diff --git a/cmd/mesh-controller/settings_walk.go b/cmd/mesh-controller/settings_walk.go
index 8c5acb3b..e5d69db6 100644
--- a/cmd/mesh-controller/settings_walk.go
+++ b/cmd/mesh-controller/settings_walk.go
@@ -193,12 +193,9 @@ func advanceSettingsWalk(ctx context.Context, open *stores, p *inventory.Plan) (
 				return failBefore(p, node, "a running module's data would move there — "+
 					strings.Join(strings.Fields(said.String()), " "))
 			}
+			// A build that cannot be kept is refused by the composition above, which is the send's own, and fails the
+			// walk there: the send flattens its refusals into words, so it is not looked for again here.
 			sent, grants, err := sendJudged(keepingBuildsForSettings(ctx, node), open, node)
-			if errors.Is(err, errSettingsCannotKeep) {
-				// It does not clear by itself: tried again on every tick, the walk would stay open and hold the walk
-				// of waiting builds until a person came.
-				return failBefore(p, node, err.Error())
-			}
 			if err != nil {
 				return false, fmt.Errorf("sending %s %s: %w", node, settingsWalkFor(*s), err)
 			}
diff --git a/testdata/store-tests b/testdata/store-tests
index bec8145d..8f592653 100644
--- a/testdata/store-tests
+++ b/testdata/store-tests
@@ -51,3 +51,10 @@
 ./internal/inventory TestASharedOwnSecretIssuedOutsideIsNeverMade
 ./cmd/mesh-controller TestOneAcceptForAProviderIsPlacedForEveryConsumer
 ./cmd/mesh-controller TestReplay164
+./cmd/mesh-controller TestAnApprovedLayerOpensTheWalkThatSendsIt
+./cmd/mesh-controller TestASettingsWalkSendsOneMachineAtATimeEachJudged
+./cmd/mesh-controller TestAFailedSettingsWalkStopsAndHoldsNothingBack
+./cmd/mesh-controller TestASettingsWalkSendsTheLayerAloneEveryBuildKept
+./cmd/mesh-controller TestASettingsWalkStopsBeforeADataMoveAndPassesOverAMachineAway
+./cmd/mesh-controller TestACrossingSendSupersedesASettingsGate
+./cmd/mesh-controller TestASettingsWalkFailsOnARefusalThatCannotClear