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+    "qemu": "7928c363b7a7d5a7c865d5daac7d088980be3ab7",
+    "quasi88": "431e0b3da4b4930b7eb16d139202934357867cf8",
+    "quicknes": "8fcfcf350a9122d30c51c096f3fd13457fa3b517",
+    "race": "048634385705b2bf33b299abd2c43a7db45a0abe",
+    "radio": "878d659f05691ceaddeb7bf60054cb8018416ba7",
+    "redbook": "e095305bd14d068068d93db1d056e01dd72e946b",
+    "reminiscence": "535c6a79c5639d80039eb5519cfa37a08b81e88b",
+    "remotejoy": "fc0d8dfd3d4a21e675cdde0de25e2b6db962aebd",
+    "retro8": "87cc2d79300807ba11f259e27f9101133f8079d6",
+    "retrodream": "0544849053aa85007b3a4a4162501fa8ad259d9a",
+    "romcleaner": "6c9181472df165dab7449100f01cf6def1d9d707",
+    "rp6502": "128440e0c79671b0bdd13bad6b04f05ccd12492f",
+    "rustation": "01fdab0903e30a19a0ca299fc15b8aa241843417",
+    "rustynes": "c231a5836ff48970ada68f39cb002ebba190dbb8",
+    "rvvm": "5fe5334df5112ff14bee0009f2de55656fb815a4",
+    "same_cdi": "2bc8421aef357ccb70d320a113045b1bc2f8aff1",
+    "sameboy": "900d258764ec864fdae7b33d26ccb1f261023193",
+    "sameduck": "7625ddea334c4f1747b10e3ab92459ee2a3b05d7",
+    "scummvm": "17d120c360629463b535c6c872ec7d4faf94fd1c",
+    "sdlpal": "66b1f82a9de6ebc8d924ff82d4b37951d6fcc5f9",
+    "simcp": "7bf05971cd0545aa22e9145547d30c2cbda19b08",
+    "skyemu": "1d82dca4afeab74bed4be85445b1538b9bf28a70",
+    "smsplus": "ea86bf40b6ce50c84dd9dc0905972f1c2a6e2222",
+    "snes9x": "aad2e41f7a6f9663bf93e080f9b75068c204dcb3",
+    "snes9x2002": "1535b62e6098a7c8f3890f2687bae215a4268900",
+    "snes9x2005": "93ec3600e80213fcaf26168c8837d264c6a64267",
+    "snes9x2005_plus": "b7436a7e01fa83ddd57c8c5d7fa573b5a45af597",
+    "snes9x2010": "a6eecb552435a0dc6a54883f7bb41263268111fc",
+    "spmp8000emu": "a7f2dd6a74ef2c3c511e7127ebc5c3e95c9a130a",
+    "squirreljme": "7f276aa61baab33b72452f6a693168be5ecf1285",
+    "stella": "5cdf4139790033096241f62d56cb2c53da32715e",
+    "stella2014": "508af340a5913b19b0e645d81bef2870364db91c",
+    "stella2023": "abf54de5705fdb4df7d12f7db7952edb63c24e27",
+    "stonesoup": "b624f68bc05611fac7e646b63dbe335fc83062ec",
+    "superbroswar": "8a4f806684cba1237a398e3a65ce297656aed642",
+    "supermodel": "1aafc1cc70d192108835666be46a7e1eb8974352",
+    "swanstation": "ab8a9d1a14ae6d7ce33a38ab0294b8ac55018745",
+    "syobonaction": "4c632b15e8931e8c3cea5b760e971f67a33cac57",
+    "tamalibretro": "acb163b7c45456fd0e880bd32ce9d75690299000",
+    "tempgba": "3cdeb907e9a14694cf74b4611395d9dd478cb3b5",
+    "test": "f85524c6b3b569b5acc16980e3df5246b6748043",
+    "test_netplay": "2e7efd155452a5d3c45fc947b0d8eddcba4a1b0b",
+    "testaudio_callback": "10be60661a53052d41bef0316b302b6439b8ab90",
+    "testaudio_no_callback": "8e4b54a4570c6c960200235391854b608234596f",
+    "testaudio_playback_wav": "42d6ccc92c644a79f25ac1c09c6fdaaffa382aef",
+    "testgl": "1d10d7a086c26abb669b6cc3d2d3a19334ddda02",
