diff --git a/docs/modding.md b/docs/modding.md
index d42f4418..f0286579 100644
--- a/docs/modding.md
+++ b/docs/modding.md
@@ -208,7 +208,9 @@ local deleted, code, message = mod.storage:delete(game, "history/quick/q0001")
 
 `context` returns `{ engineVersion, gameVersion, playthroughId }`. The engine
 version is compatibility metadata; physical launcher-slot and path identity stays
-private.
+private. A title-selected context may additionally contain `normalSavedAt`, the
+validated matching ordinary-save chronology only; it never exposes normal-save
+progress or a slot/path handle.
 
 At the title screen only, `mod.storage:selected(game)` returns a bound storage
 facade for the launcher-selected existing playthrough, or `nil, code, message`.
diff --git a/docs/rfcs/0006-title-playthrough-checkpoint-resume.md b/docs/rfcs/0006-title-playthrough-checkpoint-resume.md
index a15a4acd..69abedd4 100644
--- a/docs/rfcs/0006-title-playthrough-checkpoint-resume.md
+++ b/docs/rfcs/0006-title-playthrough-checkpoint-resume.md
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ selected existing game-version/playthrough and the calling mod id. It neither
 accepts an arbitrary playthrough id nor reveals a slot id, filesystem path, or
 another mod namespace. Resolution is read-only; no selected mapping means
 `no_selected_playthrough`, and opening a title browser never mints an identity.
+Its detached context can include only `normalSavedAt` from a matching ordinary
+save, so title tools can apply their own resume policy without receiving the
+canonical normal-save record.
 
 ### `mod.checkpoints:resume(game, checkpoint)`
 
diff --git a/src/core/SaveData.lua b/src/core/SaveData.lua
index efb29deb..93b43a06 100644
--- a/src/core/SaveData.lua
+++ b/src/core/SaveData.lua
@@ -630,6 +630,15 @@ local function tryMigrateLegacy(version, fs)
   local opts = SaveData.loadOptions(fs)
   opts.saveSlots = opts.saveSlots or {}
   opts.saveSlots[version] = { list = { id }, active = id }
+  -- A tool may have allocated the legacy scope before the player made their
+  -- first ordinary SAVE. Promoting that flat save into slot1 must preserve the
+  -- same opaque identity; otherwise title-selected mod storage becomes
+  -- unreachable after the migration even though every durable record exists.
+  local ids = opts.playthroughIds and opts.playthroughIds[version]
+  if type(ids) == "table" and type(ids.legacy) == "string" and ids.legacy ~= "" then
+    if type(ids[id]) ~= "string" or ids[id] == "" then ids[id] = ids.legacy end
+    ids.legacy = nil
+  end
   SaveData.saveOptions(opts, fs)
   return id
 end
@@ -655,9 +664,9 @@ end
 
 -- (body for the forward-declared saveNames.)  Resolves the ACTIVE slot for
 -- the version, falling back to the flat legacy names when no slot is in use.
-function saveNames(version)
+function saveNames(version, injectedFs)
   version = version or GameVersion.get()
-  local fs = persistFs(nil)
+  local fs = persistFs(injectedFs)
   ensureVersionSlots(version, fs)
   local slot = activeSlotCache[version]
   if slot then return slotNames(version, slot) end
@@ -984,9 +993,13 @@ function SaveData.selectedPlaythroughId(save, injectedFs)
   local id = save.meta and save.meta.playthroughId
   if type(id) == "string" and id ~= "" then return id end
 
+  -- Resolve the selected scope first. That may perform the one-time legacy
+  -- save-to-slot migration, which also moves the opaque identity mapping; only
+  -- then read options so this lookup never observes the pre-migration table.
+  local scope = playthroughScope(version, injectedFs)
   local opts = SaveData.loadOptions(injectedFs)
   local byVersion = opts.playthroughIds and opts.playthroughIds[version]
-  id = byVersion and byVersion[playthroughScope(version, injectedFs)] or nil
+  id = byVersion and byVersion[scope] or nil
   if type(id) ~= "string" or id == "" then
     return nil, "no_selected_playthrough",
       "The selected playthrough has no durable tool state."
@@ -994,6 +1007,34 @@ function SaveData.selectedPlaythroughId(save, injectedFs)
   return id
 end
 
