diff --git a/checks/health/go.mod b/checks/health/go.mod
index 8c3f521e..f6437708 100644
--- a/checks/health/go.mod
+++ b/checks/health/go.mod
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ module checks/health
 
 go 1.26.0
 
-require git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029214150-692dbf9a1791
+require git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029214732-6b8c6943811a
diff --git a/checks/health/go.sum b/checks/health/go.sum
index 387b26bd..ea2abb0e 100644
--- a/checks/health/go.sum
+++ b/checks/health/go.sum
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029214150-692dbf9a1791 h1:HVKR7kENzltQVkfBN+2zhU9JOPZme7MjDkTvr/oiJ24=
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029214150-692dbf9a1791/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029214732-6b8c6943811a h1:elC2IjB+qbeXG+pWItLz71DenegbrdsqbcH5kyGo56Q=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029214732-6b8c6943811a/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
diff --git a/modules/mesh-config/go.mod b/modules/mesh-config/go.mod
index e6d2dae0..ab232f12 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-config/go.mod
+++ b/modules/mesh-config/go.mod
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ module mesh-config
 
 go 1.26.0
 
-require git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029214150-692dbf9a1791
+require git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029214732-6b8c6943811a
 
 require (
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.20.0 // indirect
diff --git a/modules/mesh-config/go.sum b/modules/mesh-config/go.sum
index b8d81e43..041bd525 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-config/go.sum
+++ b/modules/mesh-config/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029214150-692dbf9a1791 h1:HVKR7kENzltQVkfBN+2zhU9JOPZme7MjDkTvr/oiJ24=
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029214150-692dbf9a1791/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029214732-6b8c6943811a h1:elC2IjB+qbeXG+pWItLz71DenegbrdsqbcH5kyGo56Q=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029214732-6b8c6943811a/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
 github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.7.0-default-no-op h1:Z/MZK75wC/NSrkgqeNIa7jexam9uWzhLmFTSCPI/kn0=
 github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.7.0-default-no-op/go.mod h1:FQyySiasQQM8735Ddel3MRojmy4dA1IqCeyJ5jmPMbI=
 github.com/google/go-tpm v0.9.8 h1:slArAR9Ft+1ybZu0lBwpSmpwhRXaa85hWtMinMyRAWo=
diff --git a/modules/mesh-hand-acts/go.mod b/modules/mesh-hand-acts/go.mod
index df0875c3..295b1813 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-hand-acts/go.mod
+++ b/modules/mesh-hand-acts/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module mesh-hand-acts
 go 1.26.0
 
 require (
-	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029214150-692dbf9a1791
+	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029214732-6b8c6943811a
 	github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.54.0
 )
 
diff --git a/modules/mesh-hand-acts/go.sum b/modules/mesh-hand-acts/go.sum
index a0208db4..9ca8e0a6 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-hand-acts/go.sum
+++ b/modules/mesh-hand-acts/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029214150-692dbf9a1791 h1:HVKR7kENzltQVkfBN+2zhU9JOPZme7MjDkTvr/oiJ24=
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029214150-692dbf9a1791/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029214732-6b8c6943811a h1:elC2IjB+qbeXG+pWItLz71DenegbrdsqbcH5kyGo56Q=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029214732-6b8c6943811a/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
 github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.7.0-default-no-op h1:Z/MZK75wC/NSrkgqeNIa7jexam9uWzhLmFTSCPI/kn0=
 github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.7.0-default-no-op/go.mod h1:FQyySiasQQM8735Ddel3MRojmy4dA1IqCeyJ5jmPMbI=
 github.com/google/go-tpm v0.9.8 h1:slArAR9Ft+1ybZu0lBwpSmpwhRXaa85hWtMinMyRAWo=
diff --git a/modules/mesh-healers/go.mod b/modules/mesh-healers/go.mod
index 6351b3a4..ec4ba312 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-healers/go.mod
+++ b/modules/mesh-healers/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module mesh-healers
 go 1.26.0
 
 require (
-	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029214150-692dbf9a1791
+	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029214732-6b8c6943811a
 	github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.54.0
 )
 
