diff --git a/checks/health/go.mod b/checks/health/go.mod
index f6437708..9a268a24 100644
--- a/checks/health/go.mod
+++ b/checks/health/go.mod
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ module checks/health
 
 go 1.26.0
 
-require git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029214732-6b8c6943811a
+require git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029221656-196c5b6af277
diff --git a/checks/health/go.sum b/checks/health/go.sum
index ea2abb0e..fc894705 100644
--- a/checks/health/go.sum
+++ b/checks/health/go.sum
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029214732-6b8c6943811a h1:elC2IjB+qbeXG+pWItLz71DenegbrdsqbcH5kyGo56Q=
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029214732-6b8c6943811a/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029221656-196c5b6af277 h1:ajjsH4MWcx45MGYASjUSRQKhLzEringuk3TA0oxZRCU=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029221656-196c5b6af277/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
diff --git a/modules/disk-load/cmd/disk-load/busread.go b/modules/disk-load/cmd/disk-load/busread.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5542fca0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/disk-load/cmd/disk-load/busread.go
@@ -0,0 +1,233 @@
+package main
+
+// The bus as disk-load composes a node's data items from it (frombus.Reader): placement, each node's record in its own
+// have key, the indexer's modules and manifests, the builder's builds and mesh-config's resolved values, all through this
+// module's runtime with its own `reads`. Items name no value, so no own secret and no credential is read. This is the
+// reader mesh-provisioner has too; moving it into mesh-sdk's frombus is the way to keep one (code shared between
+// modules belongs in the sdk).
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	stdio "git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go"
+	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/catalogue"
+	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/compose"
+	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/compose/frombus"
+	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/delivery"
+)
+
+// The states this module reads to compose from.
+const (
+	placementRead = delivery.PlacementRead
+	modulesRead   = delivery.IndexerModule + ".modules"
+	manifestsRead = delivery.IndexerModule + ".manifests"
+	buildsRead    = delivery.BuilderModule + ".builds"
+	haveRead      = "node-engine.have"
+	resolvedRead  = "mesh-config.resolved"
+)
+
+// entryReader is a read state as the runtime gives it.
+type entryReader interface {
+	Get(state, key string) (*stdio.StateEntry, error)
+	Keys(state string) ([]string, error)
+}
+
+type busState struct{}
+
+func (busState) Get(state, key string) (*stdio.StateEntry, error) { return stdio.State(state).Get(key) }
+func (busState) Keys(state string) ([]string, error)              { return stdio.State(state).Keys() }
+
+// busReader reads the bus for frombus through a Store.
+type busReader struct {
+	s     entryReader
+	fetch func(ctx context.Context, url string) ([]byte, error)
+}
+
+func (r busReader) each(read string, visit func(key string, value []byte)) error {
+	keys, err := r.s.Keys(read)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s: %w", read, err)
+	}
+	for _, k := range keys {
+		e, err := r.s.Get(read, k)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("%s %s: %w", read, k, err)
+		}
+		if e != nil {
+			visit(k, e.Value)
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (r busReader) Placements(context.Context) (map[string]delivery.Placement, error) {
+	out := map[string]delivery.Placement{}
+	err := r.each(placementRead, func(k string, v []byte) {
+		node, err := delivery.ParsePlacementKey(k)
+		if err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+		if p, err := delivery.DecodePlacement(v); err == nil && p.Node == node {
+			out[node] = p
+		}
+	})
+	return out, err
+}
+
+func (r busReader) Records(context.Context) (map[string]delivery.NodeRecord, error) {
+	out := map[string]delivery.NodeRecord{}
+	err := r.each(haveRead, func(k string, v []byte) {
+		node, _, isNode, err := delivery.ParseHaveKey(k)
+		if err != nil || !isNode {
+			return
+		}
+		if h, err := delivery.DecodeHaveNode(v); err == nil && h.Record != nil {
+			out[node] = *h.Record
+		}
+	})
+	return out, err
+}
+
+func (r busReader) Modules(context.Context) (map[string]delivery.Module, error) {
+	out := map[string]delivery.Module{}
