diff --git a/scripts/scraper/romset_dat_importer.py b/scripts/scraper/romset_dat_importer.py
index 2a3f230f..68b53ccb 100644
--- a/scripts/scraper/romset_dat_importer.py
+++ b/scripts/scraper/romset_dat_importer.py
@@ -305,10 +305,19 @@ def _iter_dat_contents(pack: Path) -> Iterator[tuple[str, bytes]]:
     if pack.suffix.lower() == ".zip":
         with zipfile.ZipFile(pack) as archive:
             for info in sorted(archive.infolist(), key=lambda i: i.filename):
-                if info.is_dir() or info.file_size > MAX_MEMBER_SIZE:
+                if info.is_dir():
                     continue
                 if Path(info.filename).suffix.lower() not in (".dat", ".xml"):
                     continue
+                if info.file_size > MAX_MEMBER_SIZE:
+                    # Said out loud: a DAT left out silently ended the run
+                    # on "Unchanged" with a version missing.
+                    print(
+                        f"  Skipping {info.filename}: {info.file_size} bytes "
+                        f"exceeds {MAX_MEMBER_SIZE}",
+                        file=sys.stderr,
+                    )
+                    continue
                 yield info.filename, archive.read(info)
         return
     yield pack.name, pack.read_bytes()
diff --git a/tests/test_romset_recipes.py b/tests/test_romset_recipes.py
index f1345cbf..6f0712b0 100644
--- a/tests/test_romset_recipes.py
+++ b/tests/test_romset_recipes.py
@@ -641,5 +641,29 @@ class WriteRunsTheReportItWrites(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual((alone.identify, alone.missing), (True, False))
 
 
+
+class AnOversizedDatIsNamed(unittest.TestCase):
+    """The romset importer skipped a DAT over its size cap without a word,
+    and the run ended on "Unchanged" with a version missing."""
+
+    def test_the_skip_is_reported(self):
+        import contextlib
+        import io
+        import zipfile
+        from unittest import mock
+
+        from scripts.scraper import romset_dat_importer as importer
+
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(dir=TMP_ROOT) as directory:
+            pack = Path(directory) / "pack.zip"
+            with zipfile.ZipFile(pack, "w") as archive:
+                archive.writestr("big.dat", b"x" * 64)
+            err = io.StringIO()
+            with mock.patch.object(importer, "MAX_MEMBER_SIZE", 16), \
+                    contextlib.redirect_stderr(err):
+                self.assertEqual(list(importer._iter_dat_contents(pack)), [])
+            self.assertIn("Skipping big.dat", err.getvalue())
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()