diff --git a/cmd/mesh-host/main.go b/cmd/mesh-host/main.go
index b8e738f..74266f1 100644
--- a/cmd/mesh-host/main.go
+++ b/cmd/mesh-host/main.go
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ func runApply(ctx context.Context, opts options, d *declaration.Declaration, sou
 		return err
 	}
 
-	report, updated, applyErr := apply.Apply(ctx, sys, d, known, apply.ExecRunner, func(line string) {
+	report, updated, applyErr := apply.Apply(ctx, sys, d, known, store.OriginCarried, apply.ExecRunner, func(line string) {
 		if !opts.json {
 			fmt.Println(line)
 		}
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ func runLink(ctx context.Context, opts options) error {
 		Fingerprint: mine.Membership.Fingerprint,
 		Password:    mine.Membership.Password,
 		Signer:      mine.Membership.Signer,
-	}, apply, opts.timeout)
+	}, apply, func(line string) { fmt.Println(line) }, opts.timeout)
 }
 
 // applyDeclared applies a declaration that has already been proved to come from the mesh.
@@ -569,7 +569,10 @@ func applyDeclared(ctx context.Context, opts options, raw []byte) link.Report {
 		return link.Report{Refused: err.Error()}
 	}
 
-	outcome, updated, applyErr := apply.Apply(ctx, built, declared, known, apply.ExecRunner, nil)
+	// Declared, not carried. A declaration from the mesh removes only what the mesh previously
+	// declared — never what this machine raised for itself from its bundle (04-ISSUES/010).
+	outcome, updated, applyErr := apply.Apply(ctx, built, declared, known, store.OriginDeclared,
+		apply.ExecRunner, nil)
 
 	// Saved whichever way it went. Recording only on success would lose the footprint of a
 	// failed apply, and that footprint is on the machine either way.
diff --git a/examples/substrate-first-node.lock b/examples/substrate-first-node.lock
index cd85237..65839e1 100644
--- a/examples/substrate-first-node.lock
+++ b/examples/substrate-first-node.lock
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
       "command": ["docker", "run", "--rm", "--network", "container:mesh-store",
                   "-e", "MESH_STORE_INVENTORY=postgres://postgres:bootstrap@127.0.0.1:5432/inventory?sslmode=disable",
                   "-e", "MESH_STORE_IDENTITY=postgres://postgres:bootstrap@127.0.0.1:5432/identity?sslmode=disable",
-                  "192.0.2.250:5000/mesh-control@sha256:1dfcf6a879e16e671d4d6459271fd2630e30560afa1211508ab3994494786893",
+                  "192.0.2.250:5000/mesh-control@sha256:b14e0a9765445b56f21aa8cf25be6a614b46974de710ddad92ee577074065858",
                   "migrate"],
       "verify": ["sh", "-c", "docker exec mesh-store psql -U postgres -d inventory -tAc \"select to_regclass('public.node')\" | grep -qx node && docker exec mesh-store psql -U postgres -d identity -tAc \"select to_regclass('public.signing_key')\" | grep -qx signing_key"]
     },
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
       "id": "control-plane",
       "type": "container",
       "name": "mesh-control",
-      "image": "192.0.2.250:5000/mesh-control@sha256:1dfcf6a879e16e671d4d6459271fd2630e30560afa1211508ab3994494786893",
+      "image": "192.0.2.250:5000/mesh-control@sha256:b14e0a9765445b56f21aa8cf25be6a614b46974de710ddad92ee577074065858",
       "network": "host",
       "args": ["serve"],
       "volumes": ["mesh-broker-tls:/broker-tls:ro"],
diff --git a/internal/apply/apply.go b/internal/apply/apply.go
index 876a107..8681670 100644
--- a/internal/apply/apply.go
+++ b/internal/apply/apply.go
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ func Apply(
 	sys system.System,
 	d *declaration.Declaration,
 	known store.State,
+	origin string,
 	run Runner,
 	log func(string),
 ) (Report, store.State, error) {
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ func Apply(
 		declared[r.Identity()] = true
 	}
 
-	for _, orphan := range known.Orphans(declared) {
+	for _, orphan := range known.Orphans(declared, origin) {
 		action, detail, err := remove(ctx, sys, orphan, run)
 		if err != nil {
 			return report, known, &Error{Resource: orphan.ID, Err: err, Done: report}
@@ -119,7 +120,8 @@ func Apply(
 
