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 07368f8a..b87acaac 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-assigner/cmd/mesh-delivery-assigner/main.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-assigner/cmd/mesh-delivery-assigner/main.go
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ var readBuckets = []string{
 	delivery.PresenceBucket,
 	delivery.HaveBucket,
 	provisions.ProvisionsBucket,
+	delivery.SourceBucket,
+	delivery.MergesBucket,
 }
 
 // readFamilies are the states kept one bucket per node the assigner reads, each named in its manifest's reads: every
@@ -140,6 +142,12 @@ func open(ctx context.Context, js process.BucketOpener, logf func(string, ...any
 			logf("the bucket %s cannot be opened (%v): the assigner's conditions are said straight to the router until it starts again", name, err)
 			continue
 		}
+		if (name == delivery.SourceBucket || name == delivery.MergesBucket) && err != nil {
+			// The gate's source and merges (ADR 0601 §1): without them no release is known to carry a build, so every move of
+			// a record module is asked of a person, as before.
+			logf("the bucket %s cannot be opened (%v): no release's Approve answers a record ask until it is bound", name, err)
+			continue
+		}
 		if name == delivery.PartGrantsBucket && err != nil {
 			// The grants part's grants (ADR 0571 clause 9): without them no module counts as granted until it is bound.
 			logf("the bucket %s cannot be opened (%v): no grant is read until it is bound once the bus says it was made", name, err)
@@ -158,7 +166,7 @@ func open(ctx context.Context, js process.BucketOpener, logf func(string, ...any
 func startsWithout(name string) bool {
 	switch name {
 	case delivery.SeatHoldersBucket, provisions.ProvisionsBucket, assign.PoliciesBucket, assign.FindingsBucket,
-		delivery.AssignerPutsBucket:
+		delivery.AssignerPutsBucket, delivery.SourceBucket, delivery.MergesBucket:
 		return true
 	}
 	return slices.Contains(seatBuckets, name) || name == delivery.PartGrantsBucket
@@ -241,6 +249,8 @@ var watched = []string{
 	assign.PoliciesBucket,
 	provisions.ProvisionsBucket,
 	delivery.SeatHoldersBucket,
+	delivery.SourceBucket,
+	delivery.MergesBucket,
 }
 
 // follow watches every bucket a pass reads and makes a pass at start, once every watch handed what stands, and after
@@ -336,8 +346,9 @@ func follow(ctx context.Context, js jetstream.JetStream, nc process.Subscriber,
 		}
 		started++
 		var opts []jetstream.WatchOpt
-		if name == delivery.HaveBucket {
-			opts = append(opts, jetstream.IncludeHistory()) // what each node ran healthy before, for a set-back
+		if name == delivery.HaveBucket || name == delivery.SourceBucket {
+			// what each node ran healthy before, for a set-back; and the release behind each source revision (ADR 0601 §1)
+			opts = append(opts, jetstream.IncludeHistory())
 		}
 		if err := watch(name, opts...); err != nil {
 			return err
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-assigner/cmd/mesh-delivery-assigner/pass.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-assigner/cmd/mesh-delivery-assigner/pass.go
index e3726890..1992c412 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-assigner/cmd/mesh-delivery-assigner/pass.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-assigner/cmd/mesh-delivery-assigner/pass.go
@@ -174,7 +174,8 @@ func (p *passer) wants(ctx context.Context) {
 			Allowed: func(node, digest string) bool {
 				key, err := delivery.RecordAskKey(node, name, digest)
 				return err == nil && p.answeredWith(key, assign.OptionYes)
-			}}
+			},
+			Release: func(fp string) (string, bool) { return p.w.release(name, fp) }}
 		if fp != "" {
 			held, _ := delivery.HeldKey(name, fp)
 			grant, _ := delivery.PartGrantKey(name, fp)
@@ -819,7 +820,9 @@ func (p *passer) backupAsk(ctx context.Context, key, node, module string, want d
 // yeses writes a placed node's wants naming the build alone, and sees to the moves a node that composes its own judged a
 // person must allow (ADR 0547 §3): for a have of phase
 // waiting-yes it raises the record ask once, naming the composition waiting and the node's judgement, and on a yes writes
-// the want again naming it; a yes once written is kept while the want stays at its build, so the node is not asked again.
