diff --git a/cmd/mesh-controller/declaration_sweep.go b/cmd/mesh-controller/declaration_sweep.go
index a9b710a8..0f9430cf 100644
--- a/cmd/mesh-controller/declaration_sweep.go
+++ b/cmd/mesh-controller/declaration_sweep.go
@@ -116,8 +116,10 @@ func namedByCompositions(node string, values [][]byte) (map[string]bool, error)
 	return named, nil
 }
 
-// keptCompositionsOf are the values of every composition in a node's bucket `composed-<node>`: what the controller keeps there
-// are each module's five newest fingerprints and the node's own (ADR 0539 §4). A node with no bucket has none.
+// keptCompositionsOf are the values of every composition in a node's bucket `composed-<node>` a node may still apply:
+// each key's newest revision (each module's five newest fingerprints and the node's own, ADR 0539 §4), and any older
+// revision of it whose digest a want of the node names, since the node applies exactly the composition its want names
+// (clause 1) and a want may still name a revision a newer one replaced (the review's C1). A node with no bucket has none.
 func keptCompositionsOf(ctx context.Context, js jetstream.JetStream, node string) ([][]byte, error) {
 	bucket, err := sdkdelivery.ComposedBucketFor(node)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -137,16 +139,76 @@ func keptCompositionsOf(ctx context.Context, js jetstream.JetStream, node string
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("the compositions of %s: %w", node, err)
 	}
+	wanted, err := digestsWantedOn(ctx, js, node)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 	var out [][]byte
 	for _, key := range keys {
-		e, err := kv.Get(ctx, key)
+		history, err := kv.History(ctx, key)
 		if errors.Is(err, jetstream.ErrKeyNotFound) {
 			continue
 		}
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("the composition %s: %w", key, err)
 		}
-		out = append(out, e.Value())
+		out = append(out, keptRevisions(history, wanted)...)
+	}
+	return out, nil
+}
+
+// keptRevisions are, of one key's history oldest first, the newest value when the key is not deleted, and every older
+// value whose composition's digest is wanted.
+func keptRevisions(history []jetstream.KeyValueEntry, wanted map[string]bool) [][]byte {
+	var out [][]byte
+	for i, e := range history {
+		if e.Operation() != jetstream.KeyValuePut {
+			continue
+		}
+		if i == len(history)-1 {
+			out = append(out, e.Value())
+			continue
+		}
+		c, err := sdkdelivery.DecodeComposed(e.Value())
+		if err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		if d, err := sdkdelivery.ComposedDigestOf(c); err == nil && wanted[d] {
+			out = append(out, e.Value())
+		}
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+// digestsWantedOn is the digest of every composition a want of the node names, its own want's among them; none when
+// the assigner's bucket is not there yet.
+func digestsWantedOn(ctx context.Context, js jetstream.JetStream, node string) (map[string]bool, error) {
+	kv, err := js.KeyValue(ctx, sdkdelivery.AssignerWantsBucket)
+	if errors.Is(err, jetstream.ErrBucketNotFound) {
+		return map[string]bool{}, nil
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("the wants of %s: %w", node, err)
+	}
+	lister, err := kv.ListKeys(ctx, jetstream.MetaOnly())
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("the wants of %s: %w", node, err)
+	}
+	out := map[string]bool{}
+	for key := range lister.Keys() {
+		e, err := kv.Get(ctx, key)
+		if err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		if n, _, err := sdkdelivery.ParseWantKey(key); err == nil && n == node {
+			if w, err := sdkdelivery.DecodeWant(e.Value()); err == nil && w.Composed != "" {
+				out[w.Composed] = true
+			}
+		} else if n, err := sdkdelivery.ParseWantNodeKey(key); err == nil && n == node {
+			if w, err := sdkdelivery.DecodeNodeWant(e.Value()); err == nil {
+				out[w.Composed] = true
+			}
+		}
 	}
 	return out, nil
 }
diff --git a/cmd/mesh-controller/declaration_sweep_wanted_test.go b/cmd/mesh-controller/declaration_sweep_wanted_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c2434fc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/mesh-controller/declaration_sweep_wanted_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	sdkdelivery "git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/delivery"
+	"github.com/nats-io/nats.go/jetstream"
+)
+
+// 1945 (the review's C1): the sweep keeps the files of a key's newest composition and of every older revision a want
+// of the node still names, so a node told to apply a replaced revision finds its files; an older revision no want names,
+// and a deleted key, keep nothing.
+func TestTheSweepKeepsWhatAWantStillNames(t *testing.T) {
+	revision := func(content string, rev uint64, op jetstream.KeyValueOp) fakeComposedEntry {
+		c := sdkdelivery.Composed{Node: "ace", Module: "m", FP: sdkdelivery.SourcePrefix2 + strings.Repeat("a", 64),
+			Resources: []json.RawMessage{json.RawMessage(`{"id":"m.f","type":"file","module":"m","path":"/etc/m","content":"` + content + `"}`)}}
+		raw, err := sdkdelivery.EncodeComposed(c)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		return fakeComposedEntry{key: "k", value: raw, rev: rev, op: op}
+	}
+	digestOfEntry := func(e fakeComposedEntry) string {
+		c, _ := sdkdelivery.DecodeComposed(e.value)
+		d, _ := sdkdelivery.ComposedDigestOf(c)
+		return d
+	}
+	one, two, three := revision("one", 1, jetstream.KeyValuePut), revision("two", 2, jetstream.KeyValuePut), revision("three", 3, jetstream.KeyValuePut)
+	history := []jetstream.KeyValueEntry{one, two, three}
+	kept := keptRevisions(history, map[string]bool{digestOfEntry(one): true})
+	if len(kept) != 2 || string(kept[0]) != string(one.value) || string(kept[1]) != string(three.value) {
+		t.Errorf("kept %d revisions, want the wanted first and the newest", len(kept))
+	}
+	if kept := keptRevisions(history, map[string]bool{}); len(kept) != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("with no want, kept %d revisions, want the newest alone", len(kept))
+	}
+	deleted := []jetstream.KeyValueEntry{one, fakeComposedEntry{key: "k", rev: 2, op: jetstream.KeyValueDelete}}
+	if kept := keptRevisions(deleted, map[string]bool{}); len(kept) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("a deleted key kept %d revisions", len(kept))
+	}
+}