diff --git a/libs/core/src/lib/import/process-resource-group.spec.ts b/libs/core/src/lib/import/process-resource-group.spec.ts
index 05facef..5ae6dcd 100644
--- a/libs/core/src/lib/import/process-resource-group.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/core/src/lib/import/process-resource-group.spec.ts
@@ -254,6 +254,48 @@ describe('process-resource-group', () => {
       expect(changes[0].newStatus).toBe('translated');
     });
 
+    it('should not downgrade a current verified value for translation-service', () => {
+      const currentBaseChecksum = calculateChecksum('OK');
+      mkdirSync(folderPath, { recursive: true });
+      writeFileSync(entryResourcePath, JSON.stringify({ ok: { source: 'OK', es: 'Bien' } }));
+      writeFileSync(
+        entryMetaPath,
+        JSON.stringify({
+          ok: {
+            en: { checksum: currentBaseChecksum },
+            es: {
+              checksum: calculateChecksum('Bien'),
+              baseChecksum: currentBaseChecksum,
+              status: 'verified',
+            },
+          },
+        }),
+      );
+
+      const filesModified = new Set<string>();
+      const warnings: string[] = [];
+      const changes = processResourceGroup(
+        {
+          folderPath,
+          entryResourcePath,
+          entryMetaPath,
+          resources: [{ resource: { key: 'common.buttons.ok', value: 'Bien' }, entryKey: 'ok' }],
+        },
+        'es',
+        'en',
+        { source: 'test.json', locale: 'es', strategy: 'translation-service' },
+        false,
+        false,
+        filesModified,
+        warnings,
+      );
+
+      expect(changes[0]?.oldStatus).toBe('verified');
+      expect(changes[0]?.newStatus).toBe('verified');
+      expect(JSON.parse(readFileSync(entryMetaPath, 'utf8')).ok.es.status).toBe('verified');
+      expect(filesModified.size).toBe(0);
+    });
+
     it('should preserve existing status when value does not change with update strategy', () => {
       const group: ResourceGroup = {
         folderPath,
@@ -290,6 +332,113 @@ describe('process-resource-group', () => {
       expect(filesModified.size).toBe(0);
     });
 