+// the want again naming it; a yes once written is kept while the want stays at its build, so the node is not asked again. A
+// move of the build alone (the have says so) to a build an approved release carries is given its yes by that Approve, the
+// want naming the release, with no ask (ADR 0601 §1).
 func (p *passer) yeses(ctx context.Context, module string, m assign.Module, before map[string]delivery.Want, out *assign.Outcome) {
 	for _, node := range m.Nodes {
 		if m.Self == nil || !m.Self(node) {
@@ -836,25 +839,37 @@ func (p *passer) yeses(ctx context.Context, module string, m assign.Module, befo
 		if w.Removed {
 			continue
 		}
-		yes := ""
+		yes, release := "", ""
 		if had && was.FP == w.FP {
-			yes = was.Yes
+			yes, release = was.Yes, was.Release
 		}
 		key, err := delivery.HaveKey(node, module)
 		if err != nil {
 			continue
 		}
 		if h, err := delivery.DecodeHave(p.w.value(delivery.HaveBucket, key)); err == nil && h.Phase == delivery.PhaseWaitingYes && h.Waits != yes {
-			if m.Allowed != nil && m.Allowed(node, h.Waits) {
-				yes = h.Waits
-			} else {
+			switch {
+			case m.Allowed != nil && m.Allowed(node, h.Waits):
+				yes, release = h.Waits, ""
+			case h.BuildAlone && h.FP != w.FP && m.Release != nil:
+				// A move of the build alone, to the build an approved release carries: that Approve is the yes (ADR 0601 §1),
+				// named in the want. A move that changes a setting or a secret too, or one the node could not tell, is asked.
+				if r, ok := m.Release(w.FP); ok {
+					yes, release = h.Waits, r
+					break
+				}
+				p.recordAsk(ctx, module, w.FP, assign.RecordNeed{Node: node, Digest: h.Waits, Judgement: h.Judgement, Words: h.Detail})
+			default:
 				p.recordAsk(ctx, module, w.FP, assign.RecordNeed{Node: node, Digest: h.Waits, Judgement: h.Judgement, Words: h.Detail})
 			}
 		}
 		// A want carried over from before the node composed its own may still name the controller's composition; a placed
 		// node's want names the build alone (ADR 0547 §2).
-		if yes != w.Yes || w.Composed != "" || !w.Self {
-			w.Yes, w.Composed, w.Self = yes, "", true
+		if yes == "" {
+			release = ""
+		}
+		if yes != w.Yes || release != w.Release || w.Composed != "" || !w.Self {
+			w.Yes, w.Release, w.Composed, w.Self = yes, release, "", true
 			out.Wants[node] = w
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-assigner/cmd/mesh-delivery-assigner/pass_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-assigner/cmd/mesh-delivery-assigner/pass_test.go
index a527a890..dd4c767f 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-assigner/cmd/mesh-delivery-assigner/pass_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-assigner/cmd/mesh-delivery-assigner/pass_test.go
@@ -788,6 +788,62 @@ func mustKey(key string, err error) string {
 func TestARecordAskOfAHeldBackNodeSurvivesPassesAndItsYesMovesTheWant(t *testing.T) {
 	// A placed node's yes comes from its have (issue 1126): folded here to hold the count.
 	aPlacedNodesWantsNameTheBuildAloneAndItsYesComesFromItsHave(t)
+	aReleasesApproveAnswersTheMoveOfItsBuildAlone(t)
+}
+
+// ADR 0601 §1: a placed node's have waiting for a yes to a move of the build alone, to a build an approved release carries, is
+// given its yes by that Approve, the want naming the release, and no record ask is raised; a move that changes a setting or a
+// secret too, one at the build it runs, and one no approved release carries are asked of a person as before.
