diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-contracts/go/seats/meshpipelinerunner/contract.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-contracts/go/seats/meshpipelinerunner/contract.go
index 7b0bfe66..ca58da01 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-contracts/go/seats/meshpipelinerunner/contract.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-contracts/go/seats/meshpipelinerunner/contract.go
@@ -347,6 +347,14 @@ const (
 	GroupEndedOutcomeCancelled  = "cancelled"
 )
 
+// Held is a pipeline held for the new version of the runner: its steps are placed and asked when the node-engine seat says that fingerprint runs healthy (design 47 G 65, 266, 534, A-195).
+type Held struct {
+	// the fingerprint of the runner's own module the pipeline awaits running healthy (design 47 G 266, 276, A-195)
+	Fingerprint string `json:"fingerprint"`
+	// since when the pipeline is held, RFC 3339
+	Since time.Time `json:"since"`
+}
+
 // KeptResult is a package's passing result the runner keeps, by the digest of what its tests read (ADR 0666 section 8).
 type KeptResult struct {
 	// sha256:<hex> of what the package's tests read
@@ -427,6 +435,7 @@ type Pipeline struct {
 	Fingerprint string `json:"fingerprint,omitempty"`
 	// the gathered group, when the pipeline is its
 	Group   string `json:"group,omitempty"`
+	Held    *Held  `json:"held,omitempty"`
 	Module  string `json:"module"`
 	Outcome string `json:"outcome"`
 	// yes when the module is over its test budget (design 47 G section 419)
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-contracts/seats/mesh-pipeline-runner/seat.json b/modules/mesh-delivery-contracts/seats/mesh-pipeline-runner/seat.json
index 01778d80..b3509f40 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-contracts/seats/mesh-pipeline-runner/seat.json
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-contracts/seats/mesh-pipeline-runner/seat.json
@@ -672,6 +672,25 @@
       },
       "description": "how many tests a step ran and carried, per level (ADR 0666 section 8)"
     },
+    "Held": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "properties": {
+        "since": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "format": "date-time",
+          "description": "since when the pipeline is held, RFC 3339"
+        },
+        "fingerprint": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "description": "the fingerprint of the runner's own module the pipeline awaits running healthy (design 47 G 266, 276, A-195)"
+        }
+      },
+      "required": [
+        "since",
+        "fingerprint"
+      ],
+      "description": "a pipeline held for the new version of the runner: its steps are placed and asked when the node-engine seat says that fingerprint runs healthy (design 47 G 65, 266, 534, A-195)"
+    },
     "ToolchainUsed": {
       "type": "object",
       "properties": {
@@ -985,6 +1004,9 @@
           "type": "boolean",
           "description": "yes when the module is over its test budget (design 47 G section 419)"
         },
+        "held": {
+          "$ref": "#/defs/Held"
+        },
         "widens": {
           "type": "array",
           "items": {
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-contracts/ts/seats/meshpipelinerunner/index.d.ts b/modules/mesh-delivery-contracts/ts/seats/meshpipelinerunner/index.d.ts
index 73c3dcb1..40972353 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-contracts/ts/seats/meshpipelinerunner/index.d.ts
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-contracts/ts/seats/meshpipelinerunner/index.d.ts
@@ -144,6 +144,14 @@ export interface GroupEnded {
   "why"?: string;
 }
 
+/** a pipeline held for the new version of the runner: its steps are placed and asked when the node-engine seat says that fingerprint runs healthy (design 47 G 65, 266, 534, A-195) */
+export interface Held {
+  /** the fingerprint of the runner's own module the pipeline awaits running healthy (design 47 G 266, 276, A-195) */
+  "fingerprint": string;
+  /** since when the pipeline is held, RFC 3339 */
+  "since": string;
+}
+
 /** a package's passing result the runner keeps, by the digest of what its tests read (ADR 0666 section 8) */
 export interface KeptResult {
   /** sha256:<hex> of what the package's tests read */
@@ -189,6 +197,7 @@ export interface Pipeline {
   "fingerprint"?: string;
   /** the gathered group, when the pipeline is its */
   "group"?: string;
+  "held"?: Held;
   "module": string;
   "outcome": "running" | "passed" | "failed" | "refused" | "superseded" | "cancelled";
   /** yes when the module is over its test budget (design 47 G section 419) */
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-pipeline/cmd/mesh-delivery-pipeline-tools/main.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-pipeline/cmd/mesh-delivery-pipeline-tools/main.go
index 4b0559b7..ed97400a 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-pipeline/cmd/mesh-delivery-pipeline-tools/main.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-pipeline/cmd/mesh-delivery-pipeline-tools/main.go
@@ -108,9 +108,20 @@ func HealthTool(pipelines, consumers pipeline.Kept, now func() time.Time) stdio.
