diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/go.mod b/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/go.mod
index 2842eee..a8a6539 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/go.mod
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module mesh-delivery-checker
 go 1.26.0
 
 require (
-	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261026123512-bb713103371a
+	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261026130105-45564e69a648
 	github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2 v2.11.17
 	github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.54.0
 )
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/go.sum b/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/go.sum
index 866b124..565a39a 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/go.sum
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/go.sum
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261026111253-9c61918ac36f h1:9+TZpNq8
 git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261026111253-9c61918ac36f/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
 git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261026123512-bb713103371a h1:ZxKOtc8LusZEEpbbu41lYxJiaITN8lZCIcasA5kdgGQ=
 git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261026123512-bb713103371a/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261026130105-45564e69a648 h1:UUhWHYnaTJwgkgoYhQtJrm+r5S5UNAQ4DRMlt4x21Hg=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261026130105-45564e69a648/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
 github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.7.0-default-no-op h1:Z/MZK75wC/NSrkgqeNIa7jexam9uWzhLmFTSCPI/kn0=
 github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.7.0-default-no-op/go.mod h1:FQyySiasQQM8735Ddel3MRojmy4dA1IqCeyJ5jmPMbI=
 github.com/google/go-tpm v0.9.8 h1:slArAR9Ft+1ybZu0lBwpSmpwhRXaa85hWtMinMyRAWo=
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/internal/check/examiner_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/internal/check/examiner_test.go
index 8578f77..c8f5b13 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/internal/check/examiner_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/internal/check/examiner_test.go
@@ -292,9 +292,20 @@ func TestOnlyThePackageWithoutAKeptVerdictRuns(t *testing.T) { // 1288/AC1
 	// Issue 890/AC5: a package needing node-build-node is left unmet where the node lacks it; the check keeps the passes
 	// and asks the integration level again for a node with it, puts it again when a node declines it, and that node tests
 	// the package alone, its kept passes not counted twice.
+	// fixture/outside has no kept verdict after its pass (it reads outside itself: its digest moves every call), so a
+	// placed ask that ran more than its unmet packages would run and count it again.
 	b = newBench(t)
 	b.declines = 1
-	b.digest[delivery.LevelIntegration] = Digested{Level: "integration", Packages: map[string]string{"fixture/slow": digB, "fixture/node": digC},
+	outside := 0
+	b.steps.handlers["build_go_digest"] = func(c stepCall) (any, error) {
+		d := echoBeside(b, b.digest[c.args["level"].(string)])
+		if d.Level == "integration" {
+			outside++
+			d.Packages = map[string]string{"fixture/slow": digB, "fixture/node": digC, "fixture/outside": fmt.Sprintf("%064x", outside)}
+		}
+		return d, nil
+	}
+	b.digest[delivery.LevelIntegration] = Digested{Level: "integration",
 		Needs: []delivery.PackageNeeds{{Package: "fixture/node", Needs: []string{delivery.NeedNodeBuildNode}}}}
 	out = b.judge(t, caseOf(t, pullOf(repoA, 7, head1)))
 	asks := b.asks.Asks()
@@ -302,13 +313,13 @@ func TestOnlyThePackageWithoutAKeptVerdictRuns(t *testing.T) { // 1288/AC1
 		t.Fatalf("verdict %+v, asks %+v: want a pass of three asks, the first naming no need", out.Verdict, asks)
 	}
 	for _, a := range asks[1:] {
-		if strings.Join(a.Needs, ",") != delivery.NeedNodeBuildNode || strings.Join(a.Check.Levels, ",") != delivery.LevelIntegration {
+		if strings.Join(a.Needs, ",") != delivery.NeedNodeBuildNode || strings.Join(a.Check.Levels, ",") != delivery.LevelIntegration || strings.Join(a.Check.Packages, ",") != "fixture/node" {
 			t.Errorf("a placed ask %+v, want the integration level needing node-build-node", a)
 		}
 	}
 	tests = b.steps.tool("test")
 	if last := tests[len(tests)-1]; len(tests) != 3 || strings.Join(packagesOf(last), ",") != "fixture/node" || last.args["level"] != "integration" {
-		t.Errorf("test calls = %+v, want the unit level, the integration level of fixture/slow, then fixture/node alone", tests)
+		t.Errorf("test calls = %+v, want the unit level, the integration level of fixture/slow and fixture/outside, then fixture/node alone", tests)
 	}
 	slow := captured[Tested](t, "go-test-slow")
 	if i := out.Verdict.Levels[delivery.LevelIntegration]; i.Run != 2*slow.Tests || i.Kept != 0 {
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/internal/check/judge.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/internal/check/judge.go
index 938c1af..06f8f11 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/internal/check/judge.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/internal/check/judge.go
@@ -393,15 +393,16 @@ const DefaultDeclineBound = 30 * time.Minute
 // their tests needing what that node lacks (issue 890), the passes are kept and the levels from the first such one are
 // asked again of a node that has it (placed).
