diff --git a/checks/noplacement/assignments-readers b/checks/noplacement/assignments-readers
index 38daeb29..64985d46 100644
--- a/checks/noplacement/assignments-readers
+++ b/checks/noplacement/assignments-readers
@@ -2,7 +2,3 @@
 # why. The check of this directory (noplacement) refuses any other module that reads them, and an entry here whose module no longer
 # does: the list only shrinks, and it is empty before the controller's lease is written to a holder that is no
 # controller (novox/hq ADR 0549 §3, §6; issue 774).
-gitea          the provisioner's plan of a module (go/provider) rides only in an assignment's value; its home after the lease is issue 774's provisioner-plan subtask
-keycloak       the provisioner's plan of a module (go/provider), as gitea
-postgres       the provisioner's plan of a module (go/provider), as gitea
-route-adapter  the provisioner's plan of a module (go/provider), as gitea
diff --git a/modules/gitea/cmd/forge-account-provider/builder_test.go b/modules/gitea/cmd/forge-account-provider/builder_test.go
index f325acd7..8897013f 100644
--- a/modules/gitea/cmd/forge-account-provider/builder_test.go
+++ b/modules/gitea/cmd/forge-account-provider/builder_test.go
@@ -192,17 +192,14 @@ func (r *teamRig) pass() []provider.Outcome {
 	return out
 }
 
-// bind makes module on node bind gitea's forge-account in the assignments mirror.
+// bind makes module on node bind gitea's forge-account in the seat mesh-provisioner's plans.
 func (r *teamRig) bind(node, module string) {
-	r.bus.set(provider.AssignmentsBucket, node+"."+module, []byte(fmt.Sprintf(
-		`{"node":%q,"module":%q,"provisioning":{"provisions":[{"provision":"forge-account","provider":"novox","provider-module":"gitea","as":"mesh_%s"}]}}`,
-		node, module, strings.ReplaceAll(node+"_"+module, "-", "_"))))
+	r.bus.bindPlan(node, module, "mesh_"+strings.ReplaceAll(node+"_"+module, "-", "_"))
 }
 
+// unbind is the operator's yes to retiring module's forge-account on node (ADR 0570 clause 5).
 func (r *teamRig) unbind(node, module string) {
-	r.bus.mu.Lock()
-	delete(r.bus.buckets[provider.AssignmentsBucket], node+"."+module)
-	r.bus.mu.Unlock()
+	r.bus.retire(node, module)
 }
 
 // key reports a key in module's state keys, of the kind and for the account given.
diff --git a/modules/gitea/cmd/forge-account-provider/bus_test.go b/modules/gitea/cmd/forge-account-provider/bus_test.go
index 996a1816..7cacfe5b 100644
--- a/modules/gitea/cmd/forge-account-provider/bus_test.go
+++ b/modules/gitea/cmd/forge-account-provider/bus_test.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/nats-io/nats.go/jetstream"
 
 	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/provider"
+	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/provisions"
 )
 
 const bundleVar = "MESH_FORGE_ACCOUNT_TEST_BUNDLE"
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ func startBus(t *testing.T) (*runtime, context.CancelFunc) {
 	rt := &runtime{t: t, js: js, kvs: map[string]jetstream.KeyValue{}, ctx: ctx, wait: map[string]chan json.RawMessage{}}
 	// The controller's job: a bucket per state the module declares (bound) or reads (the others).
 	for state, bucket := range map[string]string{"bound": "gitea_bound", "ssh-client.keys": "ssh-client_keys",
-		"mesh-controller.assignments": "mesh-controller_assignments"} {
+		"mesh-provisioner.plans": "mesh-provisioner_plans", "mesh-provisioner.provisions": "mesh-provisioner_provisions"} {
 		kv, err := js.CreateKeyValue(ctx, jetstream.KeyValueConfig{Bucket: bucket, History: 1})
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
@@ -296,9 +297,11 @@ func TestTheProviderWholeAnswersAMachineThatReportedItsKey(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	rt, cancel := startBus(t)
 	t.Cleanup(cancel)
-	rt.put("mesh-controller.assignments", "g14.ssh-client", map[string]any{"node": "g14", "module": "ssh-client",
-		"provisioning": map[string]any{"provisions": []map[string]any{{"provision": "forge-account", "provider": "novox",
+	rt.put("mesh-provisioner.plans", "g14.ssh-client", map[string]any{"v": 1, "node": "g14", "module": "ssh-client",
+		"plan": map[string]any{"provisions": []map[string]any{{"provision": "forge-account", "provider": "novox",
 			"provider-module": "gitea", "as": "mesh_g14_ssh_client"}}}})
+	rt.put("mesh-provisioner.provisions", "g14.ssh-client.forge-account",
+		json.RawMessage(provisionKey("g14", "ssh-client", provisions.Asked, nil)))
 	rt.put("ssh-client.keys", "g14.nox", map[string]string{"node": "g14", "account": "nox", "kind": "machine",
 		"public": pubA + " nox@g14 (mesh)", "fingerprint": "SHA256:x", "at": "2026-10-16T10:00:00Z"})
 	rt.start([]string{"MESH_NODE=novox", "MESH_MODULE=gitea", "MESH_SERVED_MODULE=gitea",
diff --git a/modules/gitea/cmd/forge-account-provider/main_test.go b/modules/gitea/cmd/forge-account-provider/main_test.go
index 024b5f6d..12583c16 100644
--- a/modules/gitea/cmd/forge-account-provider/main_test.go
+++ b/modules/gitea/cmd/forge-account-provider/main_test.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func TestConfigFromEnvNamesWhatIsMissing(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 // Issue 955: the runtime grants a module only the states its manifest `reads`, and the provider watches the machines'
-// keys and, through the SDK's provider, the controller's assignments (where it learns its consumers). Run as the
+// keys and, through the SDK's provider, the seat mesh-provisioner's plans and provisions (where it learns its consumers, ADR 0570). Run as the
 // bus test does, with every bucket made, a missing grant passes unseen; the manifest is read here instead.
 func TestTheManifestReadsEveryStateTheProviderWatches(t *testing.T) {
 	raw, err := os.ReadFile("../../module.json")
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func TestTheManifestReadsEveryStateTheProviderWatches(t *testing.T) {
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &m); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	for _, state := range []string{"mesh-controller.assignments", "ssh-client.keys"} {
+	for _, state := range []string{"mesh-provisioner.plans", "mesh-provisioner.provisions", "ssh-client.keys"} {
 		if !slices.Contains(m.Reads, state) {
 			t.Errorf("gitea's reads %v lack %q, so the runtime refuses its watch", m.Reads, state)
 		}
diff --git a/modules/gitea/cmd/forge-account-provider/service_test.go b/modules/gitea/cmd/forge-account-provider/service_test.go
index 7f47709a..34b6bfc7 100644
--- a/modules/gitea/cmd/forge-account-provider/service_test.go
+++ b/modules/gitea/cmd/forge-account-provider/service_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/provider"
+	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/provisions"
 