diff --git a/modules/mesh-healers/go.sum b/modules/mesh-healers/go.sum
index a0208db4..9ca8e0a6 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-healers/go.sum
+++ b/modules/mesh-healers/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029214150-692dbf9a1791 h1:HVKR7kENzltQVkfBN+2zhU9JOPZme7MjDkTvr/oiJ24=
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029214150-692dbf9a1791/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029214732-6b8c6943811a h1:elC2IjB+qbeXG+pWItLz71DenegbrdsqbcH5kyGo56Q=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029214732-6b8c6943811a/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
 github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.7.0-default-no-op h1:Z/MZK75wC/NSrkgqeNIa7jexam9uWzhLmFTSCPI/kn0=
 github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.7.0-default-no-op/go.mod h1:FQyySiasQQM8735Ddel3MRojmy4dA1IqCeyJ5jmPMbI=
 github.com/google/go-tpm v0.9.8 h1:slArAR9Ft+1ybZu0lBwpSmpwhRXaa85hWtMinMyRAWo=
diff --git a/modules/mesh-provisioner/cmd/mesh-provisioner/holder.go b/modules/mesh-provisioner/cmd/mesh-provisioner/holder.go
index a97e47c7..b916e3c1 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-provisioner/cmd/mesh-provisioner/holder.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-provisioner/cmd/mesh-provisioner/holder.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"slices"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -51,9 +52,10 @@ const (
 	ResolvedRead  = "mesh-config.resolved"
 )
 
-// Providers are the providing modules that keep an entry per consumer, `<module>_bound`, read as `<module>.bound`: the
-// outcome of each provision they make. A provider not named here keeps none.
-var Providers = []string{"gitea", "keycloak", "postgres", "route-adapter", "mesh-vault"}
+// BoundReads are the providers' entries this module's manifest reads, `<module>.bound`, whose changes it hears. Which
+// path judges a provider is its manifest's word (keepsEntries), not this list: a provider that declares `bound` and is
+// not read here leaves its keys asked, saying its entries are not read.
+var BoundReads = []string{"gitea", "keycloak", "postgres", "route-adapter", "mesh-vault"}
 
 // boundRead is a provider's entries as this module reads them.
 func boundRead(module string) string { return module + ".bound" }
@@ -111,12 +113,15 @@ func (h *Holder) ComposeNode(ctx context.Context, node string) (Composed, error)
 		out.Problems = append(out.Problems, err.Error())
 	}
 	needed := map[string]provisions.Provision{}
+	elsewhere := map[string]provisions.Provision{}
+	vaultNode := h.vaultNode()
 	for _, plans := range []map[string]catalogue.Plan{atWants, newest} {
 		for module, plan := range plans {
 			for _, p := range plan.Provisions {
-				pv := provisions.Provision{Provision: p.Provision, Local: p.Local,
-					Consumer: provisions.End{Module: module, Node: node},
-					Provider: provisions.End{Module: p.ProviderModule, Node: p.Provider}}
+				consumer := provisions.End{Module: module, Node: node}
+				provider := provisions.End{Module: p.ProviderModule, Node: p.Provider}
+				pv := provisions.Provision{Provision: p.Provision, Local: p.Local, Consumer: consumer, Provider: provider,
+					DependsOn: provisions.DependsOn(consumer, p, h.providerPlan(p, node, atWants))}
 				key, err := pv.Key()
 				if err != nil {
 					out.Problems = append(out.Problems, err.Error())
@@ -125,13 +130,117 @@ func (h *Holder) ComposeNode(ctx context.Context, node string) (Composed, error)
 				if _, seen := needed[key]; !seen {
 					needed[key] = pv
 				}
+				// Its credential is a provision of its own, the vault's (clause 6): on the consumer's node for a value of the
+				// consumer's own, on the provider's for the provider's one shared value.
+				ck, ok := provisions.CredentialKey(p.CredentialForm, consumer, provider, p.Provision, p.Local)
+				if !ok {
+					continue
+				}
+				cn, cm, cp, cl, err := provisions.ParseKey(ck)
+				if err != nil {
+					continue
+				}
+				if vaultNode == "" {
+					out.Problems = append(out.Problems, "no node runs mesh-vault, so the credential "+ck+" has no provider")
+					continue
+				}
+				cred := provisions.Provision{Provision: cp, Local: cl, Consumer: provisions.End{Module: cm, Node: cn},
+					Provider: provisions.End{Module: provisions.VaultModule, Node: vaultNode}}
+				if cn == node {
+					if _, seen := needed[ck]; !seen {
+						needed[ck] = cred
+					}
+				} else {
+					elsewhere[ck] = cred
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	h.judgeElsewhere(elsewhere, &out)
 	h.judgeNode(node, needed, &out)
 	return out, nil
 }
 
