+    startTime: null,
+    endTime: null,
+  });
+
+  await gotoMeetingRow(page, meetingId, date);
+
+  // ٠٩:٣٠ -> 09:30, ١٠:٤٥ -> 10:45
+  await typeTimesAndSave(page, meetingId, date, "٠٩:٣٠", "١٠:٤٥");
+
+  const { rows } = await pool.query(
+    `SELECT start_time, end_time FROM executive_meetings WHERE id = $1`,
+    [meetingId],
+  );
+  expect(String(rows[0].start_time)).toBe("09:30:00");
+  expect(String(rows[0].end_time)).toBe("10:45:00");
+});
+
+test("Schedule keyboard: typing an unparseable time + Enter shows a toast and does NOT save", async ({
+  page,
+}) => {
+  await setLangEn(page);
+  const date = uniqueFutureDate(14);
+  const meetingId = await insertMeeting({
+    meetingDate: date,
+    dailyNumber: 1,
+    titleEn: `KbdBad ${Date.now().toString(36)}`,
+    titleAr: `غير صالح ${Date.now().toString(36)}`,
+    startTime: "08:00:00",
+    endTime: "09:00:00",
+  });
+
+  await gotoMeetingRow(page, meetingId, date);
+
+  // Spy on PATCH — none should fire for an unparseable typed value.
+  let patchSeen = false;
+  page.on("response", (resp) => {
+    try {
+      const u = new URL(resp.url());
+      if (
+        u.pathname === `/api/executive-meetings/${meetingId}` &&
+        resp.request().method() === "PATCH"
+      ) {
+        patchSeen = true;
+      }
+    } catch {
+      /* ignore */
+    }
+  });
+
+  const timeCell = page.getByTestId(`em-time-${meetingId}`);
+  await timeCell.evaluate((el) => el.focus());
+  await page.keyboard.press("Enter");
+  const startInput = page.getByTestId(`em-time-start-${meetingId}`);
+  await expect(startInput).toBeFocused();
+  await startInput.click();
+  await page.keyboard.press("ControlOrMeta+a");
+  await page.keyboard.press("Delete");
+  await page.keyboard.type("25:99", { delay: 10 });
+
+  await page.keyboard.press("Enter");
+
+  // Editor must STAY open so the user can fix the typo. Toast surfaces
+  // the parse error.
+  await expect(startInput).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(startInput).toBeFocused();
+  // Match the toast title specifically. The toast also surfaces an
+  // ARIA live-region copy for screen readers, so without a scope the
+  // pattern resolves to two elements and trips strict mode.
+  await expect(
+    page
+      .locator('[data-component-name="ToastTitle"]')
+      .filter({ hasText: /Time format isn't valid|اكتب الوقت مثل/ }),
+  ).toBeVisible({ timeout: 5_000 });
+
+  // No PATCH should have been sent for the bad value.
+  await page.waitForTimeout(300);
+  expect(patchSeen).toBe(false);
+
+  // DB stayed at the seeded values.
+  const { rows } = await pool.query(
+    `SELECT start_time, end_time FROM executive_meetings WHERE id = $1`,
+    [meetingId],
+  );
+  expect(String(rows[0].start_time)).toBe("08:00:00");
+  expect(String(rows[0].end_time)).toBe("09:00:00");
+});
+
+test("Schedule keyboard: Tab between start and end preserves the typed start value, Enter on end saves both", async ({
+  page,
+}) => {
+  await setLangEn(page);
+  const date = uniqueFutureDate(15);
+  const meetingId = await insertMeeting({
+    meetingDate: date,
+    dailyNumber: 1,
+    titleEn: `KbdTab ${Date.now().toString(36)}`,
+    titleAr: `تابات ${Date.now().toString(36)}`,
+    startTime: null,
+    endTime: null,
+  });
+
+  await gotoMeetingRow(page, meetingId, date);
+
+  const timeCell = page.getByTestId(`em-time-${meetingId}`);
+  await timeCell.evaluate((el) => el.focus());
+  await page.keyboard.press("Enter");
+  const startInput = page.getByTestId(`em-time-start-${meetingId}`);
+  const endInput = page.getByTestId(`em-time-end-${meetingId}`);
+  await expect(startInput).toBeFocused();
+
+  // Type into start, then Tab forward and type into end. The Tab
+  // commit path is what historically lost the start value when the
+  // input was type="time" because no canonical onChange had fired yet.
+  await page.keyboard.type("7:15", { delay: 10 });
+  await page.keyboard.press("Tab");
+  await expect(endInput).toBeFocused();
+  await page.keyboard.type("8:45", { delay: 10 });
+
+  const savePromise = page.waitForResponse(
+    (resp) => {
+      const u = new URL(resp.url());
+      return (
+        u.pathname === `/api/executive-meetings/${meetingId}` &&
+        resp.request().method() === "PATCH" &&
+        resp.ok()
+      );
+    },
+    { timeout: 15_000 },
+  );
+  const refetchPromise = waitForDayRefetch(page, date);
+  await page.keyboard.press("Enter");
+  await Promise.all([savePromise, refetchPromise]);
+
+  const { rows } = await pool.query(
+    `SELECT start_time, end_time FROM executive_meetings WHERE id = $1`,
+    [meetingId],
+  );
+  expect(String(rows[0].start_time)).toBe("07:15:00");
+  expect(String(rows[0].end_time)).toBe("08:45:00");
+});
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