diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 485f744a..382895a6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
 - Made staged, reviewed and applied release evidence write-once. An idempotent
   apply validates and reuses the existing evidence instead of changing its
   timestamp or authorization history.
+- Made the read-only source-freshness audit prefer the governed official
+  `YYYY.NN` orthophoto edition over retained legacy `most_recent_at_*` labels,
+  while preserving the existing rolling-source review interval.
 
 ## Sprint 230 Governed orthophoto release preflight (2026-07-17)
 
diff --git a/backend/app/services/source_freshness_service.py b/backend/app/services/source_freshness_service.py
index c7a0a3ef..ab8dc7cb 100644
--- a/backend/app/services/source_freshness_service.py
+++ b/backend/app/services/source_freshness_service.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from collections import defaultdict
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
 from pathlib import Path
+import re
 from typing import Iterable
 from uuid import UUID
 
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ SOURCE_POLICIES: dict[str, SourcePolicy] = {
 }
 
 DEFAULT_POLICY = SourcePolicy("Niet-geclassificeerde bron", "edition")
+_ORTHOPHOTO_EDITION = re.compile(r"^20\d{2}\.\d{2}$")
 
 
 def _as_utc(value: datetime | None) -> datetime | None:
@@ -81,10 +83,16 @@ def _latest_dataset(datasets: list[Dataset]) -> Dataset:
     )
 
 
-def _latest_source_version(policy: SourcePolicy, datasets: list[Dataset]) -> str | None:
+def _latest_source_version(source_name: str, policy: SourcePolicy, datasets: list[Dataset]) -> str | None:
     versioned = [item for item in datasets if item.source_version]
     if not versioned:
         return None
+    if source_name == "digitaal_vlaanderen_orthophoto":
+        official_editions = [
+            item for item in versioned if _ORTHOPHOTO_EDITION.fullmatch((item.source_version or "").strip())
+        ]
+        if official_editions:
+            return _latest_dataset(official_editions).source_version
     if policy.refresh_policy == "rolling_snapshot":
         named_current = [
             item
@@ -258,7 +266,7 @@ class SourceFreshnessService:
                     version_count=sum(len(versions_by_dataset.get(item.id, [])) for item in source_datasets),
                     latest_imported_at=_latest_datetime(item.imported_at for item in source_datasets),
                     latest_observed_at=_latest_datetime(item.observed_at for item in source_datasets),
-                    latest_source_version=_latest_source_version(policy, source_datasets),
+                    latest_source_version=_latest_source_version(source_name, policy, source_datasets),
                     refresh_policy=policy.refresh_policy,
                     review_interval_days=policy.review_interval_days,
                     next_review_at=next_review_at,
diff --git a/backend/tests/test_sprint221_source_freshness_audit.py b/backend/tests/test_sprint221_source_freshness_audit.py
index cf628cbe..d5386083 100644
--- a/backend/tests/test_sprint221_source_freshness_audit.py
+++ b/backend/tests/test_sprint221_source_freshness_audit.py
@@ -157,6 +157,33 @@ def test_rolling_orthophoto_prefers_explicit_current_snapshot_over_historical_ob
     assert report.items[0].latest_source_version == "most_recent_at_2026-07-14"
 
 
+def test_orthophoto_freshness_prefers_governed_official_edition_over_rolling_marker() -> None:
+    legacy = _dataset(
+        "digitaal_vlaanderen_orthophoto",
+        imported_at=NOW - timedelta(days=2),
+        observed_at=datetime(2026, 7, 15, tzinfo=timezone.utc),
+        source_version="most_recent_at_2026-07-15",
+    )
+    official = _dataset(
+        "digitaal_vlaanderen_orthophoto",
+        imported_at=NOW - timedelta(days=1),
+        observed_at=datetime(2025, 4, 5, tzinfo=timezone.utc),
+        source_version="2025.04",
+    )
+
+    report = SourceFreshnessService.build_report(
+        legacy.project_id,
+        [legacy, official],
+        [_version(legacy), _version(official)],
+        now=NOW,
+    )
+
+    item = report.items[0]
+    assert item.latest_source_version == "2025.04"
+    assert item.refresh_policy == "rolling_snapshot"
+    assert item.review_interval_days == 180
+
+
 def test_spatial_partitions_do_not_become_a_false_historical_series() -> None:
     first = _dataset(
         "dov_soil_map",
diff --git a/docs/CODEX_EXECUTION_LOG.md b/docs/CODEX_EXECUTION_LOG.md
index 9a1be236..174e76ef 100644
--- a/docs/CODEX_EXECUTION_LOG.md
+++ b/docs/CODEX_EXECUTION_LOG.md
@@ -9791,13 +9791,49 @@ Implemented:
   the original checksum-bound evidence and never rewrite approval history.
 
