diff --git a/modules/mesh-grants/internal/buscompose/buscompose_test.go b/modules/mesh-grants/internal/buscompose/buscompose_test.go
index 35d557d2..f6977bdc 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-grants/internal/buscompose/buscompose_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-grants/internal/buscompose/buscompose_test.go
@@ -1095,7 +1095,7 @@ func theBusModulesProcessKeepsBusState(t *testing.T) {
 		{Module: "node-tools", ToolRunner: true},
 		{Module: "nats", SnapshotsTheBus: true, Holds: []Seat{{Name: catalogue.BrokerSeat, Serves: BrokerVerbs(),
 			Emits: []string{"created", "refused"}}},
-			Consumes: []string{"mesh-delivery-indexer.manifest-accepted"}, Uses: []Seat{{Name: "operator-channel", Accepts: []string{"condition"}, ByCaller: []string{"condition"}}},
+			Consumes: []string{"mesh-delivery-indexer.manifest-accepted"}, Uses: []Seat{{Name: "operator-channel", Accepts: []string{"condition"}, Emits: []string{"decided"}, ByCaller: []string{"condition", "decided"}}},
 			Streams: []ModuleStream{{Module: "nats", Name: "BROKER_EVENTS", Events: []string{"created", "refused"}, MaxAgeDays: 30, MaxMiB: 256}},
 			Processes: []ProcessPrincipal{{Process: "keeper", State: []string{"asked"}, Keeps: true}, {Process: "other"},
 				{Process: "nats-tools", Tools: true, Removes: []string{catalogue.RemovesEngineActs}}}},
@@ -1194,7 +1194,8 @@ func theBusModulesProcessKeepsBusState(t *testing.T) {
 	made := false
 	for _, mc := range AccountConsumers(users) {
 		if mc.Consumer.Stream == "EVENTS" && mc.Consumer.Name == "a_nats_keeper" &&
-			slices.Equal(mc.Consumer.Filters, []string{"mesh.mod.mesh-delivery-indexer.event.manifest-accepted"}) {
+			slices.Equal(mc.Consumer.Filters, []string{"mesh.mod.mesh-delivery-indexer.event.manifest-accepted",
+				"mesh.seat.operator-channel.event.decided.nats"}) {
 			made = true
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/modules/mesh-grants/internal/buscompose/busstate.go b/modules/mesh-grants/internal/buscompose/busstate.go
index 27b73d5b..7b960106 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-grants/internal/buscompose/busstate.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-grants/internal/buscompose/busstate.go
@@ -92,6 +92,13 @@ func keeperConsumer(p Principal) (Consumer, bool) {
 			filters = append(filters, s)
 		}
 	}
+	// And the events of the seats its module uses that are said to it by name, the operator channel's `decided` for its own
+	// asks among them (design 25 § 12.3: the process wakes on the warrant, heard on its durable consumer, never on a timer).
+	for _, s := range SeatTrafficOf(p.Module, nil, p.Uses, nil).Subscribe {
+		if strings.Contains(s, ".event.") {
+			filters = append(filters, s)
+		}
+	}
 	if len(filters) == 0 {
 		return Consumer{}, false
 	}