diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/holder_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/holder_test.go
index 49e8c2a0..0c5d84dd 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/holder_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/holder_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
+
+	sdk "git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/delivery"
 )
 
 // The holder, end to end over fakes (novox/hq ADR 0239 *How it is checked*, cut by ADR 0539 §17): a pull request's head
@@ -238,6 +240,17 @@ func TestAMergedGroupEndsMergedWithSourceMainMoved(t *testing.T) {
 	if w.source.main == nil || w.source.main.Heads["novox/a"] != strings.Repeat("p", 12) || w.source.main.Heads["novox/b"] != strings.Repeat("q", 12) {
 		t.Fatalf("source.main is %+v, wanted both merges", w.source.main)
 	}
+	// A merge that leaves no module.json carries no trees (issue 1367): the gate reads it, and refuses nothing.
+	msg := sdk.Forge{Kind: sdk.ForgeMerged, Repository: "novox/a", Number: 9, Head: strings.Repeat("e", 40),
+		Merge: strings.Repeat("f", 40), Root: "r"}
+	body, err := sdk.EncodeForge(msg)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("a merged message with no trees is refused: %v", err)
+	}
+	w.h.Forged("mesh-delivery-forge-bridge.novox.a.merged", body)
+	if len(w.h.refusals) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("the gate refused a merged message with no trees: %v", w.h.refusals)
+	}
 }
 
 // ADR 0419 §2, issue 978: a description's `after:` line is not read, and says so once on its pull request. The
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/go.mod b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/go.mod
index c35b2a88..c0544f39 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/go.mod
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module mesh-delivery-gate
 go 1.26.0
 
 require (
-	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261102191058-f02f142af128
+	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261103174208-b7abe203a929
 	github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2 v2.11.17
 	github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.54.0
 )
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/go.sum b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/go.sum
index 43cc4ec7..abad2969 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/go.sum
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261102191058-f02f142af128 h1:aI1DhZAuqVBXbybSqhLNOGX5rUOrn9T0cHNCDUQF7IQ=
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261102191058-f02f142af128/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261103174208-b7abe203a929 h1:RtAFbUJRP1qO9AIMM2ue+cXNzqj7WZ7IOlSqNvttwuU=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261103174208-b7abe203a929/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
 github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.7.0-default-no-op h1:Z/MZK75wC/NSrkgqeNIa7jexam9uWzhLmFTSCPI/kn0=
 github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.7.0-default-no-op/go.mod h1:FQyySiasQQM8735Ddel3MRojmy4dA1IqCeyJ5jmPMbI=
 github.com/google/go-tpm v0.9.8 h1:slArAR9Ft+1ybZu0lBwpSmpwhRXaa85hWtMinMyRAWo=
diff --git a/modules/mesh-provisioner-client/go.mod b/modules/mesh-provisioner-client/go.mod
index 2d0b5146..ea5c9d1f 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-provisioner-client/go.mod
+++ b/modules/mesh-provisioner-client/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module mesh-provisioner-client
 go 1.26.0
 
 require (
-	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261102191058-f02f142af128
+	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261103174208-b7abe203a929
 	github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2 v2.11.17
 	github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.54.0
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.48.0
diff --git a/modules/mesh-provisioner-client/go.sum b/modules/mesh-provisioner-client/go.sum
index 43cc4ec7..abad2969 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-provisioner-client/go.sum
+++ b/modules/mesh-provisioner-client/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261102191058-f02f142af128 h1:aI1DhZAuqVBXbybSqhLNOGX5rUOrn9T0cHNCDUQF7IQ=
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261102191058-f02f142af128/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261103174208-b7abe203a929 h1:RtAFbUJRP1qO9AIMM2ue+cXNzqj7WZ7IOlSqNvttwuU=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261103174208-b7abe203a929/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
 github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.7.0-default-no-op h1:Z/MZK75wC/NSrkgqeNIa7jexam9uWzhLmFTSCPI/kn0=
 github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.7.0-default-no-op/go.mod h1:FQyySiasQQM8735Ddel3MRojmy4dA1IqCeyJ5jmPMbI=
 github.com/google/go-tpm v0.9.8 h1:slArAR9Ft+1ybZu0lBwpSmpwhRXaa85hWtMinMyRAWo=
diff --git a/modules/mesh-provisioner-client/module.json b/modules/mesh-provisioner-client/module.json
index 095128a8..8fca6444 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-provisioner-client/module.json
+++ b/modules/mesh-provisioner-client/module.json
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
       "scope": "node"
     }
   ],
+  "core-credentials": true,
   "own-secrets": {
     "provisioner-broker": "${dir:state}/broker"
   },
diff --git a/modules/mesh-provisioner/cmd/mesh-provisioner/holder.go b/modules/mesh-provisioner/cmd/mesh-provisioner/holder.go
index 4a63e956..5d8fa5dc 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-provisioner/cmd/mesh-provisioner/holder.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-provisioner/cmd/mesh-provisioner/holder.go
@@ -68,7 +68,10 @@ const (
 	ModulesRead   = delivery.IndexerModule + ".modules"
 	ManifestsRead = delivery.IndexerModule + ".manifests"
 	HaveRead      = "node-engine.have"
-	ComposedRead  = "mesh-host.composed"
+	// BuildsRead is the builder's builds, `<module>.<fingerprint part>`: the key of the build a provider runs names the
+	// digest of the manifest it was built from (novox/hq ADR 0603 clause 5).
+	BuildsRead   = delivery.BuilderModule + ".builds"
+	ComposedRead = "mesh-host.composed"
 )
 
