diff --git a/scripts/generate_pack.py b/scripts/generate_pack.py
index 354964481..458fa968b 100644
--- a/scripts/generate_pack.py
+++ b/scripts/generate_pack.py
@@ -1135,7 +1135,10 @@ def generate_pack(
                     config.get("hash_rule", ""),
                 )
                 if refusal:
-                    file_status[dedup_key] = "excluded"
+                    # An earlier declaration of this path shipped a file this
+                    # one refuses: it is in the pack, untested as verify
+                    # counts it, not excluded.
+                    file_status[dedup_key] = "untested" if already_packed else "excluded"
                     file_reasons[dedup_key] = refusal
                     continue
                 if not hash_mismatch_excludes_file(verification_mode) and (
@@ -1171,6 +1174,9 @@ def generate_pack(
 
                 if already_packed:
                     continue
+                if file_status.get(dedup_key) == "excluded":
+                    # An earlier declaration refused the file this one ships.
+                    file_status[dedup_key] = "untested"
                 seen_destinations.add(dedup_key)
                 _register_path(dedup_key, seen_destinations, seen_parents)
                 if case_insensitive:
diff --git a/tests/test_twin_declaration_status.py b/tests/test_twin_declaration_status.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d9967a2b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_twin_declaration_status.py
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+"""A path declared twice, once unpinned and once with a pin the copy misses.
+
+The unpinned declaration ships the file and the pinned one refuses it. The
+builder wrote "excluded" over the shipped path, so its summary said "1 unsafe
+excluded" for a file inside the archive, while verify counted it untested
+and listed no exclusion. Both orders of the two systems are checked: the
+refusal read first left "excluded" behind the file the second one ships.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import contextlib
+import hashlib
+import io
+import os
+import sys
+import tempfile
+import unittest
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import yaml
+
+REPO_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+sys.path.insert(0, str(REPO_ROOT / "scripts"))
+
+import common  # noqa: E402
+import generate_db  # noqa: E402
+import generate_pack as builder  # noqa: E402
+from verify import Status, verify_platform  # noqa: E402
+
+PAYLOAD = b"a console firmware"
+SHA1 = hashlib.sha1(PAYLOAD).hexdigest()
+
+
+class TwinDeclarationStatus(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self._tmp = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(dir=REPO_ROOT / "tmp")
+        self._cwd = os.getcwd()
+        os.chdir(self._tmp.name)
+        for d in ("emulators", "platforms", "bios/Twin"):
+            Path(d).mkdir(parents=True)
+        Path("bios/Twin/fw.bin").write_bytes(PAYLOAD)
+        files = {SHA1: {
+            "path": "bios/Twin/fw.bin", "name": "fw.bin", "size": len(PAYLOAD),
+            "sha1": SHA1, "md5": hashlib.md5(PAYLOAD).hexdigest(),
+            "sha256": hashlib.sha256(PAYLOAD).hexdigest(), "crc32": "00000001",
+        }}
+        self.db = {"files": files, "indexes": generate_db.build_indexes(files, {})}
+        Path("platforms/_registry.yml").write_text(
+            yaml.dump({"platforms": {"twin": {"status": "active"}}})
+        )
+        self.addCleanup(common._platform_config_cache.clear)
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        os.chdir(self._cwd)
+        self._tmp.cleanup()
+
+    def _config(self, unpinned: str, pinned: str) -> dict:
+        config = {
+            "platform": "Twin", "verification_mode": "md5",
+            "systems": {
+                unpinned: {"files": [{"name": "fw.bin", "destination": "fw.bin"}]},
+                pinned: {"files": [{
+                    "name": "fw.bin", "destination": "fw.bin", "md5": "0" * 32,
+                }]},
+            },
+        }
+        Path("platforms/twin.yml").write_text(yaml.dump(config))
+        common._platform_config_cache.clear()
+        return config
+
+    def _check(self, config: dict) -> None:
+        record = builder.PackRecord()
+        out = io.StringIO()
+        with contextlib.redirect_stdout(out):
+            builder.generate_pack(
+                "twin", "platforms", self.db, "bios", "out",
+                emulators_dir="emulators", emu_profiles={}, record=record,
+                offline=True,
+            )
+        self.assertIn("fw.bin", record.members)
+        summary = out.getvalue()
+        self.assertNotIn("excluded", summary.lower())
+        self.assertIn("0/1 files OK, 1 untested", summary)
+        self.assertIn("UNTESTED: fw.bin", summary)
+        report = verify_platform(config, self.db, "emulators", {})
+        self.assertEqual(report["status_counts"], {Status.UNTESTED: 1})
+        self.assertEqual(report["excluded_files"], [])
+
+    def test_unpinned_declaration_read_first(self):
+        self._check(self._config("aaa", "bbb"))
+
+    def test_pinned_declaration_read_first(self):
+        self._check(self._config("zzz", "bbb"))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()