+// providerPlan is the plan of a provision's provider on its node: from this composition when it is on this node, else
+// as kept in `plans`; nil when the provider is not handed.
+func (h *Holder) providerPlan(p catalogue.PlanProvision, node string, here map[string]catalogue.Plan) *catalogue.Plan {
+	if p.Provider == node {
+		if plan, ok := here[p.ProviderModule]; ok {
+			return &plan
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+	key, err := provisions.PlanKey(p.Provider, p.ProviderModule)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	e, err := h.Store.Get(PlansState, key)
+	if err != nil || e == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	plan, err := provisions.DecodePlan(e.Value)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return &plan.Plan
+}
+
+// vaultNode is the node mesh-vault is placed on: the provider of every credential.
+func (h *Holder) vaultNode() string {
+	nodes := h.placedOn(provisions.VaultModule)
+	if len(nodes) == 0 {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return nodes[0]
+}
+
+// dependedOn is every key of a node that a provision of another node depends on.
+func (h *Holder) dependedOn(node string) []string {
+	var out []string
+	keys, err := h.Store.Keys(ProvisionsState)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	for _, k := range keys {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(k, node+".") {
+			continue
+		}
+		e, err := h.Store.Get(ProvisionsState, k)
+		if err != nil || e == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		if p, err := provisions.Decode(e.Value); err == nil {
+			for _, d := range p.DependsOn {
+				if strings.HasPrefix(d, node+".") {
+					out = append(out, d)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+// judgeElsewhere writes each needed key of another node (a provider's shared credential), its state from its outcome;
+// that node's own composition keeps it while a provision depends on it.
+func (h *Holder) judgeElsewhere(keys map[string]provisions.Provision, out *Composed) {
+	for _, key := range sortedKeys(keys) {
+		next := keys[key]
+		var have provisions.Provision
+		e, err := h.Store.Get(ProvisionsState, key)
+		if err == nil && e != nil {
+			if have, err = provisions.Decode(e.Value); err == nil {
+				next.Reference = have.Reference
+			}
+		}
+		h.outcome(key, &next)
+		if e != nil && same(have, next) {
+			continue
+		}
+		h.put(key, next)
+		out.Changed = append(out.Changed, key+" "+next.State)
+	}
+}
+
 // wantedOn is the fingerprint each want on a node names, by module.
 func (h *Holder) wantedOn(node string) (map[string]string, error) {
 	out := map[string]string{}
@@ -202,6 +311,15 @@ func (h *Holder) writePlans(node string, plans map[string]catalogue.Plan, out *C
 // judgeNode brings the node's provision keys to what is needed and what each provider said.
 func (h *Holder) judgeNode(node string, needed map[string]provisions.Provision, out *Composed) {
 	held := h.held(node)
+	// A key of this node another node's provision depends on is needed (a provider's one shared credential).
+	for _, dep := range h.dependedOn(node) {
+		if have, ok := held[dep]; ok {
+			if _, n := needed[dep]; !n {
+				have.State, have.Why, have.Ask, have.Warrant = "", "", "", nil
+				needed[dep] = have
+			}
+		}
+	}
 	for _, key := range unionKeys(needed, held) {
 		want, isNeeded := needed[key]
 		have, isHeld := held[key]
@@ -305,10 +423,20 @@ type entry struct {
 // asked, said so.
 func (h *Holder) outcome(key string, p *provisions.Provision) {
 	p.Ask, p.Warrant = "", nil
-	if !keepsEntries(p.Provider.Module) {
+	keeps, err := h.keepsEntries(p.Provider.Module)
+	if err != nil {
+		p.State, p.Why = provisions.Asked, "the manifest of "+p.Provider.Module+" cannot be read: "+err.Error()
+		return
+	}
+	if !keeps {
 		h.haveOutcome(p)
 		return
 	}
+	if !slices.Contains(BoundReads, p.Provider.Module) {
+		p.State, p.Why = provisions.Asked, p.Provider.Module+" keeps its outcome in its entries, which mesh-provisioner's "+
+			"manifest does not read yet"
+		return
+	}
 	e, err := h.Store.Get(boundRead(p.Provider.Module), key)
 	if err != nil {
 		p.State, p.Why = provisions.Asked, "the provider's entries cannot be read: "+err.Error()
@@ -348,6 +476,19 @@ func (h *Holder) outcome(key string, p *provisions.Provision) {
 // provided; failed is failed with the have's words; anything else is asked, waiting for the provider to run.
 func (h *Holder) haveOutcome(p *provisions.Provision) {
 	where := p.Provider.Module + " on " + p.Provider.Node
+	// It makes what the consumer needs only once all it depends on is provided (its credential first).
+	for _, dep := range p.DependsOn {
+		state := "not composed yet"
+		if e, err := h.Store.Get(ProvisionsState, dep); err == nil && e != nil {
+			if d, err := provisions.Decode(e.Value); err == nil {
+				state = d.State
+			}
+		}
+		if state != provisions.Provided {
+			p.State, p.Why = provisions.Asked, "waits for "+dep+" ("+state+") before "+where+" can provide it"
+			return
+		}
+	}
 	key := p.Provider.Node + "." + p.Provider.Module
 	e, err := h.Store.Get(HaveRead, key)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -380,13 +521,53 @@ func (h *Holder) haveOutcome(p *provisions.Provision) {
 	}
 }
 
