diff --git a/modules/mesh-recovery/internal/recovery/manifest_test.go b/modules/mesh-recovery/internal/recovery/manifest_test.go
index 61da8aa86..b68c808b9 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-recovery/internal/recovery/manifest_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-recovery/internal/recovery/manifest_test.go
@@ -31,18 +31,25 @@ type manifest struct {
 		Type   string   `json:"type"`
 		Serves []string `json:"serves"`
 		Bus    struct {
+			State   []string `json:"state"`
 			Invokes []string `json:"invokes"`
 		} `json:"bus"`
 		Health struct {
-			Tool string `json:"tool"`
+			Kind string `json:"kind"`
 		} `json:"health"`
 	} `json:"resources"`
+	RuntimeHealth struct {
+		Kind string `json:"kind"`
+		Tool string `json:"tool"`
+	} `json:"runtime-health"`
+	Requires []json.RawMessage `json:"requires"`
 }
 
 // The manifest says what the module is (design 47 G §554, §656, §657, §633, §564, §567): it claims the seat once for the
 // mesh serving every verb of the seat's definition, its process answers each of them itself (A-115: `serves` beside its
-// `bus`), its health check names a tool it serves, its data item is `points`, its settings carry the design's defaults,
-// and what the process invokes the module declares.
+// `bus`), its health check is its tool beside the process's own check and its template states are its own by `requires`
+// alone, the digests state taking the template's fixed cap (A-133, A-135), its data item is `points`, its settings carry
+// the design's defaults, and what the process invokes the module declares.
 func TestTheManifestSaysWhatTheModuleIs(t *testing.T) {
 	raw, err := os.ReadFile("../../module.json")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -79,8 +86,11 @@ func TestTheManifestSaysWhatTheModuleIs(t *testing.T) {
 		if !slices.Equal(r.Serves, want) {
 			t.Errorf("the process serves %v, want %v", r.Serves, want)
 		}
-		if !slices.Contains(m.Tools, r.Health.Tool) || r.Health.Tool != "recovery_kept_points" {
-			t.Errorf("the health check names %q, a tool of %v", r.Health.Tool, m.Tools)
+		if r.Health.Kind != "unit" {
+			t.Errorf("the process's own check is %q, want unit", r.Health.Kind)
+		}
+		if len(r.Bus.State) != 0 {
+			t.Errorf("the process's bus lists the states %v again, which are the module's own by its requires", r.Bus.State)
 		}
 		for _, inv := range r.Bus.Invokes {
 			if !slices.Contains(m.Invokes, inv) {
@@ -88,6 +98,18 @@ func TestTheManifestSaysWhatTheModuleIs(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	if m.RuntimeHealth.Kind != "tool" || m.RuntimeHealth.Tool != "recovery_kept_points" || !slices.Contains(m.Tools, m.RuntimeHealth.Tool) {
+		t.Errorf("the tool check is %+v, want recovery_kept_points, a tool of %v", m.RuntimeHealth, m.Tools)
+	}
+	for _, raw := range m.Requires {
+		var q struct {
+			Name    string         `json:"name"`
+			Options map[string]any `json:"options"`
+		}
+		if json.Unmarshal(raw, &q) == nil && q.Name == "digests" && len(q.Options) != 0 {
+			t.Errorf("digests gives the options %v beside the template state's fixed cap", q.Options)
+		}
+	}
 	for _, c := range []string{"node-backup.item-started", "node-backup.item-ended", "mesh-broker.snapshot-restored"} {
 		if !slices.Contains(m.Consumes, c) {
 			t.Errorf("does not consume %s", c)
diff --git a/modules/mesh-recovery/module.json b/modules/mesh-recovery/module.json
index fb68370b5..4eef18760 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-recovery/module.json
+++ b/modules/mesh-recovery/module.json
@@ -60,10 +60,7 @@
     {
       "name": "digests",
       "storage": "key-value",
-      "template": "state",
-      "options": {
-        "max-mib": 4
-      }
+      "template": "state"
     },
     {
       "name": "findings",
@@ -219,10 +216,6 @@
         "seat:mesh-recovery.expire-points"
       ],
       "bus": {
-        "state": [
-          "digests",
-          "findings"
-        ],
         "invokes": [
           "seat:mesh-catalog.entry",
           "seat:mesh-module-assigner.assignments",
@@ -233,15 +226,18 @@
         ]
       },
       "health": {
-        "kind": "tool",
-        "tool": "recovery_kept_points",
-        "interval": "60s",
-        "timeout": "10s",
-        "looks": 2,
-        "grace": "180s"
+        "kind": "unit"
       }
     }
   ],
+  "runtime-health": {
+    "kind": "tool",
+    "tool": "recovery_kept_points",
+    "interval": "60s",
+    "timeout": "10s",
+    "looks": 2,
+    "grace": "180s"
+  },
   "build": {
     "artifacts": [
       {