diff --git a/scripts/check_freshness.py b/scripts/check_freshness.py
index 4dfd8a1f..217ca46c 100644
--- a/scripts/check_freshness.py
+++ b/scripts/check_freshness.py
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ def check_targets(
         with overrides_path.open(encoding="utf-8") as fh:
             overrides = yaml_load(fh) or {}
     index = profile_name_index(profiles)
-    scrapers = {} if offline else _target_scrapers()
+    scrapers = _target_scrapers()
     findings: list[Finding] = []
     today = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
 
@@ -485,6 +485,15 @@ def check_targets(
             old = yaml_load(fh) or {}
         module = scrapers.get(platform)
         targets = old.get("targets") or {}
+        if module is not None and offline:
+            # Scraped, so offline means not compared: SKIPPED, as every other
+            # section says it. Labelled static and OK, a list 400 days old
+            # read as current.
+            stamp = str(old.get("scraped_at", ""))[:10]
+            out = [Finding("targets", platform, SKIPPED, local=stamp, detail="offline")]
+            missing = unresolved_target_cores(old, index, _platform_overrides(overrides, platform))
+            out.extend(_unresolved_findings(platform, missing))
+            return out
         if module is None and targets and all(
             (t or {}).get("cores", []) is None for t in targets.values()
         ):
diff --git a/tests/test_check_freshness.py b/tests/test_check_freshness.py
index 25719c74..8d7d0892 100644
--- a/tests/test_check_freshness.py
+++ b/tests/test_check_freshness.py
@@ -330,6 +330,25 @@ class RepositoryWiringTests(unittest.TestCase):
         solo = [f for f in findings if f.subject == "solo"]
         self.assertEqual([(f.status, f.detail) for f in solo], [(cf.OK, "every declared core")])
 
+    def test_a_scraped_target_offline_is_skipped_not_ok(self):
+        """Offline, scraped target lists were labelled static and counted OK
+        without any comparison, so a list 400 days old read as current."""
+        import tempfile  # noqa: PLC0415
+        from pathlib import Path as _Path  # noqa: PLC0415
+
+        scraped = sorted(cf._target_scrapers())
+        self.assertTrue(scraped)
+        platform = scraped[0]
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(dir=REPO_ROOT / "tmp") as tmp:
+            targets = _Path(tmp) / "targets"
+            targets.mkdir()
+            (targets / f"{platform}.yml").write_text(
+                f"platform: {platform}\nscraped_at: '2025-01-01'\n"
+                "targets:\n  one:\n    cores: []\n")
+            findings = cf.check_targets(_Path(tmp), _Path(tmp), {}, 1, True)
+        row = [f for f in findings if f.subject == platform]
+        self.assertEqual([(f.status, f.detail) for f in row], [(cf.SKIPPED, "offline")])
+
     def test_romm_emulatorjs_pin_is_read_from_its_dockerfile(self):
         """emulatorjs.yml is no registered platform: a RomM image moving to
         another EmulatorJS changed the cores its users run, unnoticed."""