diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/editor/AppEditorHeader.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/editor/AppEditorHeader.svelte
index fec66ae4dc..666aa9926a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/editor/AppEditorHeader.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/editor/AppEditorHeader.svelte
@@ -497,7 +497,9 @@
 			onLatest = appVersion?.version === undefined || base === appVersion?.version
 		} catch (e) {
 			console.error('Error comparing versions', e)
-			onLatest = true
+			// The head is what this compares against, so an unanswered read is not
+			// evidence of being current: confirm, as an unclaimable deploy does.
+			onLatest = false
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/raw_apps/RawAppEditorHeader.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/raw_apps/RawAppEditorHeader.svelte
index 4f02f8d772..3a660199f0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/raw_apps/RawAppEditorHeader.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/raw_apps/RawAppEditorHeader.svelte
@@ -638,7 +638,9 @@
 			onLatest = appVersion?.version === undefined || version === appVersion?.version
 		} catch (e) {
 			console.error('Error comparing versions', e)
-			onLatest = true
+			// The head is what this compares against, so an unanswered read is not
+			// evidence of being current: confirm, as an unclaimable deploy does.
+			onLatest = false
 		}
 	}