diff --git a/src/pages/ImportPage.render.test.tsx b/src/pages/ImportPage.render.test.tsx
index 0ded6ae..13ddbaa 100644
--- a/src/pages/ImportPage.render.test.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/ImportPage.render.test.tsx
@@ -230,7 +230,8 @@ describe("ImportPage — the step card (#398)", () => {
       scannedSources: SOURCES,
       importReport: report(0),
     });
-    // Duplicates only: the file row is `completed`, the checklist counts it.
+    // Duplicates only: this file brought no transaction, and the step stays
+    // checked by the earlier import that brought the ones it duplicates.
     harness.onboarding = path(IMPORTED, true);
     const html = render();
     expect(sentence(html)).toBe("t(onboarding.card.import.failed[])");
@@ -238,6 +239,20 @@ describe("ImportPage — the step card (#398)", () => {
     expect(html).not.toContain("onboarding.card.next");
   });
 
+  it("after 'Done' on an import that added nothing, the wizard at rest: no 'Done.', step 4 again on the first source card", () => {
+    // The file row is written, but the import step only counts a file that
+    // brought a transaction: the re-read keeps the step to do (review of #398).
+    harness.wizard = wizard({ importFolder: "/home/max/Relevés", scannedSources: SOURCES });
+    harness.onboarding = path({ ...ZERO, sources: 1 }, true);
+    const html = render();
+    expect(html).toContain("t(onboarding.card.stepOf[n=4,total=6])");
+    expect(html).not.toContain("t(onboarding.card.done)");
+    expect(sentence(html)).toBe("t(onboarding.card.import.sourceList[])");
+    const target = highlighted(html);
+    expect(target.inner).toContain("Desjardins");
+    expect(target.inner).not.toContain("Tangerine");
+  });
+
   it("after 'Done' or 'Cancel', the wizard at rest: the card still says 'Done.' and points at nothing", () => {
     harness.wizard = wizard({ importFolder: "/home/max/Relevés", scannedSources: SOURCES });
     harness.onboarding = path(IMPORTED, true);
diff --git a/src/services/importedFileService.ts b/src/services/importedFileService.ts
index a559164..6e6bb95 100644
--- a/src/services/importedFileService.ts
+++ b/src/services/importedFileService.ts
@@ -39,8 +39,9 @@ export async function createImportedFile(file: {
     "SELECT id FROM imported_files WHERE source_id = $1 AND filename = $2",
     [file.source_id, file.filename]
   );
-  // Both branches write the status that the "import a first file" step counts
-  // (`status = 'completed'`), so each one is announced (ADR 0022).
+  // Both branches write the status that the "import a first file" step reads
+  // (`status = 'completed'`, counted once the file brought a transaction), so
+  // each one is announced (ADR 0022).
   if (existing.length > 0) {
     await db.execute(
       `UPDATE imported_files SET file_hash = $1, row_count = $2, status = $3, notes = $4, import_date = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP WHERE id = $5`,
diff --git a/src/services/onboardingService.test.ts b/src/services/onboardingService.test.ts
index 883e953..104be6b 100644
--- a/src/services/onboardingService.test.ts
+++ b/src/services/onboardingService.test.ts
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ describe("getOnboardingSnapshot (#351, #396)", () => {
     expect(db.select).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(4);
     const sqls = db.select.mock.calls.map((c) => String(c[0]));
     const aggregate = sqls.find((s) => s.includes("import_sources"))!;
-    expect(aggregate).toContain("FROM imported_files WHERE status = 'completed'");
     expect(aggregate).toContain("FROM transactions WHERE is_manually_categorized = 1");
     expect(aggregate).toContain("FROM budget_entries");
     expect(aggregate).toMatch(/\(SELECT COUNT\(\*\) FROM transactions\)\s+AS transactions/);
@@ -144,6 +143,21 @@ describe("getOnboardingSnapshot (#351, #396)", () => {
     expect(sqls.filter((s) => s.includes("LIKE 'onboarding_skipped_%'"))).toHaveLength(1);
   });
 
+  // The tests run without SQLite, so the rule is pinned on the query itself.
+  // `executeImport` writes the file row `completed` before its first insert: a
+  // file whose rows were all in error keeps that row and adds no transaction,
+  // and must not tick "Import a first file" (review of #398).
+  it("counts a completed import only once the file brought a transaction", async () => {
+    const { db } = useFakeDb();
+    await getOnboardingSnapshot();
+    const aggregate = db.select.mock.calls
+      .map((c) => String(c[0]))
+      .find((s) => s.includes("import_sources"))!;
+    expect(aggregate).toMatch(
+      /\(SELECT COUNT\(\*\) FROM imported_files f\s+WHERE f\.status = 'completed'\s+AND EXISTS \(SELECT 1 FROM transactions t WHERE t\.file_id = f\.id\)\)\s+AS imports/,
+    );
+  });
+
   it("is a pure read: it never writes, even on a profile D9 would hide", async () => {
     const { db } = useFakeDb({ transactions: 60 });
     const unsubscribe = subscribeDataChanged(() => {
diff --git a/src/services/onboardingService.ts b/src/services/onboardingService.ts
index d56d11d..bdd78cc 100644
--- a/src/services/onboardingService.ts
+++ b/src/services/onboardingService.ts
@@ -54,10 +54,16 @@ interface CountersRow {
   transactions: number;
 }
 
+// `imports` counts a `completed` file only once it brought a transaction:
+// `executeImport` writes the row `completed` before inserting, and a file whose
+// rows were all in error (or that holds only its header) keeps that row with
+// no transaction. The sub-query is covered by `idx_transactions_file`.
 const COUNTERS_SQL = `
   SELECT
     (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM import_sources)                                 AS sources,
-    (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM imported_files WHERE status = 'completed')      AS imports,
+    (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM imported_files f
+      WHERE f.status = 'completed'
+        AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM transactions t WHERE t.file_id = f.id)) AS imports,
     (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM transactions WHERE is_manually_categorized = 1) AS manual_categorized,
     (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM budget_entries)                                 AS budget_entries,
     (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM transactions)                                   AS transactions
diff --git a/src/shared/types/index.ts b/src/shared/types/index.ts
index d1873b1..2d13df2 100644
--- a/src/shared/types/index.ts
+++ b/src/shared/types/index.ts
@@ -960,6 +960,7 @@ export interface AccountReturn {
 /** Aggregated counters behind the getting-started checklist, read in one query. */
 export interface OnboardingCounters {
   sources: number;
+  /** `completed` imported files that brought at least one transaction. */
   imports: number;
   manualCategorized: number;
   budgetEntries: number;
diff --git a/src/utils/onboardingPath.ts b/src/utils/onboardingPath.ts
index eb6f0d4..bc60b98 100644
--- a/src/utils/onboardingPath.ts
+++ b/src/utils/onboardingPath.ts
@@ -280,8 +280,8 @@ function checked(checklist: Checklist | null, key: ChecklistItemKey): boolean {
  * are tried in order, and the first that applies wins:
  * 1. the folder is not read yet: no card (null);
  * 2. an import is running: "Importing…". It comes before anything the
- *    counters say, because `executeImport` writes the `imported_files` row
- *    `completed` before inserting a single transaction;
+ *    counters say, because the import step ticks as soon as the first
+ *    transaction of the file lands, long before the import ends;
  * 3. the report: "Done." when the import added transactions, the failure
  *    sentence when it added none (insertion failed, duplicates only), or when
  *    the count is missing: never "Done." without one;