diff --git a/modules/mesh-grants/internal/buscompose/create.go b/modules/mesh-grants/internal/buscompose/create.go
index f4d76a68..5c534ed6 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-grants/internal/buscompose/create.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-grants/internal/buscompose/create.go
@@ -25,12 +25,16 @@ func BucketStreamConfig(b Bucket) jetstream.StreamConfig {
 	if age > 0 && age < dupes {
 		dupes = age
 	}
+	maxBytes := int64(StateMaxBytes)
+	if b.MaxMiB > 0 {
+		maxBytes = int64(b.MaxMiB) << 20
+	}
 	cfg := jetstream.StreamConfig{
 		Name:              "KV_" + b.Bucket(),
 		Description:       b.Why(),
 		Subjects:          []string{"$KV." + b.Bucket() + ".>"},
 		MaxMsgsPerSubject: int64(history),
-		MaxBytes:          StateMaxBytes,
+		MaxBytes:          maxBytes,
 		MaxAge:            age,
 		MaxMsgSize:        StateMaxValueBytes,
 		Storage:           jetstream.FileStorage,
diff --git a/modules/mesh-grants/internal/buscompose/create_test.go b/modules/mesh-grants/internal/buscompose/create_test.go
index 0df9580e..64f8bc47 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-grants/internal/buscompose/create_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-grants/internal/buscompose/create_test.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 // Defends issue 1790 (ADR 0547 §5): the grants part creates a declared bucket and stream as the controller asserts them.
 func declaredStreamsAreCreatedAsTheControllerAssertsThem(t *testing.T) {
 	plain := BucketStreamConfig(Bucket{Module: "mesh-vault", Name: "bus-accounts"})
+	declared := BucketStreamConfig(Bucket{Module: "c", Name: "compositions", MaxMiB: 256})
 	keyed := BucketStreamConfig(Bucket{Module: "m", Name: "presence", History: 5, TTLSeconds: 60, KeyTTL: true})
 	queue := ModuleStreamConfig(ModuleStream{Module: "b", Name: "ASKS", Events: []string{"ask"}, MaxAgeDays: 7, MaxMiB: 32,
 		WorkQueue: true, Duplicates: 1})
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ func declaredStreamsAreCreatedAsTheControllerAssertsThem(t *testing.T) {
 		{"bucket subjects", plain.Subjects[0], "$KV.mesh-vault_bus-accounts.>"},
 		{"bucket history defaults to one", plain.MaxMsgsPerSubject, int64(1)},
 		{"bucket cap", plain.MaxBytes, int64(StateMaxBytes)},
+		{"bucket cap as its state declares it (max-mib)", declared.MaxBytes, int64(256 << 20)},
 		{"bucket value cap", plain.MaxMsgSize, int32(StateMaxValueBytes)},
 		{"bucket duplicate window", plain.Duplicates, 2 * time.Minute},
 		{"bucket discards new", plain.Discard, jetstream.DiscardNew},
diff --git a/modules/mesh-grants/internal/buscompose/state.go b/modules/mesh-grants/internal/buscompose/state.go
index 7a57694a..072b239e 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-grants/internal/buscompose/state.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-grants/internal/buscompose/state.go
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ type Bucket struct {
 	History int
 	// TTLSeconds is how long a value lives; zero is until replaced or deleted.
 	TTLSeconds int
+	// MaxMiB is the bucket's cap in MiB as its state declares (max-mib); zero is StateMaxBytes.
+	MaxMiB int
 	// PerMachine says each machine's instance writes only the key named for its machine (novox/hq ADR
 	// 0260), and is granted that key and no other.
 	PerMachine bool
diff --git a/modules/mesh-grants/internal/grants/assertions.go b/modules/mesh-grants/internal/grants/assertions.go
index 03f1c8bc..32b15ed3 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-grants/internal/grants/assertions.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-grants/internal/grants/assertions.go
@@ -277,9 +277,14 @@ func Composed(m catalogue.Manifest, nodes []string) []Item {
 		if per < 1 {
 			per = 1
 		}
+		// A bucket's size cap is composed only where its state declares one (max-mib); the default is the bus's own.
+		var maxBytes int64
+		if b.MaxMiB > 0 {
+			maxBytes = buscompose.BucketStreamConfig(b).MaxBytes
+		}
 		out = append(out, Item{Kind: "bucket", Stream: "KV_" + b.Bucket(), Composed: Limits{
 			Subjects: []string{"$KV." + b.Bucket() + ".>"}, Retention: string(buscompose.RetentionLimits),
-			MaxAgeHours: b.TTLSeconds / 3600, MaxPerSubject: per}})
+			MaxAgeHours: b.TTLSeconds / 3600, MaxPerSubject: per, MaxBytes: maxBytes}})
 	}
 	for _, l := range logsOf(m) {
 		c := l.Config()
diff --git a/modules/mesh-grants/internal/grants/records.go b/modules/mesh-grants/internal/grants/records.go
index ae8842d7..b4a78958 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-grants/internal/grants/records.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-grants/internal/grants/records.go
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ func issuedTools(m catalogue.Manifest) []string {
 func bucketsOf(m catalogue.Manifest) []buscompose.Bucket {
 	var out []buscompose.Bucket
 	for _, s := range m.State {
-		out = append(out, buscompose.Bucket{Module: m.Module, Name: s.Name, History: s.History, TTLSeconds: s.TTLSeconds,
+		out = append(out, buscompose.Bucket{Module: m.Module, Name: s.Name, History: s.History, TTLSeconds: s.TTLSeconds, MaxMiB: s.MaxMiB,
 			PerMachine: s.PerMachine, KeyTTL: s.KeyTTL, ReadOnly: s.ReadOnly})
 	}
 	return out
diff --git a/modules/mesh-grants/internal/grants/statecap_test.go b/modules/mesh-grants/internal/grants/statecap_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3289b718
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/mesh-grants/internal/grants/statecap_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package grants
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/catalogue"
+)
+
+// raiser is a Creator that holds one stream at a cap and records the cap it is raised to.
+type raiser struct {
+	Creator
+	to int64
+}
+
+func (r *raiser) RaiseMaxBytes(_ string, to int64) (int64, bool, error) {
+	r.to = to
+	return 64 << 20, true, nil
+}
+
+// A state's declared max-mib reaches the bucket (issue 1975 note 6): the composed stream carries it, and a bucket the bus
+// holds at the default 64 MiB is raised to it by the assertion.
+func TestAStatesDeclaredCapReachesItsBucket(t *testing.T) {
+	m := catalogue.Manifest{Module: "mesh-delivery-checker", State: []catalogue.StateDeclaration{{Name: "compositions", MaxMiB: 256}}}
+	var composed *Item
+	for _, it := range Composed(m, nil) {
+		if it.Stream == "KV_mesh-delivery-checker_compositions" {
+			composed = &it
+		}
+	}
+	if composed == nil || composed.Composed.MaxBytes != 256<<20 {
+		t.Fatalf("the composed bucket is %+v, want a cap of 256 MiB", composed)
+	}
+	a := Assertion{Manifest: "d", Items: []Item{*composed}}
+	a.Items[0].Held = &Limits{MaxBytes: 64 << 20}
+	r := &raiser{}
+	_, raises := createMissing(r, &creations{}, &a, m, nil, false)
+	if r.to != 256<<20 || len(raises) != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("the held bucket was raised to %d (%v), want 256 MiB", r.to, raises)
+	}
+}