diff --git a/scripts/generate_site.py b/scripts/generate_site.py
index c8fd7e14..b474a54a 100644
--- a/scripts/generate_site.py
+++ b/scripts/generate_site.py
@@ -1993,14 +1993,14 @@ def _render_platform_systems(
                 status_display = f"untested: {reason}" if reason else "untested"
             elif status == "missing":
                 status_display = "**missing**"
-                # Not every missing entry is firmware: the platform may list a
-                # game's data or a file no core it runs opens.
-                kind = {"game_data": "game data",
-                        "unread": "no core the platform runs opens it"}.get(f.get("category", ""))
-                if kind:
-                    status_display += f", {kind}"
             else:
                 status_display = status
+            # Not every entry is firmware: the platform may list a game's data
+            # or a file no core it runs opens.
+            kind = {"game_data": "game data",
+                    "unread": "no core the platform runs opens it"}.get(f.get("category", ""))
+            if kind:
+                status_display += f", {kind}"
 
             size_str = _fmt_size(size) if size else ""
             details = [status_display]
@@ -2033,7 +2033,7 @@ def _render_platform_systems(
                 if sha256:
                     hash_parts.append(f"SHA256: `{sha256}`")
                 lines.append(f"{pad}    {' | '.join(hash_parts)}")
-            if status == "missing" and f.get("category_evidence"):
+            if f.get("category_evidence"):
                 lines.append(f"{pad}    {_category_evidence_md(f['category_evidence'])}")
 
         lines.append("")
diff --git a/scripts/verify.py b/scripts/verify.py
index b34cdc62..97f6d06e 100644
--- a/scripts/verify.py
+++ b/scripts/verify.py
@@ -1192,8 +1192,8 @@ def verify_platform(
     file_status: dict[str, str] = {}
     file_required: dict[str, bool] = {}
     file_severity: dict[str, str] = {}
-    # What a missing entry is: firmware, a game's data, or a name no core
-    # the platform runs opens. Only firmware gaps carry a severity.
+    # What each entry is: firmware, a game's data, or a name no core the
+    # platform runs opens. Only firmware gaps carry a severity.
     file_category: dict[str, str] = {}
     categories = EntryCategories(config, profiles, data_dir_registry)
 