+	err := r.each(modulesRead, func(k string, v []byte) {
+		module, err := delivery.ParseModulesKey(k)
+		if err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+		if m, err := delivery.DecodeModule(v); err == nil {
+			out[module] = m
+		}
+	})
+	return out, err
+}
+
+func (r busReader) Manifest(_ context.Context, digest string) ([]byte, error) {
+	key, err := delivery.ManifestsKey(digest)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	e, err := r.s.Get(manifestsRead, key)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if e == nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("the indexer holds no manifest %s", digest)
+	}
+	m, err := delivery.DecodeManifest(e.Value)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return []byte(m.JSON), nil
+}
+
+func (r busReader) Values(_ context.Context, node, module string) (map[string]any, error) {
+	var out map[string]any
+	prefix := node + "." + module + "."
+	err := r.each(resolvedRead, func(k string, v []byte) {
+		name, ok := strings.CutPrefix(k, prefix)
+		if !ok || strings.Contains(name, ".") {
+			return
+		}
+		if value, laid := catalogue.LaidValue(v); laid {
+			if out == nil {
+				out = map[string]any{}
+			}
+			out[name] = value
+		}
+	})
+	return out, err
+}
+
+func (busReader) OwnSecrets(context.Context, string) ([]compose.OwnSecretRow, error) { return nil, nil }
+
+func (busReader) Credentials(context.Context, string, []compose.CredentialKey, []compose.CredentialKey) ([]compose.Credential, []compose.Issued, error) {
+	return nil, nil, nil
+}
+
+func (r busReader) Build(_ context.Context, module, fp string) (*delivery.BuilderBuild, error) {
+	key, err := delivery.BuilderBuildKey(module, fp)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	e, err := r.s.Get(buildsRead, key)
+	if err != nil || e == nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	b, err := delivery.DecodeBuilderBuild(e.Value)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &b, nil
+}
+
+// archiveWithin bounds one read of a templates archive.
+const archiveWithin = 30 * time.Second
+
+func (r busReader) Archive(ctx context.Context, url, digest string) ([]byte, error) {
+	if r.fetch == nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("this holder reads no archive (%s)", url)
+	}
+	fetching, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, archiveWithin)
+	defer cancel()
+	body, err := r.fetch(fetching, url)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	sum := sha256.Sum256(body)
+	if got := "sha256:" + hex.EncodeToString(sum[:]); got != digest {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s was recorded as %s and what arrived is %s", url, digest, got)
+	}
+	return body, nil
+}
+
+func (r busReader) Served(ctx context.Context, node, module string, keys []string) (map[string]any, error) {
+	all, err := r.Values(ctx, node, module)
+	var out map[string]any
+	for _, k := range keys {
+		if v, ok := all[k]; ok {
+			if out == nil {
+				out = map[string]any{}
+			}
+			out[k] = v
+		}
+	}
+	return out, err
+}
+
+// httpFetch reads an archive from the artifact store over HTTP.
+func httpFetch(ctx context.Context, url string) ([]byte, error) {
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, url, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s answered %s", url, resp.Status)
+	}
+	return io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(resp.Body, 256<<20))
+}
+
+// PlacedItems is every data item the modules placed on node declare, composed from the bus as the node composes itself.
+func PlacedItems(ctx context.Context, s entryReader, node string) (map[string][]catalogue.PlacedDataItem, error) {
+	r := busReader{s: s, fetch: httpFetch}
+	items, unplaced, err := frombus.DataItems(ctx, r, frombus.Mesh{}, frombus.Scope{Node: node})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if len(unplaced) > 0 {
+		logf("data items left out as not placeable: %s", strings.Join(unplaced, "; "))
+	}
+	return items, nil
+}
diff --git a/modules/disk-load/cmd/disk-load/keeper.go b/modules/disk-load/cmd/disk-load/keeper.go
index 3c8cd7bb..ba74a622 100644
--- a/modules/disk-load/cmd/disk-load/keeper.go
+++ b/modules/disk-load/cmd/disk-load/keeper.go
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/catalogue"
+	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/health"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"sort"
@@ -41,8 +43,9 @@ func (busStore) Keys() ([]string, error) { return stdio.State(StateReadings).Key
 
