diff --git a/scripts/ci-code-queue-read-perf.ts b/scripts/ci-code-queue-read-perf.ts
index c7642a89..80fe6b14 100644
--- a/scripts/ci-code-queue-read-perf.ts
+++ b/scripts/ci-code-queue-read-perf.ts
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ async function candidateTasks(url: string): Promise<CandidateTask[]> {
     ...tasks.filter((task) => terminalStatus(task.status) && ((task.stepCount ?? 0) === 0 || task.stepCount === null)),
     ...tasks.filter((task) => terminalStatus(task.status)),
     ...tasks.filter((task) => !terminalStatus(task.status) && task.status !== "queued" && task.status !== "running" && task.status !== "judging"),
+    ...tasks,
   ];
   const seen = new Set<string>();
   return ordered.filter((task) => {
@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@ async function traceSeq(url: string, taskId: string, timeoutMs: number): Promise
 
 async function traceTarget(url: string): Promise<{ taskId: string; skippedTaskIds: string[]; selection: JsonValue }> {
   const tasks = await candidateTasks(url);
-  if (tasks.length === 0) throw new Error("Code Queue CI perf could not find a terminal task id in the production PostgreSQL task table");
+  if (tasks.length === 0) throw new Error("Code Queue CI perf could not find a task id in the production PostgreSQL task table");
   const target = tasks[0];
   if (target === undefined) throw new Error("Code Queue CI perf could not select a task from the production PostgreSQL task table");
   return { taskId: target.id, skippedTaskIds: tasks.slice(1).map((task) => task.id), selection: target as unknown as JsonValue };