diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1a43aa7..e6cd69a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/novox/mesh-host
 go 1.26.0
 
 require (
-	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261030182415-754edfae6924
+	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261030184532-9685990a15ed
 	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
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 11d9d45..c91c159 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261030182415-754edfae6924 h1:aIiKj066gYFEDokUOq0i2n4vsygu5g0XMKJRRaMI4fM=
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261030182415-754edfae6924/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261030184532-9685990a15ed h1:0h1S5YXrMdkjhB7gWzugqdLxb/HgDHWDmaVCNbEDAzc=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261030184532-9685990a15ed/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=
diff --git a/internal/selfcompose/selfcompose.go b/internal/selfcompose/selfcompose.go
index 44ca041..280b777 100644
--- a/internal/selfcompose/selfcompose.go
+++ b/internal/selfcompose/selfcompose.go
@@ -180,9 +180,33 @@ func (c *Composer) inputs() []input {
 		{delivery.HaveBucket, node + ".>", nil, (*Composer).takeModuleHave},
 		{delivery.ModulesBucket, ">", (*Composer).takeModule, nil},
 		{ResolvedBucket, node + ".>", (*Composer).takeValue, nil},
+		// The builder's builds: a pass that held a module for a build not yet done is made again when it lands (issue
+		// 774, 2026-10-30 19:30: node-tools' build landed and ace, g14 and shanks stayed refused until another input moved).
+		{delivery.BuilderBuildsBucket, ">", nil, (*Composer).takeBuildDone},
 	}
 }
 
+// takeBuildDone says whether a build that landed is one this node composes from: done, of a module it wants at that
+// build or whose trunk's build it is. Every other build, and a build not done, moves nothing.
+func (c *Composer) takeBuildDone(u agent.Update) bool {
+	if u.Deleted {
+		return false
+	}
+	module, fp, err := delivery.ParseBuilderBuildKey(u.Key)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	c.mu.Lock()
+	w, wanted := c.wants[module]
+	m := c.modules[module]
+	c.mu.Unlock()
+	if !wanted || (w.FP != fp && m.FP2 != fp) {
+		return false
+	}
+	b, err := delivery.DecodeBuilderBuild(u.Value)
+	return err == nil && b.State == delivery.BuildDone
+}
+
 // Watch starts the composer and answers the compositions it makes: each as a key of `composed-<node>` would be, then a
 // Caught update once every input was read and the node composed once, then every change. It ends when ctx ends or an
 // input's watch ends.
diff --git a/internal/selfcompose/selfcompose_test.go b/internal/selfcompose/selfcompose_test.go
index 4c68ffe..d8eb1f4 100644
--- a/internal/selfcompose/selfcompose_test.go
+++ b/internal/selfcompose/selfcompose_test.go
@@ -170,6 +170,8 @@ func TestTheNodeComposesItsWantsFromTheBus(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 		return secretChanged, func() {}, nil
 	}
+	var composed atomic.Int64 // passes made: each reads what runs once
+	env.Running = func() []delivery.Composed { composed.Add(1); return nil }
 	c := New(env)
 	out, err := c.Watch(ctx, "n1.>")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -197,7 +199,7 @@ func TestTheNodeComposesItsWantsFromTheBus(t *testing.T) {
 	b.put(t, delivery.ModulesBucket, "oldie", omod)
 	b.put(t, delivery.AssignerWantsBucket, "want.n1.lemurs", want)
 	b.put(t, delivery.AssignerWantsBucket, "want.n1.node", nodeWant)
-	for _, bucket := range []string{delivery.AssignerWantsBucket, delivery.PlacementBucket, delivery.HaveBucket, delivery.ModulesBucket, ResolvedBucket} {
+	for _, bucket := range []string{delivery.AssignerWantsBucket, delivery.PlacementBucket, delivery.HaveBucket, delivery.ModulesBucket, ResolvedBucket, delivery.BuilderBuildsBucket} {
 		b.send(bucket, agent.Update{Caught: true})
 	}
 	got := map[string]bool{}
@@ -428,6 +430,101 @@ func TestTheNodeComposesItsWantsFromTheBus(t *testing.T) {
 	b.put(t, ResolvedBucket, "n1.other.k", []byte(`{"value":1,"source":"node"}`))
 	quiet(t, out)
 
