diff --git a/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/levels.go b/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/levels.go
index 455ca95f..6af18e3f 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/levels.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/levels.go
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ type TestResult struct {
 	Elapsed float64 `json:"elapsed"`
 	// Setup is the level's setup time in seconds, when it has a setup.
 	Setup float64 `json:"setup,omitempty"`
+	// Lint is the unit level's gofmt and go vet time in seconds, before its tests (ADR 0529 §1).
+	Lint float64 `json:"lint,omitempty"`
 	// Bound and SetupBound are the bounds the level was judged by, in seconds.
 	Bound      float64    `json:"bound"`
 	SetupBound float64    `json:"setup_bound,omitempty"`
diff --git a/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/lint_test.go b/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/lint_test.go
index abf91574..602d68b7 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/lint_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/lint_test.go
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func TestTheUnitLevelRunsGofmtAndVetWithEveryTag(t *testing.T) {
 
 // 1887/D7-go: through the step, the unit level of a tree holding an unformatted file fails, naming the file.
 func TestAnUnformattedFileFailsTheUnitLevel(t *testing.T) {
-	m, states, ws, _ := workspaceFor(t, "empty")
+	m, states, ws, calls := workspaceFor(t, "empty")
 	tree := filepath.Join(m.Work, ws, "tree")
 	for name, body := range map[string]string{"go.mod": "module x\n", "x.go": "package x\nfunc X()   {}\n"} {
 		if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(tree, name), []byte(body), 0o644); err != nil {
@@ -83,4 +83,10 @@ func TestAnUnformattedFileFailsTheUnitLevel(t *testing.T) {
 	if res.Passed || len(res.Failed) != 1 || res.Failed[0].Test != "gofmt" || !strings.Contains(res.Failed[0].Output, "x.go") {
 		t.Fatalf("result = %+v, want the level failed naming x.go", res)
 	}
+	// Review round 2 item 5: before the level's tests, which do not run once gofmt failed.
+	for _, c := range *calls {
+		if strings.Contains(c.line, " test -json") {
+			t.Errorf("the tests ran after gofmt failed: %s", c.line)
+		}
+	}
 }
diff --git a/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/test.go b/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/test.go
index 02a8a01d..d3b42c9e 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/test.go
@@ -197,6 +197,26 @@ func (m *Module) runLevel(ctx context.Context, tree string, o levelOpts) (*TestR
 			todo = append(todo, d)
 		}
 	}
+	if o.level == LevelUnit {
+		// gofmt and go vet of each directory the level runs come before its tests (ADR 0529 §1; issue 1887 D7-go): a
+		// directory that fails them fails the level at once, and their time is the result's Lint.
+		linted := m.clock()
+		var failed []Failure
+		for _, d := range todo {
+			f, err := m.lint(ctx, run, tree, d, append(m.goEnvFor(filepath.Join(tree, d)), o.env...))
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			failed = append(failed, f...)
+		}
+		res.Lint = m.clock().Sub(linted).Seconds()
+		if len(failed) > 0 {
+			res.Failed = failed
+			res.judge(o.bounds)
+			return res, nil
+		}
+		began = m.clock() // the level's running time is its tests'
+	}
 	runs := make([]dirRun, len(todo))
 	slots := make(chan struct{}, m.parallel())
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
@@ -253,16 +273,6 @@ func (m *Module) runLevel(ctx context.Context, tree string, o levelOpts) (*TestR
 	if o.wall {
 		res.Elapsed = m.clock().Sub(began).Seconds()
 	}
-	if o.level == LevelUnit {
-		// gofmt and go vet of each directory the level ran are the unit level's (ADR 0529 §1; issue 1887 D7-go).
-		for _, d := range todo {
-			failed, err := m.lint(ctx, run, tree, d, append(m.goEnvFor(filepath.Join(tree, d)), o.env...))
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
-			res.Failed = append(res.Failed, failed...)
-		}
-	}
 	res.judge(o.bounds)
 	return res, nil
 }
diff --git a/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/test_real_integration_test.go b/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/test_real_integration_test.go
index 26c7a75f..78a5a8f6 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/test_real_integration_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/test_real_integration_test.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func TestUnitLevelRunsTheRealGoOnTheFixtureRepositories(t *testing.T) {
 		"tagged":  {passed: true, noTests: true},
 		"empty":   {passed: true, noTests: true},
 		"slow":    {passed: true},
-		"broken":  {failed: "fixture/broken"},
+		"broken":  {failed: "."}, // go vet, before the tests since R4g (ADR 0529 §1), names the directory and the compiler's line
 	}
 	for name, w := range want {
 		home := t.TempDir()
@@ -90,6 +90,32 @@ func TestUnitLevelRunsTheRealGoOnTheFixtureRepositories(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// 1887/D7-go against the real go: a tree holding an unformatted file fails the unit level naming the file, before any
+// test runs, and the level's result carries the lint's time.
+func TestAnUnformattedFileFailsTheRealUnitLevel(t *testing.T) {
+	needTools(t, "the unit level's gofmt and vet", "go", "git", "bwrap")
+	home := t.TempDir()
+	m := &Module{Home: home, Work: t.TempDir(), Cache: t.TempDir()}
+	tree := filepath.Join(m.Work, "ws1", "tree")
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(tree), 0o755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := os.Rename(repository(t, "slow"), tree); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(tree, "ugly.go"), []byte("package slow\nfunc Ugly()   {}\n"), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	m.Run = StepRunner(home)
+	res, err := m.runLevel(context.Background(), tree, levelOpts{workspace: "ws1", level: LevelUnit, bounds: Bounds{Run: UnitBound}})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if res.Passed || len(res.Failed) == 0 || res.Failed[0].Test != "gofmt" || !strings.Contains(res.Failed[0].Output, "ugly.go") || res.Tests != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("result = %+v, want the level failed by gofmt naming ugly.go and no test run", res)
+	}
+}
+
 // processesNamed are the processes whose command line holds text.
 func processesNamed(text string) []string {
 	var out []string
diff --git a/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/test_test.go b/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/test_test.go
index 80bbe9b9..359ce3c4 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/test_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/test_test.go
@@ -188,6 +188,9 @@ func TestUnitLevelRunsGoTestJsonInTheModulesDirectoryWithTheStepsEnvironment(t *
 func TestAGoTestThatCouldNotRunEndsTheStepFailed(t *testing.T) {
 	m, states, ws, _ := workspaceFor(t, "empty")
 	m.Run = throughBubblewrap(t, func(ctx context.Context, env []string, name string, args ...string) forgekey.Ran {
+		if name == "go" && len(args) > 2 && args[2] == "vet" {
+			return forgekey.Ran{} // vet, before the tests, passes: this test is of go test that could not run
+		}
 		if name == "go" {
 			return forgekey.Ran{Status: 1, Stderr: "go: cannot find main module\n"}
 		}