diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/README.md b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/README.md
similarity index 78%
rename from modules/mesh-delivery/README.md
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/README.md
index c2b64c5b..bcc3db09 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery/README.md
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-# mesh-delivery
+# mesh-delivery-gate
 
-The `mesh-delivery` module of the mesh catalogue: claims the seat `mesh-delivery`.
+The `mesh-delivery-gate` module of the mesh catalogue: the gate of design 47. It claims the seat `mesh-delivery`, whose
+name stays (ADR 0437 §11), and takes over from the module `mesh-delivery` (ADR 0437 §3, ADR 0450 §6). Its buckets are
+`mesh-delivery-gate_*`.
 
 ## Files it does not know
 
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/adr350_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/adr350_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/adr350_test.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/adr350_test.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/answers.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/answers.go
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/answers.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/answers.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/approval.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/approval.go
similarity index 98%
rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/approval.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/approval.go
index 104f270a..bfae30d9 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/approval.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/approval.go
@@ -27,8 +27,12 @@ import (
 //
 // The terminal Approve (ADR 0398 §3) is issue 953; today the proving channel is the operator's phone.
 
-// Module is this module's name: the one the bus grants its asks under.
-const Module = "mesh-delivery"
+// Module is this module's name: the one the bus names its buckets and events under (novox/hq ADR 0437 §3). Seat is
+// the seat it claims, whose name stays `mesh-delivery` (ADR 0437 §11).
+const (
+	Module = "mesh-delivery-gate"
+	Seat   = "mesh-delivery"
+)
 
 // The two answers, both at the level approve.
 const (
@@ -61,7 +65,7 @@ func headsString(heads map[string]string) string {
 
 // mergeAct is what an answer binds: this ask, the answer, and the heads it covers.
 func mergeAct(ask, option string, heads map[string]string) asks.Act {
-	return asks.Act{"verb": Module + ".merge", "ask": ask, "option": option, "heads": headsString(heads)}
+	return asks.Act{"verb": Seat + ".merge", "ask": ask, "option": option, "heads": headsString(heads)}
 }
 
 var unshownPath = regexp.MustCompile(`[/\\@~$]|\d+\.\d+\.\d+|[A-Za-z0-9+/=_]{24,}|(?i)\b[a-z0-9-]+\.[a-z]{2,12}\b`)
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/approval_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/approval_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/approval_test.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/approval_test.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/backup_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/backup_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/backup_test.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/backup_test.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/bus_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/bus_test.go
similarity index 99%
rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/bus_test.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/bus_test.go
index 363da871..9b69039c 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/bus_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/bus_test.go
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func newTestBus(t *testing.T) *testBus {
 	b := &testBus{nc: nc, js: js, kvs: map[string]jetstream.KeyValue{}}
 	// The controller's job: a bucket per state the manifest declares.
 	m, _ := readManifest(t)
-	for _, name := range m.State {
+	for _, name := range m.buckets() {
 		kv, err := js.CreateKeyValue(context.Background(), jetstream.KeyValueConfig{Bucket: m.Module + "_" + name, History: 1})
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ type askedOfMesh struct {
 func (b *testBus) start(t *testing.T) *runtime {
 	t.Helper()
 	cmd := exec.Command(os.Args[0], "-test.run=^$")
-	cmd.Env = append(os.Environ(), bundleVar+"=1", "MESH_SERVED_MODULE=mesh-delivery", "MESH_MODULE=mesh-delivery", "MESH_NODE=test")
+	cmd.Env = append(os.Environ(), bundleVar+"=1", "MESH_SERVED_MODULE=mesh-delivery-gate", "MESH_MODULE=mesh-delivery-gate", "MESH_NODE=test")
 	in, err := cmd.StdinPipe()
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/checkask_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/checkask_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/checkask_test.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/checkask_test.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/checks.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/checks.go
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/checks.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/checks.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/checks_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/checks_test.go
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rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/checks_test.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/checks_test.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/covered_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/covered_test.go
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rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/covered_test.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/covered_test.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/effects.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/effects.go
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rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/effects.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/effects.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/events.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/events.go
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rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/events.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/events.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/events_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/events_test.go
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rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/events_test.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/events_test.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/fakes_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/fakes_test.go
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rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/fakes_test.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/fakes_test.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/group_merge.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/group_merge.go
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rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/group_merge.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/group_merge.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/group_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/group_test.go
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rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/group_test.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/group_test.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/history_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/history_test.go
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rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/history_test.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/history_test.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/holder.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/holder.go
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rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/holder.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/holder.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/holder_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/holder_test.go
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rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/holder_test.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/holder_test.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/issue1079_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue1079_test.go
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rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/issue1079_test.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue1079_test.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/issue1083_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue1083_test.go
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rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/issue1083_test.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue1083_test.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/issue1107_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue1107_test.go
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rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/issue1107_test.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue1107_test.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/issue1114_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue1114_test.go
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rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/issue1114_test.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue1114_test.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/issue1275_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue1275_test.go
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rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/issue1275_test.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue1275_test.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/issue326_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue326_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/issue326_test.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue326_test.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/issue341_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue341_test.go
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rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/issue341_test.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue341_test.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/issue362_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue362_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/issue362_test.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue362_test.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/issue403_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue403_test.go
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rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/issue403_test.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue403_test.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/issue407_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue407_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/issue407_test.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue407_test.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/issue438_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue438_test.go
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rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/issue438_test.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue438_test.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/issue441_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue441_test.go
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rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/issue441_test.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue441_test.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/issue442_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue442_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/issue442_test.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue442_test.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/issue443_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue443_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/issue443_test.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue443_test.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/issue451_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue451_test.go
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rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/issue451_test.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue451_test.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/issue459_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue459_test.go
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rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/issue459_test.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue459_test.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/issue474_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue474_test.go
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rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/issue474_test.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue474_test.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/issue480_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue480_test.go
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rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/issue480_test.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue480_test.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/issue529_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue529_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/issue529_test.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue529_test.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/issue611_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue611_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/issue611_test.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue611_test.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/issue747_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue747_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/issue747_test.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue747_test.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/issue753_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue753_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/issue753_test.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue753_test.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/issue783_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue783_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/issue783_test.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue783_test.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/issue902_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue902_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/issue902_test.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue902_test.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/main.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/main.go
similarity index 99%
rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/main.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/main.go
index b61d5158..c8326410 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/main.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/main.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// mesh-delivery: the holder of the mesh-delivery seat (novox/hq ADR 0239, to-be 47). A Go bundle the node's
+// mesh-delivery-gate: the holder of the mesh-delivery seat (novox/hq ADR 0239, to-be 47). A Go bundle the node's
 // runtime launches. It owns the delivery — one commit in one repository, from its pull request's head to
 // every machine — and the delivery group above it: their states in one compiled table, kept in its own state
 // on the bus, every transition said as an event, noted on the commit and shown on the pull request through
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ func need(a map[string]any, keys ...string) error {
 }
 
