diff --git a/modules/distribution/module.json b/modules/distribution/module.json
index cfc9b8f2c..c55d46e45 100644
--- a/modules/distribution/module.json
+++ b/modules/distribution/module.json
@@ -62,14 +62,12 @@
     "mesh-delivery-view.delivered",
     "node-engine.manifest-reads-changed"
   ],
-  "emits": [
-    "old-name-closed",
-    "direct-writes-closed"
-  ],
   "config": {
     "callers": {
       "type": "string",
       "trusted": true,
+      "runtime": true,
+      "default": "",
       "description": "per verb, the modules that may call it (JSON object of verb to modules; operator for the operator's session); empty is design 51's list"
     }
   },
@@ -120,6 +118,10 @@
       "storage": "stream",
       "template": "events",
       "options": {
+        "events": [
+          "old-name-closed",
+          "direct-writes-closed"
+        ],
         "max-age-days": 7,
         "max-mib": 16
       }
diff --git a/modules/gitea/cmd/package-registry/retention_test.go b/modules/gitea/cmd/package-registry/retention_test.go
index 092d3dc12..d1df9bee9 100644
--- a/modules/gitea/cmd/package-registry/retention_test.go
+++ b/modules/gitea/cmd/package-registry/retention_test.go
@@ -468,11 +468,16 @@ func TestToolsAreTheOnesTheReadmeNamesAndSayWhatTheyDo(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("the seat tools are %v", names)
 	}
 	req, _ := json.Marshal(m.Requires)
-	for _, want := range []string{`"name":"incoming"`, `"name":"transfers"`, `"name":"findings"`, `"name":"idle","options":{"key-ttl":true}`} {
+	for _, want := range []string{`"name":"incoming"`, `"name":"transfers"`, `"name":"idle","options":{"key-ttl":true}`} {
 		if !strings.Contains(string(req), want) {
 			t.Errorf("the manifest does not require %s (%s)", want, req)
 		}
 	}
+	// findings is one local name in one form (novox/hq ADR 0595 §11): the old section state, which the TypeScript bundle
+	// announces readable for the condition keeper (kept.ts), never also under requires.
+	if strings.Contains(string(req), `"name":"findings"`) {
+		t.Errorf("findings is required as well as kept in state: %s", req)
+	}
 	// transfers keeps for good: a lifetime of its own would drop a transfer's key and leave its chunks in incoming.
 	if strings.Contains(string(req), `"name":"transfers","options"`) {
 		t.Errorf("transfers has options (a lifetime): %s", req)
diff --git a/modules/gitea/module.json b/modules/gitea/module.json
index 0c0e1095d..49fd37455 100644
--- a/modules/gitea/module.json
+++ b/modules/gitea/module.json
@@ -26,11 +26,6 @@
       "options": {
         "key-ttl": true
       }
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "findings",
-      "storage": "key-value",
-      "template": "state"
     }
   ],
   "contributes": {
@@ -230,6 +225,7 @@
     "callers": {
       "type": "string",
       "trusted": true,
+      "runtime": true,
       "default": "",
       "description": "per verb of the two package seats, the callers that may call it (JSON object of verb to callers; * every proved caller, operator the operator's session); empty is design 51's list: publish and publish-part mesh-build-go and mesh-build-node, remove mesh-delivery-builder, versions anyone"
     }
diff --git a/modules/mesh-config/cmd/mesh-config/manifest_test.go b/modules/mesh-config/cmd/mesh-config/manifest_test.go
index 42fa4e6de..0c14a2267 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-config/cmd/mesh-config/manifest_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-config/cmd/mesh-config/manifest_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -53,11 +54,9 @@ func TestEveryStateAndActHasItsTool(t *testing.T) {
 	if dm, err := catalogue.Decode(raw); err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("the manifest does not decode: %v", err)
 	} else {
-		emits := strings.Join(dm.Emits, ",")
-		for _, e := range []string{ConfigChanged, EventRenamed, EventRetiring, EventRetired} {
-			if !strings.Contains(emits, e) {
-				t.Errorf("the manifest does not declare the event %s", e)
-			}
+		// An event goes to one place (novox/hq ADR 0363 §2): config-changed to EVENTS, the rename window's to the stream.
