diff --git a/module.json b/module.json
index 52f97f17..82b00dec 100644
--- a/module.json
+++ b/module.json
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "packages"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "bounds",
+      "history": 1,
+      "key-ttl": true
     }
   ],
   "config": {
diff --git a/packaging/bounds_state_test.go b/packaging/bounds_state_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d92beab9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/bounds_state_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package packaging_test
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
+	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/catalogue"
+)
+
+// The node-engine's waits run against bound keys with their own time to live, in its old section as its other states are
+// (design 47 G A-92, §560, §627): the manifest declares the state bounds with a lifetime per key.
+func TestTheManifestDeclaresTheBoundsStateWithAKeyLifetime(t *testing.T) {
+	raw, err := os.ReadFile("../module.json")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	m, err := catalogue.Decode(raw)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("the manifest no longer parses: %v", err)
+	}
+	for _, s := range m.State {
+		if s.Name == "bounds" {
+			if !s.KeyTTL || s.History != 1 {
+				t.Fatalf("the state bounds is %+v: one value a key, each key with its own lifetime", s)
+			}
+			return
+		}
+	}
+	t.Fatal("the manifest declares no state bounds")
+}
diff --git a/packaging/operator_keys_test.go b/packaging/operator_keys_test.go
index d620eef7..2c6ca2ca 100644
--- a/packaging/operator_keys_test.go
+++ b/packaging/operator_keys_test.go
@@ -91,10 +91,11 @@ func TestTheManifestConsumesTheBackupEvent(t *testing.T) {
 	// ADR 0565 clause 6: and the state packages, one key per node, its compositions' declared packages, read by pacman.
 	// ADR 0564 §2, ADR 0636 §1: and the state findings, the node's finding that it waits for the seat list (no TTL: the
 	// finding stays until the first full read deletes its key).
-	if len(parsed.State) != 4 || parsed.State[0].Name != "health" || parsed.State[0].TTLSeconds != 0 ||
+	// Design 47 G A-92: and the state bounds, each key a wait's bound with its own lifetime (packaging/bounds_state_test.go).
+	if len(parsed.State) != 5 || parsed.State[0].Name != "health" || parsed.State[0].TTLSeconds != 0 ||
 		parsed.State[1].Name != "findings" || parsed.State[1].TTLSeconds != 0 ||
 		parsed.State[2].Name != "data" || parsed.State[2].TTLSeconds != 0 || parsed.State[3].Name != "packages" ||
-		parsed.State[3].TTLSeconds != 0 {
+		parsed.State[3].TTLSeconds != 0 || parsed.State[4].Name != "bounds" {
 		t.Fatalf("the manifest declares the state %+v", parsed.State)
 	}
 }