diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/main.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/main.go
index e836b4e57..651af2836 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/main.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/main.go
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ func main() {
 func run(h *Holder, l *listening) {
 	<-stdio.Served() // Serve first: the state is reached through it, and an event is heard from as soon as it serves
 	switchToRecords(h, l)
+	statePins(h, l)
 	go h.Work()
 	for _, pattern := range followed {
 		pattern := pattern
@@ -130,6 +131,20 @@ func switchToRecords(h *Holder, l *listening) {
 	}
 }
 
+// statePins says every pin the records hold once at each start (design 47 G §579), retrying until it can.
+func statePins(h *Holder, l *listening) {
+	for wait := 2 * time.Second; ; wait = min(wait*2, time.Minute) {
+		n, err := h.Records.StatePins()
+		if err == nil {
+			logf("[mesh-delivery] pins stated: %d", n)
+			return
+		}
+		l.set("not yet: " + err.Error())
+		logf("[mesh-delivery] the pins cannot be stated yet (%v); asking again in %s", err, wait)
+		time.Sleep(wait)
+	}
+}
+
 // handle takes one event, then asks for a look at every step the event makes possible (Work, React). An event that cannot be read is
 // said and acknowledged: read again it would fail again.
 func handle(h *Holder, e stdio.Envelope) error {
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/recordevents.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/recordevents.go
index 0551093e7..a92f4845f 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/recordevents.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/recordevents.go
@@ -255,3 +255,25 @@ func (rs *Records) sayEnded(r *Record) error {
 	return rs.say(meshdelivery.SubjectRecordEnded, recordEnded{Record: r.Instance, Milestone: r.Milestone,
 		ForgeMade: r.ForgeMade, Away: r.Ended.Away, At: r.Ended.At}, "record-ended."+r.Instance)
 }
+
+// StatePins says `pinned` again for every revision each record it keeps pins, then once `pins-stated` (design 47 G §579): the
+// indexer's consumer of the seat's events hears pins said before it existed or older than the stream keeps, and the set form
+// absorbs the repeats. Each repeat has an id of its own, since the bus keeps one message under one id inside its duplicate window.
+func (rs *Records) StatePins() (int, error) {
+	kept, err := rs.Kept()
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	at := rs.Now().UTC()
+	stated := 0
+	for _, r := range kept {
+		for _, p := range sortedPins(r) {
+			id := "pinned." + r.Instance + "." + p.Revision + ".stated." + strconv.FormatInt(at.UnixNano(), 10)
+			if err := rs.say(meshdelivery.SubjectPinned, pinsOf(r, []PinnedRevision{p}, ""), id); err != nil {
+				return stated, err
+			}
+			stated++
+		}
+	}
+	return stated, rs.say(meshdelivery.SubjectPinsStated, meshdelivery.PinsStatedEvent{At: at}, "pins-stated."+strconv.FormatInt(at.UnixNano(), 10))
+}
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/sourcetools_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/sourcetools_test.go
index a842f05ea..b5c142d9c 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/sourcetools_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/sourcetools_test.go
@@ -58,3 +58,29 @@ func TestTheSourceToolsReadEveryBranchAndSayItAgainAfterTheLog(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("log %+v events %+v", acts.took, events)
 	}
 }
+
+// Design 47 G §579: at its start the gate says `pinned` again for every revision each record pins, each under an id of its own,
+// then `pins-stated` once.
+func TestTheGateStatesItsPinsThenSaysPinsStated(t *testing.T) {
+	at := time.Date(2026, 11, 12, 4, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+	type said struct{ subject, id string }
+	var events []said
+	rs := &Records{Ledger: newLedgerFake(t), Now: func() time.Time { return at },
+		Say: func(subject string, body any, id string) error {
+			events = append(events, said{subject, id})
+			return nil
+		}}
+	r, _, err := rs.Open("47/G", map[string]string{"novox/app@1": "c1"}, false)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := rs.Pin(r, HalfCatalog, 3); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	events = nil
+	n, err := rs.StatePins()
+	if err != nil || n != 1 || len(events) != 2 || !strings.HasSuffix(events[0].subject, ".event.pinned") ||
+		!strings.Contains(events[0].id, ".stated.") || !strings.HasSuffix(events[1].subject, ".event.pins-stated") {
+		t.Fatalf("%d %v %+v", n, err, events)
+	}
+}