diff --git a/checks/health/go.mod b/checks/health/go.mod
index 51d85147..f9aedc80 100644
--- a/checks/health/go.mod
+++ b/checks/health/go.mod
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ module checks/health
 
 go 1.26.0
 
-require git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029211442-bc6c8a6d244a
+require git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029211750-2e5cc4f16635
diff --git a/checks/health/go.sum b/checks/health/go.sum
index 7718be39..3725c41e 100644
--- a/checks/health/go.sum
+++ b/checks/health/go.sum
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029211442-bc6c8a6d244a h1:haFs0zoHDUOrdtKn0Cw9lhCg/K3Me6Ff3Mg+IdVlK34=
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029211442-bc6c8a6d244a/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029211750-2e5cc4f16635 h1:ImOyj4WqH9lwxOr95aH9Wq2iJkUwdtnEyPrASm9TrYA=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029211750-2e5cc4f16635/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
diff --git a/modules/mesh-hand-acts/README.md b/modules/mesh-hand-acts/README.md
index d01b8b49..b435e08d 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-hand-acts/README.md
+++ b/modules/mesh-hand-acts/README.md
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ alone writes the log.
 
 - the log `acts` (the stream `LOG_mesh-hand-acts_acts`, a module log of ADR 0297, as ADR 0565 §10 has it a stream):
   every act appended in its order under its key `act-<ns>-<n>` (`warrant-<asker>-<ask>` for a warrant), in the layout
-  of the controller's log. A log ages nothing and refuses a new act when full, so every act is held 400 days and longer;
-  `hand-acts` says how full it is against its cap. Each act is said as `act-recorded`.
+  of the controller's log. The log keeps each act 400 days (`max-age-days`) and refuses a new act when
+  full rather than drop one; `hand-acts` says how full it is against its cap. Each act is said as `act-recorded`.
 - `mesh-hand-acts_warrants`: one key `<asker>.<ask>` per warrant, made once by create before its act is appended, so of
   several instances one records it; a warrant whose act was lost is written again from the router's record.
 
diff --git a/modules/mesh-hand-acts/cmd/mesh-hand-acts/manifest_test.go b/modules/mesh-hand-acts/cmd/mesh-hand-acts/manifest_test.go
index 1f6589ae..cd19669a 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-hand-acts/cmd/mesh-hand-acts/manifest_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-hand-acts/cmd/mesh-hand-acts/manifest_test.go
@@ -25,9 +25,12 @@ func TestTheManifestSaysWhatTheCodeDoes(t *testing.T) {
 			Scope  string   `json:"scope"`
 			Serves []string `json:"serves"`
 		} `json:"claims"`
-		Emits []string          `json:"emits"`
-		Reads []string          `json:"reads"`
-		Logs  []string          `json:"logs"`
+		Emits []string `json:"emits"`
+		Reads []string `json:"reads"`
+		Logs  []struct {
+			Name       string `json:"name"`
+			MaxAgeDays int    `json:"max-age-days"`
+		} `json:"logs"`
 		State []json.RawMessage `json:"state"`
 	}
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &m); err != nil {
@@ -49,8 +52,9 @@ func TestTheManifestSaysWhatTheCodeDoes(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tool := range Tools(&Log{}) {
 		tools[tool.Name] = true
 	}
-	if !slices.Equal(m.Logs, []string{ActsLog}) {
-		t.Errorf("logs %v, want the acts as a log", m.Logs)
+	// The acts are a log kept 400 days (ADR 0565 §10).
+	if len(m.Logs) != 1 || m.Logs[0].Name != ActsLog || m.Logs[0].MaxAgeDays != 400 {
+		t.Errorf("logs %+v, want the acts as a log kept 400 days", m.Logs)
 	}
 	for _, raw := range m.State {
 		var name string
@@ -61,6 +65,9 @@ func TestTheManifestSaysWhatTheCodeDoes(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Errorf("the state %s has no tool that reads it", name)
 		}
 	}
+	if !tools[readBy[ActsLog]] {
+		t.Errorf("the log %s has no tool that reads it", ActsLog)
+	}
 	for _, r := range m.Reads {
 		if !tools[readBy[r]] {
 			t.Errorf("the read %s has no tool that answers it", r)
diff --git a/modules/mesh-hand-acts/go.mod b/modules/mesh-hand-acts/go.mod
index 02012f64..ae12ac5a 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-hand-acts/go.mod
+++ b/modules/mesh-hand-acts/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module mesh-hand-acts
 go 1.26.0
 
