The node-engine carries a module's own secrets sealed by the vault when its manifest says they are the core's credentials, pinned at mesh-sdk 4f141ff (issue 774, the operator 2026-11-03)

internal/compose/resolution/core_credentials_test.go

@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
 package resolution
 
 import (
-	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 
 	mcat "git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/catalogue"
 )
 
+// The core's own credentials are what a module's manifest says (core-credentials, issue 774): no module is on a list.
 func TestTheCoresOwnCredentialsAreTheBusTheProvisionerAndItsClient(t *testing.T) {
-	if want := []string{"mesh-provisioner", "mesh-provisioner-client", "nats"}; !reflect.DeepEqual(mcat.CoreCredentialModules, want) {
-		t.Fatalf("the core's modules are %v, want %v (mesh-vault's CoreModules is the same list)", mcat.CoreCredentialModules, want)
-	}
-	for _, m := range []string{"nats", "mesh-provisioner", "mesh-provisioner-client"} {
-		if !CarriesVaultSealed(m) {
-			t.Errorf("%s is not on the list", m)
+	for raw, core := range map[string]bool{
+		`{"module":"nats","version":"1","core-credentials":true}`: true,
+		`{"module":"nats","version":"1"}`:                         false,
+		`{"module":"postgres","version":"1"}`:                     false,
+	} {
+		m, err := mcat.Decode([]byte(raw))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
-	}
-	for _, m := range []string{"postgres", "mesh-vault", "mesh-controller", ""} {
-		if CarriesVaultSealed(m) {
-			t.Errorf("%s is on the list", m)
+		if CarriesVaultSealed(m) != core {
+			t.Errorf("%s: carries the core's credentials %v", raw, !core)
 		}
 	}
 }