 		Run:   func(map[string]any) (any, error) { return pipeline.Health(pipelines, consumers, now()), nil }}
 }
 
+// WaitsTool is the runner's tool runner_waits: the pipelines held for its new version, with the fingerprint each awaits and since
+// when (design 47 G §276, §539, A-195).
+func WaitsTool(r pipeline.Reads) stdio.Tool {
+	return stdio.Tool{Name: Prefix + "_waits",
+		Description: "The pipelines the pipeline runner holds until its new version runs healthy: each with its pipeline, the " +
+			"fingerprint of the runner it awaits and since when.",
+		Input: map[string]any{"type": "object", "properties": map[string]any{}},
+		Run:   func(map[string]any) (any, error) { return r.Waits() }}
+}
+
 func main() {
 	r := pipeline.Reads{Pipelines: kept{stdio.State(seat.StatePipelines)}, Kept: kept{stdio.State(seat.StateKept)}}
 	tools := append(Tools(r), FirstViewTools(stdio.State(views.StatusState), meshhandactsclient.Recorder{Ask: stdio.Ask}, time.Now)...)
+	tools = append(tools, WaitsTool(r))
 	tools = append(tools, HealthTool(r.Pipelines, kept{stdio.State(pipeline.StateConsumers)}, time.Now))
 	if err := stdio.Serve("", tools); err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "[mesh-delivery-pipeline-tools] %v\n", err)
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-pipeline/cmd/mesh-delivery-pipeline/main.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-pipeline/cmd/mesh-delivery-pipeline/main.go
index 9712039e..f68f0641 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-pipeline/cmd/mesh-delivery-pipeline/main.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-pipeline/cmd/mesh-delivery-pipeline/main.go
@@ -105,12 +105,19 @@ func run(ctx context.Context, getenv func(string) string, logOut io.Writer) erro
 	// for its step.
 	starter := &pipeline.Starter{Pipelines: createdKV{ctx: ctx, kv: pipelines}, Logf: logger.Printf, Say: say,
 		Registration: rv.Registrations.Registration, Steps: busStepAsker{ctx: ctx, js: js, cred: cred}, Name: cred.Module,
-		Arm: armBound(ctx, bounds), Kept: keptReader(ctx, kept), Toolchain: toolchainReader(ctx, toolchains)}
+		Arm: armBound(ctx, bounds), Kept: keptReader(ctx, kept), Toolchain: toolchainReader(ctx, toolchains),
+		// The runner's own module and fingerprint (A-149): a take-in giving it another holds the pipelines it starts (§65, A-195).
+		Self: cred.Module, SelfFp: getenv("MESH_FINGERPRINT"), Awaiting: pipeline.Awaiting(pipelineStore{ctx: ctx, kv: pipelines}),
+		Hold: armHeld(ctx, bounds)}
 	resume := func(branch string) {
 		half, ok := rv.Catalog.View(branch)
 		if !ok {
 			return
 		}
+		// Pipelines held for the fingerprint this runner runs are started now: it is the new runner (§19, A-195).
+		if n, err := starter.Release(pipelineStore{ctx: ctx, kv: pipelines}, starter.SelfFp, "ran", rv.Catalog.View); err != nil {
+			logger.Printf("the pipelines held for the runner at %s: %d released, then %v", starter.SelfFp, n, err)
+		}
 		n, err := starter.Resume(pipelineStore{ctx: ctx, kv: pipelines}, branch, half)
 		if err != nil {
 			logger.Printf("the steps placed on %s and not yet asked: %d asked, then %v", branch, n, err)
@@ -128,7 +135,17 @@ func run(ctx context.Context, getenv func(string) string, logOut io.Writer) erro
 	if err := hearAskTaken(ctx, heard, bounds, logger.Printf); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := watchBounds(ctx, bounds, hearer, logger.Printf); err != nil {
+	store := pipelineStore{ctx: ctx, kv: pipelines}
+	if err := watchBounds(ctx, bounds, hearer, func(key string) {
+		if n, err := starter.ReleaseExpired(store, key, rv.Catalog.View); err != nil {
+			logger.Printf("the pipelines held for the runner, whose %s passed: %d released, then %v", key, n, err)
+		} else {
+			logger.Printf("the runner's new version did not run healthy within %s: %d held pipelines started with the running runner", pipeline.HeldBound, n)
+		}
+	}, logger.Printf); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := hearRunning(ctx, heard, cred.Module, starter, store, bounds, rv.Catalog.View, logger.Printf); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	if err := hearDecided(heard, hearer, cred.Module, logger.Printf); err != nil {
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-pipeline/cmd/mesh-delivery-pipeline/steps.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-pipeline/cmd/mesh-delivery-pipeline/steps.go
index 7322ee79..ec0f761d 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-pipeline/cmd/mesh-delivery-pipeline/steps.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-pipeline/cmd/mesh-delivery-pipeline/steps.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/nats-io/nats.go/jetstream"
 
+	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-contracts/go/seats/nodeengine"
 	builds "git.novox.be/novox/mesh-delivery/modules/mesh-delivery-contracts/go/seats/meshbuilds"
 	seat "git.novox.be/novox/mesh-delivery/modules/mesh-delivery-contracts/go/seats/meshpipelinerunner"
 	nodebuildgo "git.novox.be/novox/mesh-delivery/modules/mesh-delivery-contracts/go/seats/nodebuildgo"
@@ -172,9 +173,53 @@ func armBound(ctx context.Context, bounds jetstream.KeyValue) pipeline.Arm {
 	}
 }
 
+// armHeld is the bound of the pipelines held for the runner's new version: a key of the state bounds named for the awaited
+// fingerprint, with its own time to live of 30 minutes (design 47 G §266, A-195, A-77).