 require (
-	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029211442-bc6c8a6d244a
+	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029211750-2e5cc4f16635
 	github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.54.0
 )
 
diff --git a/modules/mesh-hand-acts/go.sum b/modules/mesh-hand-acts/go.sum
index 3ecc6a80..f53fc84a 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-hand-acts/go.sum
+++ b/modules/mesh-hand-acts/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029211442-bc6c8a6d244a h1:haFs0zoHDUOrdtKn0Cw9lhCg/K3Me6Ff3Mg+IdVlK34=
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029211442-bc6c8a6d244a/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029211750-2e5cc4f16635 h1:ImOyj4WqH9lwxOr95aH9Wq2iJkUwdtnEyPrASm9TrYA=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029211750-2e5cc4f16635/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
 github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.7.0-default-no-op h1:Z/MZK75wC/NSrkgqeNIa7jexam9uWzhLmFTSCPI/kn0=
 github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.7.0-default-no-op/go.mod h1:FQyySiasQQM8735Ddel3MRojmy4dA1IqCeyJ5jmPMbI=
 github.com/google/go-tpm v0.9.8 h1:slArAR9Ft+1ybZu0lBwpSmpwhRXaa85hWtMinMyRAWo=
diff --git a/modules/mesh-hand-acts/module.json b/modules/mesh-hand-acts/module.json
index 6882e201..96aff8b1 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-hand-acts/module.json
+++ b/modules/mesh-hand-acts/module.json
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@
     "messenger.asks"
   ],
   "logs": [
-    "acts"
+    {
+      "name": "acts",
+      "max-age-days": 400
+    }
   ],
   "state": [
     "warrants"
diff --git a/modules/mesh-healers/go.mod b/modules/mesh-healers/go.mod
index 490e0d52..84e2b59c 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-healers/go.mod
+++ b/modules/mesh-healers/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module mesh-healers
 go 1.26.0
 
 require (
-	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029211442-bc6c8a6d244a
+	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029211750-2e5cc4f16635
 	github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.54.0
 )
 
diff --git a/modules/mesh-healers/go.sum b/modules/mesh-healers/go.sum
index 3ecc6a80..f53fc84a 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-healers/go.sum
+++ b/modules/mesh-healers/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029211442-bc6c8a6d244a h1:haFs0zoHDUOrdtKn0Cw9lhCg/K3Me6Ff3Mg+IdVlK34=
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029211442-bc6c8a6d244a/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029211750-2e5cc4f16635 h1:ImOyj4WqH9lwxOr95aH9Wq2iJkUwdtnEyPrASm9TrYA=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029211750-2e5cc4f16635/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
 github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.7.0-default-no-op h1:Z/MZK75wC/NSrkgqeNIa7jexam9uWzhLmFTSCPI/kn0=
 github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.7.0-default-no-op/go.mod h1:FQyySiasQQM8735Ddel3MRojmy4dA1IqCeyJ5jmPMbI=
 github.com/google/go-tpm v0.9.8 h1:slArAR9Ft+1ybZu0lBwpSmpwhRXaa85hWtMinMyRAWo=
diff --git a/modules/mesh-self-check/go.mod b/modules/mesh-self-check/go.mod
index c6c30651..4f9316ba 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-self-check/go.mod
+++ b/modules/mesh-self-check/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module mesh-self-check
 go 1.26.0
 
 require (
-	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029211442-bc6c8a6d244a
+	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029211750-2e5cc4f16635
 	github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.54.0
 )
 
diff --git a/modules/mesh-self-check/go.sum b/modules/mesh-self-check/go.sum
index 3ecc6a80..f53fc84a 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-self-check/go.sum
+++ b/modules/mesh-self-check/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029211442-bc6c8a6d244a h1:haFs0zoHDUOrdtKn0Cw9lhCg/K3Me6Ff3Mg+IdVlK34=
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029211442-bc6c8a6d244a/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029211750-2e5cc4f16635 h1:ImOyj4WqH9lwxOr95aH9Wq2iJkUwdtnEyPrASm9TrYA=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029211750-2e5cc4f16635/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
 github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.7.0-default-no-op h1:Z/MZK75wC/NSrkgqeNIa7jexam9uWzhLmFTSCPI/kn0=
 github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.7.0-default-no-op/go.mod h1:FQyySiasQQM8735Ddel3MRojmy4dA1IqCeyJ5jmPMbI=
 github.com/google/go-tpm v0.9.8 h1:slArAR9Ft+1ybZu0lBwpSmpwhRXaa85hWtMinMyRAWo=