diff --git a/mps-sync-plugin3/src/main/kotlin/org/modelix/mps/sync3/IModelSyncService.kt b/mps-sync-plugin3/src/main/kotlin/org/modelix/mps/sync3/IModelSyncService.kt
index 7971c62dc7..5f81707d81 100644
--- a/mps-sync-plugin3/src/main/kotlin/org/modelix/mps/sync3/IModelSyncService.kt
+++ b/mps-sync-plugin3/src/main/kotlin/org/modelix/mps/sync3/IModelSyncService.kt
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ interface IModelSyncService {
     fun getServerConnections(): List<IServerConnection>
     fun getUsedServerConnections(): List<IServerConnection>
     fun getBindings(): List<IBinding>
+    fun isReadonly(binding: IBinding): Boolean
     fun switchBranch(oldBranchRef: BranchReference, newBranchRef: BranchReference, dropLocalChanges: Boolean = false)
 }
 
diff --git a/mps-sync-plugin3/src/main/kotlin/org/modelix/mps/sync3/ModelSyncService.kt b/mps-sync-plugin3/src/main/kotlin/org/modelix/mps/sync3/ModelSyncService.kt
index 3ecfd63a0d..83032b4058 100644
--- a/mps-sync-plugin3/src/main/kotlin/org/modelix/mps/sync3/ModelSyncService.kt
+++ b/mps-sync-plugin3/src/main/kotlin/org/modelix/mps/sync3/ModelSyncService.kt
@@ -85,6 +85,12 @@ class ModelSyncService(val project: Project) :
         return loadedState.bindings.keys.map { Binding(it) }
     }
 
+    @Synchronized
+    override fun isReadonly(binding: IBinding): Boolean {
+        binding as Binding
+        return loadedState.bindings[binding.id]?.readonly == true
+    }
+
     @Synchronized
     override fun switchBranch(oldBranchRef: BranchReference, newBranchRef: BranchReference, dropLocalChanges: Boolean) {
         updateState {
diff --git a/mps-sync-plugin3/src/main/kotlin/org/modelix/mps/sync3/ui/ModelSyncStatusWidget.kt b/mps-sync-plugin3/src/main/kotlin/org/modelix/mps/sync3/ui/ModelSyncStatusWidget.kt
index fe5cc73a8b..de1c11a12a 100644
--- a/mps-sync-plugin3/src/main/kotlin/org/modelix/mps/sync3/ui/ModelSyncStatusWidget.kt
+++ b/mps-sync-plugin3/src/main/kotlin/org/modelix/mps/sync3/ui/ModelSyncStatusWidget.kt
@@ -246,27 +246,27 @@ class ModelSyncStatusWidget(val project: Project) : CustomStatusBarWidget, Statu
     private fun getText(): @NlsContexts.Label String {
         val service = IModelSyncService.getInstance(project)
         var result: String? = null
-        for (connection in service.getServerConnections()) {
-            for (binding in connection.getBindings()) {
-                if (binding.isEnabled()) {
-                    when (connection.getStatus()) {
-                        IServerConnection.Status.CONNECTED -> {}
-                        IServerConnection.Status.DISCONNECTED -> return "Disconnected"
-                        IServerConnection.Status.AUTHORIZATION_REQUIRED -> {
-                            return "Click to log in"
-                        }
-                    }
-                    result = when (val status = binding.getStatus()) {
-                        IBinding.Status.Disabled -> "Disabled"
-                        IBinding.Status.Initializing -> "Initializing"
-                        is IBinding.Status.Synced -> "Synchronized: ${status.versionHash.take(5)}"
-                        is IBinding.Status.Syncing -> "Synchronizing: ${status.progress()}"
-                        is IBinding.Status.Error -> "Synchronization failed: ${status.message}"
-                        is IBinding.Status.NoPermission -> "${status.user} has no permission on ${binding.getBranchRef().repositoryId}"
+        service.getUsedServerConnections()
+            .flatMap { it.getBindings() }
+            // readonly comes first so that the result version hash is reliably the one from the modifiable binding
+            .sortedByDescending { service.isReadonly(it) }
+            .forEach { binding ->
+                when (binding.getConnection().getStatus()) {
+                    IServerConnection.Status.CONNECTED -> {}
+                    IServerConnection.Status.DISCONNECTED -> return "Disconnected"
+                    IServerConnection.Status.AUTHORIZATION_REQUIRED -> {
+                        return "Click to log in"
                     }
                 }
+                result = when (val status = binding.getStatus()) {
+                    IBinding.Status.Disabled -> "Disabled"
+                    IBinding.Status.Initializing -> "Initializing"
+                    is IBinding.Status.Synced -> "Synchronized: ${status.versionHash.take(5)}"
+                    is IBinding.Status.Syncing -> "Synchronizing: ${status.progress()}"
+                    is IBinding.Status.Error -> "Synchronization failed: ${status.message}"
+                    is IBinding.Status.NoPermission -> "${status.user} has no permission on ${binding.getBranchRef().repositoryId}"
+                }
             }
-        }
         return result ?: "Not Synchronized"
     }
 }