Merge main into fix/build-cpu-yields; pin mesh-sdk at its head (ADR 0553)

modules/mesh-build-node/cmd/mesh-build-node/module.go

@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ type Module struct {
 	// Toolchains and Steps are the Put of the states of those names.
 	Toolchains, Steps buildstep.Put
 	// ReadSteps and ReadToolchainsState read those two states back for the read tools (issue 1562).
+	// Held is the puller whose running asks a step-end tool will not end (issue 1890); nil in a test.
+	Held                           *buildstep.Puller
 	ReadSteps, ReadToolchainsState StateRead
 	// Pauses is the Put of the pauses state, which keeps the node's pause key without an age; ReadPauses reads it back.
 	Pauses     buildstep.Put
@@ -137,6 +139,7 @@ func (m *Module) Start(ctx context.Context) {
 			m.Say("the toolchain: %v", err)
 		}
 		m.CleanWorkspaces(m.now())
+		buildstep.EndStaleRound(m.stepScan(), m.Node, m.Say) // asks past the step bound, on the module's own round (issue 1890)
 		select {
 		case <-ctx.Done():
 			return