diff --git a/modules/messenger/cmd/messenger/asks.go b/modules/messenger/cmd/messenger/asks.go
index bc8dfc34..70116c23 100644
--- a/modules/messenger/cmd/messenger/asks.go
+++ b/modules/messenger/cmd/messenger/asks.go
@@ -670,6 +670,7 @@ func (h *Holder) showAsk(key string, rec AskRecord, now time.Time) {
 	target := h.open[rec.Record]
 	h.mu.Unlock()
 	h.Logf("[messenger] %s asks %q (%s), shown on %s", asker, a.Headline, a.ID, rec.Record)
+	h.sayOffered(key, rec)
 	if target != nil {
 		h.mu.Lock()
 		target.Ask = key
@@ -917,6 +918,7 @@ func (h *Holder) closeAsk(key string, outcome asks.Outcome, words string, w *ask
 		rev = newRev
 	}
 	h.keepAsk(key, rec, rev)
+	h.sayClosed(key, rec, outcome, words)
 	if rec.Asker == SelfAsker {
 		// The router's own ask: it does what was decided, and tells nobody else (selfact.go).
 		h.markTold(key)
@@ -1416,3 +1418,55 @@ func (h *Holder) AsksNow() []AskView {
 	})
 	return out
 }
+
+// sayOffered says that an ask was offered, once: its id, asker, headline and the kinds of channel it was offered on; never an
+// option, a ticket or a warrant's proof, so it says no more than `asks` already answers (novox/hq ADR 0616 §7). A held ask is
+// said when it is released and shown, not before.
+func (h *Holder) sayOffered(key string, rec AskRecord) {
+	if h.Emit == nil || rec.State != StateOpen {
+		return
+	}
+	h.mu.Lock()
+	if h.offeredSaid == nil {
+		h.offeredSaid = map[string]bool{}
+	}
+	done := h.offeredSaid[key]
+	h.offeredSaid[key] = true
+	h.mu.Unlock()
+	if done {
+		return
+	}
+	kinds := map[string]bool{}
+	for _, t := range rec.Tickets {
+		kinds[t.Kind] = true
+	}
+	var on []string
+	for k := range kinds {
+		on = append(on, k)
+	}
+	sort.Strings(on)
+	if err := h.Emit("offered", map[string]any{"key": key, "asker": rec.Asker, "headline": rec.Ask.Headline, "offered_on": on, "at": h.Now()}); err != nil {
+		h.Logf("[messenger] that the ask %s was offered could not be said: %v", key, err)
+	}
+}
+
+// sayClosed says how an ask ended, once per ask (its end is recorded by compare-and-set, so a second close never gets here): answered,
+// expired, cancelled by its asker, replaced by a newer ask, or ended by the router itself on an unlink or allow-link.
+func (h *Holder) sayClosed(key string, rec AskRecord, outcome asks.Outcome, words string) {
+	if h.Emit == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	how := string(outcome)
+	switch {
+	case outcome == asks.OutcomeChosen:
+		how = "answered"
+	case outcome == asks.OutcomeCancelled && words != "its asker took it back":
+		how = "ended by the router"
+	}
+	h.mu.Lock()
+	delete(h.offeredSaid, key)
+	h.mu.Unlock()
+	if err := h.Emit("closed", map[string]any{"key": key, "asker": rec.Asker, "headline": rec.Ask.Headline, "how": how, "at": h.Now()}); err != nil {
+		h.Logf("[messenger] that the ask %s ended could not be said: %v", key, err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/modules/messenger/cmd/messenger/asks_events_test.go b/modules/messenger/cmd/messenger/asks_events_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c3f9ca37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/messenger/cmd/messenger/asks_events_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/asks"
+)
+
+// The router says when an ask starts and ends (ADR 0616 §7): `offered` once when an ask is offered, `closed` once for each of the five ends
+// (answered, expired, cancelled by its asker, replaced, ended by the router), with how it ended and never an option, a ticket or a
+// proof; a held ask is said when it is released.
+func TestTheRouterSaysWhenAnAskIsOfferedAndWhenItEnds(t *testing.T) {
+	h, tg, _, c, store, _ := newRouter(t)
+	link(h, store, c, "42", c.now().Add(-2*time.Hour))
+	type said struct {
+		event string
+		body  map[string]any
+	}
+	var got []said
+	h.Emit = func(event string, body any) error {
+		raw, _ := json.Marshal(body)
+		var m map[string]any
+		_ = json.Unmarshal(raw, &m)
+		got = append(got, said{event, m})
+		return nil
+	}
+	ends := func() (out []string) {
+		for _, s := range got {
+			if s.event == "closed" {
+				out = append(out, s.body["key"].(string)+"="+s.body["how"].(string))
+			}
+		}
+		return
+	}
+	// Answered.
+	submit(t, h, "mesh-delivery", heldAsk(c, "d-1"))
+	settle(h, c)
+	if len(got) != 1 || got[0].event != "offered" || got[0].body["key"] != "mesh-delivery.d-1" || got[0].body["asker"] != "mesh-delivery" {
+		t.Fatalf("%+v", got)
+	}
+	release := ticketFor(tg.sends[0], "Release")
+	if _, err := h.Chosen("telegram", choiceOf(release, "42", c.now())); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	// Replaced, then cancelled by its asker.
+	a := ackAsk(c, "d-2")
+	a.About = "delivery.hq"
+	submit(t, h, "mesh-delivery", a)
+	b := ackAsk(c, "d-3")
+	b.About = "delivery.hq"
+	submit(t, h, "mesh-delivery", b)
+	if err := h.TakeAsk("cancel", "mesh-delivery", json.RawMessage(`{"id":"d-3"}`)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	// Expired.
