diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/forge/mod.rs b/hive-c0re/src/forge/mod.rs
index ed84f5ab..23c47949 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/forge/mod.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/forge/mod.rs
@@ -197,8 +197,8 @@ pub(crate) fn api(token: &str) -> Result<Forgejo> {
 }
 
 /// Upper bound on one Forgejo API request. `forgejo-api` takes no
-/// caller-built client, so the request itself has no timeout; every call
-/// through [`api`] is wrapped in [`bounded`].
+/// caller-built client, so the request itself has no timeout; every request
+/// in this module is wrapped in [`bounded`].
 const API_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(10);
 
 /// Await one Forgejo API request for at most [`API_TIMEOUT`].
@@ -359,7 +359,10 @@ async fn wait_until_ready() -> bool {
     let deadline = Instant::now() + READY_TIMEOUT;
     let mut waited = false;
     loop {
-        if client.get_version().await.is_ok() {
+        if bounded("forge readiness probe", client.get_version())
+            .await
+            .is_ok_and(|probe| probe.is_ok())
+        {
             if waited {
                 tracing::info!("forge: endpoint ready, proceeding with provisioning");
             }