 func tools(h *Holder, l *listening) []stdio.Tool {
-	seat := "mesh-delivery."
+	seat := Seat + "."
 	list := []stdio.Tool{
 		{Name: seat + "deliveries",
 			Description: "Every delivery not final, those that ended in the last day, and any stop `stalled` still lists, one line each: its id " +
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/manifest_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/manifest_test.go
similarity index 71%
rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/manifest_test.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/manifest_test.go
index 0c866f56..cafb2c4a 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/manifest_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/manifest_test.go
@@ -26,10 +26,25 @@ type manifest struct {
 	Consumes []string `json:"consumes"`
 	Emits    []string `json:"emits"`
 	Invokes  []string `json:"invokes"`
-	State    []string `json:"state"`
+	State    []any    `json:"state"`
+	Reads    []string `json:"reads"`
 	Tools    []string `json:"tools"`
 }
 
+// buckets are the names of the state the manifest declares, each a bare name or an object with a name and a history.
+func (m manifest) buckets() []string {
+	var out []string
+	for _, s := range m.State {
+		switch v := s.(type) {
+		case string:
+			out = append(out, v)
+		case map[string]any:
+			out = append(out, v["name"].(string))
+		}
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
 func readManifest(t *testing.T) (manifest, string) {
 	t.Helper()
 	raw, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join("..", "..", "module.json"))
@@ -45,35 +60,43 @@ func readManifest(t *testing.T) (manifest, string) {
 