 		// Only now. The record follows the fact, never leads it.
 		known.Record(store.Applied{
-			ID: resource.Identity(), Type: string(resource.Kind()),
+			Origin: origin,
+			ID:     resource.Identity(), Type: string(resource.Kind()),
 			Target: outcome.Target, AppliedAt: time.Now().UTC(),
 		})
 		report.Outcomes = append(report.Outcomes, outcome)
diff --git a/internal/apply/apply_test.go b/internal/apply/apply_test.go
index bc819f8..0181cc3 100644
--- a/internal/apply/apply_test.go
+++ b/internal/apply/apply_test.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func TestApplyingTwiceChangesNothingTheSecondTime(t *testing.T) {
 	  {"id":"f","type":"file","path":"`+dir+`/etc/a.conf","content":"hello\n","mode":"0640"}
 	]}`)
 
-	first, state, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{}, noServices, nil)
+	first, state, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{}, store.OriginCarried, noServices, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func TestApplyingTwiceChangesNothingTheSecondTime(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("the first apply on an empty machine changed nothing")
 	}
 
-	second, _, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, state, noServices, nil)
+	second, _, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, state, store.OriginCarried, noServices, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func TestADriftedMachineIsReturned(t *testing.T) {
 	  {"id":"f","type":"file","path":"`+path+`","content":"correct\n","mode":"0644"}
 	]}`)
 
-	_, state, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{}, noServices, nil)
+	_, state, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{}, store.OriginCarried, noServices, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func TestADriftedMachineIsReturned(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	report, _, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, state, noServices, nil)
+	report, _, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, state, store.OriginCarried, noServices, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ func TestADroppedResourceIsRemoved(t *testing.T) {
 	  {"id":"keep","type":"file","path":"`+keep+`","content":"a\n"},
 	  {"id":"drop","type":"file","path":"`+drop+`","content":"b\n"}
 	]}`)
-	_, state, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), both, store.State{}, noServices, nil)
+	_, state, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), both, store.State{}, store.OriginCarried, noServices, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func TestADroppedResourceIsRemoved(t *testing.T) {
 	one := parse(t, `{"declaration":1,"resources":[
 	  {"id":"keep","type":"file","path":"`+keep+`","content":"a\n"}
 	]}`)
-	report, state, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), one, state, noServices, nil)
+	report, state, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), one, state, store.OriginCarried, noServices, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ func TestNothingTheHostDidNotCreateIsTouched(t *testing.T) {
 	d := parse(t, `{"declaration":1,"resources":[
 	  {"id":"ours","type":"file","path":"`+filepath.Join(dir, "ours.conf")+`","content":"a\n"}
 	]}`)
-	if _, _, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{}, noServices, nil); err != nil {
+	if _, _, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{}, store.OriginCarried, noServices, nil); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ func TestARenameToTheSamePathDoesNotDeleteTheNewFile(t *testing.T) {
 	before := parse(t, `{"declaration":1,"resources":[
 	  {"id":"old","type":"file","path":"`+path+`","content":"old\n"}
 	]}`)
-	_, state, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), before, store.State{}, noServices, nil)
+	_, state, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), before, store.State{}, store.OriginCarried, noServices, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ func TestARenameToTheSamePathDoesNotDeleteTheNewFile(t *testing.T) {
 	after := parse(t, `{"declaration":1,"resources":[
 	  {"id":"new","type":"file","path":"`+path+`","content":"new\n"}
 	]}`)
-	if _, _, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), after, state, noServices, nil); err != nil {
+	if _, _, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), after, state, store.OriginCarried, noServices, nil); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ func TestAFailedStepFailsTheApply(t *testing.T) {
 	  {"id":"never","type":"file","path":"`+filepath.Join(dir, "never.conf")+`","content":"b\n"}
 	]}`)
 
-	_, _, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{}, noServices, nil)
+	_, _, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{}, store.OriginCarried, noServices, nil)
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Fatal("an impossible resource did not fail the apply")
 	}
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ func TestNothingIsRecordedUntilItWorked(t *testing.T) {
 	  {"id":"doomed","type":"directory","path":"`+blocker+`"}
 	]}`)
 
-	_, state, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{}, noServices, nil)
+	_, state, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{}, store.OriginCarried, noServices, nil)
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Fatal("expected a failure")
 	}
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ func TestAModeIsMaintainedNotJustSet(t *testing.T) {
 	  {"id":"f","type":"file","path":"`+path+`","content":"s\n","mode":"0600"}
 	]}`)
 
