diff --git a/cmd/mesh-host/ownname_test.go b/cmd/mesh-host/ownname_test.go
index 1a145b58..0e77e7bf 100644
--- a/cmd/mesh-host/ownname_test.go
+++ b/cmd/mesh-host/ownname_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -54,3 +55,23 @@ func TestTheEnginesOwnNameIsReadFromItsAppliedRecordOrItsFirstComposing(t *testi
 		t.Fatal("the writer was never made after the name was known")
 	}
 }
+
+// §633: the engine's bound for the first seat list is the file the manifest's `view-waits-minutes` feeds, five minutes
+// when it holds nothing usable.
+func TestTheViewWaitsBoundIsTheManifestsSetting(t *testing.T) {
+	was := viewWaitsFile
+	defer func() { viewWaitsFile = was }()
+	for content, want := range map[string]time.Duration{"2\n": 2 * time.Minute, "": 5 * time.Minute, "0": 5 * time.Minute, "x": 5 * time.Minute} {
+		viewWaitsFile = filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "w")
+		if err := os.WriteFile(viewWaitsFile, []byte(content), 0o644); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		if got := viewWaitsBound(); got != want {
+			t.Errorf("the file %q gives %v, want %v", content, got, want)
+		}
+	}
+	viewWaitsFile = filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "missing")
+	if got := viewWaitsBound(); got != 5*time.Minute {
+		t.Errorf("no file gives %v", got)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cmd/mesh-host/seatlist.go b/cmd/mesh-host/seatlist.go
index add27c98..9eb2aa56 100644
--- a/cmd/mesh-host/seatlist.go
+++ b/cmd/mesh-host/seatlist.go
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
@@ -163,7 +165,7 @@ func startSeatList(ctx context.Context, session *link.Session, node string, find
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("the node-engine cannot follow the seat list: %w", err)
 	}
 	st.reader = reader
-	st.waiter = &seatwait.Waiter{Node: node, ObserverOf: findings.observer, Reader: reader, Writer: findings, Ctx: ctx,
+	st.waiter = &seatwait.Waiter{Node: node, ObserverOf: findings.observer, Reader: reader, Writer: findings, Ctx: ctx, Bound: viewWaitsBound(),
 		Clock: seatWaitClock, Say: say}
 	told := func() {
 		st.waiter.Changed()
@@ -259,3 +261,21 @@ func (f *lateFindings) Held() []condseat.Finding {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+// viewWaitsFile is the file the manifest declares with the content ${config:view-waits-minutes} (design 47 G §633), read at
+// the engine's start as recoveryWaitFile is.
+var viewWaitsFile = "/var/lib/mesh-host/view-waits-minutes"
+
+// viewWaitsBound is how long the reader of the seat list may wait before the engine says it: the file's minutes, the design's
+// five (seatwait.Bound) when the file is missing, empty or not a positive number.
+func viewWaitsBound() time.Duration {
+	raw, err := os.ReadFile(viewWaitsFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		return seatwait.Bound
+	}
+	n, err := strconv.Atoi(strings.TrimSpace(string(raw)))
+	if err != nil || n <= 0 {
+		return seatwait.Bound
+	}
+	return time.Duration(n) * time.Minute
+}
diff --git a/internal/seatwait/seatwait.go b/internal/seatwait/seatwait.go
index 667aea95..d583d9fe 100644
--- a/internal/seatwait/seatwait.go
+++ b/internal/seatwait/seatwait.go
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ type Waiter struct {
 	Reader     Reader
 	Writer     Writer
 	Clock      Clock
+	// Bound is how long the reader may wait; zero is the default Bound (the manifest's config `view-waits-minutes`, §633).
+	Bound time.Duration
 	// Ctx is the run's context for the writer's acts; nil is the background.
 	Ctx context.Context
 	// Say tells the node's journal; nil says nothing.
@@ -121,7 +123,7 @@ func (w *Waiter) Changed() {
 		return // an earlier process wrote it and the list is still unread: it stands until the first full read
 	}
 	w.since = w.Clock.Now()
-	w.timer = w.Clock.AfterFunc(Bound, w.expired)
+	w.timer = w.Clock.AfterFunc(w.bound(), w.expired)
 }
 
 // Waiting says whether the bound is running or the finding stands, and since when.
@@ -172,3 +174,10 @@ func observerOf(fixed string, of func() string) string {
 	}
 	return fixed
 }
+
+func (w *Waiter) bound() time.Duration {
+	if w.Bound > 0 {
+		return w.Bound
+	}
+	return Bound
+}
diff --git a/internal/seatwait/seatwait_test.go b/internal/seatwait/seatwait_test.go
index 31f3a4a7..ba7b6e58 100644
--- a/internal/seatwait/seatwait_test.go
+++ b/internal/seatwait/seatwait_test.go
@@ -233,9 +233,27 @@ func caseAnEntryNotFoundIsAFindingOfTheFingerprint(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 // ADR 0636 §1, the node's finding of a seat list unread.
+// §633: the bound is the manifest's `view-waits-minutes` when one is given: a finding at two minutes, none before.
