diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-indexer/internal/index/verdicts.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-indexer/internal/index/verdicts.go
index 0746bb07..24ce8159 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-indexer/internal/index/verdicts.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-indexer/internal/index/verdicts.go
@@ -101,10 +101,15 @@ func (ix *Indexer) judgeOverHeld(ctx context.Context, fresh map[string]bool, ove
 	// knowing its delivery group, whose new packages this state does not know yet (the lead's ruling, issue 1966). The
 	// trunk's own manifests are, and a merge's are again in full (namesAtMerge).
 	known := ix.knownPackages(ctx)
+	// A digest judged over the trunk that is the trunk's own held one is said as the full pass says it (manifest-accepted,
+	// manifest-refused): indexer_judge with it, or the start pass's judgeStale, is that manifest's only judgement (review
+	// round 1 of issue 1966; ADR 0668 §4). A candidate's verdict is said nowhere.
+	onTrunk := map[string]bool{}
 	if over != nil {
 		fresh = map[string]bool{}
 		for module, digest := range over {
 			m := held[module]
+			onTrunk[module] = m.Manifest == digest
 			if m.Manifest != "" && m.Manifest != digest {
 				trunkOf[module] = m.Manifest
 			}
@@ -219,7 +224,7 @@ func (ix *Indexer) judgeOverHeld(ctx context.Context, fresh map[string]bool, ove
 			continue
 		}
 		judgedDigests[digests[name]] = true
-		if wrote && over != nil {
+		if wrote && over != nil && !onTrunk[name] {
 			out.Written++
 			ix.logf("judge: %s judged again by %s: %s", digests[name], id, v.State)
 		} else if wrote {
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-indexer/internal/index/verdicts_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-indexer/internal/index/verdicts_test.go
index 204c20b5..09d6cf52 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-indexer/internal/index/verdicts_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-indexer/internal/index/verdicts_test.go
@@ -215,6 +215,26 @@ func TestTheIndexerJudgesEveryManifestOnce(t *testing.T) {
 	if last := accepted[len(accepted)-1]; last.Module != "plain" || last.Digest != plain || last.BusState == nil || len(last.BusState) != 0 {
 		t.Fatalf("a manifest asking for no bus state was said as %+v", last)
 	}
+	// Review round 1 of issue 1966: a trunk's held manifest judged by its digest (indexer_judge, judgeStale) is said as the
+	// full pass says it, accepted or refused; a candidate's digest judged over the trunk is said nowhere.
+	byDigest := hold("bydigest", `{"module":"bydigest","version":"1"}`)
+	refusedBy := hold("refusedby", `{"module":"refusedby","version":"1","requires":["amqp"]}`)
+	saidBefore := len(said)
+	for module, digest := range map[string]string{"bydigest": byDigest, "refusedby": refusedBy} {
+		if _, err := ix.judgeOver(ctx, nil, module, digest); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+	if last := accepted[len(accepted)-1]; last.Digest != byDigest || len(said) != saidBefore+1 || said[len(said)-1].Digest != refusedBy {
+		t.Fatalf("judged by its digest, the trunk's manifest was said as %+v, refusals %d (were %d)", last, len(said), saidBefore)
+	}
+	candidate, err := ix.keepManifest(ctx, "bydigest", `{"module":"bydigest","version":"2"}`)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if _, err := ix.judgeOver(ctx, nil, "bydigest", candidate); err != nil || accepted[len(accepted)-1].Digest != byDigest {
+		t.Fatalf("a candidate's verdict was said: %v %+v", err, accepted[len(accepted)-1])
+	}
 	// DLV-I9b: a failed publish is published again; one failing twice writes the finding naming the module, which the next
 	// judging pass says again and clears.
 	ix.Findings = newMem()