 	"gitea/internal/forgehttp"
 )
@@ -78,6 +79,17 @@ func (b *fakeBus) entry(t *testing.T, key string) provider.Entry {
 	}
 	return e
 }
+
+// serves is whether gitea's entry under key serves its consumer: there, provided and with values (ADR 0570 clause 3:
+// an entry the provider could not make is kept, failed, serving nothing).
+func (b *fakeBus) serves(key string) bool {
+	b.mu.Lock()
+	raw, ok := b.buckets[provider.BucketOf("gitea")][key]
+	b.mu.Unlock()
+	var e provider.Entry
+	return ok && json.Unmarshal(raw, &e) == nil && e.State == provisions.Provided && len(e.Values) > 0
+}
+
 func (b *fakeBus) has(key string) bool {
 	b.mu.Lock()
 	defer b.mu.Unlock()
@@ -85,11 +97,41 @@ func (b *fakeBus) has(key string) bool {
 	return ok
 }
 
-// bindClient makes ssh-client on node bind gitea's forge-account in the assignments mirror.
+// bindClient makes ssh-client on node bind gitea's forge-account in the seat mesh-provisioner's plans.
 func (b *fakeBus) bindClient(node string) {
-	b.set(provider.AssignmentsBucket, node+".ssh-client", []byte(fmt.Sprintf(
-		`{"node":%q,"module":"ssh-client","provisioning":{"provisions":[{"provision":"forge-account","provider":"novox","provider-module":"gitea","as":"mesh_%s_ssh_client"}]}}`,
-		node, node)))
+	b.bindPlan(node, "ssh-client", "mesh_"+node+"_ssh_client")
+}
+
+// bindPlan makes module on node bind gitea's forge-account as the seat mesh-provisioner keeps it: its plan, and the
+// provision key asked of gitea on novox (novox/hq ADR 0570 clauses 1 to 3).
+func (b *fakeBus) bindPlan(node, module, as string) {
+	b.set(provisions.PlansBucket, node+"."+module, []byte(fmt.Sprintf(
+		`{"v":1,"node":%q,"module":%q,"plan":{"provisions":[{"provision":"forge-account","provider":"novox","provider-module":"gitea","as":%q}]}}`,
+		node, module, as)))
+	b.set(provisions.ProvisionsBucket, node+"."+module+".forge-account", provisionKey(node, module, provisions.Asked, nil))
+}
+
+// retire is the operator's yes to the retiring of module's forge-account on node: its plan gone, its key retiring
+// with the warrant (ADR 0570 clause 5), the only way the provider lets an entry go.
+func (b *fakeBus) retire(node, module string) {
+	b.mu.Lock()
+	delete(b.buckets[provisions.PlansBucket], node+"."+module)
+	b.mu.Unlock()
+	b.set(provisions.ProvisionsBucket, node+"."+module+".forge-account", provisionKey(node, module, provisions.Retiring,
+		&provisions.Warrant{Ask: "ask-1", Option: "yes", By: "operator", At: time.Date(2026, 10, 29, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)}))
+}
+
+func provisionKey(node, module, state string, w *provisions.Warrant) []byte {
+	pr := provisions.Provision{Provision: "forge-account", State: state, Warrant: w,
+		Consumer: provisions.End{Node: node, Module: module}, Provider: provisions.End{Node: "novox", Module: "gitea"}}
+	if state == provisions.Retiring {
+		pr.Why = "no want needs it"
+	}
+	raw, err := provisions.Encode(pr)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return raw
 }
 
 // fakeForge is gitea's API as far as the provider uses it.
@@ -343,9 +385,7 @@ func TestAConsumerThatNoLongerBindsLosesItsMeshKeysAndKeepsItsAccount(t *testing
 	r.forge.mu.Lock()
 	r.forge.held["nox-agent"] = append(r.forge.held["nox-agent"], map[string]any{"id": int64(99), "title": "my own", "key": pubB})
 	r.forge.mu.Unlock()
-	r.bus.mu.Lock()
-	delete(r.bus.buckets[provider.AssignmentsBucket], "g14.ssh-client")
-	r.bus.mu.Unlock()
+	r.bus.retire("g14", "ssh-client")
 	r.pass()
 	if r.bus.has("g14.ssh-client.forge-account") {
 		t.Fatal("the entry stayed")
@@ -460,7 +500,7 @@ func TestADeletedKeyEntryRemovesTheMeshKeyAndTheBoundEntryButNotTheOperatorsKey(
 	if got := r.forge.titles("nox-agent"); len(got) != 1 || got[0] != "my own" {
 		t.Fatalf("keys = %v", got)
 	}
-	if r.bus.has("g14.ssh-client.forge-account") {
+	if r.bus.serves("g14.ssh-client.forge-account") {
 		t.Fatal("the entry still serves a machine whose key is gone")
 	}
 }
@@ -493,7 +533,7 @@ func TestAPassBeforeTheKeysAreLoadedRemovesAndDeletesNothing(t *testing.T) {
 	r.svc.loaded = true
 	r.svc.mu.Unlock()
 	r.pass()
-	if got := strings.Join(r.forge.titles("nox-agent"), ","); got != "my own" || r.bus.has("g14.ssh-client.forge-account") {
+	if got := strings.Join(r.forge.titles("nox-agent"), ","); got != "my own" || r.bus.serves("g14.ssh-client.forge-account") {
 		t.Fatalf("keys = %s", got)
 	}
 }
@@ -515,7 +555,7 @@ func TestKeepRunningStartsTheProviderAgainAfterARefusedWatch(t *testing.T) {
 		r.svc.KeepRunning(ctx, func(ctx context.Context) error {
 			calls++
 			if calls <= 2 {
-				return errors.New(`watching mesh-controller_assignments: gitea reads no state called "mesh-controller.assignments"`)
+				return errors.New(`watching mesh-provisioner_plans: gitea reads no state called "mesh-provisioner.plans"`)
 			}
 			close(serving)
 			<-ctx.Done()
@@ -535,7 +575,7 @@ func TestKeepRunningStartsTheProviderAgainAfterARefusedWatch(t *testing.T) {
 	if len(pauses) != 2 || pauses[0] != 5*time.Second || pauses[1] != 10*time.Second {
 		t.Fatalf("the backoff is %v", pauses)
 	}
-	if len(said) == 0 || !strings.Contains(said[0], "mesh-controller.assignments") {
+	if len(said) == 0 || !strings.Contains(said[0], "mesh-provisioner.plans") {
 		t.Fatalf("a refusal is said loudly: %v", said)
 	}
 	loud := 0
diff --git a/modules/gitea/cmd/forge-account-provider/watch_test.go b/modules/gitea/cmd/forge-account-provider/watch_test.go
index 2fb60b97..60618da4 100644
--- a/modules/gitea/cmd/forge-account-provider/watch_test.go
+++ b/modules/gitea/cmd/forge-account-provider/watch_test.go
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ func TestABuildModulesStateThatNeverAnswersHoldsBackOnlyItsOwnEntries(t *testing
 }
 
