diff --git a/go/seats/meshrecovery/contract.go b/go/seats/meshrecovery/contract.go
index 735d240..ecc32b3 100644
--- a/go/seats/meshrecovery/contract.go
+++ b/go/seats/meshrecovery/contract.go
@@ -246,6 +246,8 @@ type KeptPointsAnswer struct {
 	Asides  []Aside  `json:"asides"`
 	Points  []Point  `json:"points"`
 	Running *Running `json:"running,omitempty"`
+	// the asides whose record ended at removed that no running act holds: the live data of those names is gone and only the aside holds it; the module's health check fails while one is listed (design 47 G 554, 657, A-129)
+	Unrestored []Aside `json:"unrestored"`
 }
 
 // RestoreAsideInput is what restore-aside takes.
diff --git a/go/seats/meshrecovery/contract_test.go b/go/seats/meshrecovery/contract_test.go
index 05b8643..73857d6 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\"}}", 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\"}}",
+		{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}]}",
 			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\":\"jochen@shanks\",\"id\":\"20261111T121200Z\",\"kept\":\"ledger\",\"module\":\"mesh-knowledge\",\"why\":\"an aside left at removed\"}", wire: "{\"asker\":\"jochen@shanks\",\"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 502c08e..a777fec 100644
--- a/seats/mesh-recovery/fixtures/verbs.json
+++ b/seats/mesh-recovery/fixtures/verbs.json
@@ -95,7 +95,16 @@
         "step": "waiting on the dump",
         "since": "2026-11-11T10:00:00Z",
         "waits-on": "item-ended of the bus item"
-      }
+      },
+      "unrestored": [
+        {
+          "id": "20261110T080000Z",
+          "size": 1024,
+          "names": [
+            "mesh-knowledge_ledger"
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
     }
   },
   {
diff --git a/seats/mesh-recovery/seat.json b/seats/mesh-recovery/seat.json
index d748d33..78e88a9 100644
--- a/seats/mesh-recovery/seat.json
+++ b/seats/mesh-recovery/seat.json
@@ -174,11 +174,19 @@
           },
           "running": {
             "$ref": "#/defs/Running"
+          },
+          "unrestored": {
+            "type": "array",
+            "description": "the asides whose record ended at removed that no running act holds: the live data of those names is gone and only the aside holds it; the module's health check fails while one is listed (design 47 G 554, 657, A-129)",
+            "items": {
+              "$ref": "#/defs/Aside"
+            }
           }
         },
         "required": [
           "points",
-          "asides"
+          "asides",
+          "unrestored"
         ]
       }
     },
diff --git a/ts/seats/meshrecovery/index.d.ts b/ts/seats/meshrecovery/index.d.ts
index 1096439..df35b04 100644
--- a/ts/seats/meshrecovery/index.d.ts
+++ b/ts/seats/meshrecovery/index.d.ts
@@ -196,6 +196,8 @@ export interface KeptPointsAnswer {
   "asides": Aside[];
   "points": Point[];
   "running"?: Running;
+  /** the asides whose record ended at removed that no running act holds: the live data of those names is gone and only the aside holds it; the module's health check fails while one is listed (design 47 G 554, 657, A-129) */
+  "unrestored": Aside[];
 }
 
 /** is what restore-aside takes. */