 // BoundReads are the providers' entries this module's manifest reads, `<module>.bound`, whose changes it hears. Which
@@ -819,6 +822,14 @@ func (h *Holder) haveOutcome(p *provisions.Provision) {
 	case have.Phase == delivery.PhaseFailed || have.Health == delivery.HealthFailed:
 		p.State, p.Why = provisions.Failed, orSaid(have.Detail, where+" failed")
 	case have.Phase == delivery.PhaseRunning && have.Health == delivery.HealthOK && (wantFP == "" || have.FP == wantFP):
+		// A provider's have counts as its outcome only from a build whose manifest offers the provision (ADR 0603 clause 5).
+		// Refused only when that manifest is known and does not offer it: a have with no builder key (an old-form build, an
+		// adopted module) or an unreadable manifest keeps the outcome it had.
+		if offers, known := h.buildOffers(p.Provider.Module, have.FP, p.Provision); known && !offers {
+			p.State, p.Why = provisions.Asked, "waits for "+where+" to run a build that offers "+p.Provision+": the build it runs ("+
+				have.FP+") does not"
+			return
+		}
 		p.State, p.Why = provisions.Provided, ""
 	default:
 		p.State, p.Why = provisions.Asked, fmt.Sprintf("waits for %s to run healthy at the build its want names (it is %s, "+
@@ -826,6 +837,56 @@ func (h *Holder) haveOutcome(p *provisions.Provision) {
 	}
 }
 
