diff --git a/internal/app/emailverify/service.go b/internal/app/emailverify/service.go
index eacbadac..3cff9d7c 100644
--- a/internal/app/emailverify/service.go
+++ b/internal/app/emailverify/service.go
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ type ProviderSource interface {
 	// ReportVerificationProviderError flips the connection's health when the
 	// provider rejected the key or ran out of credits.
 	ReportVerificationProviderError(ctx context.Context, connectionID uuid.UUID, err error)
+	// ClearVerificationProviderError withdraws that error once the provider works.
+	ClearVerificationProviderError(ctx context.Context, connectionID uuid.UUID)
 }
 
 // Service verifies contact email addresses before they are ever sent to.
@@ -251,10 +253,22 @@ func (s *service) providerUsable(ctx context.Context, p *Provider) (int, error)
 	s.creditsMu.Unlock()
 	if err != nil {
 		s.noteProviderError(ctx, p, err)
+	} else {
+		s.noteProviderOK(ctx, p)
 	}
 	return n, err
 }
 
+// noteProviderOK withdraws a recorded provider error once the key answers with
+// a balance again. The write is guarded in the repository, so a pass that finds
+// the connection already healthy costs nothing.
+func (s *service) noteProviderOK(ctx context.Context, p *Provider) {
+	if p == nil || p.ConnectionID == nil || s.providers == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	s.providers.ClearVerificationProviderError(ctx, *p.ConnectionID)
+}
+
 func (s *service) VerifyPending(ctx context.Context, limit int) (int, *errx.Error) {
 	cands, xerr := s.repo.ListVerificationCandidates(ctx, limit)
 	if xerr != nil {
diff --git a/internal/app/integration/service.go b/internal/app/integration/service.go
index e8fa5560..a935a044 100644
--- a/internal/app/integration/service.go
+++ b/internal/app/integration/service.go
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ type Service interface {
 	// emailverify.ProviderSource: the org's paid verification backend, if any.
 	VerificationProviderFor(ctx context.Context, orgID uuid.UUID) (*emailverifyapp.Provider, error)
 	ReportVerificationProviderError(ctx context.Context, connectionID uuid.UUID, err error)
+	ClearVerificationProviderError(ctx context.Context, connectionID uuid.UUID)
 
 	// Repo exposes the underlying repository for the inbound webhook handlers.
 	Repo() repository.IntegrationRepository
@@ -1433,6 +1434,12 @@ func (s *service) ReportVerificationProviderError(ctx context.Context, connectio
 	_ = s.repo.SetConnectionStatus(ctx, connectionID, status, health, detail)
 }
 
+// ClearVerificationProviderError puts the connection card back to healthy once
+// the provider answers again, since nothing else ever withdrew the error.
+func (s *service) ClearVerificationProviderError(ctx context.Context, connectionID uuid.UUID) {
+	_ = s.repo.ClearConnectionHealth(ctx, connectionID)
+}
+
 // slackChannelFor resolves the channel to post org notifications to. The
 // OAuth connect flow doesn't capture a default channel, so we look (in order)
 // at the connection's own config, then reuse whatever channel the org already
diff --git a/internal/models/integration.go b/internal/models/integration.go
index 0dde072f..5446defb 100644
--- a/internal/models/integration.go
+++ b/internal/models/integration.go
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ const (
 	IntegrationMillionVerifier IntegrationProvider = "millionverifier"
 )
 
