diff --git a/scripts/generate_pack.py b/scripts/generate_pack.py
index a60158d0..069debf6 100644
--- a/scripts/generate_pack.py
+++ b/scripts/generate_pack.py
@@ -1085,17 +1085,21 @@ def generate_pack(
           else:
               _add_pack_member(zf, local_path, flat_dest)
           if file_status.get(full_dest) in ("missing", "excluded"):
-              previous = file_status[full_dest]
-              file_status[full_dest] = "ok"
-              if previous == "excluded":
-                  source_name = fe.get("source_profile") or fe.get(
-                      "source_emulator", "core profile"
-                  )
+              source_name = fe.get("source_profile") or fe.get(
+                  "source_emulator", "core profile"
+              )
+              if reads_file_contents(verification_mode):
+                  # The frontend hashes what sits at the path, and the core's
+                  # copy is not the hash it declares: the file ships for the
+                  # core, the platform's own check still fails, as verify says.
                   file_reasons[full_dest] = (
                       "platform-declared hash unavailable; "
-                      f"packed the validated {source_name} requirement"
+                      f"packed the validated {source_name} requirement, "
+                      "which the platform check does not accept"
                   )
               else:
+                  # An existence frontend is satisfied by any file at the path.
+                  file_status[full_dest] = "ok"
                   file_reasons.pop(full_dest, None)
           seen_destinations.add(full_dest)
           _register_path(full_dest, seen_destinations, seen_parents)
diff --git a/tests/test_path_conflict_status.py b/tests/test_path_conflict_status.py
index 6b71d49b..70d834cc 100644
--- a/tests/test_path_conflict_status.py
+++ b/tests/test_path_conflict_status.py
@@ -96,5 +96,76 @@ class ConflictingDeclarations(unittest.TestCase):
         )
 
 
+class AnExtraDoesNotPassAHashCheck(unittest.TestCase):
+    """A md5 platform declares scph1001.bin with a hash the collection lacks;
+    a core declares our dump at the same path. The builder ships the core's
+    file and called the declaration OK, while the frontend, which hashes the
+    file, rejects it and verify reports it untested."""
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self._tmp = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory()
+        self.root = Path(self._tmp.name)
+        bios = self.root / "bios" / "Sony"
+        self.platforms = self.root / "platforms"
+        self.emulators = self.root / "emulators"
+        for directory in (bios, self.platforms, self.emulators):
+            directory.mkdir(parents=True)
+        payload = b"our psx dump"
+        (bios / "psx-us.bin").write_bytes(payload)
+        sha1 = hashlib.sha1(payload).hexdigest()
+        md5 = hashlib.md5(payload).hexdigest()
+        files = {
+            sha1: {
+                "path": str(bios / "psx-us.bin"), "name": "psx-us.bin",
+                "size": len(payload), "sha1": sha1, "md5": md5,
+                "sha256": hashlib.sha256(payload).hexdigest(), "crc32": "00000002",
+            }
+        }
+        self.db = {"files": files, "indexes": generate_db.build_indexes(files, {})}
+        platform = {
+            "platform": "Hashed",
+            "verification_mode": "md5",
+            "cores": ["fxcore"],
+            "systems": {"sony-playstation": {"files": [
+                {"name": "scph1001.bin", "destination": "scph1001.bin",
+                 "md5": "0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef", "required": True},
+            ]}},
+        }
+        (self.platforms / "hashed.yml").write_text(yaml.dump(platform))
+        (self.platforms / "_registry.yml").write_text(
+            yaml.dump({"platforms": {"hashed": {"status": "active"}}})
+        )
+        profile = {
+            "emulator": "FX", "type": "libretro", "cores": ["fxcore"],
+            "systems": ["sony-playstation"],
+            "files": [{"name": "psx-us.bin", "path": "scph1001.bin", "md5": md5,
+                       "required": True}],
+        }
+        (self.emulators / "fxcore.yml").write_text(yaml.dump(profile))
+        common._platform_config_cache.clear()
+        common._emulator_profiles_cache.clear()
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        common._platform_config_cache.clear()
+        common._emulator_profiles_cache.clear()
+        self._tmp.cleanup()
+
+    def test_the_declaration_stays_failed(self):
+        out = self.root / "dist"
+        out.mkdir()
+        report = io.StringIO()
+        with contextlib.redirect_stdout(report):
+            builder.generate_pack(
+                "hashed", str(self.platforms), self.db, str(self.root / "bios"),
+                str(out), emulators_dir=str(self.emulators), offline=True,
+            )
+        packed = re.search(r"(\d+)/(\d+) files OK", report.getvalue())
+        self.assertIsNotNone(packed, report.getvalue())
+        config = common.load_platform_config("hashed", str(self.platforms))
+        verified = verify_platform(config, self.db, str(self.emulators))
+        self.assertEqual(verified["status_counts"].get("ok", 0), 0)
+        self.assertEqual(int(packed.group(1)), 0, report.getvalue())
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()