diff --git a/modules/mesh-vault/cmd/mesh-vault/ownnode.go b/modules/mesh-vault/cmd/mesh-vault/ownnode.go
index 7f602a99..ac97f4aa 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-vault/cmd/mesh-vault/ownnode.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-vault/cmd/mesh-vault/ownnode.go
@@ -348,9 +348,23 @@ func (p *planReader) handed(module string) (bool, error) {
 	if raw == nil {
 		return false, nil
 	}
-	var a plannedSecrets
+	var a struct {
+		Provisioning *struct {
+			Templates struct {
+				Source string `json:"source"`
+			} `json:"templates"`
+			Files   []json.RawMessage `json:"files"`
+			Secrets []json.RawMessage `json:"secrets"`
+			Items   []json.RawMessage `json:"items"`
+		} `json:"provisioning"`
+	}
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &a); err != nil {
 		return false, fmt.Errorf("the assignment %s.%s is not the controller's: %w", node, module, err)
 	}
-	return a.Provisioning != nil, nil
+	// **A plan that names provisions alone hands nothing** (catalogue.Keyed, issue 774): the seat keys a provision its
+	// provider's helper answers for a module not handed (grafana's route), and that module's own secrets are still
+	// composed by its node-engine from this answer. Handed is a plan that names something the client fills.
+	hands := a.Provisioning
+	return hands != nil && (hands.Templates.Source != "" || len(hands.Files) > 0 || len(hands.Secrets) > 0 ||
+		len(hands.Items) > 0), nil
 }
diff --git a/modules/mesh-vault/cmd/mesh-vault/ownnode_test.go b/modules/mesh-vault/cmd/mesh-vault/ownnode_test.go
index 5eb7a682..ad21bb31 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-vault/cmd/mesh-vault/ownnode_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-vault/cmd/mesh-vault/ownnode_test.go
@@ -236,3 +236,38 @@ func TestTheWatchedAssignmentsAnswerWithoutTheBusOnceCaughtUp(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("caught up, the mirror asked the bus %d times", asked)
 	}
 }
+
+// Issue 774, 2026-10-30 23:33: the seat mesh-provisioner keys a provision its provider's helper answers for a module that
+// is not handed (catalogue.Keyed), so such a module has a plan naming provisions alone (grafana's route). That plan hands
+// none of its files or secrets: `own` still answers the module's own secrets, or the node-engine composing it finds none
+// made (fifteen modules on ace and five on novox failed so). A plan that names a template, a file, a secret or an item
+// hands the module, and its secrets are left to the client.
+func TestOwnLeavesOutOnlyAModuleWhosePlanHandsIt(t *testing.T) {
+	plans := assignments{
+		"anchor.grafana": `{"node":"anchor","module":"grafana","provisioning":{"templates":{"digest":"","source":""},` +
+			`"files":null,"provisions":[{"provision":"route","provider":"anchor","provider-module":"route-proxy"}]}}`,
+		"anchor.web": `{"node":"anchor","module":"web","provisioning":{"templates":{"digest":"sha256:1","source":"web.tar"},` +
+			`"files":[{"path":"/etc/web.conf"}],"secrets":[{"name":"password"}]}}`,
+		"anchor.db": `{"node":"anchor","module":"db","provisioning":{"templates":{"digest":"","source":""},"files":null,` +
+			`"secrets":[{"name":"root"}]}}`,
+	}
+	v := newVault(t, nil)
+	v.Askers = Declared{Read: plans.read, Store: v.Store}
+	pub, _ := aSealingKey(t)
+	for _, m := range []MoveOf{
+		{Node: "anchor", Module: "grafana", Name: "admin", Origin: "made", Generation: "g-1", SealingKey: pub},
+		{Node: "anchor", Module: "web", Name: "password", Origin: "made", Generation: "g-1", SealingKey: pub},
+		{Node: "anchor", Module: "db", Name: "root", Origin: "made", Generation: "g-1", SealingKey: pub},
+	} {
+		if _, err := moveIn(t, v, "node.anchor", m, "v-"+m.Module); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+	got, err := v.OwnOfNode("node.anchor")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if len(got.Own) != 1 || got.Own[0].Module != "grafana" || got.Own[0].Name != "admin" {
+		t.Errorf("anchor was answered %+v; want grafana's admin alone (its plan keys a route and hands nothing)", got.Own)
+	}
+}