diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/bus_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/bus_test.go
index 34c5b329..87d37458 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/bus_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery/cmd/mesh-delivery/bus_test.go
@@ -107,7 +107,9 @@ type runtime struct {
 	// the asks the operator was asked, and the controller's walks and the forge's open pull requests as the test plays
 	// them.
 	operatorAsks []asks.Ask
-	openPulls    []OpenPull
+	// operatorCancels are the ids of the asks taken back from the router, in order (issue 1079).
+	operatorCancels []string
+	openPulls       []OpenPull
 }
 
 type askedOfMesh struct {
@@ -268,6 +270,17 @@ func (r *runtime) answer(m rpcMessage) {
 				r.operatorAsks = append(r.operatorAsks, a)
 				r.mu.Unlock()
 			}
+			if strings.Contains(p.Subject, ".accept.cancel.") {
+				var c struct {
+					ID string `json:"id"`
+				}
+				if err := json.Unmarshal(p.Body, &c); err != nil {
+					return nil, err
+				}
+				r.mu.Lock()
+				r.operatorCancels = append(r.operatorCancels, c.ID)
+				r.mu.Unlock()
+			}
 			return map[string]any{}, nil
 		case "mesh/seat.record":
 			return nil, nil
@@ -416,7 +429,7 @@ func TestAPassingVerdictAsksTheApproveAndItsApproveMergesWithinSecondsOverARealB
 	announced := pr("novox/app", 7, head, "fix/x", "src/a.go")
 	announced.BaseSHA = "t1t1t1t1t1t1"
 	announced.Title = "Fix the apostrophe (issue 975)"
-	announced.Body = "Reviewed-by: lead@shanks at " + head
+	announced.Body = "The description, with no review line yet."
 	b.publish(t, "mesh.mod.gitea.event.pull.updated", announced)
 	passed := b.publish(t, "mesh.seat."+ControllerSeat+".event.checked", judgedAt("novox/app", 7, head, "pass", "t1t1t1t1t1t1"))
 
@@ -430,10 +443,29 @@ func TestAPassingVerdictAsksTheApproveAndItsApproveMergesWithinSecondsOverARealB
 	ask := rt.operatorAsks[0]
 	asked := time.Now()
 	rt.mu.Unlock()
-	if !strings.Contains(ask.Explanation, "reviewed by lead") {
-		t.Fatalf("the ask does not name the reviewer: %s", ask.Explanation)
+	if !strings.Contains(ask.Explanation, "not reviewed at this head") {
+		t.Fatalf("the first ask does not say the record is missing: %s", ask.Explanation)
 	}
 	t.Logf("the operator was asked %s after the verdict's event", asked.Sub(passed))
+	// The description is edited to add the review record (issue 1079): the forge module's edit event carries it. The unanswered
+	// ask is withdrawn from the router and asked again, once, with the record read; nothing else is asked of the mesh.
+	first := ask
+	b.publish(t, "mesh.mod.gitea.event.forge.pull-request.edited", map[string]any{"owner": "novox", "repo": "app", "number": 7,
+		"title": announced.Title, "head_sha": head, "base": "main", "body": "Reviewed-by: lead@shanks at " + head})
+	rt.until("the first ask to be withdrawn and the operator asked again", 5*time.Second, func() bool {
+		rt.mu.Lock()
+		defer rt.mu.Unlock()
+		return len(rt.operatorCancels) >= 1 && len(rt.operatorAsks) >= 2
+	})
+	rt.mu.Lock()
+	if len(rt.operatorCancels) != 1 || rt.operatorCancels[0] != first.ID || len(rt.operatorAsks) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("withdrawn %v, asked %d; wanted the first ask %s withdrawn once and exactly one new ask", rt.operatorCancels, len(rt.operatorAsks), first.ID)
+	}
+	ask = rt.operatorAsks[1]
+	rt.mu.Unlock()
+	if ask.ID == first.ID || !strings.Contains(ask.Explanation, "reviewed by lead on shanks") || strings.Contains(ask.Explanation, "not reviewed") {
+		t.Fatalf("the new ask is not a fresh one naming the reviewer: %s %s", ask.ID, ask.Explanation)
+	}
 	if len(rt.asksOf("gitea.gitea_merge_pull_request")) != 0 {
 		t.Fatalf("merged before the Approve")
 	}