diff --git a/contracts/go/seats/meshwants/contract.go b/contracts/go/seats/meshwants/contract.go
index e86953fe..c4faef83 100644
--- a/contracts/go/seats/meshwants/contract.go
+++ b/contracts/go/seats/meshwants/contract.go
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ type Wait struct {
 	// the acting part waited for
 	Part  string    `json:"part,omitempty"`
 	Since time.Time `json:"since"`
-	// which wait: an acting step of section 203 or put, delivery, kept-build, backup (design 47 G section 498)
+	// which wait: an acting step of section 203 or put, delivery, kept-build, backup, or outside, a moved module's failing check held on an outside cause (design 47 G section 498, section 706)
 	Step string `json:"step"`
 	// its new version's fingerprint
 	Version string `json:"version,omitempty"`
@@ -697,6 +697,7 @@ const (
 	WaitStepDelivery  = "delivery"
 	WaitStepKeptBuild = "kept-build"
 	WaitStepBackup    = "backup"
+	WaitStepOutside   = "outside"
 )
 
 // UpgradeInput is what upgrade takes.
diff --git a/contracts/go/seats/meshwants/contract_test.go b/contracts/go/seats/meshwants/contract_test.go
index d18fcac6..29449e7f 100644
--- a/contracts/go/seats/meshwants/contract_test.go
+++ b/contracts/go/seats/meshwants/contract_test.go
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ func TestFixtures(t *testing.T) {
 			decode: func(b []byte) (any, error) { var v WaitHeldEvent; err := json.Unmarshal(b, &v); return v, err }, subjectIs: regexp.MustCompile("^mesh\\.seat\\.mesh-wants\\.event\\.wait-held$")},
 		{name: "the builder's toolchain wait ended by a newer fingerprint", subject: "mesh.seat.mesh-wants.event.wait-ended", given: "{\"fingerprint\":\"src2:aaaa\",\"how\":\"superseded\",\"module\":\"mesh-sdk\",\"on\":\"toolchain\",\"owner\":\"mesh-delivery-builder\",\"since\":\"2026-11-11T10:00:00Z\",\"step\":\"build\"}", wire: "{\"fingerprint\":\"src2:aaaa\",\"how\":\"superseded\",\"module\":\"mesh-sdk\",\"on\":\"toolchain\",\"owner\":\"mesh-delivery-builder\",\"since\":\"2026-11-11T10:00:00Z\",\"step\":\"build\"}",
 			decode: func(b []byte) (any, error) { var v WaitEndedEvent; err := json.Unmarshal(b, &v); return v, err }, subjectIs: regexp.MustCompile("^mesh\\.seat\\.mesh-wants\\.event\\.wait-ended$")},
+		{name: "an outside wait held on a hub's silence, counted from its first start", subject: "mesh.seat.mesh-wants.event.wait-held", given: "{\"bound\":\"30m\",\"clock-from\":\"2026-11-11T10:00:00Z\",\"fingerprint\":\"src2:aaaa\",\"module\":\"nats\",\"node\":\"ace\",\"on\":\"silent:g14\",\"owner\":\"mesh-delivery-assigner\",\"since\":\"2026-11-11T10:00:00Z\",\"step\":\"outside\"}", wire: "{\"bound\":\"30m\",\"clock-from\":\"2026-11-11T10:00:00Z\",\"fingerprint\":\"src2:aaaa\",\"module\":\"nats\",\"node\":\"ace\",\"on\":\"silent:g14\",\"owner\":\"mesh-delivery-assigner\",\"since\":\"2026-11-11T10:00:00Z\",\"step\":\"outside\"}",
+			decode: func(b []byte) (any, error) { var v WaitHeldEvent; err := json.Unmarshal(b, &v); return v, err }, subjectIs: regexp.MustCompile("^mesh\\.seat\\.mesh-wants\\.event\\.wait-held$")},
+		{name: "an outside wait ended by the operator's Go on", subject: "mesh.seat.mesh-wants.event.wait-ended", given: "{\"fingerprint\":\"src2:aaaa\",\"how\":\"go-on\",\"module\":\"nats\",\"node\":\"ace\",\"on\":\"silent:g14\",\"owner\":\"mesh-delivery-assigner\",\"since\":\"2026-11-11T10:00:00Z\",\"step\":\"outside\"}", wire: "{\"fingerprint\":\"src2:aaaa\",\"how\":\"go-on\",\"module\":\"nats\",\"node\":\"ace\",\"on\":\"silent:g14\",\"owner\":\"mesh-delivery-assigner\",\"since\":\"2026-11-11T10:00:00Z\",\"step\":\"outside\"}",