+	// Issue 774, 2026-10-30 19:30: node-tools' want moved to a build not yet done, and the node stayed refused after it
+	// landed until another input moved. A done build of a module the node wants, at its want's or the trunk's build,
+	// makes a pass; a build not done, of another build or of a module not wanted, makes none.
+	passes := func() int64 { return composed.Load() }
+	for _, row := range []struct {
+		name, module, fp, state string
+		pass                    bool
+	}{
+		{"lemurs's wanted build, not done", "lemurs", fp, "building", false},
+		{"lemurs's wanted build lands", "lemurs", fp, delivery.BuildDone, true},
+		{"another build of lemurs", "lemurs", delivery.SourcePrefix2 + strings.Repeat("e", 64), delivery.BuildDone, false},
+		{"a module the node does not want", "oldie", delivery.SourcePrefix2 + strings.Repeat("c", 64), delivery.BuildDone, false},
+	} {
+		before := passes()
+		key, _ := delivery.BuilderBuildKey(row.module, row.fp)
+		build := delivery.BuilderBuild{State: row.state}
+		if row.state == delivery.BuildDone {
+			build.Manifest = digest
+		}
+		raw, err := delivery.EncodeBuilderBuild(build)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		b.put(t, delivery.BuilderBuildsBucket, key, raw)
+		quiet(t, out)
+		if got := passes() > before; got != row.pass {
+			t.Errorf("%s: a pass made %v, want %v", row.name, got, row.pass)
+		}
+	}
+	// And today's sequence whole: tool runs at its old build; its want and the trunk move to a build not yet done, and
+	// the node holds tool, keeping what runs, naming why; the build lands, and with no other change tool is handed at it.
+	{
+		tb := newFakeBus()
+		tool := `{"module":"tool","version":"1","capabilities":["systemd"],"build":{"artifacts":[{"name":"files","kind":"archive","from":"files"}]},` +
+			`"resources":[{"id":"service","type":"service","unit":"tool.service","state":"running","boot":"enabled"}]}`
+		tdigest := delivery.ManifestDigest([]byte(tool))
+		tman, _ := delivery.EncodeManifest(delivery.Manifest{Module: "tool", JSON: tool})
+		tkey, _ := delivery.ManifestsKey(tdigest)
+		tb.kv[delivery.ManifestsBucket+"/"+tkey] = tman
+		old, next2 := delivery.SourcePrefix2+strings.Repeat("1", 64), delivery.SourcePrefix2+strings.Repeat("2", 64)
+		tenv := tb.env()
+		var held []string
+		var hmu sync.Mutex
+		tenv.Refused = func(why string, h map[string]string) {
+			hmu.Lock()
+			defer hmu.Unlock()
+			held = append(held, why+fmt.Sprint(h))
+		}
+		tenv.Running = func() []delivery.Composed {
+			return []delivery.Composed{{Node: "n1", Module: "tool", FP: old, Resources: []json.RawMessage{
+				json.RawMessage(`{"id":"service","module":"tool","type":"service","unit":"tool.service","state":"running","boot":"enabled"}`)}}}
+		}
+		tc := New(tenv)
+		tout, err := tc.Watch(ctx, "n1.>")
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		tplace, _ := delivery.EncodePlacement(delivery.Placement{Node: "n1", Decided: delivery.NodeDecided{Hub: true, Address: "10.77.0.1"},
+			Modules: []delivery.PlacedModule{{Module: "tool"}}})
+		tmod, _ := delivery.EncodeModule(delivery.Module{FP2: next2, Manifest: tdigest, Repository: "novox/t", Commit: "c"})
+		twant, _ := delivery.EncodeWant(delivery.Want{FP: next2, Self: true})
+		building, _ := delivery.EncodeBuilderBuild(delivery.BuilderBuild{State: "building"})
+		bkey, _ := delivery.BuilderBuildKey("tool", next2)
+		tb.kv[delivery.BuilderBuildsBucket+"/"+bkey] = building
+		tb.put(t, delivery.PlacementBucket, "placement.n1", tplace)
+		tb.put(t, delivery.HaveBucket, "n1.node", have)
+		tb.put(t, delivery.ModulesBucket, "tool", tmod)
+		tb.put(t, delivery.AssignerWantsBucket, "want.n1.tool", twant)
+		for _, bucket := range []string{delivery.AssignerWantsBucket, delivery.PlacementBucket, delivery.HaveBucket, delivery.ModulesBucket,
+			ResolvedBucket, delivery.BuilderBuildsBucket} {
+			tb.send(bucket, agent.Update{Caught: true})
+		}
+		toolKey, _ := delivery.ComposedKey("n1", "tool", next2)
+		for u := next(t, tout); !u.Caught; u = next(t, tout) {
+			if u.Key == toolKey {
+				t.Errorf("tool is handed at a build not yet done")
+			}
+		}
+		hmu.Lock()
+		if len(held) == 0 || !strings.Contains(held[len(held)-1], "no done build yet") {
+			t.Errorf("the node was told %q, want tool held for its build not yet done", held)
+		}
+		hmu.Unlock()
+		done, _ := delivery.EncodeBuilderBuild(delivery.BuilderBuild{State: delivery.BuildDone, Manifest: tdigest,
+			Artifacts: []delivery.BuiltArtifact{{Name: "files", Kind: "archive", Reference: "artifact-store://tool/files/blobs/sha256:" + strings.Repeat("9", 64),
+				Digest: "sha256:" + strings.Repeat("9", 64)}}})
+		tb.mu.Lock()
+		tb.kv[delivery.BuilderBuildsBucket+"/"+bkey] = done
+		tb.mu.Unlock()
+		tb.put(t, delivery.BuilderBuildsBucket, bkey, done)
+		if u := next(t, tout); u.Key != toolKey || u.Deleted {
+			t.Errorf("the build landed and the node handed %s, want tool at its new build", u.Key)
+		}
+	}
+
 	// A want removed takes its composition back.
 	removed, _ := delivery.EncodeWant(delivery.Want{Removed: true})
 	b.put(t, delivery.AssignerWantsBucket, "want.n1.lemurs", removed)
@@ -1081,7 +1178,7 @@ func TestTheNodeComposesItsWantsFromTheBus(t *testing.T) {
 	oldRaw, _ := delivery.EncodePlacementCandidate(delivery.PlacementCandidate{Proposal: "older", Placement: &trunk})
 	oldKey, _ := delivery.PlacementCandidateKey("older", "n1")
 	nb.put(delivery.PlacementCandidatesBucket, oldKey, oldRaw, 2)
-	for _, bucket := range []string{delivery.PlacementCandidatesBucket, delivery.PlacementBucket, delivery.HaveBucket, delivery.ModulesBucket, ResolvedBucket} {
+	for _, bucket := range []string{delivery.PlacementCandidatesBucket, delivery.PlacementBucket, delivery.HaveBucket, delivery.ModulesBucket, ResolvedBucket, delivery.BuilderBuildsBucket} {
 		nb.send(bucket, agent.Update{Caught: true})
 	}
 	select {