+func aReleasesApproveAnswersTheMoveOfItsBuildAlone(t *testing.T) {
+	fpOld := delivery.SourcePrefix2 + strings.Repeat("a", 64)
+	waiting, was := "sha256:"+strings.Repeat("e", 64), "sha256:"+strings.Repeat("d", 64)
+	commit := strings.Repeat("1", 40)
+	for _, c := range []struct {
+		name       string
+		alone      bool
+		at         string // the fingerprint the have runs
+		mergedAt   string // the commit the release merged web at; "" for no merge of the release
+		yes, asked bool
+	}{
+		{"the build alone, its release approved", true, fpOld, commit, true, false},
+		{"a setting changed too", false, fpOld, commit, false, true},
+		{"a setting changed at the build it runs", true, fpTest, commit, false, true},
+		{"no approved release carries it", true, fpOld, "", false, true},
+		{"the release merged another commit", true, fpOld, strings.Repeat("2", 40), false, true},
+	} {
+		asksKV := &memKV{values: map[string][]byte{}}
+		p := newPasser(buckets{delivery.AssignerAsksBucket: asksKV}, time.Now())
+		p.logf = t.Logf
+		mod, _ := delivery.EncodeModule(delivery.Module{FP2: fpTest, Repository: "novox/web", Commit: commit, Src: 7, Path: delivery.RootPath})
+		p.w.put(delivery.ModulesBucket, "web", mod)
+		src, _ := delivery.EncodeSource(delivery.Source{Group: "feat/web", Heads: map[string]string{"novox/web": commit}})
+		p.w.putEntry(delivery.SourceBucket, delivery.SourceMainKey, src, 7, time.Now())
+		later, _ := delivery.EncodeSource(delivery.Source{Group: "feat/other", Heads: map[string]string{"novox/web": commit, "novox/x": commit}})
+		p.w.putEntry(delivery.SourceBucket, delivery.SourceMainKey, later, 8, time.Now()) // a later merge leaves revision 7's release
+		if c.mergedAt != "" {
+			merge, err := delivery.EncodeMerge(delivery.Merge{Group: "feat/web", Ask: "merge.feat_web.0123456789ab", Pulls: []delivery.MergePull{
+				{Head: delivery.Head{Repository: "novox/web", Number: 3, Head: strings.Repeat("3", 40)}, State: delivery.MergeMerged, Commit: c.mergedAt}}})
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			p.w.put(delivery.MergesBucket, "feat/web", merge)
+		}
+		have, _ := delivery.EncodeHave(delivery.Have{FP: c.at, Composed: was, Phase: delivery.PhaseWaitingYes, Health: delivery.HealthOK,
+			Judgement: delivery.JudgedRecreates, Waits: waiting, Detail: "it recreates web.server", BuildAlone: c.alone})
+		p.w.put(delivery.HaveBucket, "g14.web", have)
+		m := assign.Module{Name: "web", FP: fpTest, Nodes: []string{"g14"}, Self: func(string) bool { return true },
+			Release: func(fp string) (string, bool) { return p.w.release("web", fp) }}
+		out := assign.Outcome{Wants: map[string]delivery.Want{"g14": {FP: fpTest, Self: true}}}
+		p.yeses(context.Background(), "web", m, map[string]delivery.Want{"g14": {FP: fpOld, Self: true}}, &out)
+		w := out.Wants["g14"]
+		if got := w.Yes == waiting && w.Release == "feat/web"; got != c.yes || (!c.yes && (w.Yes != "" || w.Release != "")) {
+			t.Errorf("%s: the want is %+v", c.name, w)
+		}
+		akey, _ := delivery.RecordAskKey("g14", "web", waiting)
+		if _, there := asksKV.values[akey]; there != c.asked {
+			t.Errorf("%s: a record ask raised %v, want %v", c.name, there, c.asked)
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 // 774/S26/AC1 (ADR 0549 §5, ADR 0567 §8): the seat's placement alone names where modules run: no controller state is read, so a
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-assigner/cmd/mesh-delivery-assigner/world.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-assigner/cmd/mesh-delivery-assigner/world.go
index 2277786d..751b6c2c 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-assigner/cmd/mesh-delivery-assigner/world.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-assigner/cmd/mesh-delivery-assigner/world.go
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ type world struct {
 	// placement is the seat's state placement assembled node by node from its keys in either form (mesh-sdk
 	// delivery.PlacementKeys; research 072 row 37): the one reader of its keys in the assigner.
 	placement *delivery.PlacementKeys
+	// sourceGroups is, by revision of the gate's source.main, the release (group) that moved it, from every revision its
+	// history keeps (watched with history): a build's source revision names the release that carries it (ADR 0601 §1).
+	sourceGroups map[uint64]string
 }
 
 // entryMeta is a value's revision in its bucket and when it was written.
@@ -54,7 +57,8 @@ type parsed struct {
 
 func newWorld() *world {
 	return &world{values: map[string]map[string][]byte{}, manifests: map[string]parsed{}, healthy: map[string][]string{}, changes: map[string]uint64{},
-		meta: map[string]entryMeta{}, trunkBuilt: map[string]delivery.BuildLogEntry{}, placement: delivery.NewPlacementKeys()}
+		meta: map[string]entryMeta{}, trunkBuilt: map[string]delivery.BuildLogEntry{}, placement: delivery.NewPlacementKeys(),
+		sourceGroups: map[uint64]string{}}
 }
 
 // putEntry is put, keeping the value's revision and the time it was written.
