diff --git a/swh/journal/tests/journal_data.py b/swh/journal/tests/journal_data.py
--- a/swh/journal/tests/journal_data.py
+++ b/swh/journal/tests/journal_data.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 # License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
 
-import copy
 import datetime
 
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Type
@@ -157,58 +156,83 @@
     {
         "origin": ORIGINS[0]["url"],
         "date": datetime.datetime(2013, 5, 7, 4, 20, 39, 369271, tzinfo=UTC),
-        "snapshot": None,
-        "status": "ongoing",
-        "metadata": None,
-        "type": "git",
         "visit": 1,
+        "type": "git",
     },
     {
         "origin": ORIGINS[1]["url"],
         "date": datetime.datetime(2014, 11, 27, 17, 20, 39, tzinfo=UTC),
-        "snapshot": None,
-        "status": "ongoing",
-        "metadata": None,
-        "type": "hg",
         "visit": 1,
+        "type": "hg",
     },
     {
         "origin": ORIGINS[0]["url"],
         "date": datetime.datetime(2018, 11, 27, 17, 20, 39, tzinfo=UTC),
+        "visit": 2,
+        "type": "git",
+    },
+    {
+        "origin": ORIGINS[0]["url"],
+        "date": datetime.datetime(2018, 11, 27, 17, 20, 39, tzinfo=UTC),
+        "visit": 3,
+        "type": "git",
+    },
+    {
+        "origin": ORIGINS[1]["url"],
+        "date": datetime.datetime(2015, 11, 27, 17, 20, 39, tzinfo=UTC),
+        "visit": 2,
+        "type": "hg",
+    },
+]
+
+# The origin-visit-status dates needs to be shifted slightly in the future from their
+# visit dates counterpart. Otherwise, we are hitting storage-wise the "on conflict"
+# ignore policy (because origin-visit-add creates an origin-visit-status with the same
+# parameters from the origin-visit {origin, visit, date}...
+ORIGIN_VISIT_STATUSES = [
+    {
+        "origin": ORIGINS[0]["url"],
+        "date": datetime.datetime(2013, 5, 7, 4, 20, 39, 432222, tzinfo=UTC),
+        "visit": 1,
+        "status": "ongoing",
         "snapshot": None,
+        "metadata": None,
+    },
+    {
+        "origin": ORIGINS[1]["url"],
+        "date": datetime.datetime(2014, 11, 27, 17, 21, 12, tzinfo=UTC),
+        "visit": 1,
         "status": "ongoing",
+        "snapshot": None,
         "metadata": None,
-        "type": "git",
+    },
+    {
+        "origin": ORIGINS[0]["url"],
+        "date": datetime.datetime(2018, 11, 27, 17, 20, 59, tzinfo=UTC),
         "visit": 2,
+        "status": "ongoing",
+        "snapshot": None,
+        "metadata": None,
     },
     {
         "origin": ORIGINS[0]["url"],
-        "date": datetime.datetime(2018, 11, 27, 17, 20, 39, tzinfo=UTC),
-        "snapshot": hash_to_bytes("742cdc6be7bf6e895b055227c2300070f056e07b"),
+        "date": datetime.datetime(2018, 11, 27, 17, 20, 49, tzinfo=UTC),
+        "visit": 3,
         "status": "full",
+        "snapshot": hash_to_bytes("742cdc6be7bf6e895b055227c2300070f056e07b"),
         "metadata": None,
-        "type": "git",
-        "visit": 3,
     },
     {
         "origin": ORIGINS[1]["url"],
-        "date": datetime.datetime(2015, 11, 27, 17, 20, 39, tzinfo=UTC),
-        "snapshot": hash_to_bytes("ecee48397a92b0d034e9752a17459f3691a73ef9"),
+        "date": datetime.datetime(2015, 11, 27, 17, 22, 18, tzinfo=UTC),
+        "visit": 2,
         "status": "partial",
+        "snapshot": hash_to_bytes("ecee48397a92b0d034e9752a17459f3691a73ef9"),
         "metadata": None,
-        "type": "hg",
-        "visit": 2,
     },
 ]
 
 
-ORIGIN_VISIT_STATUSES = []
-for visit in ORIGIN_VISITS:
-    visit_status = copy.deepcopy(visit)
-    visit_status.pop("type")
-    ORIGIN_VISIT_STATUSES.append(visit_status)
-
-
 DIRECTORIES = [
     {"id": hash_to_bytes("4b825dc642cb6eb9a060e54bf8d69288fbee4904"), "entries": ()},
     {
@@ -270,7 +294,11 @@
     "content": CONTENTS,
     "directory": DIRECTORIES,
     "origin": ORIGINS,
-    "origin_visit": ORIGIN_VISITS,
+    "origin_visit": [
+        # temporary adaptation to remove when fields are dropped
+        {**o, "status": None, "snapshot": None, "metadata": None}
+        for o in ORIGIN_VISITS
+    ],
     "origin_visit_status": ORIGIN_VISIT_STATUSES,
     "release": RELEASES,
     "revision": REVISIONS,
diff --git a/swh/journal/tests/test_journal_data.py b/swh/journal/tests/test_journal_data.py
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/swh/journal/tests/test_journal_data.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2020 The Software Heritage developers
+# See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
+# License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
+# See top-level LICENSE file for more information
+
+from swh.journal.tests.journal_data import TEST_OBJECTS
+
+
+def test_ensure_visit_visit_status_date_consistency():
+    """ensure origin-visit-status dates are more recent than their visit counterpart
+
+    The origin-visit-status dates needs to be shifted slightly in the future from their
+    visit dates counterpart. Otherwise, we are hitting storage-wise the "on conflict"
+    ignore policy (because origin-visit-add creates an origin-visit-status with the same
+    parameters from the origin-visit {origin, visit, date}...
+
+    """
+    visits = TEST_OBJECTS["origin_visit"]
+    visit_statuses = TEST_OBJECTS["origin_visit_status"]
+    for visit, visit_status in zip(visits, visit_statuses):
+        assert visit.origin == visit_status.origin
+        assert visit.visit == visit_status.visit
+        assert visit.date < visit_status.date