 // 1482/AC4 (the provider's half): the manifest reads the states of both build modules beside ssh-client's and the
-// controller's assignments; the provider watches exactly the modules the code names as builders.
+// seat mesh-provisioner's plans; the provider watches exactly the modules the code names as builders.
 func TestTheManifestReadsTheBuildModulesKeys(t *testing.T) {
 	raw, err := os.ReadFile("../../module.json")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ func TestTheManifestReadsTheBuildModulesKeys(t *testing.T) {
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &m); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	for _, state := range []string{"mesh-controller.assignments", "ssh-client.keys", "mesh-build-go.keys", "mesh-build-node.keys", "mesh-build-image.keys"} {
+	for _, state := range []string{"mesh-provisioner.plans", "mesh-provisioner.provisions", "ssh-client.keys", "mesh-build-go.keys", "mesh-build-node.keys", "mesh-build-image.keys"} {
 		if !slices.Contains(m.Reads, state) {
 			t.Errorf("gitea's reads %v lack %q", m.Reads, state)
 		}
diff --git a/modules/gitea/go.mod b/modules/gitea/go.mod
index 6639c1c3..4042334e 100644
--- a/modules/gitea/go.mod
+++ b/modules/gitea/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module gitea
 go 1.26.0
 
 require (
-	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261023150321-a2c813a6b468
+	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029223134-08fc70783a7c
 	github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2 v2.11.17
 	github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.54.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.57.0
diff --git a/modules/gitea/go.sum b/modules/gitea/go.sum
index 2a3e9f34..38594c1f 100644
--- a/modules/gitea/go.sum
+++ b/modules/gitea/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261023150321-a2c813a6b468 h1:UcMee+IV2ii5E4dRZdQUaSaeh9IedTFYumuQbBiB0k0=
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261023150321-a2c813a6b468/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029223134-08fc70783a7c h1:inVTVNIZI4/v7/aVhL+EkKzHCDlN73hJrWKz3jI59mY=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029223134-08fc70783a7c/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/gitea/module.json b/modules/gitea/module.json
index b864e4d3..69b88adb 100644
--- a/modules/gitea/module.json
+++ b/modules/gitea/module.json
@@ -566,7 +566,8 @@
     "announced"
   ],
   "reads": [
-    "mesh-controller.assignments",
+    "mesh-provisioner.plans",
+    "mesh-provisioner.provisions",
     "ssh-client.keys",
     "mesh-build-go.keys",
     "mesh-build-node.keys",
diff --git a/modules/keycloak/cmd/keycloak-provider/grant_moved_test.go b/modules/keycloak/cmd/keycloak-provider/grant_moved_test.go
index 20843dcd..80f02f9a 100644
--- a/modules/keycloak/cmd/keycloak-provider/grant_moved_test.go
+++ b/modules/keycloak/cmd/keycloak-provider/grant_moved_test.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 
 	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/provider"
 	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/provider/harness"
+	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/provisions"
 )
 
 // grantGives writes a grant file (MESH_RECEIVES) naming consumers the plans do not move (issue 937): each one's
@@ -38,11 +39,33 @@ func grantGives(t *testing.T, given ...map[string]any) string {
 	return at
 }
 
-// noOpPlan puts one assignment the bus can read that binds nothing of keycloak's, so the moved path has plans it
+// noOpPlan puts one plan the bus can read that binds nothing of keycloak's, so the moved path has plans it
 // could read (m.asked answers "read", issue 241) even when nothing is moved.
 func noOpPlan(bus *bucketBus, node, module string) {
-	raw, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]any{"node": node, "module": module})
-	_ = bus.Put(ctx, provider.AssignmentsBucket, node+"."+module, raw)
+	seatPlan(bus, node, module, map[string]any{})
+}
+
+// seatPlan puts a module's plan as the seat mesh-provisioner keeps it, and for each of its provisions served by
+// keycloak on novox the key the seat composes, asked (novox/hq ADR 0570 clauses 1 to 3).
+func seatPlan(bus *bucketBus, node, module string, plan map[string]any) {
+	raw, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]any{"v": 1, "node": node, "module": module, "plan": plan})
+	_ = bus.Put(ctx, provisions.PlansBucket, node+"."+module, raw)
+	list, _ := plan["provisions"].([]any)
+	for _, e := range list {
+		entry := e.(map[string]any)
+		name, _ := entry["provision"].(string)
+		local, _ := entry["local"].(string)
+		key, err := provisions.Key(node, module, name, local)
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+		asked, err := provisions.Encode(provisions.Provision{Provision: name, Local: local, State: provisions.Asked,
+			Consumer: provisions.End{Node: node, Module: module}, Provider: provisions.End{Node: "novox", Module: "keycloak"}})
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+		_ = bus.Put(ctx, provisions.ProvisionsBucket, key, asked)
+	}
 }
 
 // waitUntil polls cond until it is true or the timeout passes.
diff --git a/modules/keycloak/cmd/keycloak-provider/live_retire_test.go b/modules/keycloak/cmd/keycloak-provider/live_retire_test.go
index 4cbc24a0..0ab5cc34 100644
--- a/modules/keycloak/cmd/keycloak-provider/live_retire_test.go
+++ b/modules/keycloak/cmd/keycloak-provider/live_retire_test.go
@@ -62,6 +62,14 @@ func TestLiveRetirement(t *testing.T) {
 	if code := authorize(); code == 200 {
 		t.Fatal("a retired client is still served")
 	}
+	// Its secret is removed (ADR 0570 clause 5): the mesh's no longer authenticates.
+	if found, err := o.KC.FindClient(ctx, o.Realm, p.As); err != nil || found == nil {
+		t.Fatal(found, err)
+	} else if id, _ := found["id"].(string); true {
+		if secret, err := o.KC.ClientSecretByID(ctx, o.Realm, id); err != nil || secret == p.Password {
+			t.Fatal("a retired client keeps the mesh's secret", err)
+		}
+	}
 	// Retired, so a person may delete it.
 	if err := o.Delete(ctx, p.As); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
diff --git a/modules/keycloak/cmd/keycloak-provider/moved_test.go b/modules/keycloak/cmd/keycloak-provider/moved_test.go
index f69aa363..dd5371dd 100644
--- a/modules/keycloak/cmd/keycloak-provider/moved_test.go
+++ b/modules/keycloak/cmd/keycloak-provider/moved_test.go
@@ -155,10 +155,9 @@ func TestBothPathsLeaveTheSameClientInKeycloak(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
 		bus := &bucketBus{buckets: map[string]map[string][]byte{}}
-		plan, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]any{"node": "home", "module": "grafana", "provisioning": map[string]any{
+		seatPlan(bus, "home", "grafana", map[string]any{
 			"provisions": []any{map[string]any{"provision": ProvisionName, "provider": "novox",
-				"provider-module": "keycloak", "contributes": grafanaContributes, "names": grafanaNames}}}})
-		_ = bus.Put(ctx, provider.AssignmentsBucket, "home.grafana", plan)
+				"provider-module": "keycloak", "contributes": grafanaContributes, "names": grafanaNames}}})
 		pr := provider.New(provider.Options{Node: "novox", Module: "keycloak", Bus: bus,
 			Vault: provider.ConsumersFile{Paths: []string{file}},
 			Offers: map[string]provider.Offer{ProvisionName: {Credential: provider.PerConsumer,
diff --git a/modules/keycloak/cmd/keycloak-provider/oidc.go b/modules/keycloak/cmd/keycloak-provider/oidc.go
index c7815462..ca702b0a 100644
--- a/modules/keycloak/cmd/keycloak-provider/oidc.go
+++ b/modules/keycloak/cmd/keycloak-provider/oidc.go
@@ -24,15 +24,18 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"crypto/rand"
+	"encoding/hex"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/provider/harness"
 	"net/url"
 	"regexp"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
+
+	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/provider/harness"
 )
 
