diff --git a/go/seats/nodeengine/contract.go b/go/seats/nodeengine/contract.go
index 44e19e5..f4fb044 100644
--- a/go/seats/nodeengine/contract.go
+++ b/go/seats/nodeengine/contract.go
@@ -1280,6 +1280,12 @@ type CompositionAnswerWant struct {
 	Yes string `json:"yes,omitempty"`
 }
 
+// CompositionAnswerWithheldItem is a type of the contract.
+type CompositionAnswerWithheldItem struct {
+	Subject string `json:"subject"`
+	Why     string `json:"why"`
+}
+
 // CompositionAnswer is what composition answers.
 type CompositionAnswer struct {
 	// the module's last apply that did not end running; absent when none
@@ -1305,6 +1311,10 @@ type CompositionAnswer struct {
 	Started bool `json:"started"`
 	// the module's want as the agent holds it; absent when it holds none
 	Want *CompositionAnswerWant `json:"want,omitempty"`
+	// the module's marked subjects the grants part withholds from this node's runtime, each with why, read through mesh-grants' verb withheld (design 46 approval mark 6)
+	Withheld []CompositionAnswerWithheldItem `json:"withheld,omitempty"`
+	// withheld unknown: the grants part does not answer, when its verb withheld did not answer
+	WithheldUnknown string `json:"withheld-unknown,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // ComposeInput is what compose takes.
diff --git a/go/seats/nodeengine/contract_test.go b/go/seats/nodeengine/contract_test.go
index 441832c..497fc5f 100644
--- a/go/seats/nodeengine/contract_test.go
+++ b/go/seats/nodeengine/contract_test.go
@@ -123,6 +123,10 @@ func TestFixtures(t *testing.T) {
 			decode: func(b []byte) (any, error) { var v EntryAgainInput; err := json.Unmarshal(b, &v); return v, err }, subjectIs: nil},
 		{name: "entry-again answers what was asked and where it is read", subject: "", given: "{\"asked\":{\"at\":\"2026-11-11T08:00:00Z\",\"by\":\"operator@shanks\",\"fingerprint\":\"b3f1c9\",\"v\":1,\"why\":\"the entry could not be read\"},\"read\":\"first-views\"}", wire: "{\"asked\":{\"at\":\"2026-11-11T08:00:00Z\",\"by\":\"operator@shanks\",\"fingerprint\":\"b3f1c9\",\"v\":1,\"why\":\"the entry could not be read\"},\"read\":\"first-views\"}",
 			decode: func(b []byte) (any, error) { var v EntryAgainAnswer; err := json.Unmarshal(b, &v); return v, err }, subjectIs: nil},
+		{name: "composition names what the grants part withholds of the module", subject: "", given: "{\"composition\":{\"key\":\"\"},\"judged\":{\"judgement\":\"\",\"waits_for_yes\":false,\"words\":\"\"},\"module\":\"zsh\",\"node\":\"workstation\",\"started\":false,\"withheld\":[{\"subject\":\"mesh.mod.zsh.tool.execute\",\"why\":\"its tool runner does not state approval-mark/1\"}]}", wire: "{\"composition\":{\"key\":\"\"},\"judged\":{\"judgement\":\"\",\"waits_for_yes\":false,\"words\":\"\"},\"module\":\"zsh\",\"node\":\"workstation\",\"started\":false,\"withheld\":[{\"subject\":\"mesh.mod.zsh.tool.execute\",\"why\":\"its tool runner does not state approval-mark/1\"}]}",
+			decode: func(b []byte) (any, error) { var v CompositionAnswer; err := json.Unmarshal(b, &v); return v, err }, subjectIs: nil},
+		{name: "composition says withheld unknown when the grants part does not answer", subject: "", given: "{\"composition\":{\"key\":\"\"},\"judged\":{\"judgement\":\"\",\"waits_for_yes\":false,\"words\":\"\"},\"module\":\"zsh\",\"node\":\"workstation\",\"started\":false,\"withheld-unknown\":\"withheld unknown: the grants part does not answer\"}", wire: "{\"composition\":{\"key\":\"\"},\"judged\":{\"judgement\":\"\",\"waits_for_yes\":false,\"words\":\"\"},\"module\":\"zsh\",\"node\":\"workstation\",\"started\":false,\"withheld-unknown\":\"withheld unknown: the grants part does not answer\"}",
+			decode: func(b []byte) (any, error) { var v CompositionAnswer; err := json.Unmarshal(b, &v); return v, err }, subjectIs: nil},
