diff --git a/modules/claude-licence-manager/cmd/claude-licence-manager/carry.go b/modules/claude-licence-manager/cmd/claude-licence-manager/carry.go
index 9f0358033..445ca7e51 100644
--- a/modules/claude-licence-manager/cmd/claude-licence-manager/carry.go
+++ b/modules/claude-licence-manager/cmd/claude-licence-manager/carry.go
@@ -312,14 +312,23 @@ func (co *carryOver) bindings(ctx context.Context) (CarriedTable, error) {
 		v := BindingState{Licence: r.Licence, Kind: kinds[r.Licence], Generation: r.Generation,
 			Since: co.now.UTC().Format(time.RFC3339), Why: "carried over", By: Itself}
 		var held BindingState
-		if ok, err := co.s.get(co.s.BindingsState, r.Consumer, &held); err != nil {
+		ok, err := co.s.get(co.s.BindingsState, r.Consumer, &held)
+		if err != nil {
 			return t, err
-		} else if ok && held.Licence == v.Licence && held.Generation == v.Generation && held.Why == v.Why {
+		}
+		if ok && held.Licence == v.Licence && held.Generation == v.Generation && held.Why == v.Why {
 			v.Since = held.Since
 		}
 		if _, err := co.s.BindingsState.Put(r.Consumer, v); err != nil {
 			return t, err
 		}
+		// Said after its key is written, as every binding's change is (§21), so a reader's first view taken during the
+		// carry-over is brought up to date by the event.
+		from := ""
+		if ok && held.Licence != v.Licence {
+			from = held.Licence
+		}
+		co.m.changed(Binding{Consumer: r.Consumer, Licence: v.Licence, Kind: v.Kind, Generation: v.Generation, Why: v.Why, By: v.By}, from)
 		t.Written++
 	}
 	return t, nil
diff --git a/modules/claude-licence-manager/cmd/claude-licence-manager/carry_test.go b/modules/claude-licence-manager/cmd/claude-licence-manager/carry_test.go
index a4be4be5e..29e64f131 100644
--- a/modules/claude-licence-manager/cmd/claude-licence-manager/carry_test.go
+++ b/modules/claude-licence-manager/cmd/claude-licence-manager/carry_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
@@ -145,6 +146,16 @@ func TestEveryRowIsCarriedOver(t *testing.T) {
 	if len(mm.audit.under("carried")) != 1 || !c.Ended() {
 		t.Fatal("the carry-over did not say it carried, or did not end")
 	}
+	// §21: each carried binding is said as binding.changed after its key is written.
+	said := map[string]bool{}
+	for _, e := range mm.changedSince(0) {
+		if e["why"] == "carried over" && e["key"] == KeyFor(fmt.Sprint(e["licence"])) {
+			said[fmt.Sprint(e["consumer"])] = true
+		}
+	}
+	if !said["laptop"] || !said["server"] || len(mm.changedSince(0)) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("the carry-over said %v", mm.changedSince(0))
+	}
 }
 
 // design 39 bus-and-switch §13/AC1: a second start, with carried.postgres present, never opens the database and
diff --git a/modules/claude-licence-manager/cmd/claude-licence-manager/whole_integration_test.go b/modules/claude-licence-manager/cmd/claude-licence-manager/whole_integration_test.go
index 103034053..70a3ad73f 100644
--- a/modules/claude-licence-manager/cmd/claude-licence-manager/whole_integration_test.go
+++ b/modules/claude-licence-manager/cmd/claude-licence-manager/whole_integration_test.go
@@ -945,9 +945,24 @@ func TestTodaysRowsAreCarriedOverOnceAndWhole(t *testing.T) {
 	if _, err := conn.Exec(ctx, `alter table offered rename column reason to why`); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
+	m.mu.Lock()
+	beforeSecond := len(m.of("binding.changed"))
+	m.mu.Unlock()
 	second := m.start()
 	m.until("holdings.asked after the carry-over", func() bool { return m.count(HoldingsAsked) > 0 })
 	rec := second.carried()
+	// §21: every carried binding is said by the start that carries it whole (the stopped one said those it wrote), so a reader's first view taken during the carry-over is brought up to date.
+	m.mu.Lock()
+	carriedSaid := 0
+	for _, c := range m.of("binding.changed")[beforeSecond:] {
+		if c["why"] == "carried over" && c["licence"] == licenceA {
+			carriedSaid++
+		}
+	}
+	m.mu.Unlock()
+	if carriedSaid != 4 {
+		t.Errorf("the carry-over said %d binding.changed, not one per binding", carriedSaid)
+	}
 	want := map[string][2]int{"licence": {2, 2}, "binding": {4, 4}, "lease": {1, 0}, "offered": {2, 1}, "usage": {2, 2}, "audit": {4, 4}}
 	for table, n := range want {
 		if got := rec.Tables[table]; got.Read != n[0] || got.Written != n[1] {
@@ -1017,14 +1032,17 @@ func TestAReadingAtTheThresholdMovesEveryConsumer(t *testing.T) {
 	m := newWholeMesh(t, dbURL)
 	p := m.start()
 	m.until("holdings.asked after the carry-over", func() bool { return m.count(HoldingsAsked) > 0 })
+	m.mu.Lock()
+	carried := m.count("binding.changed")
+	m.mu.Unlock()
 	m.vendor.set("at-b", 10, 20)
 	m.vendor.set("at-a", 99, 50)
 	p.must("licences_read_usage", map[string]any{"licence": licenceB})
 	p.must("licences_read_usage", map[string]any{"licence": licenceA})
-	m.until("the four consumers moved", func() bool { return m.count("binding.changed") >= 4 })
+	m.until("the four consumers moved", func() bool { return m.count("binding.changed") >= carried+4 })
 	m.mu.Lock()
 	switched, told := m.of("licence.switched"), m.of("ask seat:operator-channel.tell")
-	changed := m.of("binding.changed")
+	changed := m.of("binding.changed")[carried:]
 	m.mu.Unlock()
 	if len(switched) != 1 || switched[0]["from"] != licenceA || switched[0]["to"] != licenceB || switched[0]["by"] != "usage" ||
 		len(switched[0]["consumers"].([]any)) != 4 {