 // Mark is the attribute marking a client as the mesh's own work.
@@ -307,8 +310,10 @@ func (o OidcClients) Holds(ctx context.Context, p harness.Provision) (bool, erro
 	return secret == p.Password, nil
 }
 
-// Retire disables a consumer's client — only one the mesh made — and marks it with when and why.
-// Answers what happened: "retired", "absent" or "not ours".
+// Retire, on the operator's yes (novox/hq ADR 0570 clause 5), removes the client's secret — replaced by one nobody
+// is given, so the mesh's credential no longer authenticates — and disables and marks the client with when and why.
+// The client and its settings are kept; asked for again, Ensure sets the mesh's secret and enables it. Only a client
+// the mesh made. Answers what happened: "retired", "absent" or "not ours".
 func (o OidcClients) Retire(ctx context.Context, as, why string, at time.Time) (string, error) {
 	found, err := o.KC.FindClient(ctx, o.Realm, as)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -332,6 +337,11 @@ func (o OidcClients) Retire(ctx context.Context, as, why string, at time.Time) (
 	attrs[MarkRetiredWhy] = why
 	merged["attributes"] = attrs
 	merged["enabled"] = false
+	unknown := make([]byte, 32)
+	if _, err := rand.Read(unknown); err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	merged["secret"] = hex.EncodeToString(unknown) // never kept, never said
 	id, _ := found["id"].(string)
 	return "retired", o.KC.UpdateClient(ctx, o.Realm, id, merged)
 }
diff --git a/modules/keycloak/cmd/keycloak-provider/oidc_test.go b/modules/keycloak/cmd/keycloak-provider/oidc_test.go
index 45c95ae3..4d8f52d0 100644
--- a/modules/keycloak/cmd/keycloak-provider/oidc_test.go
+++ b/modules/keycloak/cmd/keycloak-provider/oidc_test.go
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ func TestAClientTheMeshDidNotMakeIsRefusedAndLeftAlone(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// Retired is disabled and marked, everything else kept; asked for again it is enabled as it was; only
+// Retired is its secret removed, disabled and marked, everything else kept (ADR 0570 clause 5); asked for again it is enabled as it was; only
 // a deletion removes it, and never while enabled (novox/hq ADR 0230).
 func TestARetiredClientIsDisabledKeptAndEnabledAgainAsItWas(t *testing.T) {
 	f, o := oidcWorld(t)
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ func TestARetiredClientIsDisabledKeptAndEnabledAgainAsItWas(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(done, err)
 	}
 	c := f.clients[id]
-	if c["enabled"] != false || c["secret"] != "s" || attributes(c)[MarkRetired] != "2026-10-06T12:00:00Z" ||
+	if c["enabled"] != false || c["secret"] == "s" || c["secret"] == "" || attributes(c)[MarkRetired] != "2026-10-06T12:00:00Z" ||
 		attributes(c)[MarkRetiredWhy] != "the mesh stopped asking for it" || c["description2"] == nil {
 		t.Fatalf("%v", c)
 	}
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ func TestARetiredClientIsDisabledKeptAndEnabledAgainAsItWas(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	c = f.clients[id]
-	if c["enabled"] != true || attributes(c)[MarkRetired] != nil || attributes(c)[MarkRetiredWhy] != nil || c["description2"] == nil {
+	if c["enabled"] != true || c["secret"] != "s" || attributes(c)[MarkRetired] != nil || attributes(c)[MarkRetiredWhy] != nil || c["description2"] == nil {
 		t.Fatalf("%v", c)
 	}
 	mustHold(t, o, p, true)
diff --git a/modules/keycloak/cmd/keycloak-provider/provisioner.go b/modules/keycloak/cmd/keycloak-provider/provisioner.go
index e0428a4e..6bf4aef6 100644
--- a/modules/keycloak/cmd/keycloak-provider/provisioner.go
+++ b/modules/keycloak/cmd/keycloak-provider/provisioner.go
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ func (a provisioner) Create(ctx context.Context, p harness.Provision) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// Retire disables the consumer's client and marks it, never deletes it (novox/hq ADR 0230).
+// Retire removes the consumer's client secret and disables and marks the client, never deletes it (novox/hq ADR 0570
+// clause 5, ADR 0230).
 func (a provisioner) Retire(ctx context.Context, as string, _ map[string]any, why string, at time.Time) error {
 	if err := a.refused(); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ func (a provisioner) Retire(ctx context.Context, as string, _ map[string]any, wh
 	case "not ours":
 		a.log("[provisioner:oidc-client] %s: a client of that id exists that the mesh did not make — left alone", as)
 	case "retired":
-		a.log("[provisioner:oidc-client] retired client %s in realm %s: disabled, kept, marked to delete", as, a.clients.Realm)
+		a.log("[provisioner:oidc-client] retired client %s in realm %s: its secret removed, disabled, kept, marked to delete", as, a.clients.Realm)
 		a.announce("client.retired", map[string]any{"realm": a.clients.Realm, "clientId": as})
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/modules/keycloak/go.mod b/modules/keycloak/go.mod
index 28481201..f395dfe8 100644
--- a/modules/keycloak/go.mod
+++ b/modules/keycloak/go.mod
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ module keycloak
 
