diff --git a/scripts/generate_pack.py b/scripts/generate_pack.py
index a541cf54..a04467a2 100644
--- a/scripts/generate_pack.py
+++ b/scripts/generate_pack.py
@@ -726,18 +726,23 @@ def generate_pack(
                     # its own, so this one is counted by what it resolves to:
                     # an unresolved one counted OK had the pack claim a file
                     # verify reports missing.
-                    _conflict_path, conflict_status = resolve_file(
+                    conflict_path, conflict_status = resolve_file(
                         file_entry, db, bios_dir, zip_contents,
                         data_dir_registry=data_registry, offline=offline,
                     )
+                    # The verdict of the main path: a zipped_file archive is
+                    # judged by the member inside, and a frontend that hashes
+                    # one digest accepts a file another declared hash
+                    # contradicts, as verify judges it.
+                    conflict_status, refusal = baseline_verdict(
+                        file_entry, conflict_path, conflict_status, verification_mode
+                    )
                     if conflict_status == "not_found":
                         file_status[dedup_key] = "missing"
                         file_reasons[dedup_key] = "not found"
-                    elif conflict_status == "hash_mismatch" and (
-                        hash_mismatch_excludes_file(verification_mode)
-                    ):
+                    elif refusal:
                         file_status[dedup_key] = "excluded"
-                        file_reasons[dedup_key] = "hash mismatch"
+                        file_reasons[dedup_key] = refusal
                     else:
                         file_status.setdefault(dedup_key, "ok")
                     continue
diff --git a/tests/test_audit_regressions.py b/tests/test_audit_regressions.py
index 5a5494ae..d376806f 100644
--- a/tests/test_audit_regressions.py
+++ b/tests/test_audit_regressions.py
@@ -2576,6 +2576,19 @@ class AnArchiveShipsWholeUnderARegion(unittest.TestCase):
         )
 
 
+class APathConflictKeepsTheMainVerdict(unittest.TestCase):
+    """The builder's file/directory conflict branch judged a declaration by
+    the raw resolver status: a zipped_file archive whose member is right was
+    counted excluded while verify counted it OK."""
+
+    def test_the_branch_reads_baseline_verdict(self):
+        source = (ROOT / "scripts" / "generate_pack.py").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+        branch = source[source.index("Content ships under the conflicting shape"):]
+        branch = branch[: branch.index("storage = file_entry.get")]
+        self.assertIn("baseline_verdict(", branch)
+        self.assertNotIn('conflict_status == "hash_mismatch"', branch)
+
+
 class TheDatabaseCacheIsWrittenWhole(unittest.TestCase):
     """A crash while serializing left a truncated db_cache.json behind, and
     the next run rehashed the whole collection from scratch."""