+    describe('reconfirming unchanged values with stale metadata', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        writeFileSync(
+          entryMetaPath,
+          JSON.stringify({
+            ok: {
+              en: { checksum: calculateChecksum('OK') },
+              es: {
+                checksum: calculateChecksum('Bien'),
+                baseChecksum: calculateChecksum('Old source'),
+                status: 'stale',
+              },
+            },
+          }),
+        );
+      });
+
+      function createUnchangedValueGroup(): ResourceGroup {
+        return {
+          folderPath,
+          entryResourcePath,
+          entryMetaPath,
+          resources: [
+            {
+              resource: {
+                key: 'common.buttons.ok',
+                value: 'Bien',
+              },
+              entryKey: 'ok',
+            },
+          ],
+        };
+      }
+
+      it('should refresh the base checksum and set stale values to translated for translation-service', () => {
+        const filesModified = new Set<string>();
+        const warnings: string[] = [];
+
+        const changes = processResourceGroup(
+          createUnchangedValueGroup(),
+          'es',
+          'en',
+          { source: 'test.json', locale: 'es', strategy: 'translation-service' },
+          false,
+          false,
+          filesModified,
+          warnings,
+        );
+
+        expect(changes[0]?.oldStatus).toBe('stale');
+        expect(changes[0]?.newStatus).toBe('translated');
+
+        const meta = JSON.parse(readFileSync(entryMetaPath, 'utf8'));
+        expect(meta.ok.es.status).toBe('translated');
+        expect(meta.ok.es.baseChecksum).toBe(calculateChecksum('OK'));
+        expect(filesModified.has(entryMetaPath)).toBe(true);
+      });
+
+      it('should refresh the base checksum and set stale values to verified for verification', () => {
+        const filesModified = new Set<string>();
+        const warnings: string[] = [];
+
+        const changes = processResourceGroup(
+          createUnchangedValueGroup(),
+          'es',
+          'en',
+          { source: 'test.json', locale: 'es', strategy: 'verification' },
+          false,
+          false,
+          filesModified,
+          warnings,
+        );
+
+        expect(changes[0]?.oldStatus).toBe('stale');
+        expect(changes[0]?.newStatus).toBe('verified');
+
+        const meta = JSON.parse(readFileSync(entryMetaPath, 'utf8'));
+        expect(meta.ok.es.status).toBe('verified');
+        expect(meta.ok.es.baseChecksum).toBe(calculateChecksum('OK'));
+        expect(filesModified.has(entryMetaPath)).toBe(true);
+      });
+
+      it('should leave stale metadata unchanged for update', () => {
+        const filesModified = new Set<string>();
+        const warnings: string[] = [];
+
+        const changes = processResourceGroup(
+          createUnchangedValueGroup(),
+          'es',
+          'en',
+          { source: 'test.json', locale: 'es', strategy: 'update' },
+          false,
+          false,
+          filesModified,
+          warnings,
+        );
+
+        expect(changes[0]?.oldStatus).toBe('stale');
+        expect(changes[0]?.newStatus).toBe('stale');
+
+        const meta = JSON.parse(readFileSync(entryMetaPath, 'utf8'));
+        expect(meta.ok.es.status).toBe('stale');
+        expect(meta.ok.es.baseChecksum).toBe(calculateChecksum('Old source'));
+        expect(filesModified.size).toBe(0);
+      });
+    });
+
     it('should set status to verified for verification strategy', () => {
       const group: ResourceGroup = {
         folderPath,
diff --git a/libs/core/src/lib/import/process-resource-group.ts b/libs/core/src/lib/import/process-resource-group.ts
index 27c7656..dd95d76 100644
--- a/libs/core/src/lib/import/process-resource-group.ts
+++ b/libs/core/src/lib/import/process-resource-group.ts
@@ -219,23 +219,35 @@ function handleUnchangedTargetLocaleValue(
     };
   }
 
+  // Translation-service and verification imports re-confirm unchanged values.
+  // Keep the update/migration strategies' existing metadata behavior intact,
+  // while bringing the target locale's base checksum back in sync with the
+  // current base locale metadata during re-confirmation.
+  const shouldRefreshBaseChecksum = options.strategy === 'translation-service' || options.strategy === 'verification';
+  const currentBaseChecksum = entryMeta?.[baseLocale]?.checksum ?? calculateChecksum(entry.source);
+  const baseChecksumChanged = shouldRefreshBaseChecksum && entryMeta?.[locale]?.baseChecksum !== currentBaseChecksum;
   const resolvedStatus: TranslationStatus = shouldUseSourceStatus(options, resource)
     ? resource.status
     : options.strategy === 'verification'
       ? 'verified'
-      : (oldStatus ?? 'translated');
+      : options.strategy === 'translation-service' && (oldStatus === 'stale' || baseChecksumChanged)
+        ? 'translated'
+        : (oldStatus ?? 'translated');
 
-  if (resolvedStatus !== oldStatus) {
+  if (resolvedStatus !== oldStatus || baseChecksumChanged) {
     ensureEntryMeta(trackerMeta, entryKey);
 
     if (!trackerMeta[entryKey][locale]) {
       trackerMeta[entryKey][locale] = {
         checksum: entryMeta?.[locale]?.checksum ?? calculateChecksum(oldValue),
-        baseChecksum: entryMeta?.[baseLocale]?.checksum ?? calculateChecksum(entry.source),
+        baseChecksum: currentBaseChecksum,
         status: resolvedStatus,
       };
     } else {
       trackerMeta[entryKey][locale].status = resolvedStatus;
+      if (shouldRefreshBaseChecksum) {
+        trackerMeta[entryKey][locale].baseChecksum = currentBaseChecksum;
+      }
     }
     ctx.dataModified = true;
   }