Owe a look when a module's change ends unjudged, so a module with nothing long-running is ok within a look of its apply

The facts look inside an apply runs while the module is still applying and judges nothing; the
running write then left xorg running and unknown until the five-minute statement, holding every
x11-display consumer behind it. The running write now nudges the health loop, which looks and says
at once. A declaration's report gets the same motion and composition check, and a removed module
leaves nothing marked unjudged (review of fix 15).

cmd/mesh-host/healthowed_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/delivery"
+	"github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/link"
+	"github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/liveness"
+)
+
+// owedBus is a link that takes reports and statements and keeps a have bucket in memory.
+type owedBus struct {
+	mu sync.Mutex
+	kv map[string][]byte
+	rv map[string]uint64
+}
+
+func (b *owedBus) Report(context.Context, string, []byte) error      { return nil }
+func (b *owedBus) Health(context.Context, string, []byte) error      { return nil }
+func (b *owedBus) HaveBind(context.Context) (link.HaveBucket, error) { return b, nil }
+
+func (b *owedBus) Get(_ context.Context, key string) ([]byte, uint64, error) {
+	b.mu.Lock()
+	defer b.mu.Unlock()
+	v, ok := b.kv[key]
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, 0, link.ErrHaveAbsent
+	}
+	return v, b.rv[key], nil
+}
+
+func (b *owedBus) Set(_ context.Context, key string, value []byte, revision uint64) error {
+	b.mu.Lock()
+	defer b.mu.Unlock()
+	if b.rv[key] != revision {
+		return errors.New("wrong last sequence")
+	}
+	b.kv[key], b.rv[key] = value, revision+1
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (b *owedBus) have(key string) (delivery.Have, bool) {
+	b.mu.Lock()
+	defer b.mu.Unlock()
+	h, err := delivery.DecodeHave(b.kv[key])
+	return h, err == nil
+}
+
+// A module with nothing long-running (xorg) is ok within one look of its apply, not at the five-minute statement: the
+// facts look inside the apply runs while it is applying and judges nothing, and the running write then owes a look,
+// which the health loop makes at once (review of fix 15, B1).
+func TestAModuleWithNothingLongRunningIsOkWithinALookOfItsApply(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	defer cancel()
+	bus := &owedBus{kv: map[string][]byte{}, rv: map[string]uint64{}}
+	queue := &link.Session{Membership: link.Membership{Node: "n1"}, Timeout: time.Second}
+	queue.Attach(ctx, bus)
+	j, err := liveness.Open(filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "liveness.json"), nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	fact := link.ModuleFact{Module: "xorg", FP: "src2:" + strings.Repeat("a", 64), Composed: "sha256:" + strings.Repeat("b", 64)}
+	applying := fact
+	applying.Phase = string(delivery.PhaseApplying)
+	queue.NoteModule(ctx, applying)
+	go judgeWhatRuns(ctx, j, queue, func(string) {}, nil)
+	// The facts look inside the apply, while the module is still applying.
+	queue.SayFacts(ctx, link.Report{Health: &link.Health{Contract: link.LivenessContract, At: time.Now().UTC()}})
+	if h, _ := bus.have("n1.xorg"); h.Health != delivery.HealthUnknown {
+		t.Fatalf("judged while applying: %+v", h)
+	}
+	queue.NoteModule(ctx, fact)
+	deadline := time.Now().Add(2 * time.Second) // well within one look (liveness.LookEvery, 15 s)
+	for {
+		h, _ := bus.have("n1.xorg")
+		if h.Phase == delivery.PhaseRunning && h.Health == delivery.HealthOK {
+			return
+		}
+		if time.Now().After(deadline) {
+			t.Fatalf("not ok within a look of its apply: %+v", h)
+		}
+		time.Sleep(10 * time.Millisecond)
+	}
+}

cmd/mesh-host/main.go

@@ -1340,11 +1340,19 @@ func judgeWhatRuns(ctx context.Context, j *liveness.Judge, queue *link.Session,
 	var lastSaid time.Time
 	owed := true
 	spaced := 1.0
+	// A module whose change ended unjudged is looked at and said at once (review of fix 15): a module with nothing
+	// long-running is then ok within a look of its apply, not at the five-minute statement.
+	var nudged <-chan struct{}
+	if queue != nil {
+		nudged = queue.HealthOwed()
+	}
 	for {
 		select {
 		case <-ctx.Done():
 			return
 		case <-ticker.C:
+		case <-nudged:
+			owed = true
 		}
 		st, changed := j.Look(ctx)
 		owed = owed || changed

internal/link/have.go

@@ -77,6 +77,28 @@ func (s *haveState) healthOf(module string, f ModuleFact) delivery.Health {
 	return nothingJudged(f, s.looked)
 }
 