+    "testgl_compute_shaders": "2b90f8841c367ab9c38bb841ea82942d30dd8cf9",
+    "testgl_ff": "59f2bb4c129aca7dc26a28e4fd0ce90b4a892371",
+    "testinput_buttontest": "eb08c91990fa1af920d357aa01a735f1e597757b",
+    "testretroluxury": "029dae162931a067d8340dfa62f8ae5fe48dc1ae",
+    "testsw": "f17e8892effda5f94b44cc3be49063279d4727bf",
+    "testsw_vram": "07258f7b36225cc23bec5c248d6de327fd38a7dc",
+    "testvulkan": "7b6e9a630201cc3303223f8f907e54546e75a93b",
+    "testvulkan_async_compute": "5bab2d38b89555ef0dd2659b6fcc57208f1c2f30",
+    "tgbdual": "db1f5af20a973dd2ad28ac3a4e235ee5073be46b",
+    "theodore": "7829b8f95b223baa5fde439a40105143636183f5",
+    "thepowdertoy": "e54f44c6c8bd8507932fa05714c1691cebbea9e1",
+    "tia": "e9604c40852f8a02b0ea3ed487810d0071ccc6b9",
+    "tic80": "4c07f9a66921648a01e492580e6415a241c4a277",
+    "trident": "d3ca42ffb218faf3e96c231f13abd4f42926ec7d",
+    "tyrquake": "2b492b43b6bdcce3f62b7ccb06f81b68e5802e0d",
+    "uae4arm": "4609b8172db67dbc9b2c5a6e9c10287f4b07e867",
+    "ume2015": "cc668cd200e31492ac09f6b7f3e77e338f8f10aa",
+    "uw8": "c920638e44627f5ea9fb5a66cd05b925d3fa7744",
+    "uxn": "ae7f7069dd14125875d1474c97eba70c916e3b99",
+    "uzem": "e3cec8c8a0ccee9fba3884a80c8a3c909d513355",
+    "vaporspec": "390f79a6b346d6aa32afb5f5e6356b079a05578b",
+    "vba_next": "edbdb88f64a85755f2085f2cb80d232429f4848b",
+    "vbam": "a6a4751eb8e9048595a161ffeb78106334c9b18b",
+    "vecx": "c1126410f4d0d9abbb8b2b879eed9195613b19e3",
+    "vemulator": "4a16b56827e312a454c488129a96a55760956a8c",
+    "vice_x128": "ed36f29cea1b2f078b5a395e8ea3c8385f8c4156",
+    "vice_x64": "5f6626bd3a5f4960d6cc5b3ad7639e62ff3f2065",
+    "vice_x64dtv": "f51980a6b237b549d69bec751c4e3abe248b006f",
+    "vice_x64sc": "09c7aea1cb6740ba7e57993bd0fcf27f99a8eaf3",
+    "vice_xcbm2": "c8eb7f84bf9e377c75831b903990b8af18662391",
+    "vice_xcbm5x0": "8a1e1a78ef2546c58d8545eff2d3f41a2ec5b27c",
+    "vice_xpet": "2251efb6f5b029e0112dd255e2d691046a903363",
+    "vice_xplus4": "4b46c2f951c2f402cf0ff8c56160b7bfb4460d54",
+    "vice_xscpu64": "4dcef239dd83be5a33ede64a2070adf9a211ef72",
+    "vice_xvic": "33f3689b881367a2400cdead1d7b542a311b4dc2",
+    "video_processor": "5bdc74ff749976a560a534af0d06277153a5c206",
+    "vidtest": "4d8fe9a3f3033d06b5ec8ac28327965dcf951f0b",
+    "vircon32": "66d770352a9a1da119e8f766df17b0bfcbf7d757",
+    "virtualjaguar": "fc434223e248d32c38e46fcd84eae40116d1bbb6",
+    "virtualxt": "0f078c4357c3f6196faea56951930491455b47b8",
+    "vitaquake2": "18ae56936e0857d726df6b1805bcaf39f649e1c8",
+    "vitaquake2-rogue": "5740238c8c868c1bd77278565deb4d0380bff1f9",
+    "vitaquake2-xatrix": "9457b624a2ef954d8a956a9dbb1cade98a4f8535",
+    "vitaquake2-zaero": "b6544d6d13255bdc9811277bf301bf5b764e1912",
+    "vitaquake3": "0fa5379c56f04a121e8026a3694fa45e01a50514",