@@ -70,6 +74,43 @@ func (w *world) putEntry(bucket, key string, value []byte, revision uint64, at t
 	if bucket == delivery.PlacementBucket {
 		_, _ = w.placement.Put(key, value, revision, false) // put took it already; this is its revision
 	}
+	if bucket == delivery.SourceBucket && key == delivery.SourceMainKey {
+		if s, err := delivery.DecodeSource(value); err == nil && s.Group != "" {
+			w.sourceGroups[revision] = s.Group
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// release is the release whose Approve carries module's build fp (ADR 0601 §1), and whether one does: the trunk's value of
+// the module names fp, the source revision it was first merged at names the release that moved it, and the gate's merge of
+// that release, which it writes on the operator's Approve, holds the module's own trunk merge among its merged pull
+// requests. Any of them unknown: none, and the move is asked of a person.
+func (w *world) release(module, fp string) (string, bool) {
+	t, ok := w.trunk()[module]
+	if !ok || fp == "" || t.FP2 != fp || t.Src == 0 || t.Commit == "" {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	w.mu.Lock()
+	group := w.sourceGroups[t.Src]
+	w.mu.Unlock()
+	key, err := delivery.MergesKey(group)
+	if group == "" || err != nil {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	raw := w.value(delivery.MergesBucket, key)
+	if raw == nil {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	merge, err := delivery.DecodeMerge(raw)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	for _, pull := range merge.Pulls {
+		if pull.State == delivery.MergeMerged && pull.Commit == t.Commit && delivery.SameRepository(pull.Repository, t.Repository) {
+			return group, true
+		}
+	}
+	return "", false
 }
 
 // metaOf is the revision and time of the value a bucket holds at key, as the watch said them.
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-assigner/internal/assign/wants.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-assigner/internal/assign/wants.go
index 629014e9..ab020fca 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-assigner/internal/assign/wants.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-assigner/internal/assign/wants.go
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ type Module struct {
 	// Allowed says whether the operator answered yes to the record ask about the move of this module on node to the composition
 	// with this digest (ADR 0539 §14). Nil: none did.
 	Allowed func(node, digest string) bool
+	// Release names the release whose Approve carries the build fp, as mesh-delivery's gate holds it for the release's heads,
+	// read by the build's source revision (ADR 0601 §1): that Approve is the yes to a move of the build alone. False when no
+	// approved release is known to carry it. Nil: none is read.
+	Release func(fp string) (string, bool)
 	// Released is a hold on FP the operator released (ADR 0539 §19): FP is not held again by a health check that failed.
 	Released bool
 	// Restored says whether the operator answered "restore" to the restore ask of this data module on node: it is then set back
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-assigner/manifest_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-assigner/manifest_test.go
index d5e14e06..c594947e 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-assigner/manifest_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-assigner/manifest_test.go
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ func TestManifest(t *testing.T) {
 	reads := slices.Clone(m.Reads)
 	slices.Sort(reads)
 	// ADR 0593 §8: it composes nothing, so it reads no candidate, held or resolved value, compose step or build log; it reads
-	// every node's published compositions to compare them.
-	want := []string{"mesh-delivery-builder.builds", "mesh-delivery-indexer.manifests", "mesh-delivery-indexer.modules",
+	// every node's published compositions to compare them, and the gate's source and merges, for the release that carries a build (ADR 0601 §1).
+	want := []string{"mesh-delivery-builder.builds", "mesh-delivery-gate.merges", "mesh-delivery-gate.source", "mesh-delivery-indexer.manifests", "mesh-delivery-indexer.modules",
 		"mesh-delivery-teller.answers", "mesh-delivery-watchman.presence", "mesh-grants.grants", "mesh-host.composed",
 		"mesh-provisioner.provisions", "node-engine.have"}
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(reads, want) {
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-assigner/module.json b/modules/mesh-delivery-assigner/module.json
index 3c7deb4b..86ee65ec 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-assigner/module.json
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-assigner/module.json
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
   ],
   "reads": [
     "mesh-delivery-builder.builds",
+    "mesh-delivery-gate.merges",
+    "mesh-delivery-gate.source",
     "mesh-delivery-indexer.manifests",
     "mesh-delivery-indexer.modules",
     "mesh-delivery-teller.answers",