diff --git a/internal/agent/agent_test.go b/internal/agent/agent_test.go
index 6ed291d..e6c128a 100644
--- a/internal/agent/agent_test.go
+++ b/internal/agent/agent_test.go
@@ -618,17 +618,23 @@ func TestADataModuleIsBackedUpFirstAndHeldWhenItFails(t *testing.T) {
 		detail, backup   string
 		backups, applied int
 		phase            delivery.Phase
+		namesNothing     bool // the have names no fp and no composition
 	}{
-		{BackupInterrupted, delivery.BackupAgain, 1, 1, delivery.PhaseRunning},
-		{BackupInterrupted, "", 1, 1, delivery.PhaseRunning},
-		{"restic: the repository is locked", delivery.BackupAgain, 0, 0, delivery.PhaseHeld},
+		{BackupInterrupted, delivery.BackupAgain, 1, 1, delivery.PhaseRunning, false},
+		// novox's postgres: its held have, written before mesh-host #189, names nothing it runs.
+		{BackupInterrupted, "", 1, 1, delivery.PhaseRunning, true},
+		{"restic: the repository is locked", delivery.BackupAgain, 0, 0, delivery.PhaseHeld, false},
 	} {
 		r := newBed(t)
 		r.comps.before(ck1, craw1)
 		r.comps.before(ck2, craw2)
 		wk, wraw := wantFor(t, "db", fp2, dig2, row.backup)
 		r.wants.before(wk, wraw)
-		r.haves.stored = map[string]Have{"db": {Module: "db", FP: fp1, Composed: dig1, Phase: string(delivery.PhaseHeld), Detail: row.detail}}
+		held := Have{Module: "db", FP: fp1, Composed: dig1, Phase: string(delivery.PhaseHeld), Detail: row.detail}
+		if row.namesNothing {
+			held.FP, held.Composed = "", ""
+		}
+		r.haves.stored = map[string]Have{"db": held}
 		stopR := r.run()
 		if row.applied > 0 {
 			eventually(t, row.detail+": not applied after its backup", func() bool { return len(r.appliedList()) == row.applied })
diff --git a/internal/selfcompose/selfcompose.go b/internal/selfcompose/selfcompose.go
index 28d4867..bb34508 100644
--- a/internal/selfcompose/selfcompose.go
+++ b/internal/selfcompose/selfcompose.go
@@ -618,7 +618,12 @@ func (c *Composer) takeModuleHave(u agent.Update) bool {
 			// A have that names nothing it runs, failed (the node could not compose a module it never ran: NotComposed), is
 			// no module run inside the node's own composition: taken as one, it was composed from its manifest past its
 			// build (issue 1126, review round 1 of the builds).
-			runsNothing := h.Phase == delivery.PhaseFailed && h.FP == "" && h.Composed == ""
+			// Nor is one held by a backup the node agent's own stop interrupted that names nothing (a have written before
+			// mesh-host #189, novox's postgres 2026-10-31): taken as one, it was composed from its manifest and refused
+			// for its secret reader before the start backed it up again. Any other have naming nothing keeps the rule
+			// (waiting for a yes inside the node's own stays in).
+			interrupted := h.Phase == delivery.PhaseHeld && h.Detail == agent.BackupInterrupted
+			runsNothing := (h.Phase == delivery.PhaseFailed || interrupted) && h.FP == "" && h.Composed == ""
 			in = h.Phase != delivery.PhaseRemoved && !runsNothing && !strings.HasPrefix(h.FP, delivery.SourcePrefix2)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/internal/selfcompose/selfcompose_test.go b/internal/selfcompose/selfcompose_test.go
index 29a4a39..c1413ba 100644
--- a/internal/selfcompose/selfcompose_test.go
+++ b/internal/selfcompose/selfcompose_test.go
@@ -1760,6 +1760,10 @@ func TestAHaveSaysWhetherItsModuleRunsInsideTheNodesOwn(t *testing.T) {
 		{"running with no fingerprint (mesh-wireguard)", delivery.Have{Phase: delivery.PhaseRunning, Health: delivery.HealthOK}, true, false},
 		{"held today", delivery.Have{FP: "build-0123abcd", Composed: "sha256:" + strings.Repeat("c", 64), Phase: delivery.PhaseHeld,
 			Health: delivery.HealthWaits, Detail: "held: a required config value is unset"}, true, true},
+		// novox's postgres (2026-10-31), its have written before mesh-host #189: held by a backup the node agent's stop
+		// interrupted and naming nothing; counted in, it was composed from its manifest and refused for its secret reader.
+		{"held by an interrupted backup, naming nothing", delivery.Have{Phase: delivery.PhaseHeld, Health: delivery.HealthWaits,
+			Detail: agent.BackupInterrupted}, false, true},
 	} {
 		t.Run(row.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			c := New(Env{Node: "n1"})