diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-assigner/cmd/mesh-delivery-assigner/integration_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-assigner/cmd/mesh-delivery-assigner/integration_test.go
index 9c5e1c07..51ec80bb 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-assigner/cmd/mesh-delivery-assigner/integration_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-assigner/cmd/mesh-delivery-assigner/integration_test.go
@@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ func (s bedStore) history(string, string) ([]stdio.StateRevision, error) { retur
 func TestAProposalIsAnsweredApprovedAndWritten(t *testing.T) {
 	b := startBed(t, "")
 	if _, err := b.js.CreateStream(b.ctx, jetstream.StreamConfig{Name: "MOD_" + delivery.AssignerModule + "_placement",
-		Subjects: []string{process.ModuleStreamSubject(delivery.AssignerModule, ">")}}); err != nil {
+		Subjects: placementSubjects()}); err != nil { // the seat's four events: the views family has a stream of its own
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	heard := make(chan delivery.PlacementEvent, 16)
@@ -1257,3 +1257,12 @@ func (s bedSource) Get(key string) (*views.Entry, bool, error) {
 	}
 	return &views.Entry{Value: e.Value(), Revision: e.Revision()}, true, nil
 }
+
+// placementSubjects are the subjects of the seat's four events on the assigner's stream placement.
+func placementSubjects() []string {
+	var out []string
+	for _, e := range delivery.PlacementEvents {
+		out = append(out, process.ModuleStreamSubject(delivery.AssignerModule, e))
+	}
+	return out
+}
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-assigner/cmd/mesh-delivery-assigner/main.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-assigner/cmd/mesh-delivery-assigner/main.go
index 76c6a818..6cac6878 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-assigner/cmd/mesh-delivery-assigner/main.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-assigner/cmd/mesh-delivery-assigner/main.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/provisions"
 
 	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-delivery/sdk/graph"
+	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-delivery/sdk/views"
 
 	"mesh-delivery-assigner/internal/assign"
 )
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ var keptStates = []announce.State{
 	{Name: health.FindingsState, Readable: true},
 	{Name: delivery.AssignerPoliciesState, Readable: true},
 	{Name: delivery.SeatHoldersState, Readable: true},
+	{Name: views.MarksState, Readable: true}, // what its views family said each state up to (views.go)
 }
 
 // buckets is every bucket the assigner opened, by name.
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-assigner/cmd/mesh-delivery-assigner/main_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-assigner/cmd/mesh-delivery-assigner/main_test.go
index 9c94e403..89aee0ce 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-assigner/cmd/mesh-delivery-assigner/main_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-assigner/cmd/mesh-delivery-assigner/main_test.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func TestOpensWhatItsManifestNames(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, s := range keptStates {
 		kept = append(kept, m.Module+"_"+s.Name)
 	}
-	if got, want := slices.Sorted(slices.Values(kept)), slices.Sorted(slices.Values(ownBuckets)); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, want) {
+	if got, want := slices.Sorted(slices.Values(kept)), slices.Sorted(slices.Values(append(slices.Clone(ownBuckets), marksBucket))); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, want) {
 		t.Errorf("the program announces %v, keeps %v", got, want)
 	}
 	// ADR 0546: whatever keeps the puts' bucket from opening (not there, not granted, no answer in time), the assigner opens