 Validation so far:
-- 38 focused Sprint 222/230/231 tests pass with deprecations treated as errors.
-  Coverage includes official-edition ordering, first-baseline authorization,
-  GetMap allowlisting/limits, RGB/CRS normalization, preview generation,
-  tampering, preflight drift, named review, loopback-only apply and complete
-  upload provenance.
+- 48 focused Sprint 221/222/230/231 tests pass. The release-management suite
+  contains 11 direct plan/stage/review/apply tests. Coverage includes
+  official-edition ordering in both catalog and source-freshness views,
+  first-baseline authorization, GetMap allowlisting/limits, RGB/CRS
+  normalization, preview generation, tampering, preflight drift, named review,
+  loopback-only apply and complete upload provenance.
+- Complete local readiness passed with 878 backend tests, 110 documented
+  routes, one Alembic head `202607160001`, frontend typecheck and production
+  build. Target compile and Ruff checks also passed.
+
+Live validation:
+- Commits `06d05f0` and `0c2ebc1` were pushed, deployed through the repository
+  to Tower and validated against PostGIS 3.6. The all-in-one container became
+  healthy on port 1202 and passed migrations, schema/collation, API proxy and
+  browser shell checks.
+- The packaged operator staged official edition `2025.04` for bbox
+  `5.110,51.180,5.117,51.185`: one 921,848-byte official WMS response became a
+  496x562, three-band EPSG:31370 GeoTIFF at an approximately one-metre grid.
+  All 20 deterministic flight-day samples reported `2025-04-05`.
+- The generated preview was visually inspected as a complete RGB orthophoto
+  with expected Mol roads, buildings and sports context. Named review bound
+  plan SHA-256 `c6cefd19dc60d7469b4885d9d1f5eff4e52a88808bbe3ac21879c5650e558662`
+  and review SHA-256
+  `9f0a3a65eb184fea7f91daa5018c0980ed03b792bd465a98c65f2add2413d90b`.
+- Checksum-confirmed apply created exactly one immutable raster Dataset
+  `3cf14603-03da-42f5-b152-4bbecad7d006`; project total moved from 636 to 637.
+  Dataset, version and staged GeoTIFF share SHA-256
+  `f87701de6680f8ad25407996ddfd08056bf0533c05572ae489e9d478a72e7e46`.
+  The canonical API returns the complete request, catalog, flight-date,
+  reviewer and artifact provenance.
+- An idempotent retry retained 637 Datasets and the same Dataset ID. A live
+  audit exposed that the applied-evidence timestamp could still be rewritten;
+  write-once validation was added, tested, redeployed and the evidence file
+  remained byte-identical on the next retry at SHA-256
+  `f4ae7b2315aed9370c8ca04dcb57eabf0c0e49c40cf63a862bb4e69bacd4b16d`.
+- Browser validation at 1920x911 showed a correctly rendered MapLibre canvas,
+  coherent regional layer workflow, no horizontal overflow and no console
+  warnings or errors. A final live API audit found the generic source status
+  still selected a retained rolling label; source-freshness now prefers the
+  official edition without changing the 180-day review policy.
 
 Next:
-- Run complete readiness, deploy the packaged operator to Tower, inspect the
-  live bounded Mol review preview and only then apply the first official
-  `2025.04` immutable baseline with explicit review evidence.
+- Surface the existing release evidence read-only in the operator Status
+  workspace so official/local edition, review identity, Dataset ID and hash
+  integrity can be inspected without shell access. Keep all refresh actions
+  operator-only and outside the browser.