diff --git a/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/announce.go b/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/announce.go
index 3550c87d1..4ee60ceae 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/announce.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/announce.go
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ var Kept = []announce.State{
 	{Name: "keys", Readable: true},
 	{Name: "steps", Readable: true},
 	{Name: "pauses", Readable: true},
+	// The steps detected for each artifact, kept by its fingerprint (design 47 G §326, §414).
+	{Name: "detected-steps", Readable: true},
 	// The condition keeper raises a first view of the indexer's manifests it could not get (ADR 0615 §6) from this.
 	{Name: "findings", Readable: true},
 }
diff --git a/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/forge_test.go b/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/forge_test.go
index adeda47db..bd3fa0e36 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/forge_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/forge_test.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"slices"
+	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -147,7 +147,9 @@ func TestManifestRequiresForgeAccountKeepsKeysAndTakesFilesFromTemplates(t *test
 	m := readForgeManifest(t)
 	// node-tools: the module pulls its asks through the tool runner's seat pull (1911).
 	// go-package-registry: the Go seat's read side, the fetch's first source (design 51, CAT-BG3, E2).
-	if want := []any{"forge-account", "go-toolchain", "go-package-registry", "node-tools"}; !slices.Equal(m.Requires, want) {
+	// detected-steps: the state of the verb steps (design 47 G §326, §414), asked by the template state.
+	detected := map[string]any{"name": "detected-steps", "storage": "key-value", "template": "state", "options": map[string]any{"history": float64(1)}}
+	if want := []any{detected, "forge-account", "go-toolchain", "go-package-registry", "node-tools"}; !reflect.DeepEqual(m.Requires, want) {
 		t.Errorf("requires = %v, want %v", m.Requires, want)
 	}
 	keeps := false
diff --git a/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/main.go b/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/main.go
index 15b60c48d..3eae5fca1 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/main.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/main.go
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ func main() {
 		Toolchains:          stdio.State(seat.StateToolchains).Put,
 		Emit:                func(t string, b any) error { return stdio.Emit(t, b) },
 		Steps:               stdio.State(seat.StateSteps).Put,
+		Detected:            stdio.State(seat.StateDetectedSteps).Put,
+		ReadDetected:        readOf(stdio.State(seat.StateDetectedSteps)).Get,
 		ReadSteps:           readOf(stdio.State(seat.StateSteps)),
 		Pauses:              stdio.State(sdkstep.PausesState).Put,
 		ReadPauses:          readOf(stdio.State(sdkstep.PausesState)),
diff --git a/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/module.go b/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/module.go
index 5fc8f74a2..1c57a3d28 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/module.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/module.go
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ type Module struct {
 	// Held is the puller whose running asks a step-end tool will not end (issue 1890); nil in a test.
 	Held                           *buildstep.Puller
 	ReadSteps, ReadToolchainsState StateRead
+	// Detected and ReadDetected are the Put and the read of the state detected-steps (design 47 G §326, §414): the
+	// answer of the verb steps, one key per artifact.
+	Detected     buildstep.Put
+	ReadDetected func(key string) (json.RawMessage, error)
 	// Pauses is the Put of the pauses state, which keeps the node's pause key without an age; ReadPauses reads it back.
 	Pauses     buildstep.Put
 	ReadPauses StateRead
diff --git a/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/steps.go b/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/steps.go
index 2aa35e58d..7745cc695 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/steps.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/steps.go
@@ -158,11 +158,35 @@ func (m *Module) steps(ctx context.Context, args map[string]any) (any, error) {
 	if str("artifact") == "" || str("module") == "" {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("steps: the module and the artifact are asked")
 	}
+	artifact, fp := str("artifact"), str("fingerprint")
+	key := seat.DetectedStepsByModuleArtifactKey(str("module"), artifactName(artifact))
+	// The kept answer is the artifact's newest fingerprint's: used for the same fingerprint, replaced by a newer one
+	// and by again (§326).