+func armHeld(ctx context.Context, bounds jetstream.KeyValue) func(string) error {
+	return func(fp string) error {
+		_, err := bounds.Create(ctx, pipeline.HeldKey(fp), []byte(`{"fingerprint":"`+fp+`"}`), jetstream.KeyTTL(pipeline.HeldBound))
+		if errors.Is(err, jetstream.ErrKeyExists) {
+			return nil
+		}
+		return err
+	}
+}
+
+// hearRunning releases the pipelines held for the runner's new version when the node-engine seat says the runner's own module
+// runs that fingerprint healthy, on any node (§266, §276, A-195); its bound is then deleted. A running with no health reads
+// as healthy (§520). Heard again when the release could not be written.
+func hearRunning(ctx context.Context, hub handlers, self string, st *pipeline.Starter, store pipeline.Updater, bounds jetstream.KeyValue,
+	view func(string) (pipeline.Half, bool), logf func(string, ...any)) error {
+	return hub.Handle(nodeengine.SubjectRunningAll, func(m jetstream.Msg) {
+		var ev nodeengine.Running
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(m.Data(), &ev); err != nil {
+			logf("%s is no running: %v", m.Subject(), err)
+			_ = m.Term()
+			return
+		}
+		if ev.Module != self || ev.Stopped || ev.Fingerprint == "" || (ev.Healthy != nil && !*ev.Healthy) {
+			_ = m.Ack()
+			return
+		}
+		n, err := st.Release(store, ev.Fingerprint, "ran", view)
+		if err != nil {
+			logf("the pipelines held for %s: %d released, then %v; heard again", ev.Fingerprint, n, err)
+			_ = m.Nak()
+			return
+		}
+		if n > 0 {
+			logf("the runner runs %s on %s: %d held pipelines released", ev.Fingerprint, ev.Node, n)
+			if err := bounds.Delete(ctx, pipeline.HeldKey(ev.Fingerprint)); err != nil && !errors.Is(err, jetstream.ErrKeyNotFound) {
+				logf("the bound of the wait for %s is not deleted: %v", ev.Fingerprint, err)
+			}
+		}
+		_ = m.Ack()
+	})
+}
+
 // watchBounds hears the end of each ask's bound, the bus's marker of the key's expiry, and ends the step no holder took (§32,
 // §535, A-77): no timer in the process.