+// buildOffers says whether the build of a module at a fingerprint, as the builder keyed it, was made from a manifest that
+// offers the provision; known is false when the builder holds no such key, the key names no manifest, or the indexer holds
+// no such manifest (the caller then does not refuse).
+func (h *Holder) buildOffers(module, fingerprint, provision string) (offers, known bool) {
+	key, err := delivery.BuilderBuildKey(module, fingerprint)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, false
+	}
+	be, err := h.Store.Get(BuildsRead, key)
+	if err != nil || be == nil {
+		return false, false
+	}
+	b, err := delivery.DecodeBuilderBuild(be.Value)
+	if err != nil || b.Manifest == "" {
+		return false, false
+	}
+	mk, err := delivery.ManifestsKey(b.Manifest)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, false
+	}
+	me, err := h.Store.Get(ManifestsRead, mk)
+	if err != nil || me == nil {
+		return false, false
+	}
+	man, err := delivery.DecodeManifest(me.Value)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, false
+	}
+	var decl struct {
+		Provides []json.RawMessage `json:"provides"`
+	}
+	if json.Unmarshal([]byte(man.JSON), &decl) != nil {
+		return false, false
+	}
+	for _, raw := range decl.Provides {
+		var name string
+		if json.Unmarshal(raw, &name) != nil {
+			var full struct {
+				Name string `json:"name"`
+			}
+			_ = json.Unmarshal(raw, &full)
+			name = full.Name
+		}
+		if name == provision {
+			return true, true
+		}
+	}
+	return false, true
+}
+
 // keepsEntries says whether a provider's outcome for one provision is its entries (its manifest at the trunk declares the
 // state `bound`) rather than its own have. When any offer of the provider says `answered-by: helper`, only those offers
 // are answered by its entries: a module running the helper for one provision and making another some other way (gitea:
diff --git a/modules/mesh-provisioner/cmd/mesh-provisioner/holder_integration_test.go b/modules/mesh-provisioner/cmd/mesh-provisioner/holder_integration_test.go
index 6ab8f93e..91e53cc2 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-provisioner/cmd/mesh-provisioner/holder_integration_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-provisioner/cmd/mesh-provisioner/holder_integration_test.go
@@ -224,6 +224,34 @@ func TestTheHolderPlansProvidesAndAsksOnTheBus(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	settled(HaveRead, node+".postgres")
+	// The running build's manifest, as the builder keyed it: one that does not offer the provision keeps the key asked
+	// (ADR 0603 clause 5), one that does lets the have count.
+	buildsKey := mustKey(delivery.BuilderBuildKey("postgres", fpsOf["postgres"]))
+	offered := func(provides string) {
+		raw := `{"module":"postgres","version":"1","provides":` + provides + `}`
+		digest := delivery.ManifestDigest([]byte(raw))
+		value, _ := delivery.EncodeManifest(delivery.Manifest{Module: "postgres", JSON: raw})
+		if err := s.Put(ManifestsRead, mustKey(delivery.ManifestsKey(digest)), json.RawMessage(value)); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		build, err := delivery.EncodeBuilderBuild(delivery.BuilderBuild{State: delivery.BuildDone, Manifest: digest})
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		if err := s.Put(BuildsRead, buildsKey, json.RawMessage(build)); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+	offered(`["other"]`)
+	for i := 0; i < 2; i++ {
+		if _, err := h.ComposeNode(ctx, node); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+	if p := state(key); p.State != provisions.Asked {
+		t.Fatalf("a build not offering the provision turned it %s", p.State)
+	}
+	offered(`["postgres-database"]`)
 	for i := 0; i < 2; i++ { // the credential judged first, then what depends on it
 		if _, err := h.ComposeNode(ctx, node); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
diff --git a/modules/mesh-provisioner/cmd/mesh-provisioner/holder_test.go b/modules/mesh-provisioner/cmd/mesh-provisioner/holder_test.go
index 63504236..f99f945a 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-provisioner/cmd/mesh-provisioner/holder_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-provisioner/cmd/mesh-provisioner/holder_test.go
@@ -189,6 +189,28 @@ func TestAKeysStateFollowsItsProvidersOutcome(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Errorf("the provider's have %s: %+v, want %s", row.have, p, row.state)
 		}
 	}
+	// A have counts as the provider's outcome only from a build whose manifest offers the provision (ADR 0603 clause 5):
+	// refused when the build's manifest is known and does not offer it, provided when it does.
+	bfp := "src2:" + strings.Repeat("bb", 32)
+	buildKey := mustKey(delivery.BuilderBuildKey("systemd-resolved", bfp))
+	for _, row := range []struct{ name, provides, state, why string }{
+		{"a build whose manifest does not offer it", `["other"]`, provisions.Asked, "offers split-dns"},
+		{"a build whose manifest offers it", `[{"name":"split-dns"}]`, provisions.Provided, ""},
+	} {
+		raw := `{"module":"systemd-resolved","version":"1","provides":` + row.provides + `}`
+		digest := delivery.ManifestDigest([]byte(raw))
+		value, _ := delivery.EncodeManifest(delivery.Manifest{Module: "systemd-resolved", JSON: raw})
+		_ = m.s.Put(ManifestsRead, mustKey(delivery.ManifestsKey(digest)), json.RawMessage(value))
+		build, err := delivery.EncodeBuilderBuild(delivery.BuilderBuild{State: delivery.BuildDone, Manifest: digest})
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		_ = m.s.Put(BuildsRead, buildKey, json.RawMessage(build))
+		m.compose(t, "g14")
+		if p := m.state(t, split); p.State != row.state || !strings.Contains(p.Why, row.why) {
+			t.Errorf("%s: %+v, want %s", row.name, p, row.state)
+		}
+	}
 	if e, _ := m.s.Get(PlansState, "g14.gitea"); e == nil {
 		t.Error("the plan is not written")
 	}
diff --git a/modules/mesh-provisioner/cmd/mesh-provisioner/provisioner_test.go b/modules/mesh-provisioner/cmd/mesh-provisioner/provisioner_test.go
index 7ef2233a..c856a63b 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-provisioner/cmd/mesh-provisioner/provisioner_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-provisioner/cmd/mesh-provisioner/provisioner_test.go
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
-
-	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/delivery"
 )
 