+    "vitavoyager": "0e17542eeeb904e6bbfedb34db8d628b58b4c09b",
+    "wasm4": "448263d66739c91a3d53c992253b49742416871c",
+    "wqxemu": "75b6fd2d3726386ebf3e2839ab1facbe87df3f7a",
+    "x1": "81e99f41eb8a048defc206383fbabdf281e53b6f",
+    "x64sdl": "4171f40c8a70256a2c5cb70db6a2b8fa733d9b3d",
+    "xemu": "e6033c0002a3311d6f0ba2bd6c1f399324d65e96",
+    "xrick": "2bb032e72b1432fa2c428d186db4ce55dfec8e2f",
+    "yabasanshiro": "bc1d40f813591ab89fb3c69af143976b636a6d89",
+    "yabause": "3b4247a760bff675b05f8436ce0b648cf4ea9e21",
+    "yaps2": "809a88a9100d3021461aba03ffdae5d09a7036f9",
+    "ymir": "13f216fa1b836ac742e907d65fb5f5d462307d95"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/scripts/check_freshness.py b/scripts/check_freshness.py
index 32d3d54e..1037b55f 100644
--- a/scripts/check_freshness.py
+++ b/scripts/check_freshness.py
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ from common import (  # noqa: E402
     list_registered_platforms,
     load_emulator_profiles,
     upstream_profile_index,
+    write_text_atomic,
     yaml_load,
 )
 from exporter import discover_exporters  # noqa: E402
@@ -65,6 +66,8 @@ from scripts.scraper.targets import discover_target_scrapers  # noqa: E402
 
 REPO_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
 CORE_INFO_REPO = "https://github.com/libretro/libretro-core-info"
+# The git blob of every .info as last reviewed: `--record-coreinfo` writes it.
+CORE_INFO_RECORD = REPO_ROOT / "platforms" / "_core_info.json"
 NO_INTRO_MIRROR = "https://github.com/hugo19941994/auto-datfile-generator"
 NO_INTRO_RELEASE = "Daily_Rebuild"
 NO_INTRO_ASSET = "no-intro.zip"
@@ -697,8 +700,9 @@ def _age_days(stamp: str, now: datetime) -> int | None:
 # --- core-info --------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
-def core_info_names(cache_dir: str, offline: bool) -> list[str] | None:
-    """Every core the libretro core-info repository describes."""
+def core_info_blobs(cache_dir: str, offline: bool) -> dict[str, str] | None:
+    """Every core the libretro core-info repository describes, with the git
+    blob of its .info."""
     repo = upstream.parse_repo(CORE_INFO_REPO)
     if repo is None:
         return None
@@ -710,12 +714,54 @@ def core_info_names(cache_dir: str, offline: bool) -> list[str] | None:
     )
     if not isinstance(payload, list):
         return None
-    names = []
+    blobs = {}
     for entry in payload:
         name = entry.get("name", "") if isinstance(entry, dict) else ""
         if name.endswith("_libretro.info"):
-            names.append(name[: -len("_libretro.info")])
-    return sorted(names)
+            blobs[name[: -len("_libretro.info")]] = str(entry.get("sha") or "")
+    return dict(sorted(blobs.items()))
+
+
+def core_info_names(cache_dir: str, offline: bool) -> list[str] | None:
+    """Every core the libretro core-info repository describes."""