 go 1.26.0
 
-require git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261021114014-66e8fdaa62e2
+require git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029223134-08fc70783a7c
diff --git a/modules/keycloak/go.sum b/modules/keycloak/go.sum
index 6162079d..fbfd7431 100644
--- a/modules/keycloak/go.sum
+++ b/modules/keycloak/go.sum
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261021114014-66e8fdaa62e2 h1:Cdl5N56QPfmFBoLHrDfvvyc5Q+PUnTjf3fgYD7imcco=
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261021114014-66e8fdaa62e2/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029223134-08fc70783a7c h1:inVTVNIZI4/v7/aVhL+EkKzHCDlN73hJrWKz3jI59mY=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029223134-08fc70783a7c/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
diff --git a/modules/keycloak/module.json b/modules/keycloak/module.json
index 7bf874bd..84c08f10 100644
--- a/modules/keycloak/module.json
+++ b/modules/keycloak/module.json
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@
     "bound"
   ],
   "reads": [
-    "mesh-controller.assignments"
+    "mesh-provisioner.plans",
+    "mesh-provisioner.provisions"
   ]
 }
diff --git a/modules/postgres/cmd/postgres-provider/harness_test.go b/modules/postgres/cmd/postgres-provider/harness_test.go
index 26b0246c..7c04bdba 100644
--- a/modules/postgres/cmd/postgres-provider/harness_test.go
+++ b/modules/postgres/cmd/postgres-provider/harness_test.go
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ func TestProvisionerCreatesTheDatabaseThenItsExtensions(t *testing.T) {
 	if err := a.Retire(ctx, "mesh_ace_letta", nil, "test", time.Now()); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	noDrop(t, f.statements())
-	if !has(f.statements(), `NOLOGIN`) {
+	// On the operator's yes the login goes and the database stays (ADR 0570 clause 5).
+	if !has(f.statements(), `^DROP ROLE "mesh_ace_letta"$`) || has(f.statements(), `DROP DATABASE`) {
 		t.Fatal(f.statements())
 	}
 }
diff --git a/modules/postgres/cmd/postgres-provider/live_test.go b/modules/postgres/cmd/postgres-provider/live_test.go
index 38f91ef5..5e847973 100644
--- a/modules/postgres/cmd/postgres-provider/live_test.go
+++ b/modules/postgres/cmd/postgres-provider/live_test.go
@@ -86,6 +86,14 @@ func TestLive(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil || len(r.Rows) != 1 || cell(r.Rows[0], 0) != "1" {
 		t.Fatal("retiring lost the data:", r, err)
 	}
+	// The login is removed, its database kept by its keeper (ADR 0570 clause 5).
+	if has, _ := c.exists(ctx, "SELECT 1 FROM pg_roles WHERE rolname = "+Literal(p.As)); has {
+		t.Fatal("the retired login is still there")
+	}
+	if has, _ := c.exists(ctx, "SELECT 1 FROM pg_database d JOIN pg_roles r ON r.oid = d.datdba WHERE d.datname = "+
+		Literal(p.As)+" AND r.rolname = "+Literal(p.As+"~retired")); !has {
+		t.Fatal("the database is not its keeper's")
+	}
 	inv, err := a.Inventory(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
diff --git a/modules/postgres/cmd/postgres-provider/provisioner.go b/modules/postgres/cmd/postgres-provider/provisioner.go
index a0d4ed06..b9bbb02d 100644
--- a/modules/postgres/cmd/postgres-provider/provisioner.go
+++ b/modules/postgres/cmd/postgres-provider/provisioner.go
@@ -35,10 +35,14 @@ func (a provisioner) Create(ctx context.Context, p harness.Provision) error {
 	if err := a.pg.CreateDatabaseAndRole(ctx, database, p.As, p.Password); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	// A login retired and asked for again takes back what its keeper kept (retire_pg.go).
+	if err := a.pg.Reclaim(ctx, database, p.As); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	if err := a.pg.EnsureExtensions(ctx, database, extensions); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	// The active mark: a retired consumer asked for again loses its mark to delete here, its LOGIN
+	// The active mark: a login locked before ADR 0570 and asked for again loses its mark to delete here, its LOGIN
 	// already set again by the role statement above (novox/hq ADR 0230).
 	if err := a.pg.MarkActive(ctx, p.As, p.Consumer); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -47,11 +51,10 @@ func (a provisioner) Create(ctx context.Context, p harness.Provision) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// Retire locks the login, never drops (novox/hq issue 241, ADR 0230): the database is kept under its
-// own name, the role marked retired with when and why (retire_pg.go). On 2026-10-04 a misread
-// contributions file withdrew every consumer at once, and dropping made that a loss of seven databases.
-// Deleting is `cleanup delete`, a person's act; taking a database out of service by hand is
-// postgres_retire_database, which renames rather than drops.
+// Retire removes the login on the operator's yes (novox/hq ADR 0570 clause 5, ADR 0114 §2): what it owns is handed
+// to its keeper, its sessions end and the login is dropped; the database and its data are kept (retire_pg.go).
+// Deleting is `cleanup delete`, a person's act; taking a database out of service by hand is postgres_retire_database,
+// which renames rather than drops.
 func (a provisioner) Retire(ctx context.Context, as string, _ map[string]any, why string, at time.Time) error {
 	if err := a.pg.RetireRole(ctx, as, why, at); err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/modules/postgres/cmd/postgres-provider/retire_pg.go b/modules/postgres/cmd/postgres-provider/retire_pg.go
index e07a5640..24e911c8 100644
--- a/modules/postgres/cmd/postgres-provider/retire_pg.go
+++ b/modules/postgres/cmd/postgres-provider/retire_pg.go
@@ -1,20 +1,22 @@
 package main
 
-// What retired means in postgres (novox/hq ADR 0230).
+// What retired means in postgres (novox/hq ADR 0570 clause 5, ADR 0114 §2 and §9; ADR 0230 for the delete).
 //
-// **Retired is the login locked, the database kept, and the role marked.** `ALTER ROLE … NOLOGIN` —
-// the consumer's login can no longer connect, as itself, to anything — and its open sessions are
-// ended. The database, its owner, its grants and every byte in it stay exactly as they were: CONNECT is
-// not revoked and the database still allows connections, because the backup contribution dumps every
-// database and a retired one is still worth backing up, and because re-enabling must give it back as it
-// was. The mark is the role's comment, a JSON object the mesh owns:
+// **Retired is the login removed, the database kept under a keeper role, and the keeper marked.** Retiring happens
+// only on the operator's yes to a retiring provision (the SDK's moved path, Gone). What the login owns, its database
+// first, is handed to its keeper, a role of its own that cannot log in (`<login>~retired`, KeeperOf), its open
+// sessions are ended, and the login is dropped: nothing can connect as it any more, and no credential of it is left.
+// The database, its grants to others and every byte in it stay: the backup contribution dumps every database and a
+// retired one is still worth backing up. The mark is the keeper's comment, a JSON object the mesh owns:
 //
-//	{"mesh":"consumer","node":"ace"}                                        active
-//	{"mesh":"consumer","node":"ace","retired":"2026-10-06T…Z","why":"…"}     retired
+//	{"mesh":"consumer","node":"ace"}                                                       an active login
+//	{"mesh":"consumer","node":"ace","retired":"2026-10-06T…Z","why":"…","login":"…"}       a keeper
 //
-// Asked for again, the ordinary create sets LOGIN and the password again and writes the active mark.
-// Deleted — only through `cleanup delete` — the database is dropped, then the role, unless it still owns
-// another database (a set-aside copy), which is said and kept.
+// Asked for again, the ordinary create makes the login again and its keeper hands everything back (Reclaim) and
+// goes. Deleted — only through `cleanup delete` — the database is dropped, then the keeper.
+//
+// **A login retired before this record** was only locked (`NOLOGIN`, its own role marked retired); it is listed and
+// deleted as before, and create sets its LOGIN again.
 //
 // **What the mesh made is recognised by its mark, or by its shape before the mark existed**: a role
 // valid until 'infinity' (only the mesh's role statement says that) that owns a database of its own
@@ -41,6 +43,17 @@ type roleMark struct {
 	Node    string `json:"node,omitempty"`
 	Retired string `json:"retired,omitempty"`
 	Why     string `json:"why,omitempty"`
+	// Login is, on a keeper, the login it keeps for.
+	Login string `json:"login,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// KeeperOf is the role a retired login's database and objects are handed to: the login's name with `~retired`.
+func KeeperOf(login string) (string, error) {
+	k := login + "~retired"
+	if len(k) > 63 {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("%s is too long a login for a keeper role (%s is over postgres's 63 bytes)", login, k)
+	}
+	return k, nil
 }
 
 func readMark(comment string) (roleMark, bool) {
@@ -64,8 +77,9 @@ func (c *Client) MarkActive(ctx context.Context, role, node string) error {
 	return err
 }
 
