diff --git a/backend/src/app/binfile/v3.clj b/backend/src/app/binfile/v3.clj
index f945b3d81..c2b46b415 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/binfile/v3.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/binfile/v3.clj
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
    [app.common.data.macros :as dm]
    [app.common.exceptions :as ex]
    [app.common.features :as cfeat]
+   [app.common.files.migrations :as-alias fmg]
    [app.common.json :as json]
    [app.common.logging :as l]
    [app.common.schema :as sm]
@@ -755,7 +756,14 @@
                    (assoc :name file-name)
                    (assoc :project-id project-id)
                    (dissoc :options)
-                   (bfc/process-file))]
+                   (bfc/process-file)
+
+                   ;; NOTE: this is necessary because when we just
+                   ;; creating a new file from imported artifact,
+                   ;; there are no migrations registered on the
+                   ;; database, so we need to persist all of them, not
+                   ;; only the applied
+                   (vary-meta dissoc ::fmg/migrated))]
 
       (bfm/register-pending-migrations! cfg file)
       (bfc/save-file! cfg file ::db/return-keys false)
diff --git a/backend/src/app/rpc/commands/files.clj b/backend/src/app/rpc/commands/files.clj
index f26897258..cbca9b3f5 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/rpc/commands/files.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/rpc/commands/files.clj
@@ -238,7 +238,6 @@
       (db/update! conn :file
                   {:data (blob/encode (:data file))
                    :version (:version file)
-                   :modified-at (dt/now)
                    :features (db/create-array conn "text" (:features file))}
                   {:id id})
 
@@ -293,7 +292,7 @@
 
 (defn get-file-etag
   [{:keys [::rpc/profile-id]} {:keys [modified-at revn vern permissions]}]
-  (str profile-id "/" revn "/" vern "/"
+  (str profile-id "/" revn "/" vern "/" (hash fmg/available-migrations) "/"
        (dt/format-instant modified-at :iso)
        "/"
        (uri/map->query-string permissions)))
diff --git a/common/src/app/common/files/migrations.cljc b/common/src/app/common/files/migrations.cljc
index 7d440882a..2eb09961a 100644
--- a/common/src/app/common/files/migrations.cljc
+++ b/common/src/app/common/files/migrations.cljc
@@ -36,9 +36,7 @@
 
 #?(:cljs (l/set-level! :info))
 
-(declare ^:private available-migrations)
-(declare ^:private migration-up-index)
-(declare ^:private migration-down-index)
+(declare available-migrations)
 
 (def version cfd/version)
 
@@ -50,7 +48,10 @@
   [file]
   (or (nil? (:version file))
       (not= cfd/version (:version file))
-      (not= available-migrations (:migrations file))))
+      (boolean
+       (->> (:migrations file #{})
+            (set/difference available-migrations)
+            (not-empty)))))
 
 (def xf:map-name
   (map :name))