diff --git a/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/manifest_test.go b/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/manifest_test.go
index 62f46aa07..627dfec9c 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/manifest_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/manifest_test.go
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ func TestTheManifestSaysWhatTheCodeDoes(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("the manifest does not decode: %v", err)
 	}
+	// Every setting the keeper reads itself is marked runtime (ADR 0348 §5): no file places it.
+	for _, key := range []string{SettingAskBound, SettingViewWaits, SettingHandover} {
+		if d, ok := m.Settings[key]; !ok || !d.Runtime {
+			t.Errorf("the setting %s the keeper reads itself is not declared runtime: %+v", key, d)
+		}
+	}
 	catalogue.UseSeats(catalogue.SeatsFromDefinitions(seatlisttest.Definitions()))
 	def, _ := catalogue.SeatNamed(Seat)
 	if m.Module != Module || m.RunsAs != Module || len(m.Claims) != 1 || m.Claims[0].Name != Seat ||
diff --git a/modules/mesh-conditions/module.json b/modules/mesh-conditions/module.json
index 2036a41b8..f8b9ca440 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-conditions/module.json
+++ b/modules/mesh-conditions/module.json
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@
       "type": "number",
       "description": "How long a failed head stays its commit's author's, in seconds, before the keeper hands its condition to the operator: 7200 is two hours.",
       "minimum": 1,
-      "default": 7200
+      "default": 7200,
+      "runtime": true
     },
     "view-waits-seconds": {
       "type": "number",