diff --git a/modules/gitea/index.ts b/modules/gitea/index.ts
index b0cfac0c..f5aeb79 100644
--- a/modules/gitea/index.ts
+++ b/modules/gitea/index.ts
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ async function pollPulls(client: GiteaClient): Promise<void> {
           html_url: pull.html_url,
           paths: files.paths,
           paths_truncated: files.truncated,
+          removed: files.removed,
           ...(moduleDirs ? { module_dirs: moduleDirs, module_dirs_said: true } : {}),
           ...(mergeCheck !== null ? { merge_check: mergeCheck, merge_check_said: true } : {}),
         });
diff --git a/modules/gitea/pulls.ts b/modules/gitea/pulls.ts
index 8eac731..9990d84 100644
--- a/modules/gitea/pulls.ts
+++ b/modules/gitea/pulls.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ export const REPO_CHECK_CONTEXT = "mesh/repo-check";
 export interface Layer {
   verdict: string;
   summary: string;
+  /** The modules a merge of the change would move, as the controller's planner reckons it… */
   modules?: string[];
+  /** …and those it would build after them because they stand on them. */
+  dependents?: string[];
 }
 
 /** What the controller says as `checked` (mesh-controller internal/link, Checked). */
@@ -55,10 +58,10 @@ function stateOf(verdict: string): CommitStatus["state"] {
   return verdict === "pass" ? "success" : verdict === "warning" ? "warning" : verdict === "fail" ? "failure" : "error";
 }
 
-function described(verdict: string, summary: string, modules?: string[]): string {
+function described(verdict: string, summary: string, modules?: string[], dependents?: string[]): string {
   // The forge keeps a short description; the rest is the comment's.
   let d = `${verdict || "error"}: ${summary}`;
-  if (modules?.length) d += ` [${modules.join(", ")}]`;
+  if (modules?.length) d += ` [${modules.join(", ")}${dependents?.length ? ` +${dependents.length} dependent(s)` : ""}]`;
   d = d.replace(/\s+/g, " ").trim();
   return d.length > 140 ? d.slice(0, 139) + "…" : d;
 }
@@ -66,7 +69,10 @@ function described(verdict: string, summary: string, modules?: string[]): string
 /** The forge's status for the gate. */
 export function statusFor(c: Checked): CommitStatus {
   const gate = c.gate ?? { verdict: c.verdict, summary: c.summary };
-  return { state: stateOf(gate.verdict), context: CHECK_CONTEXT, description: described(gate.verdict, gate.summary, gate.modules) };
+  return {
+    state: stateOf(gate.verdict), context: CHECK_CONTEXT,
+    description: described(gate.verdict, gate.summary, gate.modules, gate.dependents),
+  };
 }
 
 /** Every status a verdict sets: the gate's, and the repository's own check's when it was said. */
@@ -87,7 +93,8 @@ export function commentFor(c: Checked): string | null {
   if (gate.verdict === "pass" && !repoWrong) return null;
   const lines = [`**Merge check** at \`${c.commit.slice(0, 8)}\``, ""];
   lines.push(`- \`${CHECK_CONTEXT}\`: **${(gate.verdict || "error").toUpperCase()}** — ${gate.summary}` +
-    (gate.modules?.length ? ` (modules: ${gate.modules.join(", ")})` : ""));
+    (gate.modules?.length ? ` (modules: ${gate.modules.join(", ")}` +
+      (gate.dependents?.length ? `; built after them: ${gate.dependents.join(", ")}` : "") + ")" : ""));
   if (repo) lines.push(`- \`${REPO_CHECK_CONTEXT}\`: **${(repo.verdict || "error").toUpperCase()}** — ${repo.summary}`);
   const ran = c.on ? `\n\nRun by the build seat on ${c.on} as \`${c.id}\` (\`builds --log ${c.id}\`).` : "";
   const report = c.report ? `\n\n\`\`\`\n${c.report.replace(/```/g, "'''")}\n\`\`\`` : "";
diff --git a/modules/gitea/test/pulls.test.ts b/modules/gitea/test/pulls.test.ts
index 0e54c19..29342a4 100644
--- a/modules/gitea/test/pulls.test.ts
+++ b/modules/gitea/test/pulls.test.ts
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ test("each layer is its own status: the gate with the modules it judged, the rep
   const { statusesFor, commentFor, CHECK_CONTEXT, REPO_CHECK_CONTEXT } = await import("../pulls.ts");
   const base = { owner: "novox", repo: "mesh-catalog", number: 7, commit: "0123456789abcdef", id: "build-1" };
   const both = statusesFor({ ...base, verdict: "pass", summary: "every machine composes",
-    gate: { verdict: "pass", summary: "every machine composes", modules: ["gitea", "keycloak"] },
+    gate: { verdict: "pass", summary: "every machine composes", modules: ["gitea", "keycloak"], dependents: ["node-tools"] },
     "repo-check": { verdict: "fail", summary: "its merge-check.sh failed: FAIL x" } });
   assert.deepEqual(both.map((s) => [s.context, s.state]), [[CHECK_CONTEXT, "success"], [REPO_CHECK_CONTEXT, "failure"]]);
-  assert.match(both[0].description, /gitea, keycloak/);
+  assert.match(both[0].description, /gitea, keycloak \+1 dependent/);
   assert.match(commentFor({ ...base, verdict: "pass", summary: "", gate: { verdict: "pass", summary: "" },
     "repo-check": { verdict: "fail", summary: "its merge-check.sh failed" } }) ?? "", /mesh\/repo-check`: \*\*FAIL/);