diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/cmd/mesh-delivery-checker/main.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/cmd/mesh-delivery-checker/main.go
index 6e1f203..34db5d7 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/cmd/mesh-delivery-checker/main.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/cmd/mesh-delivery-checker/main.go
@@ -197,7 +197,6 @@ func run(ctx context.Context, getenv func(string) string, logOut io.Writer) erro
 	}
 	tools := &buildrun.ToolchainSet{}
 	presence := &buildrun.PresenceSet{}
-	have := &buildrun.HaveSet{}
 	trunks := &check.Trunks{}
 	// A check is one ask per pull request and build module on the build seats' check stream, pulled by a build node with a
 	// free slot (novox/hq ADR 0525 §1, §3): the checker chooses no node and starts no step.
@@ -279,8 +278,10 @@ func run(ctx context.Context, getenv func(string) string, logOut io.Writer) erro
 		defer cc.Stop()
 	}
 	errs := make(chan error, 8)
-	// The watchman's presence says which nodes are asleep. Where its bucket is not there yet no node is online, so nothing
-	// is checked; the checker says so and is started again with the watchman.
+	// The watchman's presence: a node coming back online asks again a check whose forge was not heard (UnheardWords), and
+	// the assigner's own presence says whether a composition is being made (compositionWatch, ADR 0537 §4). A check is no
+	// longer held for a node: its asks wait in the build seats' streams, which redeliver a lost node's ask (ADR 0525 §6,
+	// issue 1912), so the node-engine's have is not watched here.
 	switch kv, err := js.KeyValue(ctx, delivery.PresenceBucket); {
 	case errors.Is(err, jetstream.ErrBucketNotFound):
 		logger.Printf("the bucket %s does not exist yet: no node counts as online until the checker starts again", delivery.PresenceBucket)
@@ -294,27 +295,7 @@ func run(ctx context.Context, getenv func(string) string, logOut io.Writer) erro
 		go func() {
 			errs <- follow(ctx, pw, func(e jetstream.KeyValueEntry) {
 				if presence.Put(e.Key(), e.Value(), !opOf(e)) {
-					ch.NodesChanged(ctx) // a node came online or went: a check that waited for one may go on
-				}
-			})
-		}()
-	}
-	// The node-engine's have says whether a node's build module runs and is healthy: a node whose build module is not is not
-	// chosen. Where its bucket is not there yet no build module counts as healthy, so nothing is checked.
-	switch kv, err := js.KeyValue(ctx, delivery.HaveBucket); {
-	case errors.Is(err, jetstream.ErrBucketNotFound):
-		logger.Printf("the bucket %s does not exist yet: no build module counts as healthy until the checker starts again", delivery.HaveBucket)
-	case err != nil:
-		return fmt.Errorf("the bucket %s: %w", delivery.HaveBucket, err)
-	default:
-		hw, err := settle(ctx, kv, func(e jetstream.KeyValueEntry) { have.Put(e.Key(), e.Value(), !opOf(e)) })
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		go func() {
-			errs <- follow(ctx, hw, func(e jetstream.KeyValueEntry) {
-				if have.Put(e.Key(), e.Value(), !opOf(e)) {
-					ch.NodesChanged(ctx)
+					ch.NodesChanged(ctx) // a node came online or went: a check whose forge was not heard may now be heard
 				}
 			})
 		}()
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/cmd/mesh-delivery-checker/nodes_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/cmd/mesh-delivery-checker/nodes_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a7b78d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/cmd/mesh-delivery-checker/nodes_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// 1912: with checks as asks on the build seats' streams, the stream redelivers a lost node's ask (ADR 0525 §6), so the
+// checker program opens no node-engine have to start again a check that failed for want of a node.
+func TestTheCheckerWatchesNoHave(t *testing.T) {
+	raw, err := os.ReadFile("main.go")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	for _, s := range []string{"delivery.HaveBucket", "buildrun.HaveSet"} {
+		if strings.Contains(string(raw), s) {
+			t.Errorf("the checker program still reads %s", s)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/internal/check/checker.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/internal/check/checker.go
index 577ed0e..6b3e220 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/internal/check/checker.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/internal/check/checker.go
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ import (
 // DefaultBound is how long a check may run before it is ended failed naming the step it was stuck at (ADR 0484, issue 1678).
 const DefaultBound = 30 * time.Minute
 