+		if !slices.Equal(dm.Emits, []string{ConfigChanged}) {
+			t.Errorf("emits %v, want only %s: the stream carries the others", dm.Emits, ConfigChanged)
 		}
 		if len(dm.Streams) != 1 || dm.Streams[0].Name != StreamName || dm.Streams[0].Days() != 7 || !dm.Streams[0].Carries(EventRenamed) ||
 			!dm.Streams[0].Carries(EventRetiring) || !dm.Streams[0].Carries(EventRetired) || dm.Streams[0].Carries(ConfigChanged) {
diff --git a/modules/mesh-config/module.json b/modules/mesh-config/module.json
index f52841dcd..117fa37eb 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-config/module.json
+++ b/modules/mesh-config/module.json
@@ -13,10 +13,7 @@
     }
   ],
   "emits": [
-    "config-changed",
-    "renamed",
-    "retiring",
-    "retired"
+    "config-changed"
   ],
   "uses": [
     "operator-channel"
diff --git a/modules/mesh-knowledge/cmd/mesh-knowledge/ledger_fake_test.go b/modules/mesh-knowledge/cmd/mesh-knowledge/ledger_fake_test.go
index 377eb6023..91d773573 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-knowledge/cmd/mesh-knowledge/ledger_fake_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-knowledge/cmd/mesh-knowledge/ledger_fake_test.go
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ func (f *fakeLedger) apply(r buscalls.ApplyRequest) (buscalls.Applied, error) {
 			continue
 		}
 		okType := map[string]func(any) bool{
-			"string": func(v any) bool { _, ok := v.(string); return ok }, "integer": func(v any) bool { _, ok := v.(float64); return ok },
+			"string": func(v any) bool { _, ok := v.(string); return ok }, "text": func(v any) bool { _, ok := v.(string); return ok }, "integer": func(v any) bool { _, ok := v.(float64); return ok },
 			"object": func(v any) bool { _, ok := v.(map[string]any); return ok },
 		}[field.Type]
 		if okType != nil && !okType(v) {
diff --git a/modules/mesh-knowledge/module.json b/modules/mesh-knowledge/module.json
index 0f4c24c0c..71dd47421 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-knowledge/module.json
+++ b/modules/mesh-knowledge/module.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
             "version": {"type": "object"},
             "pending-sections": {"type": "object"},
             "title": {"type": "string"},
-            "text": {"type": "string"},
+            "text": {"type": "text"},
             "digest": {"type": "string", "digest-of": "text"},
             "why": {"type": "string"},
             "reason": {"type": "string"}
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
             "version": {"type": "object"},
             "pending-sections": {"type": "object"},
             "title": {"type": "string"},
-            "text": {"type": "string"},
+            "text": {"type": "text"},
             "digest": {"type": "string", "digest-of": "text"},
             "why": {"type": "string"},
             "reason": {"type": "string"}
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@
   "config": {
     "readers": {
       "type": "object",
+      "trusted": true,
       "description": "The modules heard on the reviews of records (the stream of each part's verdict), by name, each with why; empty grants none. Set only at the controller's terminal or on the operator's Approve.",
       "default": {}
     },
diff --git a/modules/messenger/cmd/messenger/manifest_test.go b/modules/messenger/cmd/messenger/manifest_test.go
index b5272447a..481e6769d 100644
--- a/modules/messenger/cmd/messenger/manifest_test.go
+++ b/modules/messenger/cmd/messenger/manifest_test.go
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func TestItDeclaresTheSeatsOfAnAskAndHoldsTheOperatorChannel(t *testing.T) { //
 	}
 	// It performs nothing: the verbs it calls read the open conditions, whether root is free, and which issues
 	// track which conditions.
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(m.Emits, []string{"refused", "offered", "closed"}) || !reflect.DeepEqual(m.Invokes, []string{
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(m.Emits, []string{"refused"}) /* offered and closed go to the stream asks only (ADR 0363 §2) */ || !reflect.DeepEqual(m.Invokes, []string{
 		"seat:mesh-conditions.conditions", "seat:" + EngineSeat + ".root-free", TrackingVerb}) {
 		t.Fatalf("emits %v invokes %v", m.Emits, m.Invokes)
 	}
diff --git a/modules/messenger/module.json b/modules/messenger/module.json
index f831d641e..4ca99c0f0 100644
--- a/modules/messenger/module.json
+++ b/modules/messenger/module.json
@@ -86,9 +86,7 @@
     "intake.standing"
   ],
   "emits": [
-    "refused",
-    "offered",
-    "closed"
+    "refused"
   ],
   "streams": [
     {