 	}
 	for _, c := range cases {
 		v, err := c.decode([]byte(c.given))
diff --git a/seats/node-engine/fixtures/verbs.json b/seats/node-engine/fixtures/verbs.json
index 2e3cc3f..28acd5a 100644
--- a/seats/node-engine/fixtures/verbs.json
+++ b/seats/node-engine/fixtures/verbs.json
@@ -218,5 +218,46 @@
       },
       "read": "first-views"
     }
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "composition names what the grants part withholds of the module",
+    "of": "verb:composition.answer",
+    "given": {
+      "node": "workstation",
+      "module": "zsh",
+      "started": false,
+      "composition": {
+        "key": ""
+      },
+      "judged": {
+        "judgement": "",
+        "waits_for_yes": false,
+        "words": ""
+      },
+      "withheld": [
+        {
+          "subject": "mesh.mod.zsh.tool.execute",
+          "why": "its tool runner does not state approval-mark/1"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "composition says withheld unknown when the grants part does not answer",
+    "of": "verb:composition.answer",
+    "given": {
+      "node": "workstation",
+      "module": "zsh",
+      "started": false,
+      "composition": {
+        "key": ""
+      },
+      "judged": {
+        "judgement": "",
+        "waits_for_yes": false,
+        "words": ""
+      },
+      "withheld-unknown": "withheld unknown: the grants part does not answer"
+    }
   }
 ]
diff --git a/seats/node-engine/seat.json b/seats/node-engine/seat.json
index 6ff2c9e..37bc985 100644
--- a/seats/node-engine/seat.json
+++ b/seats/node-engine/seat.json
@@ -494,6 +494,29 @@
               "provisioner_account"
             ],
             "description": "of the node's own composition, its own fields beside what runs names"
+          },
+          "withheld": {
+            "type": "array",
+            "description": "the module's marked subjects the grants part withholds from this node's runtime, each with why, read through mesh-grants' verb withheld (design 46 approval mark 6)",
+            "items": {
+              "type": "object",
+              "properties": {
+                "subject": {
+                  "type": "string"
+                },
+                "why": {
+                  "type": "string"
+                }
+              },
+              "required": [
+                "subject",
+                "why"
+              ]
+            }
+          },
+          "withheld-unknown": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": "withheld unknown: the grants part does not answer, when its verb withheld did not answer"
           }
         },
         "required": [
diff --git a/ts/seats/nodeengine/index.d.ts b/ts/seats/nodeengine/index.d.ts
index 7051477..1d9f9c9 100644
--- a/ts/seats/nodeengine/index.d.ts
+++ b/ts/seats/nodeengine/index.d.ts
@@ -913,6 +913,11 @@ export interface CompositionAnswerWant {
   "yes"?: string;
 }
 
+export interface CompositionAnswerWithheldItem {
+  "subject": string;
+  "why": string;
+}
+
 /** is what composition answers. */
 export interface CompositionAnswer {
   /** the module's last apply that did not end running; absent when none */
@@ -938,6 +943,10 @@ export interface CompositionAnswer {
   "started": boolean;
   /** the module's want as the agent holds it; absent when it holds none */
   "want"?: CompositionAnswerWant;
+  /** the module's marked subjects the grants part withholds from this node's runtime, each with why, read through mesh-grants' verb withheld (design 46 approval mark 6) */
+  "withheld"?: CompositionAnswerWithheldItem[];
+  /** withheld unknown: the grants part does not answer, when its verb withheld did not answer */
+  "withheld-unknown"?: string;
 }
 
 /** is what compose takes. */