-// RetireRole locks the login, ends its sessions and marks it retired with when and why. Its database
-// is not touched. A role that does not exist has nothing to retire.
+// RetireRole removes a login on the operator's yes (ADR 0570 clause 5): what it owns is handed to its keeper, marked
+// with when and why, its sessions end and the login is dropped. The database and its data are kept. A login that does
+// not exist has nothing to retire.
 func (c *Client) RetireRole(ctx context.Context, role, why string, at time.Time) error {
 	r, err := c.Query(ctx, "", "SELECT coalesce(shobj_description(oid, 'pg_authid'), '') FROM pg_roles WHERE rolname = "+
 		Literal(role))
@@ -76,10 +90,66 @@ func (c *Client) RetireRole(ctx context.Context, role, why string, at time.Time)
 		return nil
 	}
 	prev, _ := readMark(cell(r.Rows[0], 0))
+	keeper, err := KeeperOf(role)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	has, err := c.exists(ctx, "SELECT 1 FROM pg_roles WHERE rolname = "+Literal(keeper))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if !has {
+		if _, err := c.Query(ctx, "", fmt.Sprintf("CREATE ROLE %s NOLOGIN", Ident(keeper))); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	if _, err := c.Query(ctx, "", MarkStatement(keeper, roleMark{Node: prev.Node, Retired: at.UTC().Format(time.RFC3339),
+		Why: why, Login: role})); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	// No new session, and none left open.
 	if err := c.LockRole(ctx, role); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	_, err = c.Query(ctx, "", MarkStatement(role, roleMark{Node: prev.Node, Retired: at.UTC().Format(time.RFC3339), Why: why}))
+	// In its own database, where its objects are; the database itself is a shared object, handed with them.
+	in := ""
+	if own, err := c.exists(ctx, "SELECT 1 FROM pg_database WHERE datname = "+Literal(role)); err != nil {
+		return err
+	} else if own {
+		in = role
+	}
+	for _, sql := range []string{
+		fmt.Sprintf("REASSIGN OWNED BY %s TO %s", Ident(role), Ident(keeper)),
+		fmt.Sprintf("DROP OWNED BY %s", Ident(role)),
+	} {
+		if _, err := c.Query(ctx, in, sql); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	_, err = c.Query(ctx, "", fmt.Sprintf("DROP ROLE %s", Ident(role)))
+	return err
+}
+
+// Reclaim gives a login made again what its keeper kept (ADR 0570 clause 5: a provision needed again): the keeper's
+// database and objects are handed back, and the keeper goes. A login with no keeper has nothing to reclaim.
+func (c *Client) Reclaim(ctx context.Context, database, role string) error {
+	keeper, err := KeeperOf(role)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	has, err := c.exists(ctx, "SELECT 1 FROM pg_roles WHERE rolname = "+Literal(keeper))
+	if err != nil || !has {
+		return err
+	}
+	for _, sql := range []string{
+		fmt.Sprintf("REASSIGN OWNED BY %s TO %s", Ident(keeper), Ident(role)),
+		fmt.Sprintf("DROP OWNED BY %s", Ident(keeper)),
+	} {
+		if _, err := c.Query(ctx, database, sql); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	_, err = c.Query(ctx, "", fmt.Sprintf("DROP ROLE %s", Ident(keeper)))
 	return err
 }
 