-	_, state, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{}, noServices, nil)
+	_, state, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{}, store.OriginCarried, noServices, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ func TestAModeIsMaintainedNotJustSet(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	report, _, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, state, noServices, nil)
+	report, _, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, state, store.OriginCarried, noServices, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ func TestAServiceIsReadBackNotAssumed(t *testing.T) {
 	d := parse(t, `{"declaration":1,"resources":[
 	  {"id":"s","type":"service","unit":"doomed.service","state":"running"}
 	]}`)
-	_, _, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{}, run, nil)
+	_, _, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{}, store.OriginCarried, run, nil)
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Fatal("a service that died immediately was reported as running")
 	}
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ func TestAnUnknownServiceStateIsRefusedNotGuessed(t *testing.T) {
 	d := parse(t, `{"declaration":1,"resources":[
 	  {"id":"s","type":"service","unit":"odd.service","state":"running"}
 	]}`)
-	_, _, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{}, run, nil)
+	_, _, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{}, store.OriginCarried, run, nil)
 	if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "neither running nor stopped") {
 		t.Errorf("an unrecognised service state was not refused: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ func TestADroppedServiceIsStoppedNotDeleted(t *testing.T) {
 	  {"id":"other","type":"file","path":"`+filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "a")+`","content":"a\n"}
 	]}`)
 
-	if _, _, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, state, run, nil); err != nil {
+	if _, _, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, state, store.OriginCarried, run, nil); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	joined := strings.Join(commands, "; ")
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ func TestAUnitThatDoesNotExistIsNotStopped(t *testing.T) {
 	  {"id":"s","type":"service","unit":"never-installed.service","state":"stopped"}
 	]}`)
 
-	_, state, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{}, absent, nil)
+	_, state, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{}, store.OriginCarried, absent, nil)
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Fatal("a unit that does not exist was reported as satisfactorily stopped")
 	}
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ func TestAMaskedUnitIsRefused(t *testing.T) {
 	d := parse(t, `{"declaration":1,"resources":[
 	  {"id":"s","type":"service","unit":"masked.service","state":"running"}
 	]}`)
-	if _, _, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{}, masked, nil); err == nil {
+	if _, _, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{}, store.OriginCarried, masked, nil); err == nil {
 		t.Fatal("a masked unit was accepted")
 	}
 }
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ func TestForgettingAUnitThatIsGoneDoesNotStrandTheNode(t *testing.T) {
 	  {"id":"f","type":"file","path":"`+filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "a")+`","content":"a\n"}
 	]}`)
 
-	report, state, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, known, run, nil)
+	report, state, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, known, store.OriginCarried, run, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("a vanished unit stranded the apply: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ func TestABrokenPackageDatabaseIsNotReadAsNotInstalled(t *testing.T) {
 	  {"id":"rt","type":"package","package":"docker"}
 	]}`)
 
-	_, _, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{}, run, nil)
+	_, _, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{}, store.OriginCarried, run, nil)
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Fatal("a broken package database was read as 'not installed'")
 	}
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ func TestAnInstalledPackageIsNotReinstalled(t *testing.T) {
 	  {"id":"rt","type":"package","package":"docker"}
 	]}`)
 
-	report, _, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{}, run, nil)
+	report, _, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{}, store.OriginCarried, run, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("apply failed: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ func TestAPackageIsNeverUninstalled(t *testing.T) {
 	  {"id":"f","type":"file","path":"`+filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "a")+`","content":"a\n"}
 	]}`)
 
-	report, state, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, known, run, nil)
+	report, state, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, known, store.OriginCarried, run, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("dropping a package stranded the apply: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ func TestAnActionThatIsAlreadyTrueDoesNotRun(t *testing.T) {
 	  {"id":"db","type":"action","command":["create-db","mesh"],"verify":["has-db","mesh"]}
 	]}`)
 
-	report, _, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{}, run, nil)
+	report, _, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{}, store.OriginCarried, run, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("apply failed: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ func TestAnActionThatSucceedsAndDoesNothingFails(t *testing.T) {
 	  {"id":"db","type":"action","command":["create-db","mesh"],"verify":["has-db","mesh"]}
 	]}`)
 
-	_, state, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{}, run, nil)
+	_, state, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{}, store.OriginCarried, run, nil)
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Fatal("an action that reported success and did nothing was accepted")
 	}
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ func TestAnActionRunsInsideTheContainerItNames(t *testing.T) {
 	  {"id":"db","type":"action","in":"store","command":["createdb","mesh"],"verify":["psql","-lqt"]}
 	]}`)
 
-	if _, _, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{}, run, nil); err != nil {
+	if _, _, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{}, store.OriginCarried, run, nil); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("apply failed: %v", err)
 	}
 	if !sawExec {
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ func TestAContainerThatExitsImmediatelyFailsTheApply(t *testing.T) {
 	  {"id":"store","type":"container","name":"store","image":"`+pinned+`"}
 	]}`)
 
-	_, state, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{}, run, nil)
+	_, state, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{}, store.OriginCarried, run, nil)
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Fatal("a container that exited immediately was reported as applied")
 	}
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ func TestAContainerWhoseDeclarationChangedIsReplaced(t *testing.T) {
 		return "", nil
 	}
 