 // Keeper measures the items of its node and keeps the readings.
 type Keeper struct {
-	Node     string
-	DataFile string
+	Node string
+	// Items is every data item the modules placed on this node declare, composed from the bus (frombus.DataItems).
+	Items    func(ctx context.Context) (map[string][]catalogue.PlacedDataItem, error)
 	Measurer Measurer
 	Store    Store
 	Say      func(string, ...any)
@@ -56,7 +59,7 @@ type Keeper struct {
 func (k *Keeper) Round(ctx context.Context, walks bool) (written, kept int, err error) {
 	k.mu.Lock()
 	defer k.mu.Unlock()
-	items, err := ReadItems(k.DataFile)
+	items, err := k.Items(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, 0, err
 	}
@@ -89,24 +92,24 @@ func (k *Keeper) Round(ctx context.Context, walks bool) (written, kept int, err
 	return written, kept, nil
 }
 
-func (k *Keeper) measureOne(ctx context.Context, it Item, walks bool) (bool, error) {
-	key := ReadingKey(k.Node, it.Module, it.ID)
-	var prev *Reading
+func (k *Keeper) measureOne(ctx context.Context, it catalogue.PlacedDataItem, walks bool) (bool, error) {
+	key := health.ReadingKey(k.Node, it.Module, it.ID)
+	var prev *health.Reading
 	raw, err := k.Store.Get(key)
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, err
 	}
 	if len(raw) > 0 {
-		if p, err := DecodeReading(raw); err == nil {
+		if p, err := health.DecodeReading(raw); err == nil {
 			prev = &p
 		}
 	}
 	now := k.Measurer.Now()
-	if prev != nil && it.Measure == MeasureWalk && !walks && prev.MeasuredAt != nil && now.Sub(*prev.MeasuredAt) < WalkEvery {
+	if prev != nil && it.Measure == catalogue.MeasureWalk && !walks && prev.MeasuredAt != nil && now.Sub(*prev.MeasuredAt) < WalkEvery {
 		return false, nil
 	}
 	m := k.Measurer.Measure(ctx, it)
-	next, changed := Next(prev, k.Node, it, m, now)
+	next, changed := health.NextReading(prev, k.Node, it, m, now)
 	if !changed {
 		return false, nil
 	}
@@ -114,32 +117,32 @@ func (k *Keeper) measureOne(ctx context.Context, it Item, walks bool) (bool, err
 }
 
 // MeasureNow measures one item now, walk or not, and writes its reading when it changed.
-func (k *Keeper) MeasureNow(ctx context.Context, module, item string) (Reading, bool, error) {
+func (k *Keeper) MeasureNow(ctx context.Context, module, item string) (health.Reading, bool, error) {
 	k.mu.Lock()
 	defer k.mu.Unlock()
-	items, err := ReadItems(k.DataFile)
+	items, err := k.Items(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
-		return Reading{}, false, err
+		return health.Reading{}, false, err
 	}
 	for _, it := range items[module] {
 		if it.ID != item {
 			continue
 		}
 		if it.Class == ClassCache {
-			return Reading{}, false, fmt.Errorf("%s.%s is a cache, which is listed and never measured", module, item)
+			return health.Reading{}, false, fmt.Errorf("%s.%s is a cache, which is listed and never measured", module, item)
 		}
 		w, err := k.measureOne(ctx, it, true)
 		if err != nil {
-			return Reading{}, false, err
+			return health.Reading{}, false, err
 		}
-		raw, err := k.Store.Get(ReadingKey(k.Node, module, item))
+		raw, err := k.Store.Get(health.ReadingKey(k.Node, module, item))
 		if err != nil {
-			return Reading{}, w, err
+			return health.Reading{}, w, err
 		}
-		r, err := DecodeReading(raw)
+		r, err := health.DecodeReading(raw)
 		return r, w, err
 	}
-	return Reading{}, false, fmt.Errorf("%s declares no data item %q on this machine", module, item)
+	return health.Reading{}, false, fmt.Errorf("%s declares no data item %q on this machine", module, item)
 }
 
 // Loop runs a round after a few minutes and then every `every`, with the walks of the night's round when it is the
diff --git a/modules/disk-load/cmd/disk-load/main.go b/modules/disk-load/cmd/disk-load/main.go
index 9e4a19ff..6946af88 100644
--- a/modules/disk-load/cmd/disk-load/main.go
+++ b/modules/disk-load/cmd/disk-load/main.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // filesystems' space and the processes doing the I/O — and changes nothing of the machine.
 //
 // It also measures the data items the modules of its node declare (ADR 0233) and keeps each reading and the item's
-// seven-day peak as its own state `readings` (ADR 0571 clause 3), when MESH_DISK_DATA names the composed data file.
+// seven-day peak as its own state `readings` (ADR 0571 clause 3), composed from the bus (no file).
 package main
 
 import (
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 
 	stdio "git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go"
 	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/announce"
+	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/catalogue"
 )
 
