diff --git a/internal/link/have.go b/internal/link/have.go
index f1a5a696..bc261de0 100644
--- a/internal/link/have.go
+++ b/internal/link/have.go
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ func (q *Session) nodeFactsWithRecord(r Report, before *nodeengine.HaveByNodeNod
 	n := nodeFacts(r)
 	if q.Keys != nil {
 		keys := q.Keys()
-		keys.Stated = q.runnerStated
+		keys.Stated, keys.StatedBy = q.runnerStated, q.runnerFingerprint
 		n.Record = recordOf(q.Membership.Node, r, keys)
 	}
 	if before != nil && before.Record != nil {
diff --git a/internal/link/have_test.go b/internal/link/have_test.go
index 132fa730..a4f0bd16 100644
--- a/internal/link/have_test.go
+++ b/internal/link/have_test.go
@@ -344,7 +344,8 @@ func TestTheNodeKeyCarriesTheNodesFacts(t *testing.T) {
 	keys := RecordKeys{TunnelKey: "tk", SealingKey: "sk", ServingKey: "pk", Certificate: "cert",
 		Trusts: []string{"controller key sha256:aa", "vault key sha256:bb"}} // and what it trusts (L3 s6, ADR 0550 §2)
 	q.Keys = func() RecordKeys { return keys }
-	l.stated = map[string]string{CapabilitiesKey: "ledger-calls, bus-state-calls"} // the tool runner's calls (ENG-2)
+	l.stated = map[string]string{CapabilitiesKey: "ledger-calls, bus-state-calls", // the tool runner's calls (ENG-2)
+		FingerprintKey: "sha256:runner"} // and the runner that stated them (design 46 approval mark §6)
 	rep.Profile = map[string]any{"capabilities": []any{map[string]any{"name": "systemd", "present": true},
 		map[string]any{"name": "docker", "present": false}, map[string]any{"name": "apt", "present": true}},
 		"machine": map[string]any{"networks": []any{map[string]any{"link": "eth0", "network": "192.0.2.0/24"}}}}
@@ -357,7 +358,8 @@ func TestTheNodeKeyCarriesTheNodesFacts(t *testing.T) {
 	wantRecord := nodeengine.NodeRecord{V: sdkkeys.Version, Node: "n1", TunnelKey: "tk", SealingKey: "sk", ServingKey: "pk",
 		Certificate: "cert", Trusts: keys.Trusts, Capabilities: []string{"apt", "bus-state-calls", "ledger-calls", "systemd", CapabilityWantParts}, OutwardLinks: []string{"eth0"}, NetworksSaid: true,
 		Networks: []nodeengine.AttachedNetwork{{Link: "eth0", Network: "192.0.2.0/24"}}, Contract: NodeKeyContract,
-		ManifestReads: catalogue.ManifestReads()} // what it reads of a manifest: its contract's (ADR 0614 §4)
+		ManifestReads:      catalogue.ManifestReads(), // what it reads of a manifest: its contract's (ADR 0614 §4)
+		RunnerCapabilities: []string{"bus-state-calls", "ledger-calls"}, RunnerFingerprint: "sha256:runner"}
 	if !nodeengineclient.SameNodeRecord(*got.Record, wantRecord) {
 		t.Errorf("record = %+v, want %+v", *got.Record, wantRecord)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/link/record.go b/internal/link/record.go
index bd93ea82..8cf26bc6 100644
--- a/internal/link/record.go
+++ b/internal/link/record.go
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ type RecordKeys struct {
 	// Stated is the capabilities its tool runner states of the calls it answers (CapabilitiesKey), which the record says
 	// beside the machine's own: a module whose manifest asks for one is held off a machine whose runner does not state it.
 	Stated []string
+	// StatedBy is the fingerprint of the tool runner that stated Stated, as its PING carries it (FingerprintKey): the record
+	// takes both, so a reading is tied to the runner that made it (design 46 approval mark §6, lead answer A-203).
+	StatedBy string
 }
 
 // buildReads are the words and forms this engine reads of a manifest (novox/hq ADR 0614 §4): the reader capabilities of
@@ -135,7 +138,13 @@ func recordOf(node string, r Report, keys RecordKeys) *nodeengine.NodeRecord {
 		if c != "" && !slices.Contains(rec.Capabilities, c) {
 			rec.Capabilities = append(rec.Capabilities, c)
 		}
+		if c != "" {
+			rec.RunnerCapabilities = append(rec.RunnerCapabilities, c)
+		}
 	}
+	// The runner's own reading beside the merge, which stays for placement (design 46 approval mark §6, lead answer A-203).
+	sort.Strings(rec.RunnerCapabilities)
+	rec.RunnerFingerprint = keys.StatedBy
 	sort.Strings(rec.Capabilities)
 	if p.Machine != nil {
 		rec.NetworksSaid = true
diff --git a/internal/link/session.go b/internal/link/session.go
index 4c2e3704..986c5cc4 100644
--- a/internal/link/session.go
+++ b/internal/link/session.go
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ type Session struct {
 	// runnerStated is the capabilities this machine's tool runner last stated of the calls it answers (askRunner), said in the
 	// node's record. Held under saying.
 	runnerStated []string
+	// runnerFingerprint is the fingerprint of the runner that stated runnerStated (FingerprintKey). Held under saying.
+	runnerFingerprint string
 
 	// saying is held while a facts event is noted, so the haves are written in the order the facts are made.
 	saying sync.Mutex
@@ -581,5 +583,5 @@ func (q *Session) askRunner(ctx context.Context, bus Bus) {
 			stated = append(stated, c)
 		}
 	}
-	q.runnerStated = stated
+	q.runnerStated, q.runnerFingerprint = stated, strings.TrimSpace(md[FingerprintKey])
 }
diff --git a/internal/link/witnessing.go b/internal/link/witnessing.go
index 14cd1ecc..455bfd12 100644
--- a/internal/link/witnessing.go
+++ b/internal/link/witnessing.go
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ func (l *natsLink) Ping(ctx context.Context, service, id string) error {
 const (
 	ToolRunnerService = "node-tools"
 	CapabilitiesKey   = "capabilities"
+	// FingerprintKey is the metadata key of its PING it states its own fingerprint under, beside CapabilitiesKey (design 46
+	// approval mark §6, lead answer A-203).
+	FingerprintKey = "fingerprint"
 )
 
 // Stater is a link that can ask what a service's instance states of itself in its PING: its metadata.