@@ -1356,13 +1356,14 @@ def verify_platform(
             prev = file_status.get(dest)
             hle = hle_index.get(file_entry.get("name", ""), False)
             sev = compute_severity(cur, required, mode, hle)
-            if cur == Status.MISSING:
-                explained = categories.explain(file_entry, destination, sys_id)
-                category = explained.pop("category")
-                result["category_evidence"] = explained
-            else:
-                category = BIOS
+            explained = categories.explain(file_entry, destination, sys_id)
+            category = explained.pop("category")
             result["category"] = category
+            result["category_evidence"] = explained
+            if cur != Status.MISSING:
+                # A held entry is firmware for the counts: its category only
+                # documents it.
+                category = BIOS
             if file_category.get(dest, category) == BIOS:
                 category = BIOS
             file_category[dest] = category
diff --git a/wiki/testing-guide.md b/wiki/testing-guide.md
index 61aeecdf..d5bfa9c6 100644
--- a/wiki/testing-guide.md
+++ b/wiki/testing-guide.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Every module in `tests/`, by the area it guards.
 |------|----------|---------|
 | Core regression suites | synthetic | `test_e2e`, `test_audit_regressions`, `test_tool_messages` |
 | File resolution and identity | synthetic + collection | `test_adler32_resolution`, `test_agnostic_scan`, `test_agnostic_scan_mode`, `test_agnostic_scope`, `test_agnostic_substitute`, `test_archive_choice`, `test_bios_companions`, `test_bundled_identity`, `test_casefold_cache`, `test_db_aliases`, `test_declared_names`, `test_derivations`, `test_directory_entries`, `test_extra_identity`, `test_foreign_tree`, `test_foreign_tree_names`, `test_frontend_digest`, `test_game_data_homonyms`, `test_hashing`, `test_identity`, `test_md5_pack_context`, `test_name_tiebreak`, `test_nec_filing`, `test_owner_resolution`, `test_path_suffix`, `test_resolution_evidence`, `test_sega_filing`, `test_shipped_content`, `test_twin_declarations`, `test_validated_choice`, `test_variant_choice`, `test_variant_identity`, `test_zipped_member` |
-| Verification, cross-reference and profile checks | synthetic + profiles | `test_case_insensitive_platforms`, `test_checks_have_values`, `test_core_file_fills_declaration`, `test_core_size_refusal`, `test_cross_reference_sources`, `test_crypto_aes`, `test_crypto_unique_data`, `test_crypto_verify`, `test_file_consumers`, `test_fileless_audit`, `test_flycast_layout`, `test_gap_settlement`, `test_hidden_extras`, `test_launcher_aliases`, `test_launcher_layer`, `test_native_mode`, `test_no_case_collisions`, `test_path_conflict_status`, `test_path_null_copies`, `test_profile_checks`, `test_profile_repositories`, `test_romm_hash_rule`, `test_shared_groups`, `test_standalone_links`, `test_standalone_mode`, `test_undeclared_dedup`, `test_unplaced_extras`, `test_validation_scope`, `test_verify_all_dir`, `test_verify_emulator_evidence`, `test_verify_listing`, `test_verify_pack_choice`, `test_verify_release_asset` |
+| Verification, cross-reference and profile checks | synthetic + profiles | `test_case_insensitive_platforms`, `test_checks_have_values`, `test_core_file_fills_declaration`, `test_core_size_refusal`, `test_cross_reference_sources`, `test_crypto_aes`, `test_crypto_unique_data`, `test_crypto_verify`, `test_entry_categories`, `test_file_consumers`, `test_fileless_audit`, `test_flycast_layout`, `test_gap_settlement`, `test_hidden_extras`, `test_launcher_aliases`, `test_launcher_layer`, `test_native_mode`, `test_no_case_collisions`, `test_path_conflict_status`, `test_path_null_copies`, `test_profile_checks`, `test_profile_repositories`, `test_romm_hash_rule`, `test_shared_groups`, `test_standalone_links`, `test_standalone_mode`, `test_undeclared_dedup`, `test_unplaced_extras`, `test_validation_scope`, `test_verify_all_dir`, `test_verify_emulator_evidence`, `test_verify_listing`, `test_verify_pack_choice`, `test_verify_release_asset` |
 | Packs and manifests | synthetic + real packs | `test_artifact_lock`, `test_atomic_artifacts`, `test_batocera_cores`, `test_deterministic_zip`, `test_emulator_pack_counts`, `test_finalize_pack_names`, `test_large_file_cache`, `test_libretro_layout`, `test_manifest_entry`, `test_minui_platform`, `test_pack_conformance_dirs`, `test_pack_core_extras`, `test_pack_counts`, `test_pack_destinations`, `test_pack_failures`, `test_pack_file_names`, `test_pack_grouping`, `test_pack_integrity`, `test_pack_member_identity`, `test_pack_readme`, `test_platform_inheritance`, `test_platform_keys`, `test_required_only_archives`, `test_required_only_twins`, `test_split_extras`, `test_split_names`, `test_split_pack`, `test_system_pack_extras`, `test_system_pack_parity`, `test_torrentzip`, `test_which_pack` |
 | Slots and regions | synthetic + profiles | `test_region`, `test_region_agnostic_scan`, `test_region_groups`, `test_region_held`, `test_region_platform_index`, `test_region_required_only`, `test_slot`, `test_slots`, `test_slots_shipped_file` |
 | Hardware targets and systems | synthetic + target files | `test_extract_targets`, `test_lakka_targets`, `test_libretro_slugs`, `test_system_ids`, `test_system_selection`, `test_target_names`, `test_target_scrapers`, `test_target_systems`, `test_target_verify` |