diff --git a/scripts/src/hwlab-node-web-observe-runner-control-source.ts b/scripts/src/hwlab-node-web-observe-runner-control-source.ts
index 400a90b5..d7a72f07 100644
--- a/scripts/src/hwlab-node-web-observe-runner-control-source.ts
+++ b/scripts/src/hwlab-node-web-observe-runner-control-source.ts
@@ -1120,12 +1120,14 @@ async function waitForProjectManagementCommandReady(options = {}) {
   while (Date.now() <= deadline) {
     last = await projectManagementCommandSnapshot();
     const path = String(last?.path || safeUrlPath(currentPageUrl()) || "");
+    const needsTask = /\/tasks\//u.test(path);
+    const selectedTaskReady = Boolean(last?.selectedTaskId || last?.selectedTaskRef?.hash || last?.taskBodyVisible === true || last?.launchButtonVisible === true);
+    const taskCollectionReady = Number(last?.taskCount || 0) > 0;
     const baseReady = last?.pageKind === "project-management-mdtodo"
       && Number(last?.sourceCount || 0) > 0
       && Number(last?.fileCount || 0) > 0
-      && Number(last?.taskCount || 0) > 0;
-    const needsTask = /\/tasks\//u.test(path);
-    const taskReady = !needsTask || Boolean(last?.selectedTaskId || last?.selectedTaskRef?.hash || last?.taskBodyVisible === true || last?.launchButtonVisible === true);
+      && (needsTask ? selectedTaskReady : taskCollectionReady);
+    const taskReady = !needsTask || selectedTaskReady;
     const needsReport = /\/reports\//u.test(path);
     const reportReady = !needsReport || last?.reportPreviewVisible === true || last?.reportFullscreenVisible === true;
     if (baseReady && taskReady && reportReady) return { ok: true, reason: "project-management-command-ready", durationMs: Date.now() - started, snapshot: last, valuesRedacted: true };
diff --git a/scripts/src/hwlab-node-web-observe-runner-sampling-source.test.ts b/scripts/src/hwlab-node-web-observe-runner-sampling-source.test.ts
index c72f3596..2462b356 100644
--- a/scripts/src/hwlab-node-web-observe-runner-sampling-source.test.ts
+++ b/scripts/src/hwlab-node-web-observe-runner-sampling-source.test.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   nodeWebObserveRunnerSamplingSource,
 } from "./hwlab-node-web-observe-runner-sampling-source";
 import { nodeWebObserveAnalyzerProjectSource } from "./hwlab-node-web-observe-analyzer-project-source";
+import { nodeWebObserveRunnerControlSource } from "./hwlab-node-web-observe-runner-control-source";
 
 test("MDTODO task tree pane gap treats the pinned facts footer as content", async () => {
   assert.match(
@@ -93,3 +94,40 @@ test("MDTODO pane gap ignores a naturally short task tree but keeps primary pane
     1,
   );
 });
+
+test("MDTODO command readiness accepts a selected mobile task when the hidden tree has no visible rows", async () => {
+  const source = nodeWebObserveRunnerControlSource();
+  const makeReady = (snapshot: Record<string, unknown>) => new Function(
+    "projectManagementCommandSnapshot",
+    "safeUrlPath",
+    "currentPageUrl",
+    "page",
+    `${source}; return waitForProjectManagementCommandReady;`,
+  )(
+    async () => snapshot,
+    () => String(snapshot.path ?? ""),
+    () => `https://hwlab.pikapython.com${String(snapshot.path ?? "")}`,
+    { waitForTimeout: async () => undefined },
+  ) as (options: { timeoutMs: number }) => Promise<{ ok: boolean; reason: string }>;
+
+  const selectedMobileTask = {
+    path: "/projects/mdtodo/sources/source/files/file/tasks/R1",
+    pageKind: "project-management-mdtodo",
+    sourceCount: 3,
+    fileCount: 18,
+    taskCount: 0,
+    selectedTaskRef: { hash: "sha256:opaque" },
+    taskBodyVisible: true,
+    launchButtonVisible: true,
+  };
+  assert.equal((await makeReady(selectedMobileTask)({ timeoutMs: 1 })).ok, true);
+
+  const unselectedRoot = {
+    path: "/projects/mdtodo",
+    pageKind: "project-management-mdtodo",
+    sourceCount: 3,
+    fileCount: 18,
+    taskCount: 0,
+  };
+  assert.equal((await makeReady(unselectedRoot)({ timeoutMs: 1 })).ok, false);
+});