 // memStore is the bus as mesh-provisioner reaches it, in memory: the states it keeps.
@@ -326,13 +324,15 @@ func TestTheManifestDeclaresWhatTheCodeKeeps(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Errorf("the manifest lists %s, which is not served", tool)
 		}
 	}
-	for _, r := range append(slices.Clone(WatchedReads), ManifestsRead) {
+	// The builds read serves only haveOutcome's offer check (ADR 0603 clause 5: which manifest the build a provider runs
+	// was made from) and makes no plan, so ADR 0593 §8 ("it composes nothing") holds.
+	for _, r := range append(slices.Clone(WatchedReads), ManifestsRead, BuildsRead) {
 		if !slices.Contains(m.Reads, r) {
 			t.Errorf("the manifest does not read %s, which the holder reads", r)
 		}
 	}
-	// It composes nothing (ADR 0593 §8): no build, and no config value, is read to make a plan.
-	for _, r := range []string{delivery.BuilderModule + ".builds", "mesh-config.resolved"} {
+	// It composes nothing (ADR 0593 §8): no config value is read to make a plan.
+	for _, r := range []string{"mesh-config.resolved"} {
 		if slices.Contains(m.Reads, r) {
 			t.Errorf("the manifest reads %s, which only a composer reads", r)
 		}
diff --git a/modules/mesh-provisioner/go.mod b/modules/mesh-provisioner/go.mod
index f9cfe363..03d2bf48 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-provisioner/go.mod
+++ b/modules/mesh-provisioner/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module mesh-provisioner
 go 1.26.0
 
 require (
-	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261102191058-f02f142af128
+	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261103174208-b7abe203a929
 	github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.54.0
 )
 
diff --git a/modules/mesh-provisioner/go.sum b/modules/mesh-provisioner/go.sum
index 43cc4ec7..abad2969 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-provisioner/go.sum
+++ b/modules/mesh-provisioner/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261102191058-f02f142af128 h1:aI1DhZAuqVBXbybSqhLNOGX5rUOrn9T0cHNCDUQF7IQ=
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261102191058-f02f142af128/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261103174208-b7abe203a929 h1:RtAFbUJRP1qO9AIMM2ue+cXNzqj7WZ7IOlSqNvttwuU=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261103174208-b7abe203a929/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
 github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.7.0-default-no-op h1:Z/MZK75wC/NSrkgqeNIa7jexam9uWzhLmFTSCPI/kn0=
 github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.7.0-default-no-op/go.mod h1:FQyySiasQQM8735Ddel3MRojmy4dA1IqCeyJ5jmPMbI=
 github.com/google/go-tpm v0.9.8 h1:slArAR9Ft+1ybZu0lBwpSmpwhRXaa85hWtMinMyRAWo=
diff --git a/modules/mesh-provisioner/module.json b/modules/mesh-provisioner/module.json
index e14cb7e3..7b512a6f 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-provisioner/module.json
+++ b/modules/mesh-provisioner/module.json
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     "mesh-delivery-indexer.modules",
     "mesh-delivery-indexer.manifests",
     "node-engine.have",
+    "mesh-delivery-builder.builds",
     "mesh-host.composed",
     "gitea.bound",
     "keycloak.bound",
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@
     "plans",
     "refused"
   ],
+  "core-credentials": true,
   "own-secrets": {
     "broker": "${dir:state}/broker"
   },
diff --git a/modules/mesh-vault/cmd/mesh-vault/core.go b/modules/mesh-vault/cmd/mesh-vault/core.go
index b0264c61..38fa165a 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-vault/cmd/mesh-vault/core.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-vault/cmd/mesh-vault/core.go
@@ -24,10 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-// CoreModules are the core's modules whose own secrets the controller carries sealed by the vault: the same fixed
-// list as the controller's (ADR 0349 §16). The node-engine and the controller have no own secrets of their own here.
-var CoreModules = []string{"mesh-provisioner", "mesh-provisioner-client", "nats"}
-
 // nodeKeyFile is a machine's sealing key as its engine stated it.
 type nodeKeyFile struct {
 	Node  string    `json:"node"`
diff --git a/modules/mesh-vault/cmd/mesh-vault/core_test.go b/modules/mesh-vault/cmd/mesh-vault/core_test.go
index 5ea24183..e73ce5f7 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-vault/cmd/mesh-vault/core_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-vault/cmd/mesh-vault/core_test.go
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/pem"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
@@ -56,13 +55,6 @@ func clientsBroker(sealingKey string) MoveOf {
 		Generation: "g-1", SealingKey: sealingKey}
 }
 