+func caseAGivenBoundReplacesTheFiveMinutes(t *testing.T) {
+	reader := &fakeReader{st: seatlist.Status{Heard: false, LastError: "no answer"}}
+	clock := &fakeClock{now: time.Date(2026, 11, 5, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)}
+	findings := &fakeFindings{}
+	w := &Waiter{Node: "ace", Observer: "node-engine", Reader: reader, Writer: findings, Clock: clock, Bound: 2 * time.Minute}
+	w.Changed()
+	clock.advance(2*time.Minute - time.Second)
+	if len(findings.put) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("a finding was written before the given bound: %+v", findings.put)
+	}
+	clock.advance(time.Second)
+	if len(findings.put) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("no finding at the given bound: %+v", findings.put)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestTheSeatListWait(t *testing.T) {
 	for name, run := range map[string]func(*testing.T){
 		"five minutes write one finding and the first full read clears it":           caseTheNodeWritesOneFindingAfterFiveMinutesAndClearsItAtTheFirstFullRead,
+		"a given bound replaces the five minutes":                                    caseAGivenBoundReplacesTheFiveMinutes,
 		"a read within the bound writes nothing":                                     caseAReadWithinTheBoundWritesNothing,
 		"a finding that cannot be written is said and tried again":                   caseAFindingThatCannotBeWrittenIsSaidAndTriedAgain,
 		"a finding of an earlier process is cleared at the first full read":          caseAFindingOfAnEarlierProcessIsClearedAtTheFirstFullRead,
diff --git a/module.json b/module.json
index c66f253f..d97c6be5 100644
--- a/module.json
+++ b/module.json
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@
   ],
   "invokes": [
     "seat:mesh-catalog.entry",
+    {"verb": "seat:mesh-catalog.revision", "fields": ["none-yet"]},
     "seat:mesh-catalog.seat-definitions",
+    "seat:mesh-grants.withheld",
     "seat:mesh-module-assigner.assignments",
     "seat:mesh-recovery.kept-points",
     "seat:mesh-recovery.restore-kept",
@@ -91,6 +93,12 @@
       "minimum": 1,
       "default": 90
     },
+    "view-waits-minutes": {
+      "type": "number",
+      "description": "How long the node-engine waits for the first complete seat list or catalog view before it writes the finding that it waits, in minutes (design 47 G §633, ADR 0636 §1).",
+      "minimum": 1,
+      "default": 5
+    },
     "operator-signers": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "The operator's public keys, ed25519 in base64, one a line: the node applies a composition made by hand only when one of these signed it (ADR 0539 clause 3). Public keys, no secret. Empty trusts no operator key.",
@@ -132,6 +140,13 @@
       "path": "/var/lib/mesh-host/recovery-wait-minutes",
       "mode": "0644",
       "content": "${config:recovery-wait-minutes}\n"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "view-waits",
+      "type": "file",
+      "path": "/var/lib/mesh-host/view-waits-minutes",
+      "mode": "0644",
+      "content": "${config:view-waits-minutes}\n"
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/packaging/operator_keys_test.go b/packaging/operator_keys_test.go
index fdf38d77..751d5436 100644
--- a/packaging/operator_keys_test.go
+++ b/packaging/operator_keys_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package packaging_test
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"os"
+	"reflect"
 	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ func TestTheManifestConsumesTheBackupEvent(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	var m struct {
 		Consumes []string `json:"consumes"`
-		Invokes  []string `json:"invokes"`
+		Invokes  []any    `json:"invokes"` // a verb, or the long form {verb, fields} (§558)
 		Config   map[string]struct {
 			Default any `json:"default"`
 		} `json:"config"`
@@ -71,11 +72,16 @@ func TestTheManifestConsumesTheBackupEvent(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	// Design 47 G §630, §633, A-77: the recovery module's three verbs it asks, and its bound as a config key of 90.
-	for _, v := range []string{"seat:mesh-recovery.kept-points", "seat:mesh-recovery.restore-kept", "seat:mesh-recovery.snapshot-kept"} {
-		if !slices.Contains(m.Invokes, v) {
-			t.Errorf("invokes %v lacks %s", m.Invokes, v)
+	// §635, §558, §617: it invokes `withheld` and names no `uses`; the catalog's revision in the long form with the field none-yet.
+	for _, v := range []any{"seat:mesh-recovery.kept-points", "seat:mesh-recovery.restore-kept", "seat:mesh-recovery.snapshot-kept",
+		"seat:mesh-grants.withheld", map[string]any{"verb": "seat:mesh-catalog.revision", "fields": []any{"none-yet"}}} {
+		if !slices.ContainsFunc(m.Invokes, func(have any) bool { return reflect.DeepEqual(have, v) }) {
+			t.Errorf("invokes %v lacks %v", m.Invokes, v)
 		}
 	}
+	if !strings.Contains(string(raw), `"content": "${config:view-waits-minutes}\n"`) || m.Config["view-waits-minutes"].Default != float64(5) {
+		t.Errorf("module.json declares no file with the content ${config:view-waits-minutes} or its default is not 5 (§633)")
+	}
 	if !strings.Contains(string(raw), `"content": "${config:recovery-wait-minutes}\n"`) {
 		t.Errorf("module.json declares no file with the content ${config:recovery-wait-minutes} (design 47 G A-112)")
 	}