+	e := heldAsk(c, "d-4")
+	e.About = "other"
+	submit(t, h, "mesh-delivery", e)
+	settle(h, c)
+	c.pass(3 * time.Hour)
+	stand(h, c)
+	h.Tick()
+	// Ended by the router itself (an unlink or allow-link ends its own asks the same way).
+	f := ackAsk(c, "d-5")
+	f.About = "third"
+	submit(t, h, "mesh-delivery", f)
+	if err := h.closeAsk("mesh-delivery.d-5", asks.OutcomeCancelled, "root decided to allow a link", nil, "", nil); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	want := "mesh-delivery.d-1=answered mesh-delivery.d-2=replaced mesh-delivery.d-3=cancelled mesh-delivery.d-4=expired mesh-delivery.d-5=ended by the router"
+	if gotEnds := strings.Join(ends(), " "); gotEnds != want {
+		t.Fatalf("the ends %q, want %q", gotEnds, want)
+	}
+	// Once each: a second close loses and says nothing; five asks were offered, once each; no option, ticket or proof is in a body.
+	_ = h.closeAsk("mesh-delivery.d-1", asks.OutcomeCancelled, "again", nil, "", nil)
+	offered := 0
+	for _, s := range got {
+		if s.event == "offered" {
+			offered++
+		}
+		for k := range s.body {
+			if k == "options" || k == "tickets" || k == "token" || k == "proofs" || k == "warrant" {
+				t.Errorf("%s carries %s", s.event, k)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if offered != 5 || len(ends()) != 5 {
+		t.Fatalf("%d offered, %d closed", offered, len(ends()))
+	}
+}
diff --git a/modules/messenger/cmd/messenger/holder.go b/modules/messenger/cmd/messenger/holder.go
index b3dff885..39226e86 100644
--- a/modules/messenger/cmd/messenger/holder.go
+++ b/modules/messenger/cmd/messenger/holder.go
@@ -313,6 +313,8 @@ type Holder struct {
 	Logf     func(string, ...any)
 	// Emit states a fact as this module (refused); nil states nothing.
 	Emit func(event string, body any) error
+	// offeredSaid are the asks whose offering was said, so it is said once.
+	offeredSaid map[string]bool
 	// Ask calls a seat verb through the mesh, as this module: the answers the operator chooses.
 	Ask Asker
 	// RootFree asks each machine's engine's root-free (the node seat node-engine's, ADR 0563 §6); nil asks it through Ask
diff --git a/modules/messenger/cmd/messenger/manifest_test.go b/modules/messenger/cmd/messenger/manifest_test.go
index 20e660c1..1a631605 100644
--- a/modules/messenger/cmd/messenger/manifest_test.go
+++ b/modules/messenger/cmd/messenger/manifest_test.go
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func TestItDeclaresTheSeatsOfAnAskAndHoldsTheOperatorChannel(t *testing.T) { //
 	}
 	// It performs nothing: the verbs it calls read the open conditions, whether root is free, and which issues
 	// track which conditions.
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(m.Emits, []string{"refused"}) || !reflect.DeepEqual(m.Invokes, []string{
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(m.Emits, []string{"refused", "offered", "closed"}) || !reflect.DeepEqual(m.Invokes, []string{
 		"seat:mesh-conditions.conditions", "seat:" + EngineSeat + ".root-free", TrackingVerb}) {
 		t.Fatalf("emits %v invokes %v", m.Emits, m.Invokes)
 	}
diff --git a/modules/messenger/files/settings.json b/modules/messenger/files/settings.json
index 726c29cb..d628295d 100644
--- a/modules/messenger/files/settings.json
+++ b/modules/messenger/files/settings.json
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
   "time-zone": "",
   "only-what-needs-me": [],
   "messages-per-hour": 100,
-  "settle-seconds": 120
+  "settle-seconds": 120,
+  "readers": {"offered": ["mesh-knowledge"], "closed": ["mesh-knowledge"]}
 }
diff --git a/modules/messenger/module.json b/modules/messenger/module.json
index 40221f1b..f831d641 100644
--- a/modules/messenger/module.json
+++ b/modules/messenger/module.json
@@ -86,7 +86,24 @@
     "intake.standing"
   ],
   "emits": [
-    "refused"
+    "refused",
+    "offered",
+    "closed"
+  ],
+  "streams": [
+    {
+      "name": "asks",
+      "events": [
+        "offered",
+        "closed"
+      ],
+      "max-age-days": 7,
+      "max-mib": 64,
+      "grant": {
+        "config": "readers",
+        "events": "{key}"
+      }
+    }
   ],
   "invokes": [
     "seat:mesh-conditions.conditions",
@@ -117,6 +134,12 @@
     "messenger_unlink"
   ],
   "config": {
+    "readers": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "description": "Who may hear an ask offered or closed (the stream of the asks, kept seven days), per event: offered and closed, each a list of module names, on every machine. The knowledge base alone by default, for its overview page; an asker's own answers (decided) are never on it (ADR 0616 §7).",
+      "trusted": true,
+      "default": {"offered": ["mesh-knowledge"], "closed": ["mesh-knowledge"]}
+    },
     "time-zone": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "The time zone every time a message says is said in, an IANA name such as Europe/Brussels; empty is this machine's own zone.",
@@ -173,7 +196,7 @@
       "type": "file",
       "path": "${dir:state}/settings.json",
       "mode": "0600",
-      "takes-config": ["time-zone", "desktop-machines", "only-what-needs-me", "messages-per-hour", "settle-seconds"],
+      "takes-config": ["time-zone", "desktop-machines", "only-what-needs-me", "messages-per-hour", "settle-seconds", "readers"],
       "merge": "json",
       "template": "files/settings.json",
       "owner": "messenger"