-func keepsEntries(module string) bool {
-	for _, m := range Providers {
-		if m == module {
-			return true
+// keepsEntries says a provider's manifest at the trunk declares the state `bound`: its outcome per consumer is its
+// entries there; any other provider's is its own have.
+func (h *Holder) keepsEntries(module string) (bool, error) {
+	mk, err := delivery.ModulesKey(module)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+	e, err := h.Store.Get(ModulesRead, mk)
+	if err != nil || e == nil {
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("the indexer holds no modules.%s (%v)", module, err)
+	}
+	m, err := delivery.DecodeModule(e.Value)
+	if err != nil || m.Manifest == "" {
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("the indexer's modules.%s names no manifest", module)
+	}
+	key, err := delivery.ManifestsKey(m.Manifest)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+	me, err := h.Store.Get(ManifestsRead, key)
+	if err != nil || me == nil {
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("the indexer holds no manifest of %s (%v)", module, err)
+	}
+	man, err := delivery.DecodeManifest(me.Value)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+	var decl struct {
+		State []json.RawMessage `json:"state"`
+	}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(man.JSON), &decl); err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+	for _, raw := range decl.State {
+		var name string
+		if json.Unmarshal(raw, &name) != nil {
+			var full struct {
+				Name string `json:"name"`
+			}
+			_ = json.Unmarshal(raw, &full)
+			name = full.Name
+		}
+		if name == "bound" {
+			return true, nil
 		}
 	}
-	return false
+	return false, nil
 }
 