+// VerificationProviders are the providers that verify contact addresses. A
+// connection to one of these makes a built-in verdict worth re-checking.
+var VerificationProviders = []IntegrationProvider{IntegrationMillionVerifier}
+
 // AllIntegrationProviders lists every provider the dashboard exposes. The
 // order here is the catalog order users see.
 var AllIntegrationProviders = []IntegrationProvider{
diff --git a/internal/repository/contact_verification_reopen_live_test.go b/internal/repository/contact_verification_reopen_live_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b5a8dd47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/repository/contact_verification_reopen_live_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+package repository
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+)
+
+// Connecting a paid verifier has to reopen the addresses the built-in check
+// could not resolve. Without that, a workspace that connects one because the
+// in-house probe returned `unknown` waits out the 30-day shelf life before a
+// single credit is spent, and the connection card keeps saying degraded from
+// whatever the provider answered on the first pass.
+//
+// Run against the dev stack:
+//
+//	WARMBLY_TEST_DB=postgres://warmbly:warmbly@localhost:15432/warmbly_dev?sslmode=disable \
+//	  go test ./internal/repository/ -run LiveVerificationReopen -v
+func TestLiveVerificationReopenOnProviderConnect(t *testing.T) {
+	handle, pool := liveContactDB(t)
+	f := newSharedOrgFixture(t, pool)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	repo := &contactRepository{DB: handle}
+
+	exec := func(sql string, args ...any) {
+		t.Helper()
+		if _, err := pool.Exec(ctx, sql, args...); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("fixture: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Checked yesterday by the built-in probe and left unknown: far inside the
+	// 30-day window, so nothing but a connected verifier makes it a candidate.
+	stale := uuid.New()
+	exec(`INSERT INTO contacts (id, user_id, organization_id, email, first_name, last_name, company, phone,
+	          custom_fields, updated_at, created_at,
+	          verification_status, verification_provider, verification_source, verification_checked_at)
+	      VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, 'Ada', 'Ng', '', '', '{}'::jsonb, NOW(), NOW(),
+	          'unknown', 'builtin', 'probe', NOW() - INTERVAL '1 day')`,
+		stale, f.owner, f.org, "reopen-"+stale.String()[:8]+"@test.local")
+
+	candidates := func() map[uuid.UUID]bool {
+		t.Helper()
+		got, xerr := repo.ListVerificationCandidates(ctx, 500)
+		if xerr != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("list candidates: %v", xerr)
+		}
+		out := map[uuid.UUID]bool{}
+		for _, c := range got {
+			out[c.ID] = true
+		}
+		return out
+	}
+
+	if candidates()[stale] {
+		t.Fatal("a fresh built-in verdict is a candidate with no verifier connected")
+	}
+
+	conn := uuid.New()
+	exec(`INSERT INTO integration_connections (id, organization_id, provider, status, health, created_at, updated_at)
+	      VALUES ($1, $2, 'millionverifier', 'connected', 'healthy', NOW(), NOW())`, conn, f.org)
+
+	if !candidates()[stale] {
+		t.Fatal("connecting a verifier did not reopen the built-in unknown verdict")
+	}
+
+	// One-shot: a verdict reached after the connection is not reopened again,
+	// so a provider that keeps answering unknown cannot loop every pass.
+	exec(`UPDATE contacts SET verification_checked_at = NOW() WHERE id = $1`, stale)
+	if candidates()[stale] {
+		t.Fatal("a verdict reached after the connection was reopened again")
+	}
+
+	// A disconnected verifier is not a reason to re-check anything.
+	exec(`UPDATE contacts SET verification_checked_at = NOW() - INTERVAL '1 day' WHERE id = $1`, stale)
+	exec(`UPDATE integration_connections SET status = 'disconnected' WHERE id = $1`, conn)
+	if candidates()[stale] {
+		t.Fatal("a disconnected verifier reopened the verdict")
+	}
+
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		_, _ = pool.Exec(ctx, `DELETE FROM contacts WHERE id = $1`, stale)
+		_, _ = pool.Exec(ctx, `DELETE FROM integration_connections WHERE id = $1`, conn)
+	})
+}
diff --git a/internal/repository/pg_contact.go b/internal/repository/pg_contact.go
index b2ce5163..c185321c 100644
--- a/internal/repository/pg_contact.go
+++ b/internal/repository/pg_contact.go
@@ -697,11 +697,24 @@ func (r *contactRepository) ListVerificationCandidates(ctx context.Context, limi
 		    c.verification_checked_at IS NULL
 		    OR (c.verification_status = 'unknown' AND c.verification_checked_at < NOW() - make_interval(days => $2))
 		    OR c.verification_checked_at < NOW() - make_interval(days => $3)
+		    -- A verdict reached before the workspace connected a verifier was
+		    -- reached without it; re-check once rather than after the shelf life.
+		    OR EXISTS (
+		      SELECT 1 FROM integration_connections ic
+		      WHERE ic.organization_id = c.organization_id
+		        AND ic.provider = ANY($5)
+		        AND ic.status <> 'disconnected'
+		        AND c.verification_checked_at < ic.created_at
+		    )
 		  )
 		ORDER BY c.verification_checked_at ASC NULLS FIRST, c.created_at ASC
 		LIMIT $1
 	`
-	params := []any{limit, config.VerificationUnknownRecheckDays, config.VerificationRecheckDays, config.VerificationEvidenceFreshDays}
+	providers := make([]string, 0, len(models.VerificationProviders))
+	for _, p := range models.VerificationProviders {
+		providers = append(providers, string(p))
+	}
+	params := []any{limit, config.VerificationUnknownRecheckDays, config.VerificationRecheckDays, config.VerificationEvidenceFreshDays, providers}
 	rows, err := r.DB.Query(ctx, query, params...)
 	if err != nil {
 		db.CaptureError(err, query, params, "query")
diff --git a/internal/repository/pg_integration.go b/internal/repository/pg_integration.go
index ce8b4a8a..844b290d 100644
--- a/internal/repository/pg_integration.go
+++ b/internal/repository/pg_integration.go
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ type IntegrationRepository interface {
 	MarkConnectionSynced(ctx context.Context, id uuid.UUID, status models.IntegrationStatus, displayFields json.RawMessage, errMsg string) error
 	UpdateConnectionTokens(ctx context.Context, id uuid.UUID, accessEnc, refreshEnc string, expiresAt *time.Time, scopes []string) error
 	SetConnectionStatus(ctx context.Context, id uuid.UUID, status models.IntegrationStatus, health models.IntegrationHealth, detail string) error
+	ClearConnectionHealth(ctx context.Context, id uuid.UUID) error
 
 	// OAuth handshake state
 	CreateOAuthState(ctx context.Context, st *models.IntegrationOAuthState) error
@@ -350,6 +351,18 @@ func (r *integrationRepository) UpdateConnectionTokens(ctx context.Context, id u
 	return err
 }
 
+// ClearConnectionHealth marks a connection healthy again, and only writes when
+// it is not already, so a per-pass recovery check does not churn the row.
+func (r *integrationRepository) ClearConnectionHealth(ctx context.Context, id uuid.UUID) error {
+	now := time.Now().UTC()
+	_, err := r.db.Exec(ctx, `
+		UPDATE integration_connections
+		SET status = $1, health = $2, health_detail = NULL, health_checked_at = $3, updated_at = $3
+		WHERE id = $4 AND (status <> $1 OR health <> $2)`,
+		string(models.IntegrationStatusConnected), string(models.IntegrationHealthHealthy), now, id)
+	return err
+}
+
 func (r *integrationRepository) SetConnectionStatus(ctx context.Context, id uuid.UUID, status models.IntegrationStatus, health models.IntegrationHealth, detail string) error {
 	now := time.Now().UTC()
 	_, err := r.db.Exec(ctx, `