diff --git a/src/app.h b/src/app.h
index 57734d4..95f4f37 100644
--- a/src/app.h
+++ b/src/app.h
@@ -389,6 +389,14 @@ public:
     // True when the current full-node wallet is a legacy, pre-seed-phrase wallet (no BIP39 mnemonic)
     // that a capable daemon could migrate — the Migrate-to-seed button glows to nudge the user.
     bool isPreSeedWallet() const { return wallet_seed_status_ == WalletSeedStatus::NoMnemonic; }
+    // Authoritative BIP39-mnemonic status of the ACTIVE wallet, decided at runtime by z_exportmnemonic
+    // (not the offline file probe, which can't tell an HD-but-no-mnemonic wallet from a seed-phrase one).
+    // 0 = unknown/undecidable, 1 = has a seed phrase, 2 = legacy (no mnemonic).
+    int activeWalletSeedBadge() const {
+        if (wallet_seed_status_ == WalletSeedStatus::HasMnemonic) return 1;
+        if (wallet_seed_status_ == WalletSeedStatus::NoMnemonic)  return 2;
+        return 0;
+    }
     void showAboutDialog() { show_about_ = true; }
     
     // Legacy tab compat — maps int to NavPage
diff --git a/src/ui/windows/wallets_dialog.h b/src/ui/windows/wallets_dialog.h
index 90e8bde..ca3155c 100644
--- a/src/ui/windows/wallets_dialog.h
+++ b/src/ui/windows/wallets_dialog.h
@@ -288,9 +288,16 @@ public:
                 // encryption — so absence of a lock never falsely reads as "unencrypted" on a huge wallet.
                 const ProbeResult pres = probeAt(i);   // from the frame-consistent snapshot above
                 const bool bLock    = pres.probed && pres.encrypted;
-                const bool bSeed    = pres.probed && pres.hdSeed;
-                const bool bLegacy  = pres.probed && pres.complete && !pres.hdSeed;
-                const bool bUnknown = pres.probed && !pres.complete && !pres.encrypted;
+                // Seed-phrase vs legacy: the offline probe only sees HD records (hdseed/hdchain), which
+                // are present in BOTH mnemonic and legacy-HD wallets — so it can't tell them apart. For
+                // the ACTIVE wallet the app knows the truth (z_exportmnemonic → activeWalletSeedBadge);
+                // prefer that and fall back to the probe only for non-active or not-yet-decided wallets.
+                const int activeBadge = rowActive[i] ? app->activeWalletSeedBadge() : 0;
+                const bool bSeed    = (activeBadge == 1) || (activeBadge == 0 && pres.probed && pres.hdSeed);
+                const bool bLegacy  = (activeBadge == 2) ||
+                                      (activeBadge == 0 && pres.probed && pres.complete && !pres.hdSeed);
+                // No "unknown" seed badge once the runtime status is authoritative for the active wallet.
+                const bool bUnknown = (activeBadge == 0) && pres.probed && !pres.complete && !pres.encrypted;
                 struct Badge { const char* glyph; ImU32 col; const char* label; const char* tip; };
                 Badge bl[4]; int nb = 0;
                 if (bSeed)    bl[nb++] = { ICON_MD_ECO,          WithAlpha(Success(), 235),         TR("wallets_badge_seed_short"),      TR("wallets_badge_seed") };