 func TestItClaimsTheDeliverySeatAndFollowsWhatItHandles(t *testing.T) {
 	m, raw := readManifest(t)
-	if m.Module != "mesh-delivery" || len(m.Claims) != 1 || m.Claims[0].Name != "mesh-delivery" || m.Claims[0].Scope != "mesh" {
+	if m.Module != "mesh-delivery-gate" || len(m.Claims) != 1 || m.Claims[0].Name != "mesh-delivery" || m.Claims[0].Scope != "mesh" {
 		t.Fatalf("claims %+v", m.Claims)
 	}
 	// The seat is the mesh's own (mesh-*): a module claims it and never declares it.
 	if len(m.Seats) != 0 {
 		t.Fatal("the manifest declares a seat; mesh-delivery is the mesh's own")
 	}
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(m.Consumes, followed) {
-		t.Fatalf("consumes %v, follows %v", m.Consumes, followed)
+	// The thirteen verbs of the seat (ADR 0437 §3, §11).
+	if len(m.Claims[0].Serves) != 13 {
+		t.Fatalf("serves %d verbs, wanted 13: %v", len(m.Claims[0].Serves), m.Claims[0].Serves)
+	}
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(m.Consumes, append(append([]string{}, followed...), "mesh-delivery-forge-bridge.forge.**")) {
+		t.Fatalf("consumes %v, follows %v and the bridge's forge messages", m.Consumes, followed)
 	}
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(m.Emits, []string{"transition", "group", "merged"}) {
 		t.Fatalf("emits %v", m.Emits)
 	}
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(m.State, []string{"deliveries", "groups", "asked", "pulls"}) {
-		t.Fatalf("state %v", m.State)
+	// Seven buckets, and no `asked` (the teller asks, ADR 0437 §6): ADR 0450 §3.
+	buckets := m.buckets()
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(buckets, []string{"deliveries", "groups", "pulls", "asks", "merges", "owed", "source"}) {
+		t.Fatalf("state %v", buckets)
 	}
-	// It calls exactly what its ports ask: the controller's verbs and the forge's tools.
+	// What it reads: the carry from today's module's three buckets, the teller's answers, the seat's holder and the
+	// machines' haves (ADR 0450 §6 and its insight of 2026-10-20).
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(m.Reads, []string{"mesh-delivery.deliveries", "mesh-delivery.groups", "mesh-delivery.pulls",
+		"mesh-delivery-teller.answers", "mesh-controller.assignments", "node-engine.have"}) {
+		t.Fatalf("reads %v", m.Reads)
+	}
+	// It calls exactly the controller's seven verbs (ADR 0450 §7) and reads the forge with three tools; the forge's
+	// writes are the bridge's (ADR 0437 §8). It uses no operator-channel: the teller asks (ADR 0437 §6).
 	want := []string{}
-	for _, v := range []string{"delivery-plan", "delivery-check", "deliver", "delivery-backups-again", "delivery-stop", "delivery-walks", "forget-checks"} {
+	for _, v := range []string{"deliver", "delivery-stop", "delivery-backups-again", "delivery-walks", "delivery-check", "forget-checks", "plans"} {
 		want = append(want, "seat:"+ControllerSeat+"."+v)
 	}
-	want = append(want, "gitea.gitea_note_append", "gitea.gitea_delivery_view", "gitea.gitea_commit_status",
-		"gitea.gitea_commit_statuses", "gitea.gitea_contains", "gitea.gitea_open_pulls",
-		// The merge on a ready mark (novox/hq issue 722): the merge tool, a comment, a label taken off.
-		"gitea.gitea_merge_pull_request", "gitea.gitea_add_comment")
-	// A merge into main asks the operator for the Approve (novox/hq ADR 0398 §3, issue 948), as the knowledge base asks.
-	want = append(want, "seat:operator-channel.notify")
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(m.Uses, []string{"operator-channel"}) {
-		t.Fatalf("uses %v", m.Uses)
+	want = append(want, "gitea.gitea_commit_statuses", "gitea.gitea_contains", "gitea.gitea_open_pulls")
+	if len(m.Uses) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("uses %v: the teller asks, not the gate", m.Uses)
 	}
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(m.Invokes, want) {
 		t.Fatalf("invokes %v, wanted %v", m.Invokes, want)
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/model.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/model.go
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/model.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/model.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/operator_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/operator_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/operator_test.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/operator_test.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/ports.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/ports.go
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/ports.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/ports.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/pullkey.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/pullkey.go
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/pullkey.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/pullkey.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/pullkey_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/pullkey_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/pullkey_test.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/pullkey_test.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/react.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/react.go
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/react.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/react.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/ready.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/ready.go
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/ready.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/ready.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/ready_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/ready_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/ready_test.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/ready_test.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/recheck_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/recheck_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/recheck_test.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/recheck_test.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/replay362_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/replay362_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/replay362_test.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/replay362_test.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/table.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/table.go
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/table.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/table.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/table_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/table_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/table_test.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/table_test.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/timers_source_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/timers_source_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/timers_source_test.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/timers_source_test.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/timers_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/timers_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/timers_test.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/timers_test.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/times.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/times.go
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/times.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/times.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/times_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/times_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/times_test.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/times_test.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/unchecked.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/unchecked.go
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/unchecked.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/unchecked.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/unchecked_events_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/unchecked_events_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/unchecked_events_test.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/unchecked_events_test.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/unchecked_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/unchecked_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/unchecked_test.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/unchecked_test.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/verbs.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/verbs.go
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/verbs.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/verbs.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/waiting_checks.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/waiting_checks.go
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/waiting_checks.go
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/waiting_checks.go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/go.mod b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/go.mod
similarity index 53%
rename from modules/mesh-delivery/go.mod
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/go.mod
index 5df693f9..34ed8b6e 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery/go.mod
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/go.mod
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
-module mesh-delivery
+module mesh-delivery-gate
 