 func logf(format string, args ...any) { fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "[disk-load] "+format+"\n", args...) }
@@ -24,9 +25,12 @@ func main() {
 		logf("%v", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
-	k := &Keeper{Node: os.Getenv("MESH_NODE"), DataFile: os.Getenv("MESH_DISK_DATA"), Store: busStore{}, Say: logf,
-		Measurer: Measurer{Run: RootRunner, Now: time.Now}}
-	if k.DataFile != "" {
+	node := os.Getenv("MESH_NODE")
+	k := &Keeper{Node: node, Store: busStore{}, Say: logf, Measurer: Measurer{Run: RootRunner, Now: time.Now},
+		Items: func(ctx context.Context) (map[string][]catalogue.PlacedDataItem, error) {
+			return PlacedItems(ctx, busState{}, node)
+		}}
+	if node != "" {
 		every := time.Hour
 		if d, err := time.ParseDuration(os.Getenv("MESH_DISK_MEASURE_EVERY")); err == nil && d >= time.Minute {
 			every = d
diff --git a/modules/disk-load/cmd/disk-load/measure.go b/modules/disk-load/cmd/disk-load/measure.go
index de9e0369..2973080b 100644
--- a/modules/disk-load/cmd/disk-load/measure.go
+++ b/modules/disk-load/cmd/disk-load/measure.go
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ package main
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"os"
+	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/catalogue"
+	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/health"
 	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -20,65 +21,6 @@ var (
 	WalkEvery = 23 * time.Hour
 )
 
-var moduleHeader = regexp.MustCompile(`^#\s*([a-z0-9][a-z0-9-]*)$`)
-var safePath = regexp.MustCompile(`^/[^\s'"\\$` + "`" + `]*$`)
-
-// ParseItems reads the composed data file into each module's items. A line it does not read is refused, naming the
-// module.
-func ParseItems(text string) (map[string][]Item, error) {
-	out := map[string][]Item{}
-	module := ""
-	for _, raw := range strings.Split(text, "\n") {
-		line := strings.TrimSpace(raw)
-		if line == "" {
-			continue
-		}
-		if m := moduleHeader.FindStringSubmatch(line); m != nil {
-			module = m[1]
-			continue
-		}
-		if strings.HasPrefix(line, "#") || module == "" {
-			continue
-		}
-		f := strings.Fields(line)
-		if len(f) < 5 || len(f) > 7 || f[0] != "item" || !safePath.MatchString(f[3]) || (f[4] != "-" && !safePath.MatchString(f[4])) {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s declares a data line this module does not read: %s", module, line)
-		}
-		it := Item{Module: module, ID: f[1], Class: f[2], Path: f[3], Measure: MeasureWalk}
-		if len(f) >= 6 {
-			it.Protection = f[5]
-		}
-		if len(f) == 7 {
-			it.Measure = f[6]
-		}
-		switch it.Measure {
-		case MeasureWalk, MeasureDataset, MeasureShallow:
-		default:
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s declares a data line this module does not read: %s", module, line)
-		}
-		if f[4] != "-" {
-			it.CoveredBy = f[4]
-		}
-		out[module] = append(out[module], it)
-	}
-	return out, nil
-}
-
-// ReadItems reads the composed data file; none where there is none.
-func ReadItems(path string) (map[string][]Item, error) {
-	if path == "" {
-		return map[string][]Item{}, nil
-	}
-	raw, err := os.ReadFile(path)
-	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		return map[string][]Item{}, nil
-	}
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return ParseItems(string(raw))
-}
-
 // walkCommand sums the files under a path and finds its newest change, in one walk, bounded by time and by files.
 // One line out: "<bytes> <epoch seconds> <files>", then the status of find.
 func walkCommand(path string) string {
@@ -114,9 +56,9 @@ func (b Measurer) exists(ctx context.Context, path string) bool {
 }
 
 // Measure is one item, measured now, by its own method.
-func (b Measurer) Measure(ctx context.Context, it Item) Measured {
+func (b Measurer) Measure(ctx context.Context, it catalogue.PlacedDataItem) health.Measured {
 	at := b.Now().UTC()
-	m := Measured{MeasuredAt: &at}
+	m := health.Measured{MeasuredAt: &at}
 	if !b.exists(ctx, it.Path) {
 		m.Error = it.Path + " does not exist"
 		zero := int64(0)
@@ -125,7 +67,7 @@ func (b Measurer) Measure(ctx context.Context, it Item) Measured {
 	}
 	m.Redundancy = b.redundancyOf(ctx, it.Path)
 	switch it.Measure {
-	case MeasureDataset, MeasureShallow:
+	case catalogue.MeasureDataset, catalogue.MeasureShallow:
 		out, err := b.Run(ctx, "bash", "-c", topCommand(it.Path))
 		if f := strings.Fields(out); err == nil && len(f) == 2 {
 			m.LastWrite = epochTime(f[0])
@@ -133,7 +75,7 @@ func (b Measurer) Measure(ctx context.Context, it Item) Measured {
 			m.Error = err.Error()
 		}
 		m.Precision = "no size: the newest change among its top-level entries only"
-		if it.Measure == MeasureShallow {
+		if it.Measure == catalogue.MeasureShallow {
 			return m
 		}
 		out, err = b.Run(ctx, "zfs", "list", "-Hp", "-o", "name,used", it.Path)
@@ -178,7 +120,7 @@ func (b Measurer) Measure(ctx context.Context, it Item) Measured {
 