 // retired says a retiring key the operator approved is retired: its provider's entry is gone.
@@ -394,7 +575,7 @@ func (h *Holder) retired(key string, p provisions.Provision) (bool, string) {
 	if p.Warrant == nil || p.Warrant.Option != OptionApprove {
 		return false, ""
 	}
-	if !keepsEntries(p.Provider.Module) {
+	if keeps, err := h.keepsEntries(p.Provider.Module); err != nil || !keeps {
 		return false, ""
 	}
 	e, err := h.Store.Get(boundRead(p.Provider.Module), key)
@@ -557,6 +738,24 @@ func NodesOfWant(key string) []string {
 // NodesOfModule is every node a module is placed on, and every node whose plans name it as a provider: what a change
 // of the module's manifest touches.
 func (h *Holder) NodesOfModule(module string) []string {
+	nodes := map[string]bool{}
+	for _, n := range h.placedOn(module) {
+		nodes[n] = true
+	}
+	if keys, err := h.Store.Keys(ProvisionsState); err == nil {
+		for _, k := range keys {
+			if e, err := h.Store.Get(ProvisionsState, k); err == nil && e != nil {
+				if p, err := provisions.Decode(e.Value); err == nil && p.Provider.Module == module {
+					nodes[p.Consumer.Node] = true
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return sortedKeys(nodes)
+}
+
+// placedOn is every node a module is placed on, sorted.
+func (h *Holder) placedOn(module string) []string {
 	nodes := map[string]bool{}
 	if keys, err := h.Store.Keys(PlacementRead); err == nil {
 		for _, k := range keys {
@@ -577,15 +776,6 @@ func (h *Holder) NodesOfModule(module string) []string {
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	if keys, err := h.Store.Keys(ProvisionsState); err == nil {
-		for _, k := range keys {
-			if e, err := h.Store.Get(ProvisionsState, k); err == nil && e != nil {
-				if p, err := provisions.Decode(e.Value); err == nil && p.Provider.Module == module {
-					nodes[p.Consumer.Node] = true
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
 	return sortedKeys(nodes)
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/mesh-provisioner/cmd/mesh-provisioner/holder_integration_test.go b/modules/mesh-provisioner/cmd/mesh-provisioner/holder_integration_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9aa766c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/mesh-provisioner/cmd/mesh-provisioner/holder_integration_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,229 @@
+//go:build integration
+
+package main
+
+// The holder against a real bus (novox/hq ADR 0570 clauses 1-3, 5; issue 1954 H5): its states and every input it reads
+// are a real nats-server's key-value buckets, its plans composed by mesh-sdk's composition from bus state over the
+// in-memory mesh frombustest gives (restic on n1, requiring postgres-database from postgres there). A placement and a
+// want compose the key; the providers' outcomes (the vault's entry for the credential, postgres's own have) turn it
+// provided; restic leaving the node makes it retiring and raises the ask.
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/nats-io/nats.go"
+	"github.com/nats-io/nats.go/jetstream"
+
+	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/asks"
+	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/catalogue"
+	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/compose/frombus"
+	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/compose/frombus/frombustest"
+	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/delivery"
+	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/provisions"
+	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/testbus"
+)
+
+// kvStore is the Store over a real bus: this module's states by their local names, another's as `<module>.<name>`.
+type kvStore struct {
+	ctx context.Context
+	js  jetstream.JetStream
+}
+
+func bucketOf(state string) string {
+	if owner, name, ok := strings.Cut(state, "."); ok {
+		return owner + "_" + name
+	}
+	return Module + "_" + state
+}
+
+func (s kvStore) kv(state string) (jetstream.KeyValue, error) {
+	kv, err := s.js.KeyValue(s.ctx, bucketOf(state))
+	if errors.Is(err, jetstream.ErrBucketNotFound) {
+		return s.js.CreateKeyValue(s.ctx, jetstream.KeyValueConfig{Bucket: bucketOf(state)})
+	}
+	return kv, err
+}
+
+func (s kvStore) Get(state, key string) (*Entry, error) {
+	kv, err := s.kv(state)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	e, err := kv.Get(s.ctx, key)
+	if errors.Is(err, jetstream.ErrKeyNotFound) {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &Entry{Key: key, Value: e.Value(), Revision: e.Revision()}, nil
+}
+
+func (s kvStore) Put(state, key string, value any) error {
+	kv, err := s.kv(state)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	raw, err := json.Marshal(value)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	_, err = kv.Put(s.ctx, key, raw)
+	return err
+}
+
+func (s kvStore) Delete(state, key string) error {
+	kv, err := s.kv(state)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return kv.Delete(s.ctx, key)
+}
+
+func (s kvStore) Keys(state string) ([]string, error) {
+	kv, err := s.kv(state)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	keys, err := kv.Keys(s.ctx)
+	if errors.Is(err, jetstream.ErrNoKeysFound) {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	return keys, err
+}
+
+type asked struct{ ids []string }
+
+func (a *asked) Publish(_ string, body any, id string) error {
+	a.ids = append(a.ids, id)
+	_ = body.(asks.Ask)
+	return nil
+}
+func (a *asked) Record(string) ([]byte, bool, error) { return nil, false, nil }