+    blobs = core_info_blobs(cache_dir, offline)
+    return None if blobs is None else list(blobs)
+
+
+def load_core_info_record(path: Path = CORE_INFO_RECORD) -> dict[str, str] | None:
+    if not path.is_file():
+        return None
+    return dict((json.loads(path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")) or {}).get("blobs") or {})
+
+
+def record_core_info(
+    blobs: dict[str, str], names: list[str], path: Path = CORE_INFO_RECORD
+) -> list[str]:
+    """Record the current blob of *names* (every .info when empty) as reviewed.
+
+    Naming the cores keeps a change nobody read out of the record.
+    """
+    unknown = sorted(set(names) - set(blobs))
+    if unknown:
+        raise ValueError(f"no such .info in core-info: {', '.join(unknown)}")
+    recorded = load_core_info_record(path) or {}
+    recorded.update({n: blobs[n] for n in (names or blobs)})
+    payload = {"repository": CORE_INFO_REPO, "blobs": dict(sorted(recorded.items()))}
+    write_text_atomic(str(path), json.dumps(payload, indent=2) + "\n")
+    return sorted(names or blobs)
+
+
+def coreinfo_drift(
+    blobs: dict[str, str], recorded: dict[str, str], profiles: dict[str, dict]
+) -> list[str]:
+    """Profiled cores whose .info is not the one recorded as reviewed.
+
+    The .info is no authority, but a new firmwareN_path in it is the
+    cheapest sign that a profile needs reading again.
+    """
+    index = {key.casefold() for key in profile_name_index(profiles)}
+    return [n for n, sha in blobs.items()
+            if n.casefold() in index and recorded.get(n) != sha]
 
 
 def coreinfo_gaps(
@@ -745,10 +791,14 @@ def coreinfo_gaps(
     return unprofiled, standalone
 
 
-def check_coreinfo(profiles: dict[str, dict], cache_dir: str, offline: bool) -> list[Finding]:
-    names = core_info_names(cache_dir, offline)
-    if names is None:
+def check_coreinfo(
+    profiles: dict[str, dict], cache_dir: str, offline: bool,
+    record_path: Path = CORE_INFO_RECORD,
+) -> list[Finding]:
+    blobs = core_info_blobs(cache_dir, offline)
+    if blobs is None:
         return [Finding("coreinfo", "libretro-core-info", UNKNOWN, detail="listing unavailable")]
+    names = list(blobs)
     unprofiled, standalone = coreinfo_gaps(names, profiles)
     findings = [
         Finding(
@@ -773,6 +823,22 @@ def check_coreinfo(profiles: dict[str, dict], cache_dir: str, offline: bool) ->
         )
         for name, key in standalone
     )
+    recorded = load_core_info_record(record_path)
+    if recorded is None:
+        findings.append(Finding(
+            "coreinfo", "reviewed .info", UNKNOWN,
+            detail=f"no {record_path.name}: run check_freshness.py --record-coreinfo",
+        ))
+        return findings
+    findings.extend(
+        Finding(
+            "coreinfo", name, STALE,
+            local=(recorded.get(name) or "not recorded")[:12], remote=blobs[name][:12],
+            detail=(".info changed since reviewed: read its firmware, then "
+                    f"check_freshness.py --record-coreinfo {name}"),
+        )
+        for name in coreinfo_drift(blobs, recorded, profiles)
+    )
     return findings
 
 
@@ -1310,8 +1376,21 @@ def main() -> int:
         "--emulators-dir", default="emulators",
         help="emulator profile directory (default: %(default)s)",
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--record-coreinfo", nargs="*", metavar="CORE",
+        help="record the current .info of CORE (every core when none is named) "
+             f"as reviewed in {CORE_INFO_RECORD.relative_to(REPO_ROOT)}, then exit",
+    )
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
+    if args.record_coreinfo is not None:
+        blobs = core_info_blobs(args.cache_dir, args.offline)
+        if not blobs:
+            raise RuntimeError("core-info listing unavailable: nothing recorded")
+        done = record_core_info(blobs, args.record_coreinfo)
+        print(f"recorded {len(done)} .info file(s) as reviewed")
+        return 0
+
     areas = tuple(a.strip() for a in args.only.split(",")) if args.only else AREAS
     unknown = sorted(set(areas) - set(AREAS))
     if unknown:
diff --git a/tests/test_check_freshness.py b/tests/test_check_freshness.py
index 99166b8f..12a96beb 100644
--- a/tests/test_check_freshness.py
+++ b/tests/test_check_freshness.py
@@ -266,6 +266,36 @@ class CoreResolutionTests(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(unprofiled, ["wqxemu"])
         self.assertEqual(standalone, [("eka2l1", "eka2l1")])
 
+    def test_a_changed_info_of_a_profiled_core_is_stale(self):
+        """A firmwareN_path added to a profiled core's .info changes its blob:
+        the names alone said OK."""