 // redundancyOf is the redundant storage a path is on: a ZFS pool's health, an md array's members, a btrfs
 // filesystem's error counters. Nil for storage with no redundancy it knows how to read.
-func (b Measurer) redundancyOf(ctx context.Context, path string) *Redundancy {
+func (b Measurer) redundancyOf(ctx context.Context, path string) *health.Redundancy {
 	out, err := b.Run(ctx, "findmnt", "-no", "SOURCE,FSTYPE", "--target", path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil
@@ -192,7 +134,7 @@ func (b Measurer) redundancyOf(ctx context.Context, path string) *Redundancy {
 	switch {
 	case fstype == "zfs":
 		pool, _, _ := strings.Cut(source, "/")
-		r := &Redundancy{Kind: "zfs", Where: pool}
+		r := &health.Redundancy{Kind: "zfs", Where: pool}
 		health, err := b.Run(ctx, "zpool", "list", "-H", "-o", "health", pool)
 		if err != nil {
 			r.Said = "zpool list: " + err.Error()
@@ -214,7 +156,7 @@ func (b Measurer) redundancyOf(ctx context.Context, path string) *Redundancy {
 		return r
 	case strings.HasPrefix(source, "/dev/md"):
 		device := strings.TrimPrefix(source, "/dev/")
-		r := &Redundancy{Kind: "md", Where: device}
+		r := &health.Redundancy{Kind: "md", Where: device}
 		mdstat, err := b.Run(ctx, "cat", "/proc/mdstat")
 		if err != nil {
 			r.Said = err.Error()
@@ -233,7 +175,7 @@ func (b Measurer) redundancyOf(ctx context.Context, path string) *Redundancy {
 		}
 		return r
 	case fstype == "btrfs":
-		r := &Redundancy{Kind: "btrfs", Where: source}
+		r := &health.Redundancy{Kind: "btrfs", Where: source}
 		stats, err := b.Run(ctx, "btrfs", "device", "stats", "--check", path)
 		if err != nil {
 			r.Healthy, r.Said = &no, "device errors: "+oneLineOf(err.Error())
diff --git a/modules/disk-load/cmd/disk-load/readings.go b/modules/disk-load/cmd/disk-load/readings.go
index baebdb55..3cad1734 100644
--- a/modules/disk-load/cmd/disk-load/readings.go
+++ b/modules/disk-load/cmd/disk-load/readings.go
@@ -1,139 +1,12 @@
 package main
 
-// **Disk usage readings and peaks per data item** (novox/hq ADR 0571 clause 3, ADR 0233 §21, §27, §34): disk-load measures
-// each data item the modules of its node declare and keeps the newest reading and the item's largest size in seven
-// days as its own state `readings`, one key `<node>.<module>.<item>`, written only when it changes. The node-backup
-// holder, mounts, nfs-server and the self-check's probes read it there; the controller keeps none of it.
+// The readings layout, their key and the peak are mesh-sdk's (health.Reading, health.NextReading; novox/hq ADR 0571
+// clause 3): disk-load measures each placed data item of its node and keeps the readings as its own state.
 
-import (
-	"encoding/json"
-	"reflect"
-	"time"
-)
-
-// Version of a reading's layout.
-const ReadingVersion = 1
-
-// PeakWindow is how far back the peak looks (ADR 0233 §34).
-const PeakWindow = 7 * 24 * time.Hour
+import "git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/health"
 
 // StateReadings is the state disk-load keeps.
-const StateReadings = "readings"
+const StateReadings = health.ReadingsState
 
