diff --git a/cmd/mesh-controller/push.go b/cmd/mesh-controller/push.go
index ba1fd80..2713cd1 100644
--- a/cmd/mesh-controller/push.go
+++ b/cmd/mesh-controller/push.go
@@ -250,18 +250,6 @@ func pushCommand(ctx context.Context, args []string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// What every machine should be BEFORE this push composes anything. Composing a named node
-	// mints the provisions its consumers need, and a minted provision changes what the PROVIDER
-	// machine should be — its grant list is a pure read of secrets already issued (novox/hq
-	// issue 057). Captured now so that, after the send, "what changed because of this push" is
-	// a comparison rather than a guess.
-	var before map[string]string
-	if len(args) == 1 {
-		if before, err = wouldSend(ctx, open, nodes); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-
 	server, err := link.Connect(nil, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -334,38 +322,47 @@ func pushCommand(ctx context.Context, args []string) error {
 	}
 	fmt.Printf("\n%d node(s) told\n", len(sending))
 
-	// **A push leaves the mesh consistent, not just the machine it named** (novox/hq issue 057).
-	// The machines whose declaration changed because of THIS push — providers a provision was
-	// just minted from — are sent theirs too, by name, never silently: the alternative was a
-	// consumer that retries forever while nothing says the provider was left blind, and a rule
-	// ("push the provider node too") enforced by nothing. Bounded: a cascade send may itself
-	// mint, so this converges over a few rounds, each naming what changed and why.
-	if len(args) == 1 && before != nil {
-		delivered := map[string]bool{args[0]: true}
-		for round := 0; round < 3; round++ {
-			after, err := wouldSend(ctx, open, nodes)
+	// **A named push leaves the mesh consistent, not just the machine it named** (novox/hq
+	// issue 057, ADR 0083). Assigning a cross-node consumer mints a provision, and the PROVIDER's
+	// grant list is a pure read of secrets already issued — so after the named node is current,
+	// other machines can be behind *as a consequence*: their declaration now differs from what
+	// they were last sent. Those are flushed too, by name, in the push's own output.
+	//
+	// Compared against what each machine was last SENT, not against a before/after of this push:
+	// the mint usually happened at `assign` or `module issue`, before this command ran, so the
+	// only durable signal is "what it should be" versus "what it last received". A machine behind
+	// for an unrelated reason is caught here too, which is not a cost — a named push that knew a
+	// machine was behind and left it so would be the very silence this removes. Bounded: a
+	// flushed send may itself mint, so this converges over a few rounds.
+	if len(args) == 1 {
+		flushed := map[string]bool{args[0]: true}
+		for round := 0; round < 4; round++ {
+			would, err := wouldSend(ctx, open, nodes)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			behind, err := inv.Waiting(ctx, would)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 			var also []string
-			for name, digest := range after {
-				if !delivered[name] && before[name] != "" && before[name] != digest {
-					also = append(also, name)
+			for _, m := range behind {
+				if !flushed[m.Node] {
+					also = append(also, m.Node)
 				}
 			}
 			if len(also) == 0 {
 				break
 			}
 			sort.Strings(also)
-			fmt.Printf("\nthis push changed what %s should be — a provision granted from "+
-				"there; sending it too\n", strings.Join(also, ", "))
+			fmt.Printf("\nthis push left %s behind — a provision granted from there, or a "+
+				"declaration since changed; sending it too\n", strings.Join(also, ", "))
 			if err := sendTo(ctx, open, also); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 			for _, name := range also {
-				delivered[name] = true
+				flushed[name] = true
 			}
-			before = after
 		}
 	}