diff --git a/modules/mesh-build-go/buildstep/askrun_test.go b/modules/mesh-build-go/buildstep/askrun_test.go
index 07dfa08a3..25ddb3f05 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-build-go/buildstep/askrun_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-build-go/buildstep/askrun_test.go
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	nodebuildgo "git.novox.be/novox/mesh-delivery/contracts/go/seats/nodebuildgo"
+	nodebuildnode "git.novox.be/novox/mesh-delivery/contracts/go/seats/nodebuildnode"
 	sdkstep "git.novox.be/novox/mesh-delivery/sdk/buildstep"
 )
 
@@ -340,3 +342,32 @@ func TestRunAskRunsEveryPackageAndLevelAfterAFailure(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("calls %v, levels %+v: want b then a at each of the two levels", r.calls, a.Levels)
 	}
 }
+
+// A seat's own ask type (the generated one of any of the three build seats) is the neutral ask through the form's one
+// conversion (sdkstep.AskOf), reads for its step description through the same conversion (askRead), and reaches the
+// fetch tool as the fetch's arguments alone: no layout version, nothing of the ask's.
+func TestASeatsAskTypeRunsAsTheNeutralAsk(t *testing.T) {
+	at := time.Now().UTC()
+	fetch := &nodebuildgo.Fetch{Commit: runCommit, Repository: "novox/x", Dir: "modules/m", Paths: []string{"src"}}
+	goAsk := nodebuildgo.StepAsk{V: sdkstep.StepAskVersion, ID: sdkstep.NewID(), Kind: sdkstep.AskDelivery, Language: sdkstep.AskGo, Asker: "mesh-delivery-builder", At: &at,
+		Build:    &nodebuildgo.StepAskBuild{Module: "m", Path: "modules/m", Fetch: fetch, Artifacts: []nodebuildgo.AskArtifact{{Artifact: "bundle"}}},
+		Packages: map[string]string{"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go": runCommit}}
+	a, err := sdkstep.AskOf(goAsk)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if read := askRead(a); read.Kind != sdkstep.AskDelivery || read.Build == nil || read.Build.Module != "m" {
+		t.Errorf("the step description reads %+v", read)
+	}
+	r := &recorder{fetch: map[string]any{"workspace": "/w"}}
+	if _, err := RunAsk(context.Background(), r.steps(), a); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	want := `fetch {"commit":"` + runCommit + `","dir":"modules/m","packages":{"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go":"` + runCommit + `"},"paths":["src"],"repository":"novox/x"}`
+	if len(r.calls) == 0 || r.calls[0] != want {
+		t.Errorf("the fetch tool was called with %v, want %s", r.calls, want)
+	}
+	if back, err := sdkstep.AskAs[nodebuildnode.StepAsk](a); err != nil || back.Build == nil || back.Build.Module != "m" {
+		t.Errorf("the ask as another seat's type: %+v, %v", back, err)
+	}
+}