-go 1.25.0
+go 1.26.0
 
 require (
-	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261013182924-5933eb757d44
+	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261019230201-5786ba190c69
 	github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2 v2.11.17
-	github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.51.0
+	github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.54.0
 )
 
 require (
 	github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.7.0-default-no-op // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-tpm v0.9.8 // indirect
-	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.5 // indirect
+	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.20.0 // indirect
 	github.com/minio/highwayhash v1.0.4 // indirect
 	github.com/nats-io/jwt/v2 v2.8.1 // indirect
-	github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.4.15 // indirect
+	github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.4.16 // indirect
 	github.com/nats-io/nuid v1.0.1 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.50.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.43.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.57.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.48.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/time v0.15.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/go.sum b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/go.sum
similarity index 69%
rename from modules/mesh-delivery/go.sum
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/go.sum
index f84463ba..aab1ed4b 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery/go.sum
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/go.sum
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261013182924-5933eb757d44 h1:r5xIo5qWOXQdCSMxvqJy8kV4U+P/QWXFK6971Ha6wU8=
 git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261013182924-5933eb757d44/go.mod h1:GFuZUElBZ9A++mxgIKo97aXXo+kV0uJ/UkbhQPPIbrY=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261019230201-5786ba190c69 h1:kvtV/SPsdRVUL/BZ3xxGS6U8YrXy/t7TRBjVrD6VLw8=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261019230201-5786ba190c69/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=
 github.com/google/go-tpm v0.9.8/go.mod h1:h9jEsEECg7gtLis0upRBQU+GhYVH6jMjrFxI8u6bVUY=
 github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.5 h1:/h1gH5Ce+VWNLSWqPzOVn6XBO+vJbCNGvjoaGBFW2IE=
 github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.5/go.mod h1:cwPg85FWrGar70rWktvGQj8/hthj3wpl0PGDogxkrSQ=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.20.0 h1:a3C1ke2ohxFymNlb2HWAHjDeKCI90scRskErZkR0ezA=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.20.0/go.mod h1:LUdAzn7YLVvxLpc7y3V1m40wESHTgc1422pwwBSKYuI=
 github.com/minio/highwayhash v1.0.4 h1:asJizugGgchQod2ja9NJlGOWq4s7KsAWr5XUc9Clgl4=
 github.com/minio/highwayhash v1.0.4/go.mod h1:GGYsuwP/fPD6Y9hMiXuapVvlIUEhFhMTh0rxU3ik1LQ=
 github.com/nats-io/jwt/v2 v2.8.1 h1:V0xpGuD/N8Mi+fQNDynXohVvp7ZztevW5io8CUWlPmU=
@@ -14,14 +18,22 @@ github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2 v2.11.17 h1:GKEghcFK6A+aFx11Yf1LjgLC3txAwvyhnY
 github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2 v2.11.17/go.mod h1:B1sFVz4StNosQ903ak4N1G01Fl/9f8e06mXpFIE2K24=
 github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.51.0 h1:ByW84XTz6W03GSSsygsZcA+xgKK8vPGaa/FCAAEHnAI=
 github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.51.0/go.mod h1:26HypzazeOkyO3/mqd1zZd53STJN0EjCYF9Uy2ZOBno=
+github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.54.0 h1:vsXoOxjHp/GmPUN+EcI7uOf/uB+iAP+kEsAFNQN0yzA=
+github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.54.0/go.mod h1:y+DZoD1oBOYfZTU681eTUiUjI0vbqYGixNVFHcjHJ0k=
 github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.4.15 h1:JACV5jRVO9V856KOapQ7x+EY8Jo3qw1vJt/9Jpwzkk4=
 github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.4.15/go.mod h1:CpMchTXC9fxA5zrMo4KpySxNjiDVvr8ANOSZdiNfUrs=
+github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.4.16 h1:rd5oAuLOb8mnAycB0xleuEBNS1pVVnN0fv/FF34Eypg=
+github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.4.16/go.mod h1:llLgWoI0o4z/Q57q2R1kHfmocyhGV6VG/U18Glg1Afs=