-// The ways an item is measured (ADR 0233 §22 to §25).
-const (
-	MeasureWalk    = "walk"
-	MeasureDataset = "dataset"
-	MeasureShallow = "shallow"
-	ClassCache     = "cache"
-)
-
-// Item is one data item a module declares.
-type Item struct {
-	Measure    string `json:"measure,omitempty"`
-	Module     string `json:"module"`
-	ID         string `json:"item"`
-	Class      string `json:"class"`
-	Path       string `json:"path"`
-	CoveredBy  string `json:"covered_by,omitempty"`
-	Protection string `json:"protection,omitempty"`
-}
-
-// Redundancy is the redundant storage an item is on, as read.
-type Redundancy struct {
-	Kind    string `json:"kind"`
-	Where   string `json:"where"`
-	Healthy *bool  `json:"healthy"`
-	Said    string `json:"said"`
-}
-
-// Measured is what one measurement found.
-type Measured struct {
-	SizeBytes  *int64     `json:"size_bytes,omitempty"`
-	LastWrite  *time.Time `json:"last_write,omitempty"`
-	MeasuredAt *time.Time `json:"measured_at,omitempty"`
-	// Precision says what the size is: "exact", "dataset <name>: its whole size", "partial: ..." (a lower bound,
-	// never compared), or "no size: ...".
-	Precision  string      `json:"precision,omitempty"`
-	Error      string      `json:"error,omitempty"`
-	Redundancy *Redundancy `json:"redundancy,omitempty"`
-}
-
-// DaySize is the largest size measured on one UTC day.
-type DaySize struct {
-	Day   string `json:"day"`
-	Bytes int64  `json:"bytes"`
-}
-
-// Reading is the value of one key.
-type Reading struct {
-	V    int    `json:"v"`
-	Node string `json:"node"`
-	Item
-	Measured
-	// Peak is the largest size measured in the seven days up to the reading, PeakAt the day it was measured; Days are
-	// the day maxima it is read from.
-	Peak   *int64    `json:"peak_bytes,omitempty"`
-	PeakAt string    `json:"peak_day,omitempty"`
-	Days   []DaySize `json:"days,omitempty"`
-}
-
-// ReadingKey is the key of an item on a node.
-func ReadingKey(node, module, item string) string { return node + "." + module + "." + item }
-
-// DecodeReading reads a key's value.
-func DecodeReading(raw []byte) (Reading, error) {
-	var r Reading
-	err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &r)
-	return r, err
-}
-
-// Next is the reading after a measurement, and whether it differs from the one before in anything but the time it was
-// taken (a reading that did not change is not written).
-func Next(prev *Reading, node string, it Item, m Measured, now time.Time) (Reading, bool) {
-	r := Reading{V: ReadingVersion, Node: node, Item: it, Measured: m}
-	var days []DaySize
-	if prev != nil {
-		days = prev.Days
-	}
-	// A reading with no size (an error, a shallow item) carries the last size's days on, so the peak outlives one failed
-	// measurement.
-	today := now.UTC().Format("2006-01-02")
-	cut := now.UTC().Add(-PeakWindow).Format("2006-01-02")
-	var kept []DaySize
-	for _, d := range days {
-		if d.Day >= cut && d.Day != today {
-			kept = append(kept, d)
-		}
-	}
-	todays := int64(-1)
-	for _, d := range days {
-		if d.Day == today {
-			todays = d.Bytes
-		}
-	}
-	if m.SizeBytes != nil && !partial(m) && *m.SizeBytes > todays {
-		todays = *m.SizeBytes
-	}
-	if todays >= 0 {
-		kept = append(kept, DaySize{Day: today, Bytes: todays})
-	}
-	r.Days = kept
-	for _, d := range kept {
-		if r.Peak == nil || d.Bytes >= *r.Peak {
-			b := d.Bytes
-			r.Peak, r.PeakAt = &b, d.Day
-		}
-	}
-	if prev == nil {
-		return r, true
-	}
-	a, b := *prev, r
-	a.MeasuredAt, b.MeasuredAt = nil, nil
-	return r, !reflect.DeepEqual(a, b)
-}
-
-// partial says a size is only a lower bound, which a peak is never made of.
-func partial(m Measured) bool {
-	return len(m.Precision) >= 7 && m.Precision[:7] == "partial"
-}
+// ClassCache is the class of an item that is listed and never measured.
+const ClassCache = "cache"
diff --git a/modules/disk-load/cmd/disk-load/readings_test.go b/modules/disk-load/cmd/disk-load/readings_test.go
index 237aed35..e4970ca1 100644
--- a/modules/disk-load/cmd/disk-load/readings_test.go
+++ b/modules/disk-load/cmd/disk-load/readings_test.go
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
+
+	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/catalogue"
 )
 
 type memStore struct{ m map[string]json.RawMessage }
@@ -26,54 +27,12 @@ func (s *memStore) Keys() ([]string, error) {
 	return out, nil
 }
 
