diff --git a/swh/web/common/origin_visits.py b/swh/web/common/origin_visits.py
--- a/swh/web/common/origin_visits.py
+++ b/swh/web/common/origin_visits.py
@@ -125,10 +125,13 @@
         return visits[0]
 
     if not visit_ts:
-        # returns the latest visit with a valid snapshot when no timestamp is provided
-        for v in reversed(visits):
-            if v["snapshot"] is not None:
-                return v
+        # returns the latest full visit with a valid snapshot or
+        # the latest partial visit with a valid snapshot otherwise
+        for status in ("full", "partial"):
+            visits_filtered = [v for v in visits if v["status"] == status]
+            for v in reversed(visits_filtered):
+                if v["snapshot"] is not None:
+                    return v
         return visits[-1]
 
     target_visit_ts = math.floor(parse_timestamp(visit_ts).timestamp())
diff --git a/swh/web/tests/common/test_origin_visits.py b/swh/web/tests/common/test_origin_visits.py
--- a/swh/web/tests/common/test_origin_visits.py
+++ b/swh/web/tests/common/test_origin_visits.py
@@ -194,3 +194,83 @@
 
     assert visit["snapshot"] is not None
     assert visit["visit"] == 17
+
+
+def test_get_origin_visit_latest_valid_full_snapshot(mocker):
+    mock_origin_visits = mocker.patch("swh.web.common.origin_visits.get_origin_visits")
+    origin_info = {
+        "url": "https://github.com/baifanwudi/PythonCode",
+    }
+    visits = [
+        {
+            "origin": "https://github.com/baifanwudi/PythonCode",
+            "date": "2015-08-20T21:10:30.878463+00:00",
+            "type": "git",
+            "visit": 1,
+            "status": "full",
+            "snapshot": "19251779232ae093b630ab7a38706f1c09318329",
+        },
+        {
+            "origin": "https://github.com/baifanwudi/PythonCode",
+            "date": "2016-02-23T18:12:41.962534+00:00",
+            "type": "git",
+            "visit": 2,
+            "status": "full",
+            "snapshot": "f03e34b0acf6f18af61a14f3b3f16d3f6bce12d7",
+        },
+        {
+            "origin": "https://github.com/baifanwudi/PythonCode",
+            "date": "2016-03-28T00:32:18.582729+00:00",
+            "type": "git",
+            "visit": 3,
+            "status": "full",
+            "snapshot": "f03e34b0acf6f18af61a14f3b3f16d3f6bce12d7",
+        },
+        {
+            "origin": "https://github.com/baifanwudi/PythonCode",
+            "date": "2016-08-31T09:31:27.008337+00:00",
+            "type": "git",
+            "visit": 4,
+            "status": "partial",
+            "snapshot": "1a8893e6a86f444e8be8e7bda6cb34fb1735a00e",
+        },
+        {
+            "origin": "https://github.com/baifanwudi/PythonCode",
+            "date": "2016-09-14T22:32:04.504012+00:00",
+            "type": "git",
+            "visit": 5,
+            "status": "partial",
+            "snapshot": "1a8893e6a86f444e8be8e7bda6cb34fb1735a00e",
+        },
+        {
+            "origin": "https://github.com/baifanwudi/PythonCode",
+            "date": "2017-04-23T17:02:02.995780+00:00",
+            "type": "git",
+            "visit": 6,
+            "status": "partial",
+            "snapshot": "1a8893e6a86f444e8be8e7bda6cb34fb1735a00e",
+        },
+        {
+            "origin": "https://github.com/baifanwudi/PythonCode",
+            "date": "2018-02-17T14:13:04.174283+00:00",
+            "type": "git",
+            "visit": 7,
+            "status": "partial",
+            "snapshot": None,
+        },
+        {
+            "origin": "https://github.com/baifanwudi/PythonCode",
+            "date": "2019-03-16T02:59:56.762202+00:00",
+            "type": "git",
+            "visit": 8,
+            "status": "partial",
+            "snapshot": None,
+        },
+    ]
+
+    mock_origin_visits.return_value = visits
+
+    visit = get_origin_visit(origin_info)
+
+    assert visit["snapshot"] is not None
+    assert visit["visit"] == 3