diff --git a/go/seats/meshrecovery/contract.go b/go/seats/meshrecovery/contract.go
index ecc32b3..e028a54 100644
--- a/go/seats/meshrecovery/contract.go
+++ b/go/seats/meshrecovery/contract.go
@@ -165,6 +165,8 @@ type Point struct {
 	Kept string `json:"kept"`
 	// the module
 	Module string `json:"module"`
+	// the bus names it took, one per bus object (design 47 G A-230)
+	Names []string `json:"names"`
 	// its bytes
 	Size int64 `json:"size"`
 	// the point's name, also its directory's
diff --git a/go/seats/meshrecovery/contract_test.go b/go/seats/meshrecovery/contract_test.go
index 7f8e825..8111f7e 100644
--- a/go/seats/meshrecovery/contract_test.go
+++ b/go/seats/meshrecovery/contract_test.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func TestFixtures(t *testing.T) {
 			decode: func(b []byte) (any, error) { var v RestoreKeptInput; err := json.Unmarshal(b, &v); return v, err }, subjectIs: nil},
 		{name: "restore-kept answers an error naming why", subject: "", given: "{\"error\":\"aside-only is the operator's hand tool alone\"}", wire: "{\"error\":\"aside-only is the operator's hand tool alone\"}",
 			decode: func(b []byte) (any, error) { var v RestoreKeptAnswer; err := json.Unmarshal(b, &v); return v, err }, subjectIs: nil},
-		{name: "kept-points lists a point, an aside and the act that runs", subject: "", given: "{\"asides\":[{\"id\":\"20261111T121200Z\",\"names\":[\"mesh-knowledge_ledger\"],\"size\":4096}],\"points\":[{\"at\":\"2026-11-11T10:00:00Z\",\"catch-up\":{\"tool\":\"knowledge_catch_up\"},\"consumers\":[{\"name\":\"c1\",\"sequence\":42,\"stream\":\"KV_x\"}],\"digests\":[{\"digest\":\"sha256:00\",\"name\":\"KV_x\"}],\"fingerprint\":\"0123456789ab\",\"form\":2,\"kept\":\"ledger\",\"module\":\"mesh-knowledge\",\"size\":2048,\"snapshot\":\"2-0123456789ab\"}],\"running\":{\"act\":\"a-1\",\"since\":\"2026-11-11T10:00:00Z\",\"step\":\"waiting on the dump\",\"waits-on\":\"item-ended of the bus item\"},\"unrestored\":[{\"id\":\"20261110T080000Z\",\"names\":[\"mesh-knowledge_ledger\"],\"size\":1024}]}", wire: "{\"asides\":[{\"id\":\"20261111T121200Z\",\"names\":[\"mesh-knowledge_ledger\"],\"size\":4096}],\"points\":[{\"at\":\"2026-11-11T10:00:00Z\",\"catch-up\":{\"tool\":\"knowledge_catch_up\"},\"consumers\":[{\"name\":\"c1\",\"sequence\":42,\"stream\":\"KV_x\"}],\"digests\":[{\"digest\":\"sha256:00\",\"name\":\"KV_x\"}],\"fingerprint\":\"0123456789ab\",\"form\":2,\"kept\":\"ledger\",\"module\":\"mesh-knowledge\",\"size\":2048,\"snapshot\":\"2-0123456789ab\"}],\"running\":{\"act\":\"a-1\",\"since\":\"2026-11-11T10:00:00Z\",\"step\":\"waiting on the dump\",\"waits-on\":\"item-ended of the bus item\"},\"unrestored\":[{\"id\":\"20261110T080000Z\",\"names\":[\"mesh-knowledge_ledger\"],\"size\":1024}]}",
+		{name: "kept-points lists a point, an aside and the act that runs", subject: "", given: "{\"asides\":[{\"id\":\"20261111T121200Z\",\"names\":[\"mesh-knowledge_ledger\"],\"size\":4096}],\"points\":[{\"at\":\"2026-11-11T10:00:00Z\",\"catch-up\":{\"tool\":\"knowledge_catch_up\"},\"consumers\":[{\"name\":\"c1\",\"sequence\":42,\"stream\":\"KV_x\"}],\"digests\":[{\"digest\":\"sha256:00\",\"name\":\"KV_x\"}],\"fingerprint\":\"0123456789ab\",\"form\":2,\"kept\":\"ledger\",\"module\":\"mesh-knowledge\",\"names\":[\"mesh-knowledge_ledger\"],\"size\":2048,\"snapshot\":\"2-0123456789ab\"}],\"running\":{\"act\":\"a-1\",\"since\":\"2026-11-11T10:00:00Z\",\"step\":\"waiting