+
+// 1954/H5.
+func TestTheHolderComposesProvidesAndAsksOnTheBus(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	t.Cleanup(cancel)
+	nc, err := nats.Connect(testbus.URL(t))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(nc.Close)
+	js, err := jetstream.New(nc)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	s := kvStore{ctx: ctx, js: js}
+	mesh, err := frombustest.Provisioned()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	node := frombustest.Node
+	// The bus as the holder reads it: the indexer's modules and manifests, a placement naming where the vault runs, the
+	// want of restic on n1.
+	for module, m := range mesh.Module {
+		m.V = 1
+		raw, _ := json.Marshal(m)
+		if err := s.Put(ModulesRead, module, json.RawMessage(raw)); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+	for digest, raw := range mesh.Manifests {
+		var named struct {
+			Module string `json:"module"`
+		}
+		_ = json.Unmarshal(raw, &named)
+		value, _ := delivery.EncodeManifest(delivery.Manifest{Module: named.Module, JSON: string(raw)})
+		key, _ := delivery.ManifestsKey(digest)
+		if err := s.Put(ManifestsRead, key, json.RawMessage(value)); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+	// The vault keeps its outcomes as entries: its manifest declares `bound`.
+	vaultManifest := `{"module":"mesh-vault","version":"1","state":["bound"]}`
+	vaultDigest := delivery.ManifestDigest([]byte(vaultManifest))
+	vaultValue, _ := delivery.EncodeManifest(delivery.Manifest{Module: provisions.VaultModule, JSON: vaultManifest})
+	vaultKey, _ := delivery.ManifestsKey(vaultDigest)
+	if err := s.Put(ManifestsRead, vaultKey, json.RawMessage(vaultValue)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := s.Put(ModulesRead, provisions.VaultModule, map[string]any{"v": 1, "none2": "the test's", "manifest": vaultDigest,
+		"repository": "novox/mesh-catalog", "commit": "c1"}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	vault, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]any{"v": 1, "node": "n2", "decided": map[string]any{},
+		"modules": []map[string]any{{"module": provisions.VaultModule}}})
+	if err := s.Put(PlacementRead, "placement.n2", json.RawMessage(vault)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	fp := frombustest.FPs()["restic"]
+	if err := s.Put(WantsRead, "want."+node+".restic", map[string]any{"v": 1, "fp": fp, "self": true}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	a := &asked{}
+	h := &Holder{Store: s, Asks: a, Now: time.Now, Logf: t.Logf,
+		Compose: func(ctx context.Context, node string, keptAt map[string]string) (map[string]catalogue.Plan, error) {
+			return frombus.Plans(ctx, mesh, frombus.Mesh{}, frombus.Scope{Node: node, KeptAt: keptAt})
+		}}
+	state := func(key string) provisions.Provision {
+		e, _ := s.Get(ProvisionsState, key)
+		if e == nil {
+			return provisions.Provision{}
+		}
+		p, _ := provisions.Decode(e.Value)
+		return p
+	}
+	key := node + ".restic.postgres-database"
+	if _, err := h.ComposeNode(ctx, node); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if p := state(key); p.State != provisions.Asked || p.Provider.Module != "postgres" {
+		t.Fatalf("the placement and the want composed %+v", p)
+	}
+	if e, _ := s.Get(PlansState, node+".restic"); e == nil {
+		t.Fatal("restic's plan is not on the bus")
+	}
+	// The providers' outcomes: the vault provides the credential where restic has one, postgres runs healthy.
+	for _, dep := range state(key).DependsOn {
+		if err := s.Put(boundRead(provisions.VaultModule), dep, map[string]any{"state": "provided"}); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+	if err := s.Put(HaveRead, node+".postgres", map[string]any{"v": 1, "fp": frombustest.FPs()["postgres"], "phase": "running",
+		"health": "ok"}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	for i := 0; i < 2; i++ { // the credential judged first, then what depends on it
+		if _, err := h.ComposeNode(ctx, node); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+	if p := state(key); p.State != provisions.Provided {
+		t.Fatalf("the outcomes did not turn it provided: %+v", p)
+	}
+	// restic leaves the node and its want goes: retiring, one ask.
+	p := mesh.Placement[node]
+	var kept []delivery.PlacedModule
+	for _, m := range p.Modules {
+		if m.Module != "restic" {
+			kept = append(kept, m)
+		}
+	}
+	p.Modules = kept
+	mesh.Placement[node] = p
+	if err := s.Delete(WantsRead, "want."+node+".restic"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if _, err := h.ComposeNode(ctx, node); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if r := state(key); r.State != provisions.Retiring || r.Ask == "" || len(a.ids) == 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("removing the want did not ask: %+v, asked %v", r, a.ids)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/modules/mesh-provisioner/cmd/mesh-provisioner/holder_test.go b/modules/mesh-provisioner/cmd/mesh-provisioner/holder_test.go
index 4c319ee1..0f3c5609 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-provisioner/cmd/mesh-provisioner/holder_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-provisioner/cmd/mesh-provisioner/holder_test.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 
 	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/asks"
 	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/catalogue"
+	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/delivery"
 	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/provisions"
 )
 