-func watchBounds(ctx context.Context, bounds jetstream.KeyValue, h *pipeline.Hearer, logf func(string, ...any)) error {
+func watchBounds(ctx context.Context, bounds jetstream.KeyValue, h *pipeline.Hearer, release func(key string), logf func(string, ...any)) error {
 	w, err := bounds.WatchAll(ctx, jetstream.UpdatesOnly())
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -189,6 +234,10 @@ func watchBounds(ctx context.Context, bounds jetstream.KeyValue, h *pipeline.Hea
 				if !ok {
 					return
 				}
+				if e != nil && e.Operation() == jetstream.KeyValuePurge && pipeline.IsHeldKey(e.Key()) {
+					release(e.Key())
+					continue
+				}
 				if e == nil || e.Operation() != jetstream.KeyValuePurge || !pipeline.IsAskKey(e.Key()) {
 					continue
 				}
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-pipeline/go.mod b/modules/mesh-delivery-pipeline/go.mod
index 9bfc48db..ef4b1695 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-pipeline/go.mod
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-pipeline/go.mod
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ require (
 	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-delivery/modules/mesh-delivery-contracts/go/clients/meshcatalogclient v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
 	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-delivery/modules/mesh-delivery-contracts/go/clients/meshpipelinerunnerclient v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
 	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-contracts/operator-and-conversation/go/clients/operatorchannelclient v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
+	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-contracts/go/seats/nodeengine v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
 	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-contracts/operator-and-conversation/go/seats/operatorchannel v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
 	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-delivery/modules/mesh-delivery-contracts/go/seats/nodebuildgo v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
 	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-delivery/modules/mesh-delivery-contracts/go/seats/nodebuildimage v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-pipeline/internal/pipeline/hold.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-pipeline/internal/pipeline/hold.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5186d2a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-pipeline/internal/pipeline/hold.go
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+package pipeline
+
+import (
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+
+	runnerclient "git.novox.be/novox/mesh-delivery/modules/mesh-delivery-contracts/go/clients/meshpipelinerunnerclient"
+	seat "git.novox.be/novox/mesh-delivery/modules/mesh-delivery-contracts/go/seats/meshpipelinerunner"
+)
+
+// HeldBound is how long the pipelines held for the runner's new version wait for it to run healthy (design 47 G §266: 30
+// minutes for the runner's `pipeline` step, A-195): a key of the state `bounds` with its own time to live, never a timer.
+const HeldBound = 30 * time.Minute
+
+// HeldPrefix starts the key of a held wait's bound.
+const HeldPrefix = "held-"
+
+// HeldKey is the bound's key for the awaited fingerprint: a fingerprint holds characters a key's name does not.
+func HeldKey(fp string) string {
+	sum := sha256.Sum256([]byte(fp))
+	return HeldPrefix + hex.EncodeToString(sum[:12])
+}
+
+// IsHeldKey says whether a key of the state `bounds` is a held wait's bound.
+func IsHeldKey(key string) bool {
+	return len(key) > len(HeldPrefix) && key[:len(HeldPrefix)] == HeldPrefix
+}
+
+// Awaiting is the awaited fingerprint of the pipelines held in store, "" and false when none is held (design 47 G §266, A-195):
+// a pipeline started while one is held is held for the same version, so it never runs on the old runner.
+func Awaiting(store Updater) func() (string, bool) {
+	return func() (string, bool) {
+		pkeys, err := store.Keys("*.*.*")
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", false
+		}
+		for _, key := range pkeys {
+			if p, _, err := store.Get(key); err == nil && p.Held != nil && p.Outcome == seat.PipelineOutcomeRunning {
+				return p.Held.Fingerprint, true
+			}
+		}
+		return "", false
+	}
+}
+
+// changesSelf says whether a take-in's entry is the runner's own module at a fingerprint other than the one that runs: its
+// pipelines are held for the new runner (design 47 G §65, §266, A-195).
+func (s *Starter) changesSelf(module, fp string) bool {
+	return s.Self != "" && module == s.Self && fp != "" && fp != s.SelfFp
+}
+
+// startHeld writes b's pipeline held for the runner's version awaiting, its steps neither placed nor asked, and says
+// wait-held with step `pipeline`; pipeline-started is said when it is released (§74, §266).
+func (s *Starter) startHeld(b Begin, key string, now time.Time, awaiting string) (bool, error) {
+	p := newPipeline(b, key, now)
+	p.Held = &seat.Held{Since: now, Fingerprint: awaiting}
+	if err := s.create(key, p); errors.Is(err, ErrExists) {
+		s.logf("%s is started already: this start writes nothing", key)
+		return false, nil
+	} else if err != nil {
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("the pipeline %s is not written: %w", key, err)
+	}
+	if s.Hold != nil {
+		if err := s.Hold(awaiting); err != nil {
+			s.logf("the bound of the wait for the runner at %s is not armed: %v", awaiting, err)
+		}
+	}
+	if err := s.Say(runnerclient.Subject(seat.EventWaitHeld, b.Module, b.Branch, commitOrGroup(p)), s.waitOf(p, now, "")); err != nil {
+		s.logf("wait-held of %s is not said: %v", key, err)
+	}
+	return true, nil
+}
+
+func commitOrGroup(p seat.Pipeline) string {
+	if p.Group != "" {
+		return p.Group
+	}
+	return p.Commit
+}
+
+func (s *Starter) waitOf(p seat.Pipeline, since time.Time, how string) seat.Wait {
+	return seat.Wait{V: 1, Pipeline: p.Pipeline, Branch: p.Branch, Module: p.Module, Commit: p.Commit, Fingerprint: p.Fingerprint, Group: p.Group,
+		Revision: p.Revision, Source: p.Source, Step: seat.WaitStepPipeline, On: seat.WaitOnBuildNode, Since: since, How: how}
+}
+
+// Release starts the pipelines held for fingerprint fp ("" for every held one) as the new runner running healthy lets
+// them, or the bound's expiry or a hand release (how: `ran` or `released`; §266, §276): each has its steps placed and asked and
+// says wait-ended and pipeline-started. A pipeline whose branch has no view yet stays held, and the first error is returned
+// so the event is heard again. It says how many it started.
