diff --git a/02-DECISIONS/0262-a-preference-has-a-default-in-its-manifest-and-the-operators-own-value-has-none.md b/02-DECISIONS/0262-a-preference-has-a-default-in-its-manifest-and-the-operators-own-value-has-none.md
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@@ -133,6 +133,16 @@ refused for it, and keeps its backup lines, so its data is still copied while it
 condition then says exactly what stopped. Until that follow-up is live, the condition and this record
 say what stops as above.
 
+> **Progressive insight — 2026-10-08.** The follow-up shipped (mesh-controller pull request 162) and
+> two facts above are sharper than written. Where the paragraph says "its data is still copied", read:
+> its data is **still backed up as this controller reads it, which may not be what its newer manifest
+> asks**, because a key the controller does not know may be about that very data. And a left-out
+> module's backup lines are **best effort**: a line that cannot be placed (an access nobody placed, a
+> directory or machine fact with no value, a placement setting that does not read, in which case the
+> definition's own path is never used instead) is listed among what the plan could not place, and is
+> never an error that fails the machine's declaration. The decision stands. *Checked by*
+> `TestALeftOutModulesDataIsStillBackedUp` and `TestALeftOutModulesUnplaceableBackupLineCostsOnlyThatLine`.
+
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