-func size(n int64) *int64 { return &n }
-
-// A reading is kept under <node>.<module>.<item> with the largest size of the last seven days; one that did not change
-// is not written; a size older than seven days leaves the peak; a partial size is no peak.
-func TestAReadingKeepsItsSevenDayPeakAndIsWrittenOnlyWhenItChanges(t *testing.T) {
-	it := Item{Module: "pg", ID: "data", Class: "valuable", Path: "/srv/pg", Measure: MeasureWalk}
-	day := func(d int, h int) time.Time { return time.Date(2026, 10, d, h, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC) }
-	at := func(tm time.Time) Measured { return Measured{MeasuredAt: &tm, Precision: "exact"} }
-	steps := []struct {
-		now     time.Time
-		size    *int64
-		partial bool
-		changed bool
-		peak    int64
-	}{
-		{day(20, 1), size(100), false, true, 100},
-		{day(20, 2), size(100), false, false, 100}, // only the time differs
-		{day(21, 1), size(300), false, true, 300},
-		{day(22, 1), size(50), false, true, 300},  // the peak stays
-		{day(23, 1), size(9000), true, true, 300}, // a lower bound is no peak
-		{day(29, 1), size(10), false, true, 50},   // the 21st left seven days ago
-		{day(30, 1), size(10), false, true, 10},   // the 22nd left too
-	}
-	var prev *Reading
-	for i, s := range steps {
-		m := at(s.now)
-		m.SizeBytes = s.size
-		if s.partial {
-			m.Precision = "partial: stopped"
-		}
-		r, changed := Next(prev, "ace", it, m, s.now)
-		if changed != s.changed || r.Peak == nil || *r.Peak != s.peak {
-			t.Fatalf("step %d: changed %v peak %v, wanted %v and %d", i, changed, r.Peak, s.changed, s.peak)
-		}
-		if ReadingKey(r.Node, r.Module, r.ID) != "ace.pg.data" {
-			t.Fatalf("key %s", ReadingKey(r.Node, r.Module, r.ID))
-		}
-		prev = &r
-	}
-}
-
 // A round measures what the data file declares but caches, keeps the readings, writes nothing the second time, and a
 // walk is not repeated within a day unless asked.
 func TestARoundMeasuresTheDeclaredItemsAndWritesWhatChanged(t *testing.T) {
-	dir := t.TempDir()
-	file := filepath.Join(dir, "data.conf")
 	text := "# pg\nitem data valuable /srv/pg /srv/pg backup walk\nitem tmp cache /srv/tmp - none\n# bad-line-module\nitem logs rebuildable /srv/logs - none shallow\n"
-	if err := os.WriteFile(file, []byte(text), 0o600); err != nil {
+	placed, err := catalogue.ParseDataItems(text)
+	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	walks := 0
@@ -93,7 +52,7 @@ func TestARoundMeasuresTheDeclaredItemsAndWritesWhatChanged(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	now := time.Date(2026, 10, 29, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
 	store := &memStore{m: map[string]json.RawMessage{}}
-	k := &Keeper{Node: "ace", DataFile: file, Store: store, Say: func(string, ...any) {},
+	k := &Keeper{Node: "ace", Items: func(context.Context) (map[string][]catalogue.PlacedDataItem, error) { return placed, nil }, Store: store, Say: func(string, ...any) {},
 		Measurer: Measurer{Run: run, Now: func() time.Time { return now }}}
 	w, kept, err := k.Round(context.Background(), false)
 	if err != nil || w != 2 || kept != 0 || len(store.m) != 2 {
@@ -109,7 +68,4 @@ func TestARoundMeasuresTheDeclaredItemsAndWritesWhatChanged(t *testing.T) {
 	if _, _, err := k.MeasureNow(context.Background(), "pg", "tmp"); err == nil {
 		t.Fatal("a cache was measured")
 	}
-	if _, err := ParseItems("# pg\nitem data valuable relative - none\n"); err == nil {
-		t.Fatal("a relative path was read")
-	}
 }
diff --git a/modules/disk-load/cmd/disk-load/readings_tools.go b/modules/disk-load/cmd/disk-load/readings_tools.go
index d47e74c9..322fe275 100644
--- a/modules/disk-load/cmd/disk-load/readings_tools.go
+++ b/modules/disk-load/cmd/disk-load/readings_tools.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	stdio "git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go"
+	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/health"
 )
 