-// The list is the controller's (mesh-controller's core list, ADR 0349 §16): named here so a change to either is seen.
-func TestTheCoreIsTheBusTheProvisionerAndItsClient(t *testing.T) {
-	if want := []string{"mesh-provisioner", "mesh-provisioner-client", "nats"}; !reflect.DeepEqual(CoreModules, want) {
-		t.Fatalf("the core's modules are %v, want %v", CoreModules, want)
-	}
-}
-
 // A node-engine states its machine's sealing key in its own name at the move, and only its own machine's.
 func TestAMoveRecordsTheSealingKeyItsNodeEngineStates(t *testing.T) {
 	v := newVault(t, nil)
diff --git a/modules/mesh-vault/cmd/mesh-vault/move.go b/modules/mesh-vault/cmd/mesh-vault/move.go
index 3950af49..269cf31f 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-vault/cmd/mesh-vault/move.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-vault/cmd/mesh-vault/move.go
@@ -292,7 +292,10 @@ func (v *Vault) StateNodeKey(caller, key string) error {
 	}
 	for _, r := range all {
 		parts := strings.Split(r.Name, "/")
-		if len(parts) == 4 && parts[0] == "own" && parts[1] == node && slices.Contains(CoreModules, parts[2]) {
+		// Every own secret of the machine is said changed: which modules carry theirs sealed by the vault is what their
+		// manifests say (core-credentials), read by the node-engine, which composes again and reseals those alone; the vault
+		// keeps no list of modules (issue 774, the operator 2026-11-03).
+		if len(parts) == 4 && parts[0] == "own" && parts[1] == node {
 			v.announce(Changed{Name: r.Name, Generation: r.Generation, At: v.Now().UTC(), By: caller})
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/modules/mesh-vault/cmd/mesh-vault/nodekey_test.go b/modules/mesh-vault/cmd/mesh-vault/nodekey_test.go
index cc721a48..cb24e41e 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-vault/cmd/mesh-vault/nodekey_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-vault/cmd/mesh-vault/nodekey_test.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 // Issue 786 (ADR 0372): a machine's node-engine states its own sealing key to the vault, in its own name, at start and
 // when it changes, whether or not it ever moved a secret in. The caller is the bus user the runtime proved; a changed
-// key (or a first one) raises `secret-changed` for the machine's core secrets, the same key says nothing.
+// key (or a first one) raises `secret-changed` for the machine's own secrets, the same key says nothing.
 
 import (
 	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/seal"
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ func TestANodeEngineStatesItsOwnKeyAndAChangeRaisesItsCoreSecrets(t *testing.T)
 		t.Error("a key was recorded for g14 by ace's engine")
 	}
 	got := changedNames(v.bus)[before:]
-	want := []string{"own/ace/mesh-provisioner-client/provisioner-broker", "own/ace/nats/broker"}
+	// Every own secret of the machine: which carry the vault's box their manifests say, read by the node-engine (issue 774).
+	want := []string{"own/ace/mesh-provisioner-client/provisioner-broker", "own/ace/nats/broker", "own/ace/postgres/superuser-password"}
 	if strings.Join(got, ",") != strings.Join(want, ",") {
 		t.Errorf("secret-changed was raised for %v, want %v", got, want)
 	}
@@ -85,16 +86,16 @@ func TestANodeEngineStatesItsOwnKeyAndAChangeRaisesItsCoreSecrets(t *testing.T)
 	if _, err := tool.runAs("node.ace", map[string]any{"key": pub}); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	if n := len(changedNames(v.bus)); n != before+2 {
-		t.Errorf("the same key raised %d more", n-before-2)
+	if n := len(changedNames(v.bus)); n != before+3 {
+		t.Errorf("the same key raised %d more", n-before-3)
 	}
 	// A different key raises them again.
 	other, _ := aSealingKey(t)
 	if _, err := tool.runAs("node.ace", map[string]any{"key": other}); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	if n := len(changedNames(v.bus)); n != before+4 {
-		t.Errorf("a changed key raised %d, want 2", n-before-2)
+	if n := len(changedNames(v.bus)); n != before+6 {
+		t.Errorf("a changed key raised %d, want 3", n-before-3)
 	}
 	if got, _, _ := v.Store.NodeKey("ace"); got != other {
 		t.Error("the changed key was not recorded")
diff --git a/modules/mesh-vault/go.mod b/modules/mesh-vault/go.mod
index 1a304645..55f6b0da 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-vault/go.mod
+++ b/modules/mesh-vault/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module mesh-vault
 go 1.26.0
 