 github.com/nats-io/nuid v1.0.1 h1:5iA8DT8V7q8WK2EScv2padNa/rTESc1KdnPw4TC2paw=
 github.com/nats-io/nuid v1.0.1/go.mod h1:19wcPz3Ph3q0Jbyiqsd0kePYG7A95tJPxeL+1OSON2c=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.50.0 h1:zO47/JPrL6vsNkINmLoo/PH1gcxpls50DNogFvB5ZGI=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.50.0/go.mod h1:3muZ7vA7PBCE6xgPX7nkzzjiUq87kRItoJQM1Yo8S+Q=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.57.0 h1:3ZVCjf8Ggz7zneR/EHRVx68Ctf+2pmIMP2UFhh9cC6M=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.57.0/go.mod h1:Fdz0i5U6CoizGwLda9DttjSk6qlZo25zYNtR+ycvuZA=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.21.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.43.0 h1:Rlag2XtaFTxp19wS8MXlJwTvoh8ArU6ezoyFsMyCTNI=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.43.0/go.mod h1:4GL1E5IUh+htKOUEOaiffhrAeqysfVGipDYzABqnCmw=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.48.0 h1:bbX/i/6MgT9BVLM9RT1thmxL04yeTAhbEz4SyadbXoo=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.48.0/go.mod h1:hNLxWAXmnKAxqDtdwIYC4bM9oQPEecfsnNMuSxOs3og=
 golang.org/x/time v0.15.0 h1:bbrp8t3bGUeFOx08pvsMYRTCVSMk89u4tKbNOZbp88U=
 golang.org/x/time v0.15.0/go.mod h1:Y4YMaQmXwGQZoFaVFk4YpCt4FLQMYKZe9oeV/f4MSno=
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/module.json b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/module.json
similarity index 64%
rename from modules/mesh-delivery/module.json
rename to modules/mesh-delivery-gate/module.json
index 1a40896b..27870113 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery/module.json
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/module.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
-  "module": "mesh-delivery",
+  "module": "mesh-delivery-gate",
   "version": "1",
-  "slug": "deliver",
+  "slug": "gate",
   "claims": [
     {
       "name": "mesh-delivery",
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
     "gitea.forge.pull-request.edited",
     "gitea.forge.pull-request.closed",
     "mesh-controller.checked",
-    "mesh-controller.plan-moved"
+    "mesh-controller.plan-moved",
+    "mesh-delivery-forge-bridge.forge.**"
   ],
   "emits": [
     "transition",
@@ -39,31 +40,46 @@
     "merged"
   ],
   "invokes": [
-    "seat:mesh-controller.delivery-plan",
-    "seat:mesh-controller.delivery-check",
     "seat:mesh-controller.deliver",
-    "seat:mesh-controller.delivery-backups-again",
     "seat:mesh-controller.delivery-stop",
+    "seat:mesh-controller.delivery-backups-again",
     "seat:mesh-controller.delivery-walks",
+    "seat:mesh-controller.delivery-check",
     "seat:mesh-controller.forget-checks",
-    "gitea.gitea_note_append",
-    "gitea.gitea_delivery_view",
-    "gitea.gitea_commit_status",
+    "seat:mesh-controller.plans",
     "gitea.gitea_commit_statuses",
     "gitea.gitea_contains",
-    "gitea.gitea_open_pulls",
-    "gitea.gitea_merge_pull_request",
-    "gitea.gitea_add_comment",
-    "seat:operator-channel.notify"
-  ],
-  "uses": [
-    "operator-channel"
+    "gitea.gitea_open_pulls"
   ],
   "state": [
     "deliveries",
     "groups",
-    "asked",
-    "pulls"
+    "pulls",
+    {
+      "name": "asks",
+      "history": 5
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "merges",
+      "history": 10
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "owed",
+      "history": 5
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "source",
+      "history": 64
+    }
+  ],
+  "reads": [
+    "mesh-delivery.deliveries",
+    "mesh-delivery.groups",
+    "mesh-delivery.pulls",
+    "mesh-delivery-teller.answers",
+    "mesh-delivery-teller.answers-placeholder",
+    "mesh-controller.assignments",
+    "node-engine.have"
   ],
   "tools": [
     "delivery_status"
@@ -84,10 +100,10 @@
         "kind": "bundle",
         "language": "go",
         "system": "arch",
-        "from": "cmd/mesh-delivery",
-        "binary": "mesh-delivery",
+        "from": "cmd/mesh-delivery-gate",
+        "binary": "mesh-delivery-gate",
         "loads": [
-          "mesh-delivery"
+          "mesh-delivery-gate"
         ]
       }
     ]