@@ -89,7 +159,8 @@ var setAside = regexp.MustCompile(`_deleted_(\d{8})$`)
 // of its own database.
 const InventoryStatement = `SELECT r.rolname, r.rolcanlogin, coalesce(shobj_description(r.oid, 'pg_authid'), '') AS mark,
   coalesce(r.rolvaliduntil = 'infinity', false) AS mesh_shaped,
-  (SELECT pg_database_size(d.datname) FROM pg_database d WHERE d.datname = r.rolname AND d.datdba = r.oid) AS size
+  (SELECT pg_database_size(d.datname) FROM pg_database d WHERE d.datdba = r.oid
+    AND (d.datname = r.rolname OR d.datname || '~retired' = r.rolname)) AS size
 FROM pg_roles r
 WHERE r.rolname !~ '^pg_' AND NOT r.rolsuper AND r.rolname <> ` + "'" + Reader + "'" + `
 ORDER BY r.rolname`
@@ -118,6 +189,9 @@ func (c *Client) Inventory(ctx context.Context) (harness.Inventory, error) {
 			continue
 		}
 		at, _ := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, m.Retired)
+		if m.Login != "" {
+			name = m.Login // a keeper: listed under the login it keeps for
+		}
 		inv.Retired = append(inv.Retired, harness.Retired{Consumer: name, Node: m.Node, RetiredAt: at, Why: m.Why,
 			SizeBytes: sizeOf(size), Kind: harness.KindConsumer})
 	}
@@ -160,7 +234,19 @@ func (c *Client) DeleteRetired(ctx context.Context, r harness.Retired) (int64, e
 		return freed, err
 	}
 	if len(row.Rows) == 0 {
-		return freed, nil
+		// Retired by removing the login: its keeper goes with the database it kept.
+		keeper, err := KeeperOf(r.Consumer)
+		if err != nil {
+			return freed, err
+		}
+		if has, err := c.exists(ctx, "SELECT 1 FROM pg_roles WHERE rolname = "+Literal(keeper)); err != nil || !has {
+			return freed, err
+		}
+		if _, err := c.Query(ctx, "", fmt.Sprintf("DROP OWNED BY %s", Ident(keeper))); err != nil {
+			return freed, err
+		}
+		_, err = c.Query(ctx, "", fmt.Sprintf("DROP ROLE %s", Ident(keeper)))
+		return freed, err
 	}
 	owns, err := c.Query(ctx, "", "SELECT datname FROM pg_database WHERE datdba = (SELECT oid FROM pg_roles WHERE rolname = "+
 		Literal(r.Consumer)+")")
diff --git a/modules/postgres/cmd/postgres-provider/retire_pg_test.go b/modules/postgres/cmd/postgres-provider/retire_pg_test.go
index ee9a476a..75feec90 100644
--- a/modules/postgres/cmd/postgres-provider/retire_pg_test.go
+++ b/modules/postgres/cmd/postgres-provider/retire_pg_test.go
@@ -10,31 +10,74 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-func TestRetiringLocksMarksAndDropsNothing(t *testing.T) {
+// ADR 0570 clause 5, on the operator's yes: the login's database and objects go to its keeper, marked; its sessions
+// end; the login is dropped; the database is not.
+func TestRetiringHandsTheDatabaseToAKeeperAndRemovesTheLogin(t *testing.T) {
 	f, c := newFake(admin)
 	f.answer(`shobj_description\(oid`, []string{"c"}, []string{`{"mesh":"consumer","node":"ace"}`})
-	f.answer(`SELECT 1 FROM pg_roles`, []string{"?column?"}, []string{"1"})
+	f.answer(`pg_roles WHERE rolname = 'mesh_ace_letta'$`, []string{"?column?"}, []string{"1"})
+	f.answer(`pg_database WHERE datname = 'mesh_ace_letta'$`, []string{"?column?"}, []string{"1"})
 	at := time.Date(2026, 10, 6, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
-	if err := c.RetireRole(ctx, "mesh_ace_letta", "the mesh stopped asking for it", at); err != nil {
+	if err := c.RetireRole(ctx, "mesh_ace_letta", "the operator approved its retirement", at); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	sql := f.statements()
-	if !has(sql, `ALTER ROLE "mesh_ace_letta" NOLOGIN`) || !has(sql, `pg_terminate_backend.*usename = 'mesh_ace_letta'`) ||
-		!has(sql, `COMMENT ON ROLE "mesh_ace_letta" IS '\{"mesh":"consumer","node":"ace","retired":"2026-10-06T12:00:00Z","why":"the mesh stopped asking for it"\}'`) {
-		t.Fatal(strings.Join(sql, "\n"))
+	var order []string
+	for _, call := range f.calls {
+		switch {
+		case strings.HasPrefix(call.SQL, "SELECT"):
+		case strings.HasPrefix(call.SQL, "REASSIGN"), strings.HasPrefix(call.SQL, "DROP OWNED"):
+			order = append(order, call.Database+": "+call.SQL)
+		default:
+			order = append(order, call.SQL)
+		}
 	}
-	noDrop(t, sql)
-	if has(sql, `REVOKE|ALLOW_CONNECTIONS|RENAME`) {
-		t.Fatal("retiring touched the database:", strings.Join(sql, "\n"))
+	if !has(f.statements(), `pg_terminate_backend.*usename = 'mesh_ace_letta'`) {
+		t.Fatal(strings.Join(f.statements(), "\n"))
+	}
+	want := []string{
+		`CREATE ROLE "mesh_ace_letta~retired" NOLOGIN`,
+		`COMMENT ON ROLE "mesh_ace_letta~retired" IS '{"mesh":"consumer","node":"ace","retired":"2026-10-06T12:00:00Z","why":"the operator approved its retirement","login":"mesh_ace_letta"}'`,
+		`ALTER ROLE "mesh_ace_letta" NOLOGIN`,
+		`mesh_ace_letta: REASSIGN OWNED BY "mesh_ace_letta" TO "mesh_ace_letta~retired"`,
+		`mesh_ace_letta: DROP OWNED BY "mesh_ace_letta"`,
+		`DROP ROLE "mesh_ace_letta"`,
+	}
+	if strings.Join(order, "\n") != strings.Join(want, "\n") {
+		t.Fatalf("sent:\n%s\nwant:\n%s", strings.Join(order, "\n"), strings.Join(want, "\n"))
+	}
+	if has(f.statements(), `DROP DATABASE|REVOKE|ALLOW_CONNECTIONS|RENAME`) {
+		t.Fatal("retiring touched the database:", strings.Join(f.statements(), "\n"))
 	}
 
 	// No such role: nothing to retire, nothing done.
 	f, c = newFake(admin)
-	if err := c.RetireRole(ctx, "gone", "x", at); err != nil || has(f.statements(), `ALTER|COMMENT`) {
+	if err := c.RetireRole(ctx, "gone", "x", at); err != nil || has(f.statements(), `ALTER|COMMENT|CREATE|DROP`) {
 		t.Fatal(f.statements(), err)
 	}
 }
 
+// A login made again takes back what its keeper kept, and the keeper goes; with no keeper, nothing is sent.
+func TestALoginMadeAgainReclaimsWhatItsKeeperKept(t *testing.T) {
+	f, c := newFake(admin)
+	if err := c.Reclaim(ctx, "mesh_ace_letta", "mesh_ace_letta"); err != nil || has(f.statements(), `REASSIGN|DROP`) {
+		t.Fatal(f.statements(), err)
+	}
+	f, c = newFake(admin)
+	f.answer(`pg_roles WHERE rolname = 'mesh_ace_letta~retired'$`, []string{"?column?"}, []string{"1"})
+	if err := c.Reclaim(ctx, "mesh_ace_letta", "mesh_ace_letta"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	var got []string
+	for _, call := range f.calls[1:] {
+		got = append(got, call.Database+": "+call.SQL)
+	}
+	want := `mesh_ace_letta: REASSIGN OWNED BY "mesh_ace_letta~retired" TO "mesh_ace_letta"` + "\n" +
+		`mesh_ace_letta: DROP OWNED BY "mesh_ace_letta~retired"` + "\n" + `postgres: DROP ROLE "mesh_ace_letta~retired"`
+	if strings.Join(got, "\n") != want {
+		t.Fatal(strings.Join(got, "\n"))
+	}
+}
+
 func TestTheInventoryIsWhatTheMeshMadeByMarkOrShape(t *testing.T) {
 	f, c := newFake(admin)
 	f.answer(`FROM pg_roles r`, []string{"rolname", "rolcanlogin", "mark", "mesh_shaped", "size"},
@@ -44,6 +87,7 @@ func TestTheInventoryIsWhatTheMeshMadeByMarkOrShape(t *testing.T) {
 		[]string{"locked_before", "f", "", "t", "400"},
 		[]string{"hal_registry", "t", "", "f", "500"},
 		[]string{"jochens", "t", "", "t", ""},
+		[]string{"mesh_ace_umami~retired", "f", `{"mesh":"consumer","node":"ace","retired":"2026-10-29T12:00:00Z","why":"approved","login":"mesh_ace_umami"}`, "f", "600"},
 	)
 	f.answer(`_deleted_`, []string{"datname", "size"}, []string{"mesh_novox_gitea_deleted_20261005", "7771827"})
 	inv, err := c.Inventory(ctx)
@@ -53,7 +97,7 @@ func TestTheInventoryIsWhatTheMeshMadeByMarkOrShape(t *testing.T) {
 	if strings.Join(inv.Active, ",") != "active_marked,active_shaped" {
 		t.Fatalf("active: %v", inv.Active)
 	}
-	if len(inv.Retired) != 3 {
+	if len(inv.Retired) != 4 {
 		t.Fatalf("%+v", inv.Retired)
 	}
 	r := inv.Retired[0]
@@ -64,7 +108,10 @@ func TestTheInventoryIsWhatTheMeshMadeByMarkOrShape(t *testing.T) {
 	if r := inv.Retired[1]; r.Consumer != "locked_before" || !r.RetiredAt.IsZero() || r.Kind != harness.KindConsumer {
 		t.Fatalf("found locked without a mark: %+v", r)
 	}
-	if r := inv.Retired[2]; r.Kind != KindSetAside || r.RetiredAt.Format("20060102") != "20261005" || r.SizeBytes != 7771827 {
+	if r := inv.Retired[2]; r.Consumer != "mesh_ace_umami" || r.SizeBytes != 600 || r.Why != "approved" {
+		t.Fatalf("a keeper is listed under the login it keeps for: %+v", r)
+	}
+	if r := inv.Retired[3]; r.Kind != KindSetAside || r.RetiredAt.Format("20060102") != "20261005" || r.SizeBytes != 7771827 {
 		t.Fatalf("set aside: %+v", r)
 	}
 }
@@ -97,6 +144,18 @@ func TestDeletingDropsTheDatabaseThenTheRole(t *testing.T) {
 	if db < 0 || role < db {
 		t.Fatal(sql)
 	}
+	// A login removed on retiring: the database, then its keeper.
+	f, c = newFake(admin)
+	f.answer(`SELECT pg_database_size`, []string{"size"}, []string{"9000"})
+	f.answer(`pg_roles WHERE rolname = 'mesh_ace_umami~retired'$`, []string{"?column?"}, []string{"1"})
+	if _, err := c.DeleteRetired(ctx, harness.Retired{Consumer: "mesh_ace_umami", Kind: harness.KindConsumer}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	sql = strings.Join(f.statements(), "\n")
+	db, keeper := strings.Index(sql, `DROP DATABASE "mesh_ace_umami"`), strings.Index(sql, `DROP ROLE "mesh_ace_umami~retired"`)
+	if db < 0 || keeper < db {
+		t.Fatal(sql)
+	}
 	// A role still owning a set-aside database is kept, and said.
 	f, c = newFake(admin)
 	f.answer(`SELECT rolcanlogin`, []string{"rolcanlogin"}, []string{"f"})
diff --git a/modules/postgres/go.mod b/modules/postgres/go.mod
index b1598d4e..0170aebb 100644
--- a/modules/postgres/go.mod
+++ b/modules/postgres/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module postgres
 go 1.26.0
 
