diff --git a/cmd/mesh-host/settled.go b/cmd/mesh-host/settled.go
index 5a7dd82..bfec0b6 100644
--- a/cmd/mesh-host/settled.go
+++ b/cmd/mesh-host/settled.go
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ import (
 // settledEvent is where the status view says a module has settled on a node: its have reached its want, running and healthy
 // (design 47; the view's `settled`, said once for a module on a node at one composition). The engine hears it for every module
 // and tells its agent, which tries again, once per settled, a failed apply that waits on that module as the holder of the store
-// its image comes from (design 51 *distribution's first delivery*, issue 1966 ENG-11). The grants part grants the engine this
-// subject (NodeAgentHears); a refused subscription is said, and made again when the next link opens.
+// its image comes from (design 51 *distribution's first delivery*, issue 1966 ENG-11). The engine's manifest consumes it (`mesh-delivery-view.settled`),
+// and that line alone grants the engine's account the subject (TestTheSettledEventIsTheManifestsConsume); a refused subscription is said, and made again when the next link opens.
 const settledEvent = "mesh.mod.mesh-delivery-view.event.settled"
 
 // settledBody is what of the event the engine reads: the module that settled, on whichever node.
diff --git a/cmd/mesh-host/settled_manifest_test.go b/cmd/mesh-host/settled_manifest_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24d4b75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/mesh-host/settled_manifest_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"os"
+	"slices"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// The subject the engine hears for a store settling is the event its manifest consumes: the grants part grants an account
+// what its manifest consumes and nothing named in code (novox/hq ADR 0625 §4).
+func TestTheSettledEventIsTheManifestsConsume(t *testing.T) {
+	raw, err := os.ReadFile("../../module.json")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	var m struct {
+		Consumes []string `json:"consumes"`
+	}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &m); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	emitter, event, _ := strings.Cut(strings.TrimPrefix(settledEvent, "mesh.mod."), ".event.")
+	if !slices.Contains(m.Consumes, emitter+"."+event) {
+		t.Errorf("the engine hears %s, its manifest consumes %v", settledEvent, m.Consumes)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/module.json b/module.json
index 2f3da06..8c19c88 100644
--- a/module.json
+++ b/module.json
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
   "consumes": [
     "mesh-catalog.seat-definition-changed",
     "mesh-catalog.seat-definition-removed",
+    "mesh-delivery-view.settled",
     "restic.backed-up"
   ],
   "state": [