Hand a module exactly when the vault's own answer judged it handed, so the node never composes a secret the vault leaves to the provisioner (issue 774)

go.mod

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/novox/mesh-host
 go 1.26.0
 
 require (
-	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261031082917-2d1d8def7535
+	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261031084708-acbf80ad910a
 	github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2 v2.11.17
 	github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.54.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.57.0

go.sum

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261031082917-2d1d8def7535 h1:Bgrm3YfWCxr+FEm03kEP5fDIe9hNbe+j0CDVatGAGKg=
 git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261031082917-2d1d8def7535/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261031083427-de8e82c06f54 h1:xITIabv8ujmwpaEKBiQpkOx6U/ICLTTzX9WWC3DGOPQ=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261031083427-de8e82c06f54/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261031084708-acbf80ad910a h1:DcSvfEmdPBKqCg5OmXRNb269EkkPe7BsEp+RykEhkgE=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261031084708-acbf80ad910a/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
 github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.7.0-default-no-op h1:Z/MZK75wC/NSrkgqeNIa7jexam9uWzhLmFTSCPI/kn0=
 github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.7.0-default-no-op/go.mod h1:FQyySiasQQM8735Ddel3MRojmy4dA1IqCeyJ5jmPMbI=
 github.com/google/go-tpm v0.9.8 h1:slArAR9Ft+1ybZu0lBwpSmpwhRXaa85hWtMinMyRAWo=

internal/selfcompose/selfcompose.go

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"maps"
 	"reflect"
 	"slices"
 	"sort"
@@ -113,6 +114,10 @@ type Composer struct {
 	// sealedOwn is each own secret's sealed value as first handed, by module/name and generation: a value sealed again
 	// is other bytes, so the one first had is kept while the generation stands, and the composition stays the same.
 	sealedOwn map[string]ownSealed
+	// ownHanded is, by module, whether the vault judged it handed to the provisioner in its last own answer (its
+	// `handed`), nil when that answer said nothing of it (a vault older than the field): the composition hands exactly
+	// those (frombus.HandedReader, issue 774).
+	ownHanded map[string]bool
 	// certified is the serving key a certificate was last asked for successfully, so it is asked once per key.
 	certified string
 	said      string
@@ -1279,6 +1284,7 @@ func (r reader) OwnSecrets(ctx context.Context, node string) ([]compose.OwnSecre
 			Generation int             `json:"generation"`
 			Sealed     json.RawMessage `json:"sealed"`
 		} `json:"own"`
+		Handed map[string]bool `json:"handed"`
 	}
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &a); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("the vault's own answer is not one: %w", err)
@@ -1288,6 +1294,7 @@ func (r reader) OwnSecrets(ctx context.Context, node string) ([]compose.OwnSecre
 	}
 	r.c.mu.Lock()
 	defer r.c.mu.Unlock()
+	r.c.ownHanded = a.Handed
 	out := make([]compose.OwnSecretRow, 0, len(a.Own))
 	for _, o := range a.Own {
 		// The box first had is kept while its generation stands, so sealing it again moves no composition; the box the
@@ -1304,6 +1311,19 @@ func (r reader) OwnSecrets(ctx context.Context, node string) ([]compose.OwnSecre
 	return out, nil
 }
 
+// Handed is, of this node's modules, which the vault judged handed to the provisioner when it last answered own
+// (frombus.HandedReader, issue 774): the node hands exactly those, so the vault and the node judge a module one way.
+func (r reader) Handed(_ context.Context, node string) map[string]bool {
+	if node != r.c.env.Node {
+		return nil
+	}
+	r.c.mu.Lock()
+	defer r.c.mu.Unlock()
+	return maps.Clone(r.c.ownHanded)
+}
+
+var _ frombus.HandedReader = reader{}
+
 func (r reader) Credentials(ctx context.Context, node string, asConsumer, asProvider []compose.CredentialKey) ([]compose.Credential, []compose.Issued, error) {
 	if node != r.c.env.Node || r.c.env.Own == nil {
 		return nil, nil, nil

internal/selfcompose/selfcompose_test.go

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"reflect"
 	"slices"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ func TestTheNodeComposesItsWantsFromTheBus(t *testing.T) {
 		asks++
 		sealedAt[fmt.Sprintf(`{"ask":%d}`, asks)] = generation + 1
 		return json.RawMessage(fmt.Sprintf(`{"node":"n1","key":"sk","own":[{"module":"keeper","name":"password","origin":"made",`+
-			`"generation":%d,"sealed":{"ask":%d}}]}`, generation+1, asks)), nil
+			`"generation":%d,"sealed":{"ask":%d}}],"handed":{"keeper":false}}`, generation+1, asks)), nil
 	}
 	secretChanged := make(chan []byte, 1)
 	env.Hear = func(subject string) (<-chan []byte, func(), error) {
@@ -767,6 +768,16 @@ func TestTheNodeComposesItsWantsFromTheBus(t *testing.T) {
 	if rotated.Key != keeperKey {
 		t.Fatalf("a new generation handed %s, want keeper again", rotated.Key)
 	}
+	// Issue 774: what the vault judged handed in its own answer is what the node's composition hands, for n1 alone.
+	b.mu.Lock()
+	asked := asks
+	b.mu.Unlock()
+	if h := (reader{c: c}).Handed(ctx, "n1"); asked == 0 || !reflect.DeepEqual(h, map[string]bool{"keeper": false}) {
+		t.Errorf("the vault's handed verdicts as the composition reads them, after %d asks: %v", asked, h)
+	}
+	if h := (reader{c: c}).Handed(ctx, "n2"); h != nil {
+		t.Errorf("another node's verdicts: %v", h)
+	}
 
 	// Review of L2 (round 2): rotated, then the node-engine restarts. The agent has applied nothing yet, so the box the
 	// node runs comes from keeper's have (Held); the vault seals the value again, other bytes, and the box the have holds