 require (
-	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261021114014-66e8fdaa62e2
+	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029223134-08fc70783a7c
 	github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.11.0
 )
 
diff --git a/modules/postgres/go.sum b/modules/postgres/go.sum
index 923b4ba3..09e1479d 100644
--- a/modules/postgres/go.sum
+++ b/modules/postgres/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261021114014-66e8fdaa62e2 h1:Cdl5N56QPfmFBoLHrDfvvyc5Q+PUnTjf3fgYD7imcco=
 git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261021114014-66e8fdaa62e2/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029223134-08fc70783a7c h1:inVTVNIZI4/v7/aVhL+EkKzHCDlN73hJrWKz3jI59mY=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029223134-08fc70783a7c/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
diff --git a/modules/postgres/module.json b/modules/postgres/module.json
index cbc629bd..8f9f0579 100644
--- a/modules/postgres/module.json
+++ b/modules/postgres/module.json
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@
     "bound"
   ],
   "reads": [
-    "mesh-controller.assignments"
+    "mesh-provisioner.plans",
+    "mesh-provisioner.provisions"
   ]
 }
diff --git a/modules/route-adapter/cmd/route-provider/provider_test.go b/modules/route-adapter/cmd/route-provider/provider_test.go
index abb464e1..44ac3e40 100644
--- a/modules/route-adapter/cmd/route-provider/provider_test.go
+++ b/modules/route-adapter/cmd/route-provider/provider_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/provider"
+	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/provisions"
 )
 
 // bucketBus is the helper's bus over in-memory buckets.
@@ -45,12 +46,22 @@ func (b *bucketBus) Delete(_ context.Context, bucket, key string) error {
 // the entry's values are the controller's composition, copied unchanged, and no vault is asked.
 func TestAConsumerOfARouteIsToldItsNamesFromItsPlanEntry(t *testing.T) {
 	bus := &bucketBus{buckets: map[string]map[string][]byte{}}
-	plan, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]any{"node": "g14", "module": "gitea", "provisioning": map[string]any{
+	plan, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]any{"v": 1, "node": "g14", "module": "gitea", "plan": map[string]any{
 		"provisions": []any{map[string]any{"provision": ProvisionName, "provider": "novox",
 			"provider-module": ModuleName, "at": "10.7.0.1", "from": "novox", "as": "mesh_g14_gitea",
 			"names": map[string]any{"name": "git.example.org", "internal-name": "git.novox.internal",
 				"name-web": "git.example.org"}}}}})
-	if err := bus.Put(context.Background(), provider.AssignmentsBucket, "g14.gitea", plan); err != nil {
+	if err := bus.Put(context.Background(), provisions.PlansBucket, "g14.gitea", plan); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	// The key the seat composed for the entry, asked of route-adapter (novox/hq ADR 0570 clauses 1, 3).
+	key, _ := provisions.Key("g14", "gitea", ProvisionName, "")
+	asked, err := provisions.Encode(provisions.Provision{Provision: ProvisionName, State: provisions.Asked,
+		Consumer: provisions.End{Node: "g14", Module: "gitea"}, Provider: provisions.End{Node: "novox", Module: ModuleName}})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := bus.Put(context.Background(), provisions.ProvisionsBucket, key, asked); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	p := newProvider("novox", bus, t.Logf)
diff --git a/modules/route-adapter/go.mod b/modules/route-adapter/go.mod
index a4ec98b8..5c33ad5a 100644
--- a/modules/route-adapter/go.mod
+++ b/modules/route-adapter/go.mod
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ module route-adapter
 
 go 1.26.0
 
-require git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261021114014-66e8fdaa62e2
+require git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029223134-08fc70783a7c
diff --git a/modules/route-adapter/go.sum b/modules/route-adapter/go.sum
index 6162079d..fbfd7431 100644
--- a/modules/route-adapter/go.sum
+++ b/modules/route-adapter/go.sum
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261021114014-66e8fdaa62e2 h1:Cdl5N56QPfmFBoLHrDfvvyc5Q+PUnTjf3fgYD7imcco=
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261021114014-66e8fdaa62e2/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029223134-08fc70783a7c h1:inVTVNIZI4/v7/aVhL+EkKzHCDlN73hJrWKz3jI59mY=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029223134-08fc70783a7c/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
diff --git a/modules/route-adapter/module.json b/modules/route-adapter/module.json
index e9f5151b..2827462c 100644
--- a/modules/route-adapter/module.json
+++ b/modules/route-adapter/module.json
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@
     "bound"
   ],
   "reads": [
-    "mesh-controller.assignments"
+    "mesh-provisioner.plans",
+    "mesh-provisioner.provisions"
   ]
 }