+-- Read only the chronology of the ordinary selected save for title tools.
+-- This intentionally returns no canonical progress, slot id, path, or raw
+-- save handle. A legacy pre-id normal save is valid when the selected scope's
+-- engine-owned mapping identifies it; a stamped id must match exactly.
+function SaveData.selectedNormalSaveInfo(save, injectedFs)
+  local playthroughId, code, message = SaveData.selectedPlaythroughId(save, injectedFs)
+  if not playthroughId then return nil, code, message end
+  local version = save and (save.version or GameVersion.get())
+  local fs = persistFs(injectedFs)
+  local main, backup, staged = saveNames(version, injectedFs)
+  local normal = readTable(fs, main)
+    or readTable(fs, staged)
+    or readTable(fs, backup)
+  if type(normal) ~= "table" or normal.version ~= version then
+    return { savedAt = nil }
+  end
+  local normalId = normal.meta and normal.meta.playthroughId
+  if type(normalId) == "string" and normalId ~= "" and normalId ~= playthroughId then
+    return { savedAt = nil }
+  end
+  local savedAt = normal.meta and normal.meta.savedAt
+  if type(savedAt) ~= "number" or savedAt < 0 or savedAt ~= savedAt
+      or savedAt == math.huge or savedAt == -math.huge then
+    savedAt = nil
+  end
+  return { savedAt = savedAt }
+end
+
 -- ------- meta
 
 -- the version/engine/mod-set stamp every v2 save carries; mods is the
diff --git a/src/mods/Storage.lua b/src/mods/Storage.lua
index 253e92ef..31456566 100644
--- a/src/mods/Storage.lua
+++ b/src/mods/Storage.lua
@@ -116,12 +116,20 @@ function Storage:selected(game)
     gameVersion = version,
     playthroughId = playthroughId,
   }
+  local normal = SaveData.selectedNormalSaveInfo(save, self.injectedFs)
+  if type(normal) == "table" and normal.savedAt ~= nil then
+    context.normalSavedAt = normal.savedAt
+  end
   return {
-    context = function() return {
-      engineVersion = context.engineVersion,
-      gameVersion = context.gameVersion,
-      playthroughId = context.playthroughId,
-    } end,
+    context = function()
+      local copy = {
+        engineVersion = context.engineVersion,
+        gameVersion = context.gameVersion,
+        playthroughId = context.playthroughId,
+      }
+      if context.normalSavedAt ~= nil then copy.normalSavedAt = context.normalSavedAt end
+      return copy
+    end,
     read = function(_, key) return self:read(selectedGame, key) end,
     write = function(_, key, value) return self:write(selectedGame, key, value) end,
     list = function(_, prefix) return self:list(selectedGame, prefix) end,
diff --git a/tests/modkit/cases/title_playthrough_context.lua b/tests/modkit/cases/title_playthrough_context.lua
index 85df744c..7bc21835 100644
--- a/tests/modkit/cases/title_playthrough_context.lua
+++ b/tests/modkit/cases/title_playthrough_context.lua
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ local T = require("tests.harness").suite("mod title playthrough context")
 local Loader = require("src.mods.Loader")
 local Runtime = require("src.mods.Runtime")
 local SaveData = require("src.core.SaveData")
+local SaveSerializer = require("src.core.SaveSerializer")
 local Version = require("src.core.Version")
 local GameMethods = require("src.core.Game")
 local StateStack = require("src.core.StateStack")
@@ -227,6 +228,28 @@ if type(storage) == "table" then
       "failed title reconstruction never writes a normal Pokémon save")
   end
 
+  -- A title policy may compare its own durable checkpoint chronology with the
+  -- ordinary CONTINUE target, but it must never receive that save's contents,
+  -- slot path, or a way to open another playthrough. This fixture writes the
+  -- canonical normal save directly to model an already-completed vanilla SAVE.
+  active.save.meta.savedAt = 4321
+  fs.write("save.lua", SaveSerializer.encode(active.save))
+  SaveData.resetSlotState()
+  local titleWithNormalSave = {
+    save = SaveData.newGame({ version = "red" }),
+    stack = { states = { { screenId = "TitleState" } } },
+  }
+  local selectedWithNormal, normalCode, normalMessage = storage:selected(titleWithNormalSave)
+  T.check(type(selectedWithNormal) == "table",
+    "legacy-to-slot migration keeps the selected playthrough identity: "
+      .. tostring(normalCode or normalMessage))
+  if type(selectedWithNormal) == "table" then
+    T.eq(selectedWithNormal:context().normalSavedAt, 4321,
+      "title selected context exposes only matching normal-save chronology")
+  end
+  T.check(titleWithNormalSave.save.meta.playthroughId == nil,
+    "normal-save chronology lookup does not bind the fresh title skeleton")
+
   local explicitNewGame = SaveData.newGame({ version = "red" })
   local freshContext = storage:context({ save = explicitNewGame })
   T.check(freshContext and freshContext.playthroughId ~= originalId,