diff --git a/linera-core/src/client.rs b/linera-core/src/client.rs
index 90cdb1b14d7..db9f684adca 100644
--- a/linera-core/src/client.rs
+++ b/linera-core/src/client.rs
@@ -633,9 +633,9 @@ where
         let certificate = self
             .communicate_chain_action(committee, submit_action, value)
             .await?;
+        self.process_certificate(certificate.clone(), vec![], vec![])
+            .await?;
         if certificate.value().is_confirmed() {
-            self.process_certificate(certificate.clone(), vec![], vec![])
-                .await?;
             Ok(certificate)
         } else {
             self.finalize_block(committee, certificate).await
diff --git a/linera-core/src/unit_tests/client_tests.rs b/linera-core/src/unit_tests/client_tests.rs
index 13ee433b103..16a9aa7d4cb 100644
--- a/linera-core/src/unit_tests/client_tests.rs
+++ b/linera-core/src/unit_tests/client_tests.rs
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ use crate::{
     node::{
         CrossChainMessageDelivery,
         NodeError::{self, ClientIoError},
+        ValidatorNode,
     },
     test_utils::{FaultType, MemoryStorageBuilder, StorageBuilder, TestBuilder},
     updater::CommunicationError,
@@ -1810,6 +1811,25 @@ where
         .burn(None, Amount::from_tokens(3), UserData::default())
         .await;
     assert!(result.is_err());
+    let manager = client0
+        .chain_info_with_manager_values()
+        .await
+        .unwrap()
+        .manager;
+    // Validator 0 may or may not have processed the validated block before the update was
+    // canceled due to the errors from the faulty validators. Submit it again to make sure
+    // it's there, so that client 1 can download and re-propose it later.
+    let validated_block_certificate = manager.highest_validated().unwrap().clone();
+    builder
+        .node(0)
+        .handle_certificate(
+            validated_block_certificate,
+            Vec::new(),
+            Vec::new(),
+            CrossChainMessageDelivery::Blocking,
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
 
     // Client 1 wants to burn 2 tokens. They learn about the proposal in round 0, but now the
     // validator 0 is offline, so they don't learn about the validated block and make their own
diff --git a/linera-core/src/unit_tests/test_utils.rs b/linera-core/src/unit_tests/test_utils.rs
index 3c829f2a410..8e0ea208cd1 100644
--- a/linera-core/src/unit_tests/test_utils.rs
+++ b/linera-core/src/unit_tests/test_utils.rs
@@ -602,6 +602,10 @@ where
         self.validator_clients.iter().cloned().collect()
     }
 
+    pub fn node(&mut self, index: usize) -> &mut LocalValidatorClient<B::Storage> {
+        &mut self.validator_clients[index]
+    }
+
     pub async fn make_storage(&mut self) -> anyhow::Result<B::Storage> {
         Ok(self
             .genesis_storage_builder