+			decode: func(b []byte) (any, error) { var v WaitEndedEvent; err := json.Unmarshal(b, &v); return v, err }, subjectIs: regexp.MustCompile("^mesh\\.seat\\.mesh-wants\\.event\\.wait-ended$")},
 		{name: "a want", subject: "", given: "{\"fp\":\"ab12\",\"rule\":3,\"v\":1}", wire: "{\"fp\":\"ab12\",\"rule\":3,\"v\":1}",
 			decode: func(b []byte) (any, error) {
 				var v WantsByWantNodeModuleValue
diff --git a/contracts/seats/mesh-wants/fixtures/events.json b/contracts/seats/mesh-wants/fixtures/events.json
index 85b2e909..908e63d6 100644
--- a/contracts/seats/mesh-wants/fixtures/events.json
+++ b/contracts/seats/mesh-wants/fixtures/events.json
@@ -253,5 +253,36 @@
       "since": "2026-11-11T10:00:00Z",
       "how": "superseded"
     }
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "an outside wait held on a hub's silence, counted from its first start",
+    "of": "event:wait-held",
+    "subject": "mesh.seat.mesh-wants.event.wait-held",
+    "given": {
+      "step": "outside",
+      "owner": "mesh-delivery-assigner",
+      "node": "ace",
+      "module": "nats",
+      "fingerprint": "src2:aaaa",
+      "on": "silent:g14",
+      "since": "2026-11-11T10:00:00Z",
+      "clock-from": "2026-11-11T10:00:00Z",
+      "bound": "30m"
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "an outside wait ended by the operator's Go on",
+    "of": "event:wait-ended",
+    "subject": "mesh.seat.mesh-wants.event.wait-ended",
+    "given": {
+      "step": "outside",
+      "owner": "mesh-delivery-assigner",
+      "node": "ace",
+      "module": "nats",
+      "fingerprint": "src2:aaaa",
+      "on": "silent:g14",
+      "since": "2026-11-11T10:00:00Z",
+      "how": "go-on"
+    }
   }
 ]
diff --git a/contracts/seats/mesh-wants/seat.json b/contracts/seats/mesh-wants/seat.json
index 05966ed3..fb0d2654 100644
--- a/contracts/seats/mesh-wants/seat.json
+++ b/contracts/seats/mesh-wants/seat.json
@@ -1038,9 +1038,10 @@
             "put",
             "delivery",
             "kept-build",
-            "backup"
+            "backup",
+            "outside"
           ],
-          "description": "which wait: an acting step of section 203 or put, delivery, kept-build, backup (design 47 G section 498)"
+          "description": "which wait: an acting step of section 203 or put, delivery, kept-build, backup, or outside, a moved module's failing check held on an outside cause (design 47 G section 498, section 706)"
         },
         "part": {
           "type": "string",
diff --git a/contracts/ts/seats/meshwants/index.d.ts b/contracts/ts/seats/meshwants/index.d.ts
index 399bdeaa..974bc4d0 100644
--- a/contracts/ts/seats/meshwants/index.d.ts
+++ b/contracts/ts/seats/meshwants/index.d.ts
@@ -328,8 +328,8 @@ export interface Wait {
   /** the acting part waited for */
   "part"?: string;
   "since": string;
-  /** which wait: an acting step of section 203 or put, delivery, kept-build, backup (design 47 G section 498) */
-  "step": "take-in" | "validate" | "check" | "build" | "compose" | "grant" | "place" | "pipeline" | "put" | "delivery" | "kept-build" | "backup";
+  /** which wait: an acting step of section 203 or put, delivery, kept-build, backup, or outside, a moved module's failing check held on an outside cause (design 47 G section 498, section 706) */
+  "step": "take-in" | "validate" | "check" | "build" | "compose" | "grant" | "place" | "pipeline" | "put" | "delivery" | "kept-build" | "backup" | "outside";
   /** its new version's fingerprint */
   "version"?: string;
   /** the wait in plain words (design 47 G section 512, section 629) */