diff --git a/libs/playlist/shared/ui/src/lib/playlist-refresh-action.service.spec.ts b/libs/playlist/shared/ui/src/lib/playlist-refresh-action.service.spec.ts
index b87054a3d..e5ebf5ee1 100644
--- a/libs/playlist/shared/ui/src/lib/playlist-refresh-action.service.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/playlist/shared/ui/src/lib/playlist-refresh-action.service.spec.ts
@@ -468,6 +468,8 @@ describe('PlaylistRefreshActionService', () => {
                 },
             ],
             playbackPositions: [],
+            // Normalized state always carries every collection, empty or not.
+            sourcePins: [],
         });
         expect(store.dispatch).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
             PlaylistActions.updatePlaylistMeta({
diff --git a/libs/playlist/shared/ui/src/lib/recent-playlists/recent-playlists.component.spec.ts b/libs/playlist/shared/ui/src/lib/recent-playlists/recent-playlists.component.spec.ts
index b9de1ca97..8c6b5e251 100644
--- a/libs/playlist/shared/ui/src/lib/recent-playlists/recent-playlists.component.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/playlist/shared/ui/src/lib/recent-playlists/recent-playlists.component.spec.ts
@@ -555,6 +555,8 @@ describe('RecentPlaylistsComponent busy state', () => {
                 },
             ],
             playbackPositions: [],
+            // Normalized state always carries every collection, empty or not.
+            sourcePins: [],
         });
         expect(router.navigate).toHaveBeenCalledWith([
             '/workspace',
diff --git a/libs/shared/interfaces/src/lib/xtream-restore-state.util.spec.ts b/libs/shared/interfaces/src/lib/xtream-restore-state.util.spec.ts
index 45a4226c0..6c117b995 100644
--- a/libs/shared/interfaces/src/lib/xtream-restore-state.util.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/shared/interfaces/src/lib/xtream-restore-state.util.spec.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ describe('normalizeXtreamPendingRestoreState', () => {
         favorites: [],
         recentlyViewed: [],
         playbackPositions: [],
+        sourcePins: [],
     };
 
     it.each([null, undefined, 'text', 42, []])(
@@ -17,6 +18,48 @@ describe('normalizeXtreamPendingRestoreState', () => {
         }
     );
 
+    describe('source pins', () => {
+        it('keeps usable pins and drops the rest', () => {
+            const state = normalizeXtreamPendingRestoreState({
+                sourcePins: [
+                    { matchKey: 'tmdb:603', contentId: 501 },
+                    // Nothing addressable: writing either would occupy the
+                    // unique key of a film it does not describe.
+                    { matchKey: '', contentId: 7 },
+                    { matchKey: 'title:dune:1984' },
+                    { contentId: 9 },
+                    'not an object',
+                ],
+            });
+
+            expect(state.sourcePins).toEqual([
+                { matchKey: 'tmdb:603', contentId: 501 },
+            ]);
+        });
+
+        it('keeps a string updatedAt and drops anything else', () => {
+            const state = normalizeXtreamPendingRestoreState({
+                sourcePins: [
+                    {
+                        matchKey: 'tmdb:603',
+                        contentId: 501,
+                        updatedAt: '2026-07-06T09:00:00.000Z',
+                    },
+                    { matchKey: 'tmdb:604', contentId: 502, updatedAt: 17 },
+                ],
+            });
+
+            expect(state.sourcePins).toEqual([
+                {
+                    matchKey: 'tmdb:603',
+                    contentId: 501,
+                    updatedAt: '2026-07-06T09:00:00.000Z',
+                },
+                { matchKey: 'tmdb:604', contentId: 502 },
+            ]);
+        });
+    });
+
     it('falls back to empty arrays for missing or non-array fields', () => {
         expect(
             normalizeXtreamPendingRestoreState({