+// moved marks a module's health not yet judged when its fact f is a change under way, or names another composition than
+// the fact before it: the last look judged what ran before. The caller holds the lock.
+func (s *haveState) moved(f ModuleFact) {
+	if prev, known := s.modules[f.Module]; inMotion(f.Phase) || known && (prev.FP != f.FP || prev.Composed != f.Composed) {
+		delete(s.health, f.Module)
+		if s.unjudged == nil {
+			s.unjudged = map[string]bool{}
+		}
+		s.unjudged[f.Module] = true
+	}
+}
+
+// owed says some module left motion and no look judged it since. The caller holds the lock.
+func (s *haveState) owed() bool {
+	for module, f := range s.modules {
+		if s.unjudged[module] && !inMotion(f.Phase) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 // takeLook keeps a look's health: of a module still in motion nothing, since the look judged what is being replaced;
 // of every other module what the look found, which is then judged. The caller holds the lock.
 func (s *haveState) takeLook(h *Health) {
@@ -199,10 +221,21 @@ func (q *Session) noteApply(r Report) bool {
 	for module := range next {
 		delete(s.removed, module) // added back: its have is written with its new phase
 	}
+	for module := range s.modules {
+		if _, held := next[module]; !held {
+			delete(s.unjudged, module)
+		}
+	}
+	for _, f := range next {
+		s.moved(f)
+	}
 	s.modules = next
 	if r.Health != nil {
 		s.takeLook(r.Health)
 	}
+	if s.owed() {
+		q.oweHealth()
+	}
 	n := nodeFacts(r)
 	s.node = &n
 	return true
@@ -418,16 +451,15 @@ func (q *Session) NoteModule(ctx context.Context, f ModuleFact) {
 	// A change under way, or a fact naming another composition than the one looked at, leaves the module's health not
 	// yet judged until a look after it: the last look judged what ran before (2026-10-25, the canary of the controller on
 	// novox held on a have saying applying and failed two seconds before its launch said healthy).
-	if prev, known := s.modules[f.Module]; inMotion(f.Phase) || known && (prev.FP != f.FP || prev.Composed != f.Composed) {
-		delete(s.health, f.Module)
-		if s.unjudged == nil {
-			s.unjudged = map[string]bool{}
-		}
-		s.unjudged[f.Module] = true
-	}
+	s.moved(f)
 	s.modules[f.Module] = f
 	delete(s.removed, f.Module)
+	// Out of motion and not judged: a look is owed now, not at the loop's next statement (review of fix 15, B1).
+	owe := !inMotion(f.Phase) && s.unjudged[f.Module]
 	s.mu.Unlock()
+	if owe {
+		q.oweHealth()
+	}
 	q.mu.Lock()
 	bus := q.bus
 	q.mu.Unlock()
@@ -449,6 +481,7 @@ func (q *Session) NoteRemoved(ctx context.Context, module, build string) {
 	s.removed[module] = build
 	delete(s.modules, module)
 	delete(s.written, module)
+	delete(s.unjudged, module)
 	s.mu.Unlock()
 	q.mu.Lock()
 	bus := q.bus

internal/link/have_test.go

@@ -590,3 +590,32 @@ func TestAHealthIsNotCarriedOverToAnotherComposition(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("the old composition's look judged the new one: %+v", h)
 	}
 }
+
+// A declaration's report naming another composition of a module, with no health of its own, does not carry the old
+// look's health over; and a module removed leaves nothing marked unjudged behind.
+func TestADeclarationReportMovesAHealthAndARemovalForgetsIt(t *testing.T) {
+	l := newHaveLink()
+	q, _ := aHaveQueue(l)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	q.SayFacts(ctx, Report{Applied: []string{"a.x"}, Modules: []ModuleFact{{Module: "a", Build: "b-1"}},
+		Health: healthOf(map[string]string{"a": StateUnhealthy})})
+	if h := l.have(t, "n1.a"); h.Health != delivery.HealthFailed {
+		t.Fatalf("the failed look was not said: %+v", h)
+	}
+	q.SayFacts(ctx, Report{Applied: []string{"a.x"}, Modules: []ModuleFact{{Module: "a", Build: "b-1", FP: "src2:" + strings.Repeat("c", 64)}}})
+	if h := l.have(t, "n1.a"); h.Health != delivery.HealthUnknown {
+		t.Fatalf("the old composition's look judged the new one: %+v", h)
+	}
+	select {
+	case <-q.HealthOwed():
+	default:
+		t.Fatal("a module out of motion and unjudged owed no look")
+	}
+	q.NoteRemoved(ctx, "a", "")
+	q.haves.mu.Lock()
+	left := q.haves.unjudged["a"]
+	q.haves.mu.Unlock()
+	if left {
+		t.Fatal("a removed module is still marked unjudged")
+	}
+}

internal/link/session.go

@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ type Session struct {
 	// gone is closed when the link open now closes, and changed whenever a link opens or closes (WhenLinked).
 	gone    chan struct{}
 	changed chan struct{}
+	// owed is HealthOwed's: a module left motion unjudged.
+	owed chan struct{}
 
 	// saying is held while a facts event is made and said, so they leave in the order they are made.
 	saying sync.Mutex
@@ -76,9 +78,27 @@ func (q *Session) init() {
 		}
 		q.epoch = time.Now().UnixMilli()
 		q.changed = make(chan struct{})
+		q.owed = make(chan struct{}, 1)
 	})
 }
 
+// HealthOwed is told, at most once until it is read, when a module's change ended and no look has judged it since: the
+// health loop looks and says its statement at once rather than at its next tick or five minutes on, so a module with
+// nothing long-running is ok within a look of its apply, not five minutes after it (2026-10-25, review of fix 15).
+func (q *Session) HealthOwed() <-chan struct{} {
+	q.init()
+	return q.owed
+}
+
+// oweHealth nudges the health loop; a nudge already waiting is enough.
+func (q *Session) oweHealth() {
+	q.init()
+	select {
+	case q.owed <- struct{}{}:
+	default:
+	}
+}
+
 // SayFacts says this node's facts on the link open now, in the node-engine's own order, and whether the bus took them.
 // A facts event made with no link open is not kept: the next link says the facts as they are then.
 func (q *Session) SayFacts(ctx context.Context, r Report) bool {