03-DESIGN/01-to-be/28-building-the-bus.md

@@ -180,11 +180,35 @@ and it is what makes steps 3 and 4 safe to develop against a live mesh. A runnin
 a foundation module by being raised again; it adopts one in place
 ([ADR 0100](../../02-DECISIONS/0100-a-node-in-use-is-adopted-before-it-is-converged.md)).
 
-- [ ] 2.1 the server raised beside the existing broker on its own ports, carrying nothing
-- [ ] 2.2 the `nats` module adopted onto it in place, holding the data and configuration it was
-      raised with
-- [ ] 2.3 the seat claim, and the resolver's refusal of a second holder mesh-wide
-- [ ] 2.4 the adoption bed
+- [ ] 2.1 the server raised beside the existing broker on its own ports, carrying nothing —
+      installer-side, from the upstream image
+- [ ] 2.2 the `nats` module assigned, which **recreates the container once, deliberately** (see
+      below), keeping its JetStream directory
+- [x] 2.3 the seat claim, and the resolver's refusal of a second holder mesh-wide — **already
+      true and now proved**: the refusal is generic to any mesh-scoped seat, and three tests pin
+      what matters for this one — a second bus anywhere is refused naming the seat, a *different*
+      bus implementation is refused for the same reason (which is what lets the bus be replaced
+      at all), and the AMQP broker no longer contends for it, so both run on one mesh
+- [ ] 2.4 the adoption bed — deferred with the other beds
+
+> **Adoption here is not a no-op, and pretending it would be is the trap.** The host keeps an
+> existing container only when its spec matches the declaration exactly
+> ([`apply.go`](https://git.novox.be/novox/mesh-host): *existed && before.Spec == want && running*
+> → unchanged; anything else is `rm -f` and recreate). Genesis raises the server from the
+> **upstream** image, because nothing has been built yet; the module declares the **mesh-built**
+> artifact, which carries the entrypoint that reloads configuration in place. Those two specs
+> differ, so assigning the module recreates the container.
+>
+> That is correct, and it is [ADR 0067](../../02-DECISIONS/0067-genesis-is-a-pivot.md)'s pivot
+> exactly: raise a temporary thing, then reinstall it as an ordinary module. It is safe **only
+> because it happens while the bus carries nothing** — which is what 2.1 means by "carrying
+> nothing", and why step 2 comes before anything speaks NATS rather than after. One recreate, at
+> the one moment it costs nothing.
+>
+> **After that, never again.** The configuration is a directory mount rather than a file, so
+> rewriting accounts does not change the container's spec and the entrypoint reloads the server in
+> place. That is the whole point of task 1.2, and this is the moment it pays: every later account,
+> permission or person's access change touches a running bus with connections on it.
 
 **Done when.** A mesh already running has the server adopted, holding `mesh-broker`; a second
 assignment anywhere is refused at resolution — *one per mesh*; and every node is still on the old