pacman still falls back to the controller's declared-packages for a node whose engine has not written its own packages (ADR 0565 §6), so the check named that read as ended and would refuse the lease write. It is now a kept read, dropped with the others at the write's own delivery (issue 774, design 47 L3). Quick fix chosen over removing pacman's fallback: it matches the record as it stands, and the read goes with the other kept reads at the write's delivery. Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01NcbgfJ9Gum47zkFKWRaovL