diff --git a/compiler/semdata.nim b/compiler/semdata.nim
index 376821e7e9..a8550e5d7c 100644
--- a/compiler/semdata.nim
+++ b/compiler/semdata.nim
@@ -183,6 +183,12 @@ type
     inUncheckedAssignSection*: int
     importModuleLookup*: Table[int, seq[int]] # (module.ident.id, [module.id])
     skipTypes*: seq[PNode] # used to skip types between passes in type section. So far only used for inheritance, sets and generic bodies.
+    forwardFlagUpdates*: seq[(PType, PType)]
+      # (owner, son) pairs whose `propagateToOwner` ran on a not yet reified
+      # forward type and has to be redone in the final pass
+    staleTypeFlags*: IntSet
+      # ids of the owners in `forwardFlagUpdates`; their flags are provisional
+      # too, so reading them makes the reader provisional in turn
     inTypeofContext*: int
 
     semAsgnOpr*: proc (c: PContext; n: PNode; k: TNodeKind): PNode {.nimcall.}
@@ -357,6 +363,7 @@ proc newContext*(graph: ModuleGraph; module: PSym): PContext =
     unknownIdents: initIntSet(),
     shadowDiscardedDefs: initIntSet(),
     realizedDefs: initIntSet(),
+    staleTypeFlags: initIntSet(),
     cache: graph.cache,
     graph: graph,
     signatures: initStrTable(),
diff --git a/compiler/semstmts.nim b/compiler/semstmts.nim
index 8f30374a5b..8ec7f0ab8f 100644
--- a/compiler/semstmts.nim
+++ b/compiler/semstmts.nim
@@ -1787,6 +1787,23 @@ proc checkForMetaFields(c: PContext; n: PNode; hasError: var bool) =
     internalAssert c.config, false
 
 proc typeSectionFinalPass(c: PContext, n: PNode) =
+  # a son that still was a `tyForward` could not propagate `tfHasAsgn` and
+  # friends to its owner back then, see `rememberFlagUpdate`. Now that every
+  # forward declaration has a body, redo those propagations. They are recorded
+  # in declaration order rather than dependency order and an owner can itself
+  # be the son of another pair, so repeat until nothing changes; this
+  # terminates because flags are only ever added.
+  if c.forwardFlagUpdates.len > 0:
+    let updates = move c.forwardFlagUpdates
+    c.staleTypeFlags = initIntSet()
+    var changed = true
+    while changed:
+      changed = false
+      for (owner, elem) in updates:
+        let before = owner.flags
+        propagateToOwner(owner, elem)
+        if owner.flags != before: changed = true
+
   for i in 0..<n.len:
     var a = n[i]
     if a.kind == nkCommentStmt: continue
diff --git a/compiler/semtypes.nim b/compiler/semtypes.nim
index b634ec5838..9169406f74 100644
--- a/compiler/semtypes.nim
+++ b/compiler/semtypes.nim
@@ -60,6 +60,18 @@ proc newOrPrevType(kind: TTypeKind, prev: PType, c: PContext): PType =
   else:
     result = newTypeS(kind, c)
 
+proc rememberFlagUpdate(c: PContext; owner, elem: PType) =
+  ## `propagateToOwner` just derived `owner`'s `tfHasAsgn` & friends from
+  ## `elem`, but inside a type section `elem` can still be an unreified
+  ## `tyForward` which has nothing to derive from yet -- and a type that read
+  ## such a type is provisional in turn. Remember the pair so
+  ## `typeSectionFinalPass` can redo the propagation once every forward
+  ## declaration has a body, the same way `forwardFieldUpdates` defers the
+  ## field defaults.
+  if elem != nil and (elem.kind == tyForward or elem.id in c.staleTypeFlags):
+    c.forwardFlagUpdates.add (owner, elem)
+    c.staleTypeFlags.incl owner.id
+
 proc newConstraint(c: PContext, k: TTypeKind): PType =
   result = newTypeS(tyBuiltInTypeClass, c)
   result.flags.incl tfCheckedForDestructor
@@ -201,6 +213,7 @@ proc semSet(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
     var base = semTypeNode(c, n[1], nil)
     if base.kind == tyTypeDesc: base = base.base  # unwrap from type traits like distinctBase
     addSonSkipIntLit(result, base, c.idgen)
+    rememberFlagUpdate(c, result, base)
     if base.kind in {tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink}: base = skipModifier(base)
     if base.kind notin {tyGenericParam, tyGenericInvocation, tyFromExpr}:
       if base.kind == tyForward:
@@ -219,6 +232,7 @@ proc semContainerArg(c: PContext; n: PNode, kindStr: string; result: PType) =
     if base.kind == tyVoid:
       localError(c.config, n.info, errTIsNotAConcreteType % typeToString(base))
     addSonSkipIntLit(result, base, c.idgen)
+    rememberFlagUpdate(c, result, base)
   else:
     localError(c.config, n.info, errXExpectsOneTypeParam % kindStr)
     addSonSkipIntLit(result, errorType(c), c.idgen)
@@ -311,6 +325,7 @@ proc addSonSkipIntLitChecked(c: PContext; father, son: PType; it: PNode, id: IdG
     localError(c.config, it.info, "illegal recursion in type '" & typeToString(s) & "'")
   else:
     propagateToOwner(father, s)
+    rememberFlagUpdate(c, father, s)
 
