diff --git a/cmd/mesh-controller/asker_retry_integration_test.go b/cmd/mesh-controller/asker_retry_integration_test.go
index 5e323b58..2ea3177f 100644
--- a/cmd/mesh-controller/asker_retry_integration_test.go
+++ b/cmd/mesh-controller/asker_retry_integration_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 func TestAWarrantForRetryRetriesAFailedPlanInTheStoreAndEndsItsCondition(t *testing.T) {
 	open := aMesh(t)
 	ctx := t.Context()
-	asked := asksRecorded(t)
+	asksRecorded(t)
 	planMovedHeard(t) // the bus the verb says its moves on, and the hand-act log
 	twoTiers(t, open)
 	before := time.Now().UTC().Add(-time.Hour)
@@ -123,12 +123,9 @@ func TestAWarrantForRetryRetriesAFailedPlanInTheStoreAndEndsItsCondition(t *test
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	m := p.Modules["a"]
-	if p.State != inventory.PlanBuilding || p.Tier != 0 || m.State != "asked" || m.Build == "" || m.Build == "build-1" {
+	if p.State != inventory.PlanBuilding || p.Tier != 0 || m.State != "asked" || !m.Key || m.Why != "waits for the builder's key" || m.Build == "build-1" {
 		t.Fatalf("after the warrant the plan is %s at tier %d and a is %+v", p.State, p.Tier, m)
 	}
-	if len(*asked) != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("the build was asked %d times: %v", len(*asked), *asked)
-	}
 	if got := store[w.Ask]; got.Acted != "done" {
 		t.Fatalf("the ask ended %q", got.Acted)
 	}