diff --git a/cmd/mesh-controller/away_integration_test.go b/cmd/mesh-controller/away_integration_test.go
index c1d37e74..ff9a4c55 100644
--- a/cmd/mesh-controller/away_integration_test.go
+++ b/cmd/mesh-controller/away_integration_test.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 
 	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/catalogue"
 	"github.com/novox/mesh-controller/internal/broker"
+	"github.com/novox/mesh-controller/internal/builderkeys"
 	"github.com/novox/mesh-controller/internal/inventory"
 	"github.com/novox/mesh-controller/internal/link"
 	"github.com/novox/mesh-controller/internal/testbus"
@@ -68,6 +70,16 @@ func TestAPlanGoesOnWithoutAMachineAwayWhenItsTierIsSent(t *testing.T) {
 	var mu sync.Mutex
 	var sends [][]string
 	everyKeyDone(t) // the builds of the tiers: each module is taken from a done key as soon as the walk reaches it
+	// Except tier 1's module b, whose key is not built until the test says so: a walk that takes it in the same look
+	// goes on through tier 1's send and overwrites the note of the move before the test reads it (the old build ask
+	// was where the walk paused).
+	wholeKeys := openPlanKeys
+	var holdB atomic.Bool
+	holdB.Store(true)
+	openPlanKeys = func() (planKeyReads, func(), error) {
+		all, done, err := wholeKeys()
+		return keysHolding{all, "b", &holdB}, done, err
+	}
 	digests := 0
 	wasSend := sendRollout
 	sendRollout = func(ctx context.Context, open *stores, names []string) ([]string, error) {
@@ -189,7 +201,9 @@ func TestAPlanGoesOnWithoutAMachineAwayWhenItsTierIsSent(t *testing.T) {
 	if !strings.Contains(moved, "laptop was away: sent when it is heard again") || strings.Contains(moved, "anchor") {
 		t.Errorf("1161/AC2: the plan says %q; want laptop named away and not anchor", moved)
 	}
-	// Tier 1's module is taken from its key, which the walk's look does by itself.
+	// Tier 1's module is taken from its key once that is built, which the walk's look does by itself.
+	holdB.Store(false)
+	askToLook()
 	eventually(t, "tier 1 sent to anchor alone", func() bool {
 		mu.Lock()
 		defer mu.Unlock()
@@ -211,3 +225,17 @@ func TestAPlanGoesOnWithoutAMachineAwayWhenItsTierIsSent(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("1161/AC2: the plan keeps %v away; want laptop", got)
 	}
 }
+
+// keysHolding is the stand-in builder's keys but for one module, whose key is not built while held.
+type keysHolding struct {
+	planKeyReads
+	module string
+	held   *atomic.Bool
+}
+
+func (k keysHolding) Build(ctx context.Context, module, fp string) (builderkeys.Key, error) {
+	if module == k.module && k.held.Load() {
+		return builderkeys.Key{Module: module, Fingerprint: fp}, nil
+	}
+	return k.planKeyReads.Build(ctx, module, fp)
+}
diff --git a/cmd/mesh-controller/backups_before_send_integration_test.go b/cmd/mesh-controller/backups_before_send_integration_test.go
index 2baca74b..33e30492 100644
--- a/cmd/mesh-controller/backups_before_send_integration_test.go
+++ b/cmd/mesh-controller/backups_before_send_integration_test.go
@@ -211,8 +211,12 @@ func TestADeliveryThatMovesABackedUpModuleWaitsForItsBackupAndAFailedOneHoldsItA
 	}
 	seats["laptop"].answers("notes", true, "")
 	advancePlans(ctx, open)
-	if got := read("plan-two"); got.Backups.State != inventory.BackupDone || len(*asked) != 2 {
-		t.Fatalf("the plan did not go on: %+v builds=%v", got.Backups, *asked)
+	// One key taken, not two: plan-one and plan-two carry the same module at the same commit, so they share one key
+	// build id (key_takein.go keyBuildID), and a walk finds a key already taken (keyTakes.taken, plan_keys.go) and takes
+	// it in no more. So that the smaller count hides no plan that stopped, plan-two's module must be built from that key.
+	if got := read("plan-two"); got.Backups.State != inventory.BackupDone || len(*asked) != 1 ||
+		got.Modules["notes"].Build == "" || got.Modules["notes"].State == "failed" || got.Modules["notes"].Key && got.Modules["notes"].State == "asked" {
+		t.Fatalf("the plan did not go on: %+v module=%+v builds=%v", got.Backups, got.Modules["notes"], *asked)
 	}
 	if said, _ := probeBackupHeld(ctx, &doctor{open: open}); len(said) != 0 {
 		t.Fatalf("the condition stays: %+v", said)