 func (st *state) ask(ctx context.Context, t *target, merged *[]Fetched) *delivery.Verdict {
-	return st.askNeeding(ctx, t, merged, st.levelsOf(), nil)
+	return st.askNeeding(ctx, t, merged, st.levelsOf(), nil, nil)
 }
 
-// askNeeding is ask with the levels to run and what the node must have: none for the first ask of a target, the unmet
-// packages' needs for the placed one.
-func (st *state) askNeeding(ctx context.Context, t *target, merged *[]Fetched, levels, needs []string) *delivery.Verdict {
+// askNeeding is ask with the levels to run, what the node must have and the packages it tests: none for the first ask
+// of a target; for the placed one the unmet packages' needs and those packages alone, so no package the first ask judged
+// is run or counted again (ADR 0552 §4).
+func (st *state) askNeeding(ctx context.Context, t *target, merged *[]Fetched, levels, needs, packages []string) *delivery.Verdict {
 	p := t.pull
 	placed := len(needs) > 0
-	job := &delivery.CheckJob{Fetch: t.fetchArgs, Levels: levels, Kept: true}
+	job := &delivery.CheckJob{Fetch: t.fetchArgs, Levels: levels, Kept: true, Packages: packages}
 	if t.runner != "" {
 		job.Runner, job.RunnerWhen = t.runner, buildGoDir
 	}
@@ -496,7 +497,7 @@ func (st *state) askNeeding(ctx context.Context, t *target, merged *[]Fetched, l
 				return fail(step.Node, fmt.Sprintf("the %s level of %s#%d left %s untested on %s, which was asked for a node with %s",
 					la.Level, p.Repository, p.Number, unmetNames(la.Unmet), step.Node, strings.Join(needs, ", ")))
 			}
-			la.Kept = nil // what the placed ask took kept, the first ask ran or took: counted there
+			la.Kept = nil // it names its packages and takes no other's kept verdict; this is only a guard against an older module
 		}
 		v, elapsed := st.level(ctx, t, la)
 		ran += elapsed
@@ -509,14 +510,21 @@ func (st *state) askNeeding(ctx context.Context, t *target, merged *[]Fetched, l
 	if unmet := delivery.UnmetNeeds(answer.Levels); len(unmet) > 0 && !placed {
 		// Every level passed, its passes kept, and some packages were left to a node with what their tests need: the levels
 		// from the first that left one are asked of such a node, which takes the kept passes and tests those (issue 890).
-		var again []string
+		var again, packages []string
+		seen := map[string]bool{}
 		for _, la := range answer.Levels {
 			if len(again) > 0 || len(la.Unmet) > 0 {
 				again = append(again, la.Level)
 			}
+			for _, u := range la.Unmet {
+				if !seen[u.Package] {
+					seen[u.Package] = true
+					packages = append(packages, u.Package)
+				}
+			}
 		}
 		st.j.logf("%s#%d: %s on %s left untested; asked of a node with %s", p.Repository, p.Number, unmetOf(answer.Levels), step.Node, strings.Join(unmet, ", "))
-		return st.askNeeding(ctx, t, merged, again, unmet)
+		return st.askNeeding(ctx, t, merged, again, unmet, packages)
 	}
 	return nil
 }