diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/holder.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/holder.go
index 823c89d9..957d4be8 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/holder.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/holder.go
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ type Holder struct {
 
 	// catchUp asks the next look to weigh again the newest merge of each repository against source.main (SourceCatchUp).
 	catchUp bool
+	// seeded are the repositories source.main was found to name, or was seeded with, since this owner started (seedTrunks).
+	seeded map[string]bool
 
 	mu         sync.Mutex
 	deliveries map[string]*Delivery
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue1726_trunk_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue1726_trunk_test.go
index 5c7bd1bc..532c1e63 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue1726_trunk_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/issue1726_trunk_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -48,6 +49,36 @@ func TestStartingWritesTheNewestMergeOfEachRepositoryNotYetInSourceMain(t *testi
 		t.Fatalf("a second catch-up moved source.main again: %d moves, then %d", n, len(w.source.moves))
 	}
 
+	// Issue 1422: a repository never merged through the gate gets main's head as the forge announced its open pull request
+	// with, once, beside the others; a pull request into another base, or one announced with no base head (the forge could
+	// not read it), seeds nothing; a head source.main holds is never replaced.
+	const never, trunkN, trunkM = "novox/never-merged", "eeee000000000000000000000000000000000001", "eeee000000000000000000000000000000000002"
+	s := newWorld(t)
+	s.source.main = &sdk.Source{V: sdk.Version, Group: "before", Heads: map[string]string{i1726Repo: i1726Merge1}}
+	other := pr("novox/other-base", 6, "ffff000000000000000000000000000000000001", "fix/c", "a.go")
+	other.Base, other.BaseSHA = "nox-mesh", trunkM
+	s.h.PullUpdated(other)
+	unread := pr("novox/unread", 2, "ffff000000000000000000000000000000000002", "fix/d", "a.go")
+	s.h.PullUpdated(unread)
+	seed := pr(never, 4, "ffff000000000000000000000000000000000003", "fix/e", "a.go")
+	seed.BaseSHA = trunkN
+	s.h.PullUpdated(seed)
+	s.settleAll()
+	if h := s.source.main.Heads; h[never] != trunkN || h[i1726Repo] != i1726Merge1 || h["novox/other-base"] != "" || h["novox/unread"] != "" || len(s.source.moves) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("source.main is %v after %d moves; wanted %s seeded at %s, the catalogue kept and nothing else, in one move", h, len(s.source.moves), never, trunkN)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(s.logs(), "seeded with "+trunkN[:12]) {
+		t.Errorf("the seed was not said: %s", s.logs())
+	}
+	again := pr(never, 5, "ffff000000000000000000000000000000000004", "fix/f", "a.go")
+	again.BaseSHA = trunkM
+	s.h.PullUpdated(again)
+	s.h.SourceCatchUp()
+	s.settleAll()
+	if got := s.source.main.Heads[never]; got != trunkN || len(s.source.moves) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("a seeded head was replaced by %s (%d moves)", got, len(s.source.moves))
+	}
+
 	o := newWorld(t)
 	o.source.main = &sdk.Source{V: sdk.Version, Group: "newer", Heads: map[string]string{i1726Repo: i1726Merge2}}
 	o.h.PullUpdated(pr(i1726Repo, 471, head2, "fix/b", "modules/app/b.go"))
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/merges.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/merges.go
index a3055a32..f6fec216 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/merges.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/merges.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
+	"regexp"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -524,6 +525,66 @@ func (h *Holder) settleForgeMerges() []func() {
 	return out
 }
 
+// trunkHead is a full commit id as the forge names a branch's head.
+var trunkHead = regexp.MustCompile(`^[0-9a-f]{40}$`)
+
+// seedTrunks gives source.main the trunk head of a repository it names none of (issue 1422): one never merged through the
+// gate, whose open pull requests the checker could otherwise never judge. The head is the base_sha the forge announced the
+// newest open pull request into main with (gitea.pull.updated; ADR 0323), the trunk's head when it was announced. It is
+// added in one compare-and-set write that never replaces a head source.main holds, so a merge always wins; the first merge
+// through the gate moves it as any other. source.main is per repository and names main's head only (ADR 0484 §11, MergeBranch):
+// a pull request into another base seeds nothing. A repository is weighed once per start after it was found or seeded.
+// Under the lock; the writing happens outside it.
+func (h *Holder) seedTrunks() []func() {
+	newest := map[string]*Delivery{}
+	for _, d := range h.deliveries {
+		if h.seeded[d.Repository] || d.Base != MergeBranch || !trunkHead.MatchString(d.BaseSHA) || d.State.Final() || d.MergedAs != "" {
+			continue
+		}
+		if o := newest[d.Repository]; o == nil || d.Created.After(o.Created) {
+			newest[d.Repository] = d
+		}
+	}
+	var out []func()
+	for repository, d := range newest {
+		id, head, group := d.ID, d.BaseSHA, firstOf(d.Branch, d.Repository)
+		out = append(out, func() {
+			seeded := false
+			err := h.Source.Move(func(prev *sdk.Source) (sdk.Source, bool) {
+				seeded = false
+				next := sdk.Source{Group: group, Heads: map[string]string{}}
+				if prev != nil {
+					if prev.Heads[repository] != "" {
+						return *prev, false // named already: never replaced
+					}
+					next.Group = prev.Group
+					for r, held := range prev.Heads {
+						next.Heads[r] = held
+					}
+				}
+				next.Heads[repository] = head
+				seeded = true
+				return next, true
+			})
+			h.mu.Lock()
+			defer h.mu.Unlock()
+			if err != nil {
+				h.Logf("[mesh-delivery] %s: source.main names no trunk head of %s, and it cannot be seeded yet: %v; asked again in %s", id, repository, err, askAgainAfter)
+				h.again("source.main, seeded with the trunk head of a repository it names none of")
+				return
+			}
+			if h.seeded == nil {
+				h.seeded = map[string]bool{}
+			}
+			h.seeded[repository] = true
+			if seeded {
+				h.Logf("[mesh-delivery] source.main named no trunk head of %s: seeded with %s, main's head as the forge announced %s with, so its pull requests are judged (issue 1422)", repository, shortOf(head, 12), id)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
 // replayLate is how long after its merge a merge heard only from the forge's word is a replay: the forge announces a merge
 // within seconds, so one heard this late was replayed from the bus's history, and the source already holds what came after.
 const replayLate = 15 * time.Minute
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/ready.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/ready.go
index c3ecbb17..d998ea80 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/ready.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/ready.go
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ func (h *Holder) readyAsks(now time.Time) []func() {
 	asks = append(asks, h.turnWrites()...) // the merge turns, after the holds of this look (ADR 0548 §3)
 	asks = append(asks, h.settleMerges()...)
 	asks = append(asks, h.settleForgeMerges()...)
+	asks = append(asks, h.seedTrunks()...)
 	asks = append(asks, h.withdrawnKeys()...)
 	asks = append(h.cancels, asks...)
 	h.cancels = nil