diff --git a/modules/distribution/internal/holder/holder_test.go b/modules/distribution/internal/holder/holder_test.go
index e0820d49f..c428e942b 100644
--- a/modules/distribution/internal/holder/holder_test.go
+++ b/modules/distribution/internal/holder/holder_test.go
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ const builder = "ace.mesh-build-go"
 // TestTheHolderOfTheTwoImageSeats holds design 51's holder cases at the unit level (CAT-D1, D2, D3, D3b, D4, D4b, D5):
 // one table or case per rule, the caller list and the store front's.
 func TestTheHolderOfTheTwoImageSeats(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("a publish is checked against the builder's reservation", reservedChecksAPublishAgainstTheReservation)
 	blob := []byte(strings.Repeat("a", 3000))
 	part := Part{Digest: digestOf(blob), Size: int64(len(blob))}
 	req := func(id string) PublishRequest {
diff --git a/modules/distribution/internal/holder/reserved_test.go b/modules/distribution/internal/holder/reserved_test.go
index 312bf4afc..faa32b074 100644
--- a/modules/distribution/internal/holder/reserved_test.go
+++ b/modules/distribution/internal/holder/reserved_test.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 // A publish is checked against the builder's reservation by the seat mesh-builds' verb reserved, asked with the package's name
 // (design 47 §381, §478).
-func TestReservedChecksAPublishAgainstTheReservation(t *testing.T) {
+func reservedChecksAPublishAgainstTheReservation(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, c := range []struct {
 		name   string
 		answer string
diff --git a/modules/gitea/internal/packageseats/holder_test.go b/modules/gitea/internal/packageseats/holder_test.go
index 0495e041a..029810f47 100644
--- a/modules/gitea/internal/packageseats/holder_test.go
+++ b/modules/gitea/internal/packageseats/holder_test.go
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ const goBuild, nodeBuild = "ace.mesh-build-go", "ace.mesh-build-node"
 // file comes in parts, is checked against the builder's numbering and its digest, and is uploaded with the forge's own
 // write side; the outcome is said on the seat's events.
 func TestTheForgeHoldsBothPackageSeats(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("a publish is checked against the builder's reservation", reservedChecksAPublishAgainstTheReservation)
 	file := []byte("a package's tarball")
 	t.Run("a publish in parts is uploaded and said published", func(t *testing.T) {
 		for _, seat := range []string{NpmSeat, GoSeat} {
diff --git a/modules/gitea/internal/packageseats/reserved_test.go b/modules/gitea/internal/packageseats/reserved_test.go
index b5ea18483..dff3f891f 100644
--- a/modules/gitea/internal/packageseats/reserved_test.go
+++ b/modules/gitea/internal/packageseats/reserved_test.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 // A publish is checked against the builder's reservation by the seat mesh-builds' verb reserved, asked with the package's name
 // (design 47 §381, §478).
-func TestReservedChecksAPublishAgainstTheReservation(t *testing.T) {
+func reservedChecksAPublishAgainstTheReservation(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, c := range []struct {
 		name   string
 		answer string