diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/manifest_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/manifest_test.go
index 7d995a3..691686b 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/manifest_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/manifest_test.go
@@ -111,11 +111,13 @@ func TestManifestDeclarations(t *testing.T) { // 1678/AC1
 	}
 	// 1887/A5b: the checker reads nothing of the controller's plans-building (ADR 0483 superseded by ADR 0525 §7), calls no
 	// build module's tool and holds no capacity: it puts check asks on the Go and Node build seats (ADR 0525 §1, §4).
-	// The forge's reads for a mesh-sdk pin (ADR 0484 clause 9), and of the node seat node-engine its one verb
-	// compose-candidate, asked of every placed node (ADR 0593 §7), never the seat's other verbs.
-	if want := []string{"gitea.gitea_commits", "gitea.gitea_compare", "gitea.gitea_get_file", "gitea.gitea_list_branches",
-		"seat:node-engine.compose-candidate"}; !reflect.DeepEqual(sorted(m.Invokes), want) {
-		t.Errorf("invokes = %v, want the forge's reads and compose-candidate", m.Invokes)
+	// The forge's reads for a mesh-sdk pin (ADR 0484 clause 9). Not yet the node seat node-engine's compose-candidate
+	// (ADR 0593 §7): the indexer that runs while this delivers was built before the verb existed and refuses a manifest
+	// invoking it, which held the grants part's whole list (issue 1126, 2026-11-02); a follow-up adds it back once the
+	// new indexer runs.
+	if want := []string{"gitea.gitea_commits", "gitea.gitea_compare", "gitea.gitea_get_file",
+		"gitea.gitea_list_branches"}; !reflect.DeepEqual(sorted(m.Invokes), want) {
+		t.Errorf("invokes = %v, want the forge's reads", m.Invokes)
 	}
 	if want := []string{"node-build-go", "node-build-node"}; !reflect.DeepEqual(sorted(m.Uses), want) {
 		t.Errorf("uses = %v, want the Go and Node build seats", m.Uses)
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/module.json b/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/module.json
index 767884c..1b3b00f 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/module.json
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/module.json
@@ -65,8 +65,7 @@
     "gitea.gitea_commits",
     "gitea.gitea_compare",
     "gitea.gitea_get_file",
-    "gitea.gitea_list_branches",
-    "seat:node-engine.compose-candidate"
+    "gitea.gitea_list_branches"
   ],
 
   "own-secrets": {