-// NodesWords is in the Words of a failure that is the build nodes' (none qualifies, the toolchains disagree): such a verdict
-// is judged again when the nodes change, by a watch and never a timer (ADR 0437 §8).
-const NodesWords = "build node qualifies"
-
 // UnheardWords end the Words of a failure because a part of the mesh the check reads was not heard (the forge, issue 1624):
 // like a failure of the nodes, it is not the change's, and is judged again when the nodes change.
 const UnheardWords = "not heard; judged again when the nodes change"
@@ -307,9 +303,11 @@ func (ch *Checker) claim(ctx context.Context, cs *Case, first bool, epoch uint64
 	return &claimed{rev}, nil
 }
 
-// IsNodesFailure says whether a verdict failed because no build node could take the check.
+// IsNodesFailure says whether a verdict failed because a part of the mesh the check reads was not heard (UnheardWords):
+// it is judged again when the nodes change. No check fails for want of a build node any more: its asks wait in the build
+// seats' streams (ADR 0525 §6, issue 1912).
 func IsNodesFailure(v delivery.Verdict) bool {
-	return v.State == delivery.VerdictFail && (strings.Contains(v.Failed.Words, NodesWords) || strings.Contains(v.Failed.Words, UnheardWords))
+	return v.State == delivery.VerdictFail && strings.Contains(v.Failed.Words, UnheardWords)
 }
 
 // try claims the check, judges it within its bound and writes the verdict and the owed statuses. A check that ends
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/internal/check/checker_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/internal/check/checker_test.go
index 1184a1b..e8126c9 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/internal/check/checker_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/internal/check/checker_test.go
@@ -208,11 +208,13 @@ func TestACheckPastItsBoundFailsNamingTheStuckStep(t *testing.T) { // N6/AC3
 	}
 }
 
-func TestNoQualifyingNodeFailsWithTheReasonAndIsJudgedAgainWhenTheNodesChange(t *testing.T) { // N6/AC4
+// A check whose forge was not heard is judged again when the nodes change (issue 1912: no check fails for want of a build
+// node any more; its asks wait in the streams).
+func TestAnUnheardForgeFailsWithTheReasonAndIsJudgedAgainWhenTheNodesChange(t *testing.T) { // N6/AC4
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	j := &judgeFunc{f: func(_ context.Context, _ *Case, n int) (Outcome, error) {
 		if n == 1 {
-			return Outcome{Verdict: failure("shanks", "no go "+NodesWords+": none is online")}, nil
+			return Outcome{Verdict: failure("the forge", "novox/mesh-delivery#7: go.mod cannot be read: no responders (the forge was "+UnheardWords+")")}, nil
 		}
 		return Outcome{Verdict: passing()}, nil
 	}}
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/internal/check/rank_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/internal/check/rank_test.go
index 10d306c..801fe8e 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/internal/check/rank_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/internal/check/rank_test.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func TestCheckerStatusNamesTheWaitingChecksByKind(t *testing.T) { // 1897/AC4
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	j := &judgeFunc{f: func(_ context.Context, c *Case, _ int) (Outcome, error) {
 		if c.Group == group(2) {
-			return Outcome{Verdict: failure("checker", "no "+NodesWords+": every node is offline")}, nil
+			return Outcome{Verdict: failure("the forge", "go.mod cannot be read: no responders (the forge was "+UnheardWords+")")}, nil
 		}
 		return Outcome{Verdict: passing()}, nil
 	}}