+func (s *Starter) Release(store Updater, fp, how string, view func(branch string) (Half, bool)) (int, error) {
+	pkeys, err := store.Keys("*.*.*")
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("the pipelines are not listed: %w", err)
+	}
+	now := time.Now().UTC()
+	if s.Now != nil {
+		now = s.Now().UTC()
+	}
+	started := 0
+	var first error
+	note := func(err error) {
+		if first == nil {
+			first = err
+		}
+	}
+	for _, key := range pkeys {
+		p, rev, err := store.Get(key)
+		if err != nil || p.Held == nil || p.Outcome != seat.PipelineOutcomeRunning || (fp != "" && p.Held.Fingerprint != fp) {
+			continue
+		}
+		half, ok := view(p.Branch)
+		if !ok {
+			note(fmt.Errorf("the catalog half of %s is not held yet: %s stays held", p.Branch, key))
+			continue
+		}
+		held := *p.Held
+		p.Held = nil
+		var asks []Asked
+		if s.Registration != nil {
+			if reg, ok := s.Registration(p.Module); ok {
+				p.Steps, asks = Place(p, reg, half.Entries, now, s.Name)
+			}
+		}
+		if _, err := store.Update(key, p, rev); err != nil {
+			note(fmt.Errorf("the held pipeline %s is not released: %w", key, err))
+			continue
+		}
+		started++
+		if err := s.Say(runnerclient.Subject(seat.EventWaitEnded, p.Module, p.Branch, commitOrGroup(p)), s.waitOf(p, held.Since, how)); err != nil {
+			s.logf("wait-ended of %s is not said: %v", key, err)
+		}
+		ev := seat.PipelineStarted{V: 1, At: &now, Pipeline: key, Branch: p.Branch, Source: p.Source, Module: p.Module, Commit: p.Commit,
+			Fingerprint: p.Fingerprint, Group: p.Group, Revision: p.Revision}
+		if err := s.Say(runnerclient.Subject(seat.EventPipelineStarted, p.Module, p.Branch, commitOrGroup(p)), ev); err != nil {
+			s.logf("pipeline-started of %s is not said: %v", key, err)
+		}
+		if s.Steps != nil && len(asks) > 0 {
+			s.carry(key, asks)
+			if err := askAll(s.Steps, s.Arm, key, asks); err != nil {
+				note(err)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return started, first
+}
+
+// ReleaseExpired starts the pipelines held for the fingerprint whose bound key expired (§266, A-195): the 30 minutes passed
+// without the new runner running healthy, so the running runner runs them.
+func (s *Starter) ReleaseExpired(store Updater, key string, view func(branch string) (Half, bool)) (int, error) {
+	pkeys, err := store.Keys("*.*.*")
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("the pipelines are not listed: %w", err)
+	}
+	for _, k := range pkeys {
+		if p, _, err := store.Get(k); err == nil && p.Held != nil && HeldKey(p.Held.Fingerprint) == key {
+			return s.Release(store, p.Held.Fingerprint, "released", view)
+		}
+	}
+	return 0, nil
+}
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-pipeline/internal/pipeline/hold_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-pipeline/internal/pipeline/hold_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c4911fea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-pipeline/internal/pipeline/hold_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+package pipeline
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	catalog "git.novox.be/novox/mesh-delivery/modules/mesh-delivery-contracts/go/seats/meshcatalog"
+	seat "git.novox.be/novox/mesh-delivery/modules/mesh-delivery-contracts/go/seats/meshpipelinerunner"
+)
+
+// memCreated is memStore with the Create a start writes through.
+type memCreated struct{ memStore }
+
+func (m memCreated) Create(key string, value []byte) error {
+	if _, ok := m.memStore[key]; ok {
+		return ErrExists
+	}
+	var p seat.Pipeline
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(value, &p); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	m.memStore[key] = struct {
+		p   seat.Pipeline
+		rev uint64
+	}{p, 1}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// A take-in giving the runner's own module a new fingerprint holds every pipeline it starts, a later take-in's too while one is
+// held, with no step asked; the new runner running healthy releases them, placing and asking their steps (design 47 G §65, §266,
+// §276, §534; A-195).
