diff --git a/scripts/generate_db.py b/scripts/generate_db.py
index 828c85ca..398a3b71 100644
--- a/scripts/generate_db.py
+++ b/scripts/generate_db.py
@@ -71,6 +71,34 @@ def _canonical_name(filepath: Path) -> str:
     return filepath.name
 
 
+def _settled_hashes(
+    filepath: Path, cached: dict | None, mtime: float, size: int
+) -> dict:
+    """The file's digests, computed again when they contradict the cache.
+
+    A forced run rehashes everything, and this host has given a wrong SHA-1
+    under load (DSi_Nand_USA.bin read as 834b140f, not ef08ae02). An entry
+    whose mtime and size did not move but whose digest did is hashed a
+    second time, and the two computations that agree win. The previous run's
+    value is the independent check the forced run used to throw away.
+    """
+    hashes = compute_hashes(filepath)
+    if not cached or cached.get("mtime") != mtime or cached.get("size") != size:
+        return hashes
+    if cached.get("sha1") in (None, hashes["sha1"]):
+        return hashes
+    again = compute_hashes(filepath, cache=False)
+    if again["sha1"] == hashes["sha1"]:
+        # Two fresh readings agree: the bytes changed under an unchanged mtime.
+        return hashes
+    print(
+        f"  WARNING: {filepath}: sha1 read as {hashes['sha1'][:8]} then "
+        f"{again['sha1'][:8]}, cached {cached['sha1'][:8]}",
+        file=sys.stderr,
+    )
+    return again if again["sha1"] == cached["sha1"] else hashes
+
+
 def scan_bios_dir(bios_dir: Path, cache: dict, force: bool) -> tuple[dict, dict, dict]:
     """Scan bios directory and compute hashes, using cache when possible."""
     files = {}
@@ -132,7 +160,7 @@ def scan_bios_dir(bios_dir: Path, cache: dict, force: bool) -> tuple[dict, dict,
                 new_cache[cache_key] = {**hashes, "mtime": mtime, "size": size}
                 continue
 
-        hashes = compute_hashes(filepath)
+        hashes = _settled_hashes(filepath, cache.get(cache_key), mtime, size)
         sha1 = hashes["sha1"]
         is_variant = "/.variants/" in rel_path or "\\.variants\\" in rel_path
         if sha1 in files:
@@ -362,7 +390,9 @@ def main() -> int:
         print(f"Error: BIOS directory '{bios_dir}' not found", file=sys.stderr)
         sys.exit(1)
 
-    cache = {} if args.force else load_cache(CACHE_FILE)
+    # A forced run rehashes every file but keeps the previous digests to
+    # check the new ones against.
+    cache = load_cache(CACHE_FILE)
 
     print(f"Scanning {bios_dir}/ ...")
     files, aliases, new_cache = scan_bios_dir(bios_dir, cache, args.force)
diff --git a/scripts/hashing.py b/scripts/hashing.py
index c6d89736..2dee6246 100644
--- a/scripts/hashing.py
+++ b/scripts/hashing.py
@@ -24,9 +24,15 @@ _hash_cache: dict[tuple, dict[str, str]] = {}
 def compute_hashes(
     filepath: str | Path,
     algorithms: frozenset[str] | None = None,
+    cache: bool = True,
 ) -> dict[str, str]:
-    """Compute file hashes. Pass *algorithms* to limit which are computed."""
+    """Compute file hashes. Pass *algorithms* to limit which are computed.
+
+    cache=False reads the file again, for a second opinion on a digest.
+    """
     algos = frozenset(algorithms) if algorithms else _ALL_ALGORITHMS
+    if not cache:
+        return _compute_hashes(filepath, algos)
     try:
         stat = os.stat(filepath)
         key: tuple | None = (
diff --git a/tests/test_audit_regressions.py b/tests/test_audit_regressions.py
index 7485084b..ac385869 100644
--- a/tests/test_audit_regressions.py
+++ b/tests/test_audit_regressions.py
@@ -5409,5 +5409,34 @@ class AnUnansweredSearchIsNotANotFound(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(result["stats"]["errors"], 0)
 
 
+class AForcedRehashIsCheckedAgainstTheLastOne(unittest.TestCase):
+    """This host has computed a wrong SHA-1 under load. The pipeline's forced
+    rebuild threw the previous digests away and wrote whatever it read."""
+
+    def test_a_reading_the_cache_and_a_second_reading_contradict_is_outvoted(self):
+        from unittest import mock
+
+        from scripts import generate_db
+
+        cached = {"sha1": "a" * 40, "mtime": 1.0, "size": 4}
+        readings = iter([{"sha1": "b" * 40}, {"sha1": "a" * 40}])
+        with mock.patch.object(generate_db, "compute_hashes", lambda *a, **k: next(readings)), \
+                contextlib.redirect_stderr(io.StringIO()) as err:
+            settled = generate_db._settled_hashes(Path("x.bin"), cached, 1.0, 4)
+        self.assertEqual(settled["sha1"], "a" * 40)
+        self.assertIn("WARNING", err.getvalue())
+
+    def test_a_changed_file_takes_its_new_digest(self):
+        from unittest import mock
+
+        from scripts import generate_db
+
+        cached = {"sha1": "a" * 40, "mtime": 1.0, "size": 4}
+        with mock.patch.object(generate_db, "compute_hashes", lambda *a, **k: {"sha1": "c" * 40}):
+            self.assertEqual(
+                generate_db._settled_hashes(Path("x.bin"), cached, 2.0, 4)["sha1"], "c" * 40
+            )
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()