+        blobs = {"mednafen_psx": "new", "eka2l1": "same", "wqxemu": "other"}
+        recorded = {"mednafen_psx": "old", "eka2l1": "same"}
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            record = Path(tmp) / "_core_info.json"
+            record.write_text(cf.json.dumps({"blobs": recorded}))
+            with mock.patch.object(cf, "core_info_blobs", return_value=blobs):
+                rows = cf.check_coreinfo(self.PROFILES, "", True, record)
+        stale = {r.subject: r for r in rows if r.status == cf.STALE}
+        self.assertIn("mednafen_psx", stale)
+        self.assertIn("--record-coreinfo mednafen_psx", stale["mednafen_psx"].detail)
+        self.assertNotIn(".info changed", stale["eka2l1"].detail)
+        self.assertEqual(cf.coreinfo_drift(blobs, recorded, self.PROFILES), ["mednafen_psx"])
+
+    def test_recording_a_core_leaves_the_others_unread(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            record = Path(tmp) / "_core_info.json"
+            record.write_text(cf.json.dumps({"blobs": {"a": "1", "b": "1"}}))
+            cf.record_core_info({"a": "2", "b": "2"}, ["a"], record)
+            self.assertEqual(cf.load_core_info_record(record), {"a": "2", "b": "1"})
+            with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+                cf.record_core_info({"a": "2"}, ["ghost"], record)
+
+    def test_the_committed_record_holds_git_blobs(self):
+        recorded = cf.load_core_info_record()
+        self.assertIsNotNone(recorded)
+        self.assertTrue(all(len(sha) == 40 for sha in recorded.values()))
+
 
 class PinParsingTests(unittest.TestCase):
     WORKFLOW = """
diff --git a/wiki/tools.md b/wiki/tools.md
index 8164c5d4..0990c51a 100644
--- a/wiki/tools.md
+++ b/wiki/tools.md
@@ -553,7 +553,10 @@ today, and answer with one row per subject. Platform and target files are
 re-scraped through the scrapers' own write path into a throwaway copy and
 diffed against the committed file, so the diff decides rather than a version
 string. Core-info is listed and compared with the profiles (a core with no
-profile, a profile that calls standalone a core libretro now builds). Data
+profile, a profile that calls standalone a core libretro now builds, a
+profiled core whose `.info` git blob differs from the one recorded in
+`platforms/_core_info.json`). Once the changed `.info` is read against the
+profile, `--record-coreinfo <core>` records its blob as reviewed. Data
 directories are checked against their upstream, dump catalogs and romset
 snapshots against the catalog they were read from (Redump DAT versions, the
 No-Intro daily rebuild, the newest TOSEC pack, the newest MAME release, the
@@ -571,6 +574,7 @@ python scripts/check_freshness.py --only platforms,targets
 python scripts/check_freshness.py --json
 python scripts/check_freshness.py --profiles     # also runs profile_sync (slow)
 python scripts/check_freshness.py --offline      # local ages only
+python scripts/check_freshness.py --record-coreinfo virtualjaguar  # .info read, record it
 ```
 
 The exit code is non-zero when anything is stale. Emulator profiles are the