diff --git a/scripts/src/mdtodo-safe-input-adoption.test.ts b/scripts/src/mdtodo-safe-input-adoption.test.ts
index 19d011ea..fad0ea9d 100644
--- a/scripts/src/mdtodo-safe-input-adoption.test.ts
+++ b/scripts/src/mdtodo-safe-input-adoption.test.ts
@@ -22,9 +22,11 @@ describe("MDTODO safe title stdin adoption", () => {
     const temporary = mkdtempSync("/tmp/unidesk-mdtodo-safe-input-");
     try {
       const source = join(temporary, "source");
+      const staleSource = join(temporary, "stale-source");
       const staleTarget = join(temporary, "stale-target");
       const readyTarget = join(temporary, "ready-target");
       writeFixture(source, true);
+      writeFixture(staleSource, false);
       writeFixture(staleTarget, false);
       writeFixture(readyTarget, true);
 
@@ -41,6 +43,14 @@ describe("MDTODO safe title stdin adoption", () => {
         freshness: "ready",
         warning: null,
       });
+      expect(collectMdtodoSafeTitleStdinCapability(staleSource, readyTarget)).toMatchObject({
+        nonBlocking: true,
+        ready: true,
+        freshness: "source-stale",
+        source: { ready: false },
+        target: { ready: true },
+        warning: expect.stringContaining("approved source"),
+      });
     } finally {
       rmSync(temporary, { recursive: true, force: true });
     }
diff --git a/src/components/microservices/code-queue/src/skill-availability.ts b/src/components/microservices/code-queue/src/skill-availability.ts
index 8cf0f127..a89ed208 100644
--- a/src/components/microservices/code-queue/src/skill-availability.ts
+++ b/src/components/microservices/code-queue/src/skill-availability.ts
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ function probeMdtodoSafeTitleStdin(skillsPath: string): MdtodoSafeTitleStdinProb
 export function collectMdtodoSafeTitleStdinCapability(sourcePath: string, targetPath: string): MdtodoSafeTitleStdinCapability {
   const source = probeMdtodoSafeTitleStdin(sourcePath);
   const target = probeMdtodoSafeTitleStdin(targetPath);
-  const freshness = target.ready
+  const freshness = source.ready && target.ready
     ? "ready"
     : source.ready
       ? "target-stale"