 proc semDistinct(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
   if n.len == 0: return newConstraint(c, tyDistinct)
@@ -475,6 +490,7 @@ proc semArray(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
     # index type:
     result = newOrPrevType(tyArray, prev, c, indx)
     addSonSkipIntLit(result, base, c.idgen)
+    rememberFlagUpdate(c, result, base)
   else:
     localError(c.config, n.info, errArrayExpectsTwoTypeParams)
     result = newOrPrevType(tyError, prev, c)
@@ -557,6 +573,7 @@ proc semTuple(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
           fSym.sym.ast.flags.incl nfSkipFieldChecking
         result.n.add fSym
         addSonSkipIntLit(result, typ, c.idgen)
+        rememberFlagUpdate(c, result, typ)
       styleCheckDef(c, a[j].info, field)
       onDef(field.info, field)
   if result.n.len == 0: result.n = nil
@@ -917,6 +934,7 @@ proc semRecordNodeAux(c: PContext, n: PNode, check: var IntSet, pos: var int,
         n[^1] = firstRange(c.config, typ)
         hasDefaultField = true
       propagateToOwner(rectype, typ)
+      rememberFlagUpdate(c, rectype, typ)
     var fieldOwner = if c.inGenericContext > 0: c.getCurrOwner
                      else: rectype.sym
     for i in 0..<n.len-2:
@@ -1039,6 +1057,7 @@ proc semObjectNode(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType; flags: TTypeFlags): PType
   if n.kind != nkObjectTy: internalError(c.config, n.info, "semObjectNode")
   result = newOrPrevType(tyObject, prev, c)
   rawAddSon(result, realBase)
+  rememberFlagUpdate(c, result, realBase)
   if realBase == nil and tfInheritable in flags:
     result.flags.incl tfInheritable
   if tfAcyclic in flags: result.flags.incl tfAcyclic
diff --git a/tests/arc/tarcmisc.nim b/tests/arc/tarcmisc.nim
index 3ec6f13d4b..fe925ab634 100644
--- a/tests/arc/tarcmisc.nim
+++ b/tests/arc/tarcmisc.nim
@@ -921,3 +921,47 @@ proc mainRegen() =
   doAssert b.a.c == right
 
 mainRegen()
+
+
+from std/typetraits import distinctBase, supportsCopyMem
+
+block: # bug #26025
+  type
+    M[B] = distinct seq[B]
+    W = object
+      g: U           # `U` is only declared below, so it used to be a `tyForward`
+                     # here and `W` ended up without `tfHasAsgn`
+    U = M[uint64]
+
+  doAssert not supportsCopyMem(W)
+
+  var h: M[W]
+  seq[W](h).add W(g: U(@[1'u64]))
+  var copied = h
+  for it in items(distinctBase(copied)):
+    doAssert seq[uint64](it.g) == @[1'u64]
+  doAssert seq[uint64](seq[W](h)[0].g) == @[1'u64]
+
+block: # bug #26025, the propagation has to reach the indirect owners too
+  type
+    M2[B] = distinct seq[B]
+
+    ViaArray = object
+      g: array[2, Late]      # the forward type sits inside the field's type
+
+    Outer = object           # `Inner` is forward here...
+      a: Inner
+    Inner = object
+      b: Late
+    Late = M2[uint64]
+
+    Reader = object          # ...whereas `Outer` is already reified but its
+      z: Outer               # own flags were still provisional
+
+    AsTuple = tuple[a: Late]
+
+  doAssert not supportsCopyMem(ViaArray)
+  doAssert not supportsCopyMem(Inner)
+  doAssert not supportsCopyMem(Outer)
+  doAssert not supportsCopyMem(Reader)
+  doAssert not supportsCopyMem(AsTuple)