+func TestPipelinesAreHeldForTheNewRunnerAndReleasedWhenItRuns(t *testing.T) {
+	reg, entries := placeFixture()
+	entries["runner"] = catalog.CatalogEntry{Module: "runner"}
+	store := memCreated{memStore{}}
+	asks := &stepAsks{}
+	var said []string
+	var bounds []string
+	s := &Starter{Pipelines: store, Steps: asks, Name: "the-runner", Self: "runner", SelfFp: "src2:old",
+		Awaiting: Awaiting(store.memStore), Hold: func(fp string) error { bounds = append(bounds, fp); return nil },
+		Registration: func(m string) (catalog.Registration, bool) { return reg, m == "app" },
+		Say: func(subject string, _ any) error {
+			said = append(said, subject[strings.Index(subject, ".event.")+7:])
+			return nil
+		}}
+	view := func(string) (Half, bool) { return Half{Entries: entries}, true }
+	n, err := s.TakenIn(catalog.TakeInTaken{Key: "m.1", Branch: "main", Source: 4, Entries: []catalog.TakeInEntry{
+		{Module: "app", Commit: "c1", Fingerprint: "src2:aa"}, {Module: "runner", Commit: "c2", Fingerprint: "src2:new"}}}, view)
+	if err != nil || n != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("take-in = %d, %v", n, err)
+	}
+	p, _, _ := store.Get("main.4.app")
+	if p.Held == nil || p.Held.Fingerprint != "src2:new" || len(p.Steps) != 0 || len(asks.asks) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("held = %+v, steps %d, asks %d", p.Held, len(p.Steps), len(asks.asks))
+	}
+	if strings.Join(said, "|") != "wait-held.app.main.c1|wait-held.runner.main.c2" || len(bounds) != 2 || bounds[0] != "src2:new" {
+		t.Errorf("said %v, bounds %v", said, bounds)
+	}
+	// A later take-in not naming the runner is held for the same version.
+	if n, err := s.TakenIn(catalog.TakeInTaken{Key: "m.2", Branch: "main", Source: 5, Entries: []catalog.TakeInEntry{{Module: "app", Commit: "c3", Fingerprint: "src2:bb"}}}, view); err != nil || n != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("second take-in = %d, %v", n, err)
+	}
+	if p, _, _ := store.Get("main.5.app"); p.Held == nil || len(asks.asks) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("the later pipeline is not held: %+v", p.Held)
+	}
+	// Another fingerprint's release starts nothing.
+	if n, err := s.Release(store.memStore, "src2:other", "ran", view); err != nil || n != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("release of another version = %d, %v", n, err)
+	}
+	said = nil
+	n, err = s.Release(store.memStore, "src2:new", "ran", view)
+	if err != nil || n != 3 {
+		t.Fatalf("release = %d, %v", n, err)
+	}
+	p, _, _ = store.Get("main.4.app")
+	if p.Held != nil || len(p.Steps) == 0 || len(asks.asks) == 0 {
+		t.Errorf("after the release: held %+v, steps %d, asks %d", p.Held, len(p.Steps), len(asks.asks))
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(strings.Join(said, "|"), "wait-ended.app.main.c1|pipeline-started.app.main.c1") {
+		t.Errorf("said %v", said)
+	}
+	if _, held := Awaiting(store.memStore)(); held {
+		t.Error("a pipeline is still held")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-pipeline/internal/pipeline/read.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-pipeline/internal/pipeline/read.go
index ced5a604..4da65cb7 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-pipeline/internal/pipeline/read.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-pipeline/internal/pipeline/read.go
@@ -88,6 +88,25 @@ func (r Reads) Stands() (seat.StandsAnswer, error) {
 	return seat.StandsAnswer{Stands: out}, nil
 }
 
+// Waits is the pipelines held for the runner's new version, each as the wait of step `pipeline` it says (design 47 G §266, §276,
+// §534, A-195): the acting part awaited by its fingerprint, since when, and the pipeline.
