diff --git a/AppImage/messages/en/common.json b/AppImage/messages/en/common.json
index 83b3047e..55b5b4b9 100644
--- a/AppImage/messages/en/common.json
+++ b/AppImage/messages/en/common.json
@@ -1289,7 +1289,7 @@
       "runDeferred": "held for safety",
       "runSkipped": "nothing pending",
       "runSkippedStatus": "run skipped",
-      "reasonStoppedContainer": "Container is stopped; scheduled update was skipped.",
+      "reasonStoppedContainer": "Container was stopped; scheduled update was skipped.",
       "releaseDelaySummary": "{days}-day release hold",
       "releaseDelayLabel": "Wait after a new app release",
       "releaseDelayNone": "No waiting period",
diff --git a/AppImage/messages/sk/common.json b/AppImage/messages/sk/common.json
index 42f2541a..2297cb21 100644
--- a/AppImage/messages/sk/common.json
+++ b/AppImage/messages/sk/common.json
@@ -1289,7 +1289,7 @@
       "runDeferred": "odložené z bezpečnostných dôvodov",
       "runSkipped": "nič nečaká",
       "runSkippedStatus": "spustenie bolo preskočené",
-      "reasonStoppedContainer": "Kontajner je vypnutý; plánovaná aktualizácia sa preskočila.",
+      "reasonStoppedContainer": "Kontajner bol vypnutý; plánovaná aktualizácia sa preskočila.",
       "releaseDelaySummary": "odklad {days} deň/dní",
       "releaseDelayLabel": "Počkať po novej verzii aplikácie",
       "releaseDelayNone": "Bez čakacej doby",
diff --git a/tests/lxc_updates/test_scheduled_reason_i18n.cjs b/tests/lxc_updates/test_scheduled_reason_i18n.cjs
index 07084740..a87e7354 100644
--- a/tests/lxc_updates/test_scheduled_reason_i18n.cjs
+++ b/tests/lxc_updates/test_scheduled_reason_i18n.cjs
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ for (const locale of ['en', 'sk']) {
   const translated = flattenText(render(true))
   const expected = t('vmLxc.scheduled.reasonStoppedContainer')
   const skippedLabel = t('vmLxc.scheduled.runSkippedStatus')
+  const expectedHistoricalReason = locale === 'sk'
+    ? 'Kontajner bol vypnutý; plánovaná aktualizácia sa preskočila.'
+    : 'Container was stopped; scheduled update was skipped.'
+  assert.equal(expected, expectedHistoricalReason,
+    `${locale}: stopped reason must describe the historical scheduled run, not current container state`)
   assert(translated.includes(expected), `${locale}: known reason code must use the locale catalog`)
   assert(translated.includes(skippedLabel), `${locale}: skipped run must not claim that no updates are pending`)
   assert(!translated.includes(context.scheduleLastRunReason), `${locale}: raw stopped reason must not leak into UI`)