 // ReadingTools are the tools over the state `readings`: every key, one key, how full the state is, and one item
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ func ReadingTools(k *Keeper) []stdio.Tool {
 					if len(raw) == 0 {
 						return nil, fmt.Errorf("no reading is kept at %q", key)
 					}
-					r, err := DecodeReading(raw)
+					r, err := health.DecodeReading(raw)
 					return r, err
 				}
 				keys, err := k.Store.Keys()
@@ -42,12 +43,12 @@ func ReadingTools(k *Keeper) []stdio.Tool {
 				sort.Strings(keys)
 				module := text(args, "module")
 				type line struct {
-					Key       string  `json:"key"`
-					SizeBytes *int64  `json:"size_bytes,omitempty"`
-					PeakBytes *int64  `json:"peak_bytes,omitempty"`
-					Precision string  `json:"precision,omitempty"`
-					Error     string  `json:"error,omitempty"`
-					Reading   Reading `json:"-"`
+					Key       string         `json:"key"`
+					SizeBytes *int64         `json:"size_bytes,omitempty"`
+					PeakBytes *int64         `json:"peak_bytes,omitempty"`
+					Precision string         `json:"precision,omitempty"`
+					Error     string         `json:"error,omitempty"`
+					Reading   health.Reading `json:"-"`
 				}
 				var lines []line
 				total := 0
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ func ReadingTools(k *Keeper) []stdio.Tool {
 						return nil, err
 					}
 					total += len(raw)
-					r, err := DecodeReading(raw)
+					r, err := health.DecodeReading(raw)
 					if err != nil || (module != "" && r.Module != module) {
 						continue
 					}
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ func ReadingTools(k *Keeper) []stdio.Tool {
 				if err != nil {
 					return nil, err
 				}
-				return map[string]any{"written": written, "reading": r, "key": ReadingKey(k.Node, module, item),
+				return map[string]any{"written": written, "reading": r, "key": health.ReadingKey(k.Node, module, item),
 					"note": strings.TrimSpace(map[bool]string{true: "the reading changed and was written", false: "the reading had not changed"}[written])}, nil
 			},
 		},
diff --git a/modules/disk-load/cmd/disk-load/tools_test.go b/modules/disk-load/cmd/disk-load/tools_test.go
index d1de23a8..672e6e94 100644
--- a/modules/disk-load/cmd/disk-load/tools_test.go
+++ b/modules/disk-load/cmd/disk-load/tools_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"os"
+	"regexp"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ func TestTheManifestNamesExactlyTheToolsTheBundleServesAndNoMachine(t *testing.T
 		t.Errorf("the module only reads, and declares %d resources", len(m.Resources))
 	}
 	for _, banned := range []string{"g14", "novox", "ace", "shanks", "jochen", "/home/"} {
-		if strings.Contains(string(raw), banned) {
+		if regexp.MustCompile(`(^|[^a-z0-9-])` + regexp.QuoteMeta(banned) + `($|[^a-z0-9-])`).Match(raw) {
 			t.Errorf("the manifest says %q", banned)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/modules/disk-load/go.mod b/modules/disk-load/go.mod
index 5e5cae21..936c7c3e 100644
--- a/modules/disk-load/go.mod
+++ b/modules/disk-load/go.mod
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ module diskload
 
 go 1.26.0
 
-require git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029210043-32f5ce371268
+require git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029221656-196c5b6af277
diff --git a/modules/disk-load/go.sum b/modules/disk-load/go.sum
index 3eadb468..fc894705 100644
--- a/modules/disk-load/go.sum
+++ b/modules/disk-load/go.sum
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029210043-32f5ce371268 h1:+jH77IJmxUiFDdbJljhynQRY0Cc5/5jtwmMV7UUqRI4=
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029210043-32f5ce371268/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029221656-196c5b6af277 h1:ajjsH4MWcx45MGYASjUSRQKhLzEringuk3TA0oxZRCU=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029221656-196c5b6af277/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
diff --git a/modules/disk-load/module.json b/modules/disk-load/module.json
index a2617cee..edc915d0 100644
--- a/modules/disk-load/module.json
+++ b/modules/disk-load/module.json
@@ -28,5 +28,13 @@
   },
   "state": [
     "readings"
+  ],
+  "reads": [
+    "mesh-delivery-assigner.placement",
+    "mesh-delivery-indexer.modules",
+    "mesh-delivery-indexer.manifests",
+    "mesh-delivery-builder.builds",
+    "node-engine.have",
+    "mesh-config.resolved"
   ]
 }