on the dump\",\"waits-on\":\"item-ended of the bus item\"},\"unrestored\":[{\"id\":\"20261110T080000Z\",\"names\":[\"mesh-knowledge_ledger\"],\"size\":1024}]}", wire: "{\"asides\":[{\"id\":\"20261111T121200Z\",\"names\":[\"mesh-knowledge_ledger\"],\"size\":4096}],\"points\":[{\"at\":\"2026-11-11T10:00:00Z\",\"catch-up\":{\"tool\":\"knowledge_catch_up\"},\"consumers\":[{\"name\":\"c1\",\"sequence\":42,\"stream\":\"KV_x\"}],\"digests\":[{\"digest\":\"sha256:00\",\"name\":\"KV_x\"}],\"fingerprint\":\"0123456789ab\",\"form\":2,\"kept\":\"ledger\",\"module\":\"mesh-knowledge\",\"names\":[\"mesh-knowledge_ledger\"],\"size\":2048,\"snapshot\":\"2-0123456789ab\"}],\"running\":{\"act\":\"a-1\",\"since\":\"2026-11-11T10:00:00Z\",\"step\":\"waiting on the dump\",\"waits-on\":\"item-ended of the bus item\"},\"unrestored\":[{\"id\":\"20261110T080000Z\",\"names\":[\"mesh-knowledge_ledger\"],\"size\":1024}]}",
 			decode: func(b []byte) (any, error) { var v KeptPointsAnswer; err := json.Unmarshal(b, &v); return v, err }, subjectIs: nil},
 		{name: "restore-aside names the aside", subject: "", given: "{\"asker\":\"operator@workstation\",\"id\":\"20261111T121200Z\",\"kept\":\"ledger\",\"module\":\"mesh-knowledge\",\"why\":\"an aside left at removed\"}", wire: "{\"asker\":\"operator@workstation\",\"id\":\"20261111T121200Z\",\"kept\":\"ledger\",\"module\":\"mesh-knowledge\",\"why\":\"an aside left at removed\"}",
 			decode: func(b []byte) (any, error) { var v RestoreAsideInput; err := json.Unmarshal(b, &v); return v, err }, subjectIs: nil},
diff --git a/seats/mesh-recovery/fixtures/verbs.json b/seats/mesh-recovery/fixtures/verbs.json
index 4120766..66fa8f6 100644
--- a/seats/mesh-recovery/fixtures/verbs.json
+++ b/seats/mesh-recovery/fixtures/verbs.json
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@
               "name": "KV_x",
               "digest": "sha256:00"
             }
+          ],
+          "names": [
+            "mesh-knowledge_ledger"
           ]
         }
       ],
diff --git a/seats/mesh-recovery/seat.json b/seats/mesh-recovery/seat.json
index 78e88a9..6b7546d 100644
--- a/seats/mesh-recovery/seat.json
+++ b/seats/mesh-recovery/seat.json
@@ -1080,6 +1080,14 @@
             "$ref": "#/defs/Digest"
           },
           "description": "the digest of each object's bytes, checked before a restore (design 47 G 567)"
+        },
+        "names": {
+          "type": "array",
+          "description": "the bus names it took, one per bus object (design 47 G A-230)",
+          "items": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "minItems": 1
         }
       },
       "required": [
@@ -1089,7 +1097,8 @@
         "fingerprint",
         "snapshot",
         "size",
-        "at"
+        "at",
+        "names"
       ]
     },
     "Aside": {
diff --git a/ts/seats/meshrecovery/index.d.ts b/ts/seats/meshrecovery/index.d.ts
index df35b04..a7b4310 100644
--- a/ts/seats/meshrecovery/index.d.ts
+++ b/ts/seats/meshrecovery/index.d.ts
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ export interface Point {
   "kept": string;
   /** the module */
   "module": string;
+  /** the bus names it took, one per bus object (design 47 G A-230) */
+  "names": string[];
   /** its bytes */
   "size": number;
   /** the point's name, also its directory's */