@@ -71,9 +72,27 @@ func newMesh() *mesh {
 			}
 			return m.atNewest[node], nil
 		}}
+	// What each provider's manifest declares: postgres, keycloak and the vault keep entries, the others report by their
+	// have.
+	for module, states := range map[string]string{"postgres": `["bound"]`, "keycloak": `["bound"]`, "mesh-vault": `["bound"]`,
+		"systemd-resolved": `[]`, "minio": `[]`} {
+		raw := `{"module":"` + module + `","version":"1","state":` + states + `}`
+		digest := delivery.ManifestDigest([]byte(raw))
+		value, _ := delivery.EncodeManifest(delivery.Manifest{Module: module, JSON: raw})
+		_ = m.s.Put(ManifestsRead, mustKey(delivery.ManifestsKey(digest)), json.RawMessage(value))
+		_ = m.s.Put(ModulesRead, mustKey(delivery.ModulesKey(module)),
+			json.RawMessage(`{"v":1,"none2":"a test","manifest":"`+digest+`","repository":"novox/mesh-catalog","commit":"c1"}`))
+	}
 	return m
 }
 
+func mustKey(k string, err error) string {
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return k
+}
+
 // needs makes a module on a node require provisions in its wanted build (and the same in its newest unless set).
 func planOf(provs ...catalogue.PlanProvision) catalogue.Plan {
 	return catalogue.Plan{Provisions: provs}
@@ -167,6 +186,45 @@ func TestAKeysStateFollowsItsProvidersOutcome(t *testing.T) {
 	if c := m.compose(t, "g14"); len(c.Plans)+len(c.Changed)+len(c.Asked) != 0 {
 		t.Errorf("a quiet pass wrote %+v", c)
 	}
+	// A provision's credential is the vault's own provision, on the consumer's node for a login of its own, and the
+	// provision depends on it (clauses 3, 6).
+	c := newMesh()
+	c.s.write(t, PlacementRead, "placement.novox", `{"v":1,"node":"novox","decided":{},"modules":[{"module":"mesh-vault"}]}`)
+	pair := pgDB
+	pair.CredentialForm = "pair"
+	c.atWant["g14"] = map[string]catalogue.Plan{"gitea": planOf(pair)}
+	c.atNewest["g14"] = c.atWant["g14"]
+	c.compose(t, "g14")
+	cred := c.state(t, "g14.gitea.secret-postgres-database")
+	if cred.Provider.Module != "mesh-vault" || cred.Provider.Node != "novox" || cred.State != provisions.Asked {
+		t.Errorf("the credential's provision is %+v", cred)
+	}
+	if d := c.state(t, key).DependsOn; !slices.Equal(d, []string{"g14.gitea.secret-postgres-database"}) {
+		t.Errorf("the provision depends on %v", d)
+	}
+	// A pair provider applying the vault's value through its templates (no entries) is provided only once its credential
+	// key is provided and it runs healthy (the lead's refinement of clause 3).
+	bucket := catalogue.PlanProvision{Provision: "s3-bucket", Provider: "g14", ProviderModule: "minio", CredentialForm: "pair"}
+	c.atWant["g14"] = map[string]catalogue.Plan{"gitea": planOf(bucket)}
+	c.atNewest["g14"] = c.atWant["g14"]
+	c.s.write(t, HaveRead, "g14.minio", `{"v":1,"fp":"src2:`+strings.Repeat("cc", 32)+`","phase":"running","health":"ok"}`)
+	s3, s3cred := "g14.gitea.s3-bucket", "g14.gitea.secret-s3-bucket"
+	for _, row := range []struct {
+		name, entry, cred, state string
+	}{
+		{"its credential still asked", "", provisions.Asked, provisions.Asked},
+		{"its credential provided by the vault", `{"state":"provided","vault-name":"pair/g14/s3-bucket/g14/gitea","generation":1}`,
+			provisions.Provided, provisions.Provided},
+	} {
+		if row.entry != "" {
+			c.s.write(t, "mesh-vault.bound", s3cred, row.entry)
+		}
+		c.compose(t, "g14")
+		c.compose(t, "g14") // the credential judged first, then what depends on it
+		if got, dep := c.state(t, s3), c.state(t, s3cred); got.State != row.state || dep.State != row.cred {
+			t.Errorf("%s: %s is %s (%s), its credential %s", row.name, s3, got.State, got.Why, dep.State)
+		}
+	}
 	// An entry's change judges its key alone, no composition.
 	before := len(m.composed)
 	m.s.write(t, "postgres.bound", key, `{"refused":"the login is locked"}`)
diff --git a/modules/mesh-provisioner/cmd/mesh-provisioner/main.go b/modules/mesh-provisioner/cmd/mesh-provisioner/main.go
index 583072b0..b411037b 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-provisioner/cmd/mesh-provisioner/main.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-provisioner/cmd/mesh-provisioner/main.go
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ func main() {
 		}
 		return nil
 	})
-	for _, provider := range Providers {
+	for _, provider := range BoundReads {
 		go watched(boundRead(provider), func(c stdio.StateChange) error {
 			if said, err := h.Rejudge(c.Key); err != nil {
 				logf("[%s] %s is not judged again: %v", Module, c.Key, err)
diff --git a/modules/mesh-provisioner/cmd/mesh-provisioner/provisioner_test.go b/modules/mesh-provisioner/cmd/mesh-provisioner/provisioner_test.go
index 6d48aadb..94bf9195 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-provisioner/cmd/mesh-provisioner/provisioner_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-provisioner/cmd/mesh-provisioner/provisioner_test.go
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ func TestTheManifestDeclaresWhatTheCodeKeeps(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Errorf("the manifest does not read %s, which the composition reads", r)
 		}
 	}
-	for _, p := range Providers {
+	for _, p := range BoundReads {
 		if !slices.Contains(m.Reads, boundRead(p)) {
 			t.Errorf("the manifest does not read %s's entries", p)
 		}
diff --git a/modules/mesh-provisioner/go.mod b/modules/mesh-provisioner/go.mod
index b380be43..0d804dd9 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-provisioner/go.mod
+++ b/modules/mesh-provisioner/go.mod
@@ -2,4 +2,21 @@ module mesh-provisioner
 