+	if again, _ := args["again"].(bool); !again && fp != "" && m.ReadDetected != nil {
+		if raw, err := m.ReadDetected(key); err == nil && len(raw) > 0 {
+			if kept, err := seat.DecodeDetectedStepsByModuleArtifactValue(raw); err == nil && kept.Fingerprint == fp {
+				return StepsAnswer{Artifact: artifact, Fingerprint: fp, Steps: kept.Steps, Kept: true}, nil
+			}
+		}
+	}
 	steps, err := m.stepsOfTree(ctx, req)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return StepsAnswer{Artifact: str("artifact"), Fingerprint: str("fingerprint"), Steps: steps}, nil
+	if fp != "" && m.Detected != nil {
+		if _, err := m.Detected(key, seat.DetectedSteps{V: 1, Fingerprint: fp, Steps: steps, At: ptr(m.now())}); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("steps: keeping the answer: %w", err)
+		}
+	}
+	return StepsAnswer{Artifact: artifact, Fingerprint: fp, Steps: steps}, nil
+}
+
+// artifactName is the artifact of an artifact reference <module>:<artifact>.
+func artifactName(ref string) string {
+	if _, name, ok := strings.Cut(ref, ":"); ok {
+		return name
+	}
+	return ref
 }
 
 // stepsOfTree fetches the commit into a workspace removed at the end and detects the steps of the module's directory.
@@ -196,3 +220,5 @@ func (m *Module) stepsOfTree(ctx context.Context, req sdkstep.FetchRequest) ([]D
 	}
 	return detectSteps(dir)
 }
+
+func ptr[T any](v T) *T { return &v }
diff --git a/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/steps_test.go b/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/steps_test.go
index c2a118fbf..b60021fff 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/steps_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/steps_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-catalog/modules/mesh-build-go/buildstep"
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
@@ -48,3 +50,40 @@ func TestTheStepsVerbAnswersTheStepsOfAFixtureArtifact(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("a module with no test: %+v, %v", got, err)
 	}
 }
+
+// Design 47 G §326 (BLD2): steps answers from the kept key for the same fingerprint, a newer fingerprint and again
+// replace it.
+func TestTheStepsVerbKeepsItsAnswerByFingerprint(t *testing.T) {
+	f := &fakeStep{files: map[string]string{"go.mod": "module example.test/mod\n", "a/a_test.go": "package a\n"}}
+	m, _ := fetchModule(t, f)
+	kept := map[string]json.RawMessage{}
+	m.Detected = func(key string, v any) (uint64, error) {
+		raw, err := json.Marshal(v)
+		kept[key] = raw
+		return 1, err
+	}
+	m.ReadDetected = func(key string) (json.RawMessage, error) { return kept[key], nil }
+	call := func(fp string, again bool) StepsAnswer {
+		t.Helper()
+		got, err := m.steps(context.Background(), map[string]any{"module": "mod", "artifact": "mod:prog", "fingerprint": fp, "again": again,
+			"fetch": map[string]any{"repository": "novox/mod", "commit": commitSHA}})
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		return got.(StepsAnswer)
+	}
+	if a := call("fp1", false); a.Kept || len(kept) != 1 || kept["mod.prog"] == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("first ask: %+v, keys %v", a, kept)
+	}
+	f.files = map[string]string{"go.mod": "module example.test/mod\n"} // the tree changed, the kept answer still answers fp1
+	if a := call("fp1", false); !a.Kept || len(a.Steps) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("same fingerprint: %+v", a)
+	}
+	if a := call("fp1", true); a.Kept || len(a.Steps) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("again: %+v", a)
+	}
+	f.files = map[string]string{"go.mod": "module example.test/mod\n", "a/a_test.go": "package a\n"}
+	if a := call("fp2", false); a.Kept || len(a.Steps) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("newer fingerprint: %+v", a)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/modules/mesh-build-go/module.json b/modules/mesh-build-go/module.json
index fb3655599..b447e70c4 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-build-go/module.json
+++ b/modules/mesh-build-go/module.json
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
     }
   ],
   "requires": [
+    {"name": "detected-steps", "storage": "key-value", "template": "state", "options": {"history": 1}},
     "forge-account",
     "go-toolchain",
     "go-package-registry",