 require (
-	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261103142843-f8bd12e4b7b1
+	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261103174208-b7abe203a929
 	github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2 v2.11.17
 	github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.54.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.57.0
diff --git a/modules/mesh-vault/go.sum b/modules/mesh-vault/go.sum
index 0111c9e9..abad2969 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-vault/go.sum
+++ b/modules/mesh-vault/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261103142843-f8bd12e4b7b1 h1:T66tg9T/1hHg6KN/bDScHPT41IHkxLAGGO8VJiAOlb8=
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261103142843-f8bd12e4b7b1/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261103174208-b7abe203a929 h1:RtAFbUJRP1qO9AIMM2ue+cXNzqj7WZ7IOlSqNvttwuU=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261103174208-b7abe203a929/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
 github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.7.0-default-no-op h1:Z/MZK75wC/NSrkgqeNIa7jexam9uWzhLmFTSCPI/kn0=
 github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.7.0-default-no-op/go.mod h1:FQyySiasQQM8735Ddel3MRojmy4dA1IqCeyJ5jmPMbI=
 github.com/google/go-tpm v0.9.8 h1:slArAR9Ft+1ybZu0lBwpSmpwhRXaa85hWtMinMyRAWo=
diff --git a/modules/nats/go.mod b/modules/nats/go.mod
index 68625c89..a6aa5c98 100644
--- a/modules/nats/go.mod
+++ b/modules/nats/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module nats-tools
 go 1.26.0
 
 require (
-	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261102191058-f02f142af128
+	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261103174208-b7abe203a929
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.20.0
 	github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2 v2.11.17
 	github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.54.0
diff --git a/modules/nats/go.sum b/modules/nats/go.sum
index 43cc4ec7..abad2969 100644
--- a/modules/nats/go.sum
+++ b/modules/nats/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261102191058-f02f142af128 h1:aI1DhZAuqVBXbybSqhLNOGX5rUOrn9T0cHNCDUQF7IQ=
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261102191058-f02f142af128/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261103174208-b7abe203a929 h1:RtAFbUJRP1qO9AIMM2ue+cXNzqj7WZ7IOlSqNvttwuU=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261103174208-b7abe203a929/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
 github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.7.0-default-no-op h1:Z/MZK75wC/NSrkgqeNIa7jexam9uWzhLmFTSCPI/kn0=
 github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.7.0-default-no-op/go.mod h1:FQyySiasQQM8735Ddel3MRojmy4dA1IqCeyJ5jmPMbI=
 github.com/google/go-tpm v0.9.8 h1:slArAR9Ft+1ybZu0lBwpSmpwhRXaa85hWtMinMyRAWo=
diff --git a/modules/nats/module.json b/modules/nats/module.json
index 01f36795..93f518d7 100644
--- a/modules/nats/module.json
+++ b/modules/nats/module.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "version": "1",
   "upgrade": {
     "policy": "record",
-    "why": "the bus: replaced only as a planned step a person starts (`bus upgrade`), its streams snapshotted first and checked after (hq ADR 0236); the controller holds this whatever is said here"
+    "why": "the bus keeps the streams of the whole mesh: each move waits for a person's yes, which the operator's Approve of the release that carries its build gives, and its node backs its streams up before it applies (hq ADR 0236, ADR 0601)"
   },
   "provides": [
     {
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     }
   ],
   "bus-users": "/var/lib/nats-module/conf/accounts.conf",
+  "core-credentials": true,
   "own-secrets": {
     "broker": "${dir:mesh-state}/broker",
     "broker-nats-tools": "${dir:tools-secret}/broker-nats-tools"