 go 1.26.0
 
-require git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029214150-692dbf9a1791
+require (
+	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029214732-6b8c6943811a
+	github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.54.0
+)
+
+require (
+	github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.7.0-default-no-op // indirect
+	github.com/google/go-tpm v0.9.8 // indirect
+	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.20.0 // indirect
+	github.com/minio/highwayhash v1.0.4 // indirect
+	github.com/nats-io/jwt/v2 v2.8.1 // indirect
+	github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2 v2.11.17 // indirect
+	github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.4.16 // indirect
+	github.com/nats-io/nuid v1.0.1 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.57.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.48.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/time v0.15.0 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/modules/mesh-provisioner/go.sum b/modules/mesh-provisioner/go.sum
index d2e21659..9ca8e0a6 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-provisioner/go.sum
+++ b/modules/mesh-provisioner/go.sum
@@ -1,7 +1,17 @@
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029214150-692dbf9a1791 h1:HVKR7kENzltQVkfBN+2zhU9JOPZme7MjDkTvr/oiJ24=
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029214150-692dbf9a1791/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029214732-6b8c6943811a h1:elC2IjB+qbeXG+pWItLz71DenegbrdsqbcH5kyGo56Q=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029214732-6b8c6943811a/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
+github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.7.0-default-no-op h1:Z/MZK75wC/NSrkgqeNIa7jexam9uWzhLmFTSCPI/kn0=
+github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.7.0-default-no-op/go.mod h1:FQyySiasQQM8735Ddel3MRojmy4dA1IqCeyJ5jmPMbI=
+github.com/google/go-tpm v0.9.8 h1:slArAR9Ft+1ybZu0lBwpSmpwhRXaa85hWtMinMyRAWo=
+github.com/google/go-tpm v0.9.8/go.mod h1:h9jEsEECg7gtLis0upRBQU+GhYVH6jMjrFxI8u6bVUY=
 github.com/klauspost/compress v1.20.0 h1:a3C1ke2ohxFymNlb2HWAHjDeKCI90scRskErZkR0ezA=
 github.com/klauspost/compress v1.20.0/go.mod h1:LUdAzn7YLVvxLpc7y3V1m40wESHTgc1422pwwBSKYuI=
+github.com/minio/highwayhash v1.0.4 h1:asJizugGgchQod2ja9NJlGOWq4s7KsAWr5XUc9Clgl4=
+github.com/minio/highwayhash v1.0.4/go.mod h1:GGYsuwP/fPD6Y9hMiXuapVvlIUEhFhMTh0rxU3ik1LQ=
+github.com/nats-io/jwt/v2 v2.8.1 h1:V0xpGuD/N8Mi+fQNDynXohVvp7ZztevW5io8CUWlPmU=
+github.com/nats-io/jwt/v2 v2.8.1/go.mod h1:nWnOEEiVMiKHQpnAy4eXlizVEtSfzacZ1Q43LIRavZg=
+github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2 v2.11.17 h1:GKEghcFK6A+aFx11Yf1LjgLC3txAwvyhnYzhBIQZA8I=
+github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2 v2.11.17/go.mod h1:B1sFVz4StNosQ903ak4N1G01Fl/9f8e06mXpFIE2K24=
 github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.54.0 h1:vsXoOxjHp/GmPUN+EcI7uOf/uB+iAP+kEsAFNQN0yzA=
 github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.54.0/go.mod h1:y+DZoD1oBOYfZTU681eTUiUjI0vbqYGixNVFHcjHJ0k=
 github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.4.16 h1:rd5oAuLOb8mnAycB0xleuEBNS1pVVnN0fv/FF34Eypg=
@@ -10,5 +20,8 @@ github.com/nats-io/nuid v1.0.1 h1:5iA8DT8V7q8WK2EScv2padNa/rTESc1KdnPw4TC2paw=
 github.com/nats-io/nuid v1.0.1/go.mod h1:19wcPz3Ph3q0Jbyiqsd0kePYG7A95tJPxeL+1OSON2c=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.57.0 h1:3ZVCjf8Ggz7zneR/EHRVx68Ctf+2pmIMP2UFhh9cC6M=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.57.0/go.mod h1:Fdz0i5U6CoizGwLda9DttjSk6qlZo25zYNtR+ycvuZA=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.21.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.48.0 h1:bbX/i/6MgT9BVLM9RT1thmxL04yeTAhbEz4SyadbXoo=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.48.0/go.mod h1:hNLxWAXmnKAxqDtdwIYC4bM9oQPEecfsnNMuSxOs3og=
+golang.org/x/time v0.15.0 h1:bbrp8t3bGUeFOx08pvsMYRTCVSMk89u4tKbNOZbp88U=
+golang.org/x/time v0.15.0/go.mod h1:Y4YMaQmXwGQZoFaVFk4YpCt4FLQMYKZe9oeV/f4MSno=
diff --git a/modules/mesh-self-check/go.mod b/modules/mesh-self-check/go.mod
index fd63c2a8..273063e8 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-self-check/go.mod
+++ b/modules/mesh-self-check/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module mesh-self-check
 go 1.26.0
 
 require (
-	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029214150-692dbf9a1791
+	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029214732-6b8c6943811a
 	github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.54.0
 )
 
diff --git a/modules/mesh-self-check/go.sum b/modules/mesh-self-check/go.sum
index a0208db4..9ca8e0a6 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-self-check/go.sum
+++ b/modules/mesh-self-check/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029214150-692dbf9a1791 h1:HVKR7kENzltQVkfBN+2zhU9JOPZme7MjDkTvr/oiJ24=
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029214150-692dbf9a1791/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029214732-6b8c6943811a h1:elC2IjB+qbeXG+pWItLz71DenegbrdsqbcH5kyGo56Q=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029214732-6b8c6943811a/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
 github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.7.0-default-no-op h1:Z/MZK75wC/NSrkgqeNIa7jexam9uWzhLmFTSCPI/kn0=
 github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.7.0-default-no-op/go.mod h1:FQyySiasQQM8735Ddel3MRojmy4dA1IqCeyJ5jmPMbI=
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