diff --git a/src/lib/services/furni-data.ts b/src/lib/services/furni-data.ts
index e09f18053e..322759f05e 100644
--- a/src/lib/services/furni-data.ts
+++ b/src/lib/services/furni-data.ts
@@ -449,6 +449,8 @@ export interface FurniDataReconcileResult {
 	fixedIds: number;
 	/** Entries whose stale offerid was corrected to the DB id. */
 	fixedOfferIds: number;
+	/** Cross-section copies (same classname in both sections) whose stale id was aligned to their offerid. */
+	normalizedIds: number;
 	/** items_base rows with no matching furnitype entry (need re-import). */
 	missing: number;
 	/** spriteIds used by a different classname in the file; left untouched. */
@@ -503,6 +505,7 @@ export async function reconcileFurniDataWithItemsBase(): Promise<FurniDataReconc
 
 		let fixedIds = 0;
 		let fixedOfferIds = 0;
+		let normalizedIds = 0;
 		let missing = 0;
 		let conflicts = 0;
 
@@ -550,13 +553,13 @@ export async function reconcileFurniDataWithItemsBase(): Promise<FurniDataReconc
 				if (offer <= 0 || Number(e.id) === offer) continue;
 				if (dbById.get(offer) !== e.classname) continue;
 				e.id = offer;
-				fixedIds++;
+				normalizedIds++;
 			}
 		}
 
 		if (fixedIds > 0 || fixedOfferIds > 0) {
 			await writeFurniData(furniData as Record<string, unknown>);
 		}
-		return { fixedIds, fixedOfferIds, missing, conflicts };
+		return { fixedIds, fixedOfferIds, normalizedIds, missing, conflicts };
 	});
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/services/furni-import.ts b/src/lib/services/furni-import.ts
index 4e9af03458..903f1e0fa7 100644
--- a/src/lib/services/furni-import.ts
+++ b/src/lib/services/furni-import.ts
@@ -908,6 +908,19 @@ export async function importSingleFurni(params: {
 	});
 	const interactionModesCount = autoInteraction.interactionModesCount;
 
+	// When the .nitro logicType produced no specific handler, fall back to the
+	// auto-detected type (classname mechanic + keyword + real flags) exactly
+	// like the post-import verification sweep, so newly imported items carry the
+	// correct interaction_type immediately instead of waiting for the sweep.
+	// Never applied to updates — existing emulator handler types must survive.
+	if (
+		!isUpdate &&
+		interactionType === "default" &&
+		autoInteraction.interactionType !== "default"
+	) {
+		interactionType = autoInteraction.interactionType;
+	}
+
 	// Update items_base with ALL enriched data
 	try {
 		const update = buildItemsBaseEnrichmentUpdate({