+func (r Reads) Waits() (seat.StandsAnswer, error) {
+	all, err := r.pipelines()
+	if err != nil {
+		return seat.StandsAnswer{}, err
+	}
+	out := []seat.Wait{}
+	for _, p := range all {
+		if p.Held == nil || p.Outcome != seat.PipelineOutcomeRunning {
+			continue
+		}
+		out = append(out, seat.Wait{Pipeline: p.Pipeline, Module: p.Module, Branch: p.Branch, Commit: p.Commit, Group: p.Group, Source: p.Source,
+			Revision: p.Revision, Fingerprint: p.Held.Fingerprint, Step: seat.WaitStepPipeline, On: seat.WaitOnBuildNode, Since: p.Held.Since, V: 1})
+	}
+	sort.SliceStable(out, func(i, j int) bool { return out[i].Since.Before(out[j].Since) })
+	return seat.StandsAnswer{Stands: out}, nil
+}
+
 // WhyCarried is where a step's result was carried from (§25, §83): the pipeline it names.
 func (r Reads) WhyCarried(in seat.WhyCarriedInput) (seat.WhyCarriedAnswer, error) {
 	p, ok, err := r.pipeline(in.Pipeline)
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-pipeline/internal/pipeline/read_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-pipeline/internal/pipeline/read_test.go
index 601e639c..5dabc4b4 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-pipeline/internal/pipeline/read_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-pipeline/internal/pipeline/read_test.go
@@ -127,3 +127,19 @@ func TestReads(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// runner_waits lists the pipelines held for the runner's new version as waits of step `pipeline` (design 47 G §276, A-195).
+func TestWaitsListTheHeldPipelines(t *testing.T) {
+	since := time.Date(2026, 11, 12, 6, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+	held := seat.Pipeline{Pipeline: "main.4.app", Module: "app", Branch: "main", Commit: "c1", Source: 4, Outcome: seat.PipelineOutcomeRunning,
+		Held: &seat.Held{Since: since, Fingerprint: "src2:new"}}
+	plain := seat.Pipeline{Pipeline: "main.3.app", Module: "app", Branch: "main", Outcome: seat.PipelineOutcomeRunning}
+	pipes := memKept{}
+	put(t, pipes, held.Pipeline, held)
+	put(t, pipes, plain.Pipeline, plain)
+	r := Reads{Pipelines: pipes, Kept: memKept{}}
+	got, err := r.Waits()
+	if err != nil || len(got.Stands) != 1 || got.Stands[0].Step != seat.WaitStepPipeline || got.Stands[0].Fingerprint != "src2:new" || !got.Stands[0].Since.Equal(since) {
+		t.Fatalf("waits = %+v, %v", got, err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-pipeline/internal/pipeline/start.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-pipeline/internal/pipeline/start.go
index 9e5737aa..42f23f01 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-pipeline/internal/pipeline/start.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-pipeline/internal/pipeline/start.go
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ type Begin struct {
 	Group      string
 	Repository string
 	Revision   int64
+	// Await is the fingerprint of the runner's own module this pipeline is held for (§266, A-195); empty when it is not held.
+	Await string
 	// Entries are the catalog half's entries of the pipeline's branch: the steps' artifacts and build seats are read from them.
 	Entries map[string]catalog.CatalogEntry
 }
@@ -70,6 +72,26 @@ type Starter struct {
 	Toolchain func(language string) (*nodebuildgo.ToolchainUsed, error)
 	// Arm arms the bound of an ask put on a build seat's work queue (§535, §647); nil arms none.
 	Arm Arm
+	// Self is the runner's own module and SelfFp the fingerprint it runs (A-149); a take-in giving Self another fingerprint
+	// holds its pipelines for the new runner (§65, §266, A-195). Awaiting is the fingerprint the held pipelines await, while
+	// any is held; Hold arms the bound of that wait (HeldBound). All nil: nothing is held.
+	Self, SelfFp string
+	Awaiting     func() (string, bool)
+	Hold         func(fp string) error
+}
+
+func newPipeline(b Begin, key string, now time.Time) seat.Pipeline {
+	return seat.Pipeline{V: 1, Pipeline: key, Branch: b.Branch, Source: b.Source, Module: b.Module, Commit: b.Commit, Fingerprint: b.Fp,
+		Group: b.Group, Repository: b.Repository, Revision: b.Revision, Outcome: seat.PipelineOutcomeRunning, Started: &now,
+		Steps: []seat.StepResult{}}
+}
+
+func (s *Starter) create(key string, p seat.Pipeline) error {
+	raw, err := json.Marshal(p)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return s.Pipelines.Create(key, raw)
 }
 
 // Start writes b's pipeline, running, and says pipeline-started; false, nil when its key was written already (the second
@@ -83,9 +105,15 @@ func (s *Starter) Start(b Begin) (bool, error) {
 		now = s.Now().UTC()
 	}
 	key := Key(b.Branch, b.Source, b.Module)
-	p := seat.Pipeline{V: 1, Pipeline: key, Branch: b.Branch, Source: b.Source, Module: b.Module, Commit: b.Commit, Fingerprint: b.Fp,
-		Group: b.Group, Repository: b.Repository, Revision: b.Revision, Outcome: seat.PipelineOutcomeRunning, Started: &now,
-		Steps: []seat.StepResult{}}
+	if b.Await == "" && s.Awaiting != nil {
+		if fp, ok := s.Awaiting(); ok {
+			b.Await = fp
+		}
+	}
+	if b.Await != "" {
+		return s.startHeld(b, key, now, b.Await)
+	}
+	p := newPipeline(b, key, now)
 	var asks []Asked
 	if s.Registration != nil {
 		if reg, ok := s.Registration(b.Module); ok {
@@ -94,11 +122,7 @@ func (s *Starter) Start(b Begin) (bool, error) {
 			s.logf("%s has no registration yet: its pipeline starts with no step", key)
 		}
 	}
-	raw, err := json.Marshal(p)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, err
-	}
-	if err := s.Pipelines.Create(key, raw); errors.Is(err, ErrExists) {
+	if err := s.create(key, p); errors.Is(err, ErrExists) {
 		s.logf("%s is started already: this start writes nothing", key)
 		return false, nil
 	} else if err != nil {
@@ -288,9 +312,16 @@ func (s *Starter) TakenIn(ev catalog.TakeInTaken, view func(branch string) (Half
 	half, _ := view(ev.Branch)
 	started := 0
 	var first error
+	// A take-in giving the runner's own module a new fingerprint holds every pipeline it starts for that runner (§65, A-195).
