diff --git a/crates/qbz-models/src/source.rs b/crates/qbz-models/src/source.rs
index ab079eaf2..2034d22f0 100644
--- a/crates/qbz-models/src/source.rs
+++ b/crates/qbz-models/src/source.rs
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ impl PlaybackSource {
     /// The admission-side cast predicate. Offline-cache maps to castable (the
     /// offline copy carries a valid Qobuz track id). This is the method the
     /// QConnect gate consults; is_qobuz_streamable stays "streams live from Qobuz".
+    ///
+    /// Shared QConnect-admission gate primitive: this is the single predicate
+    /// both the Tauri and the upcoming Slint frontends call to gate casting.
     pub fn is_castable_to_qconnect(self) -> bool {
         matches!(self, Self::Qobuz | Self::OfflineCache)
     }
@@ -71,6 +74,9 @@ impl PlaybackSource {
 
 /// Admission-only origin tag. Unlike PlaybackSource, this has ExternalUnknown
 /// so the Qobuz Connect gate can default unknown/absent to *blocked* not *Qobuz*.
+///
+/// Shared QConnect-admission gate primitive consumed by the Slint port (its
+/// strict-parse companion for the cast gate); kept intentionally for that use.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub enum TrackOriginTag {
     Qobuz,
@@ -82,6 +88,9 @@ pub enum TrackOriginTag {
 
 impl PlaybackSource {
     /// Strict parse for the admission path: unknown/absent → ExternalUnknown (blocked).
+    ///
+    /// Shared QConnect-admission gate primitive consumed by the Slint port (it
+    /// feeds the cast gate, where unknown origins must block, not default to Qobuz).
     pub fn from_source_str_strict(s: Option<&str>) -> TrackOriginTag {
         match s {
             Some("qobuz") => TrackOriginTag::Qobuz,
diff --git a/crates/qconnect-core/src/admission.rs b/crates/qconnect-core/src/admission.rs
index 5d6cf5b1c..fe19755ea 100644
--- a/crates/qconnect-core/src/admission.rs
+++ b/crates/qconnect-core/src/admission.rs
@@ -68,16 +68,17 @@ mod tests {
     use qbz_models::PlaybackSource;
 
     #[test]
-    fn admission_matches_playback_source_predicate() {
+    fn admission_matches_cast_predicate() {
         let pairs = [
             (TrackOrigin::QobuzOnline, PlaybackSource::Qobuz),
+            (TrackOrigin::QobuzOfflineCache, PlaybackSource::OfflineCache),
             (TrackOrigin::LocalLibrary, PlaybackSource::Local),
             (TrackOrigin::Plex, PlaybackSource::Plex),
         ];
         for (origin, source) in pairs {
             assert_eq!(
                 evaluate_remote_queue_admission(origin).accepted,
-                source.is_qobuz_streamable(),
+                source.is_castable_to_qconnect(),
                 "admission/predicate disagree for {origin:?}",
             );
         }
diff --git a/src/lib/services/queuePlaybackService.test.ts b/src/lib/services/queuePlaybackService.test.ts
index 02e6acee4..fade4ed1c 100644
--- a/src/lib/services/queuePlaybackService.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/services/queuePlaybackService.test.ts
@@ -67,21 +67,16 @@ describe('assessQconnectQueueSync', () => {
   });
 });
 
-const track = (over: Partial<BackendQueueTrack>): BackendQueueTrack =>
-  ({ id: 1, title: 't', artist: 'a', album: 'al', duration_secs: 0, artwork_url: null,
-     hires: false, bit_depth: null, sample_rate: null, is_local: false, album_id: null,
-     artist_id: null, streamable: true, source: 'qobuz', parental_warning: false, ...over }) as BackendQueueTrack;
-
 describe('assessQconnectQueueSync — offline-cache', () => {
   it('treats qobuz_download as syncable (offline copy carries a Qobuz id)', () => {
-    const r = assessQconnectQueueSync([track({ id: 5, source: 'qobuz_download' })]);
+    const r = assessQconnectQueueSync([buildTrack(5, { source: 'qobuz_download' })]);
     expect(r.syncable).toBe(true);
     expect(r.trackIds).toEqual([5]);
     expect(r.blockedTrackIds).toEqual([]);
   });
   it('still blocks local and plex', () => {
     const r = assessQconnectQueueSync([
-      track({ id: 1, source: 'qobuz' }), track({ id: 2, source: 'local' }),
+      buildTrack(1, { source: 'qobuz' }), buildTrack(2, { source: 'local' }),
     ]);
     expect(r.syncable).toBe(false);
     expect(r.blockedTrackIds).toContain(2);