diff --git a/scripts/migration-pr-readiness.mjs b/scripts/migration-pr-readiness.mjs
index e9bf7094d0..db22aafcd7 100644
--- a/scripts/migration-pr-readiness.mjs
+++ b/scripts/migration-pr-readiness.mjs
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ export async function collectReadiness({ env, event, git, api, ledger, collector
   requireFact(sha.test(mainSha) && sha.test(baseSha) && sha.test(headSha) && headSha === event.pull_request.head.sha, 'stale or moving event/base/head')
   for (const revision of [baseSha, headSha]) git(['fetch', '--no-tags', '--filter=blob:none', 'origin', revision])
   // This job checks out main on an isolated runner and never executes candidate code.
-  requireFact(env.GITHUB_WORKFLOW_REF === `${REPOSITORY}/.github/workflows/migration-readiness.yml@refs/heads/main` && env.GITHUB_SHA === baseSha && String(git(['rev-parse', 'HEAD'])).trim() === baseSha, 'trusted current-main workflow checkout required')
+  requireFact(env.GITHUB_WORKFLOW_REF === `${REPOSITORY}/.github/workflows/migration-readiness.yml@refs/heads/main` && String(git(['rev-parse', 'HEAD'])).trim() === baseSha, 'trusted current-main workflow checkout required')
   const blob = (revision, path) => git(['show', `${revision}:${path}`], true)
   const inventory = revision => {
     const names = String(git(['ls-tree', '-r', '--name-only', revision, '--', 'supabase/migrations/'])).trim().split('\n')
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ export async function collectReadiness({ env, event, git, api, ledger, collector
     requireFact(finalPr.state === 'open' && !finalPr.draft && finalPr.head.sha === headSha && finalPr.base.sha === baseSha, 'branch moved during no-SQL fallback')
     return { ok: true, status: 'not_applicable', proof: { baseSha, headSha, collectorSha256 } }
   }
-  requireFact(baseSha === mainSha, 'stale or moving event/base/head')
+  // Only a PR that adds SQL must sit on the current main tip (and the workflow run must be that tip's).
+  requireFact(baseSha === mainSha && env.GITHUB_SHA === baseSha, 'stale or moving event/base/head')
   const paths = reviewedChanges.map(change => change.file)
   const baseModes = gitModes(git, baseSha, paths), headModes = gitModes(git, headSha, paths)
   for (const change of reviewedChanges) { change.baseMode = baseModes.get(change.file) ?? '000000'; change.headMode = headModes.get(change.file) ?? '000000' }
diff --git a/scripts/publish-migration-readiness.cases.mjs b/scripts/publish-migration-readiness.cases.mjs
index 8333bcecbf..9aa3f6ac7d 100644
--- a/scripts/publish-migration-readiness.cases.mjs
+++ b/scripts/publish-migration-readiness.cases.mjs
@@ -38,6 +38,14 @@ test('no-SQL success is posted to candidate head with trusted base/source identi
   assert.equal(receipt.sources['scripts/publish-migration-readiness.mjs'], f.options.publisherSha256)
   assert.ok(!JSON.stringify(f.writes).includes('DO_NOT_SERIALIZE_SECRET'))
 })
+test('no-SQL success does not need the PR base to be the live main tip', async () => {
+  const f = fixture(); f.options.env.GITHUB_SHA = 'e'.repeat(40); await publishReadiness(f.options)
+  assert.equal(f.writes.at(-1).payload.conclusion, 'success')
+})
+test('a SQL result still fails closed when the run is not on the PR base', async () => {
+  const f = fixture('registered_pending_apply'); f.options.env.GITHUB_SHA = 'e'.repeat(40)
+  await assert.rejects(() => publishReadiness(f.options)); assert.equal(f.writes.at(-1).payload.conclusion, 'failure')
+})
 test('registered migration result binds policy, registration and staging run/attempt to exact candidate-head check', async () => {
   const f = fixture('registered_pending_apply'); await publishReadiness(f.options)
   const receipt = JSON.parse(f.writes.at(-1).payload.output.summary.split('\n\n')[1])
@@ -51,7 +59,7 @@ for (const [name, mutate] of [
   ['draft', f => { f.pr.draft = true }],
   ['closed PR', f => { f.pr.state = 'closed' }],
   ['stale event head', f => { f.options.event.pull_request.head.sha = 'e'.repeat(40) }],
-  ['stale main checkout', f => { f.options.env.GITHUB_SHA = 'e'.repeat(40) }],
+  ['checkout that is not the PR base', f => { const git = f.options.git; f.options.git = (args, ...rest) => args[0] === 'rev-parse' ? 'e'.repeat(40) : git(args, ...rest) }],
   ['publisher source mismatch', f => { f.options.publisherSha256 = 'e'.repeat(64) }],
   ['unrecognized workflow ref', f => { f.options.env.GITHUB_WORKFLOW_REF = `${repo}/.github/workflows/migration-readiness.yml@refs/heads/candidate` }],
 ]) test(`refuses ${name} before provider facts or check publication`, async () => { const f = fixture(); mutate(f); await assert.rejects(() => publishReadiness(f.options)); assert.equal(f.evaluateCalls, 0); assert.equal(f.writes.length, 0) })
diff --git a/scripts/publish-migration-readiness.mjs b/scripts/publish-migration-readiness.mjs
index 6b4c3ee770..b4b7d34c38 100644
--- a/scripts/publish-migration-readiness.mjs
+++ b/scripts/publish-migration-readiness.mjs
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ export async function publishReadiness({ env, event, api, git, publisherSha256,
     return { head: pr.head.sha, base: pr.base.sha, main: main.commit.sha }
   }
   const binding = await read()
-  requireFact(env.GITHUB_SHA === binding.base && String(git(['rev-parse', 'HEAD'])).trim() === binding.base, 'current main checkout required')
+  // The checkout is always the PR's own base. A no-SQL result does not need that base to be the live main tip
+  // (main moves every few minutes); a SQL result does, and is refused below when GITHUB_SHA is not the base.
+  requireFact(String(git(['rev-parse', 'HEAD'])).trim() === binding.base, 'current main checkout required')
   const sources = Object.fromEntries(files.map(file => [file, hash(git(['show', `${binding.base}:${file}`], true))]))
   requireFact(digest.test(publisherSha256 ?? '') && sources[files[1]] === publisherSha256, 'publisher differs from trusted main')
   // A no-SQL result needs only the exact head; a SQL result also needs the PR's base to still be current main.
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ export async function publishReadiness({ env, event, api, git, publisherSha256,
   try {
     const result = await evaluate()
     requireFact(result?.ok === true && ['not_applicable', 'strict_parity', 'registered_pending_apply'].includes(result.status), 'evaluation refused')
+    requireFact(result.status === 'not_applicable' || env.GITHUB_SHA === binding.base, 'current main checkout required for SQL PRs')
     const proof = result.proof
     requireFact(proof?.baseSha === binding.base && proof.headSha === binding.head && proof.collectorSha256 === sources[files[0]], 'unbound evaluator result')
     if (result.status === 'registered_pending_apply') requireFact(proof.policySha256 === sources[files[3]] && digest.test(proof.registrationSha256 ?? '') && digest.test(proof.workflowSha256 ?? '') && Number.isSafeInteger(proof.stagingRunId) && proof.stagingRunId > 0 && Number.isSafeInteger(proof.stagingAttempt) && proof.stagingAttempt > 0, 'incomplete registered staging proof')