+	await := ""
+	for _, e := range ev.Entries {
+		if s.changesSelf(e.Module, e.Fingerprint) {
+			await = e.Fingerprint
+		}
+	}
 	for _, e := range ev.Entries {
 		ok, err := s.Start(Begin{Branch: ev.Branch, Source: ev.Source, Module: e.Module, Commit: e.Commit, Fp: e.Fingerprint,
-			Group: ev.Group, Repository: e.Repository, Revision: half.Revision, Entries: half.Entries})
+			Group: ev.Group, Repository: e.Repository, Revision: half.Revision, Entries: half.Entries, Await: await})
 		if err != nil && first == nil {
 			first = err
 		}
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-pipeline/manifest_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-pipeline/manifest_test.go
index 58693b51..e29f902e 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-pipeline/manifest_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-pipeline/manifest_test.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func TestManifest(t *testing.T) {
 		{"consumes", equalSets(m.Consumes, []string{
 			"mesh-delivery-indexer.take-in.taken", "mesh-builds.package-published", "mesh-builds.toolchain-agreed", "mesh-builds.step-ended",
 			"operator-channel.decided", "node-build-go.step-ended", "node-build-node.step-ended",
-			"node-build-image.step-ended", "node-build-go.ask-taken", "node-build-node.ask-taken", "node-build-image.ask-taken", "mesh-wants.step-ended", "mesh-catalog.registration-changed",
+			"node-build-image.step-ended", "node-build-go.ask-taken", "node-build-node.ask-taken", "node-build-image.ask-taken", "node-engine.running", "mesh-wants.step-ended", "mesh-catalog.registration-changed",
 			"mesh-catalog.catalog-revision", "mesh-conditions.findings-asked"})},
 		// RN2 (§21, §195, §200, §77): the registrations and the catalog half asked by their verbs, the first views read and
 		// asked again by hand (a hand act).
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func TestManifest(t *testing.T) {
 			"seat:node-build-image.check.step"})},
 		{"uses operator-channel", equalSets(m.Uses, []string{"operator-channel"})},
 		// RN25 (§539): the runner's tools carry the prefix runner_.
-		{"first-view tools", equalSets(m.Tools, []string{"runner_first_views", "runner_first_view_again", "runner_health"})},
+		{"first-view tools", equalSets(m.Tools, []string{"runner_first_views", "runner_first_view_again", "runner_health", "runner_waits"})},
 		// RN25 (§468, §76): the health check, run outside the process, is the tool runner_health.
 		{"health is runner_health", healthTool(raw) == "tool runner_health"},
 		// RN1/AC5 (§95, §130): the new assigner is delivered before the runner.
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-pipeline/module.json b/modules/mesh-delivery-pipeline/module.json
index e185be5c..0b100789 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-pipeline/module.json
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-pipeline/module.json
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
   "tools": [
     "runner_first_views",
     "runner_first_view_again",
-    "runner_health"
+    "runner_health",
+    "runner_waits"
   ],
   "consumes": [
     "mesh-delivery-indexer.take-in.taken",
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@
     "node-build-go.ask-taken",
     "node-build-node.ask-taken",
     "node-build-image.ask-taken",
+    "node-engine.running",
     "mesh-wants.step-ended",
     "mesh-catalog.registration-changed",
     "mesh-catalog.catalog-revision",