-	report, _, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{}, run, nil)
+	report, _, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{}, store.OriginCarried, run, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("apply failed: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ func TestAContainerThatMatchesIsLeftAlone(t *testing.T) {
 		return "", nil
 	}
 
-	report, _, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{}, run, nil)
+	report, _, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{}, store.OriginCarried, run, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("apply failed: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ func TestAServiceIsEnabledAtBootWhenAsked(t *testing.T) {
 	  {"id":"rt","type":"service","unit":"docker.service","state":"running","boot":"enabled"}
 	]}`)
 
-	report, _, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{},
+	report, _, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{}, store.OriginCarried,
 		systemctlStub(t, "loaded", "inactive", "disabled", &verbs), nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("apply failed: %v", err)
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ func TestBootIsEnabledBeforeTheUnitIsStarted(t *testing.T) {
 	d := parseTrusted(t, `{"declaration":1,"resources":[
 	  {"id":"rt","type":"service","unit":"docker.service","state":"running","boot":"enabled"}
 	]}`)
-	if _, _, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{},
+	if _, _, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{}, store.OriginCarried,
 		systemctlStub(t, "loaded", "inactive", "disabled", &verbs), nil); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ func TestAlreadyEnabledAndRunningIsUnchanged(t *testing.T) {
 	  {"id":"rt","type":"service","unit":"docker.service","state":"running","boot":"enabled"}
 	]}`)
 
-	report, _, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{},
+	report, _, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{}, store.OriginCarried,
 		systemctlStub(t, "loaded", "active", "enabled", &verbs), nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("apply failed: %v", err)
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ func TestOmittingBootLeavesItAlone(t *testing.T) {
 	d := parseTrusted(t, `{"declaration":1,"resources":[
 	  {"id":"rt","type":"service","unit":"docker.service","state":"running"}
 	]}`)
-	if _, _, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{},
+	if _, _, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{}, store.OriginCarried,
 		systemctlStub(t, "loaded", "inactive", "enabled", &verbs), nil); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ func TestAStaticUnitCannotBeEnabled(t *testing.T) {
 	  {"id":"rt","type":"service","unit":"dbus.socket","state":"running","boot":"enabled"}
 	]}`)
 
-	_, _, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{},
+	_, _, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{}, store.OriginCarried,
 		systemctlStub(t, "loaded", "active", "static", &verbs), nil)
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Fatal("a static unit was accepted as enable-able")
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ func TestAnUnknownBootStateIsRefusedNotGuessed(t *testing.T) {
 	d := parseTrusted(t, `{"declaration":1,"resources":[
 	  {"id":"rt","type":"service","unit":"x.service","state":"running","boot":"enabled"}
 	]}`)
-	_, _, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{},
+	_, _, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{}, store.OriginCarried,
 		systemctlStub(t, "loaded", "active", "indirect", &verbs), nil)
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Fatal("an unrecognised boot state was guessed at instead of refused")
@@ -900,7 +900,7 @@ func TestAContainerUsesTheRuntimeTheMachineHas(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// It will fail at read-back — the stub never reports it running — and what matters is
 	// WHICH binary it used getting there.
-	_, _, _ = Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{}, run, nil)
+	_, _, _ = Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{}, store.OriginCarried, run, nil)
 
 	for _, c := range calledWith {
 		if c != "podman" {
@@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ func TestNoRuntimeIsSaidPlainly(t *testing.T) {
 	  {"id":"store","type":"container","name":"store","image":"`+pinned+`"}
 	]}`)
 
-	_, _, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{}, run, nil)
+	_, _, err := Apply(context.Background(), archHost(t), d, store.State{}, store.OriginCarried, run, nil)
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Fatal("a machine with no container runtime applied a container")
 	}
diff --git a/internal/link/run.go b/internal/link/run.go
index f190975..db68252 100644
--- a/internal/link/run.go
+++ b/internal/link/run.go
@@ -31,13 +31,20 @@ type Membership struct {
 // Applier is what the host does with a declaration that has been proved to come from the mesh.
 type Applier func(ctx context.Context, declaration []byte) Report
 
+// Announce is how the link says what is happening, so a node running unattended leaves an
+// account of it. Nil is allowed and means say nothing.
+type Announce func(string)
+
 // Run holds the link open, applying what arrives and reporting what happened.
 //
 // Outbound only, and nothing listens on this machine. The connection is the node's presence in
 // the mesh: while it is up the node is enrolled, and while it is down the node is disconnected —
 // which is an ordinary situation and not a failure, so this returns rather than panicking and
 // leaves restarting to whatever supervises it.
-func Run(ctx context.Context, m Membership, apply Applier, timeout time.Duration) error {
+func Run(ctx context.Context, m Membership, apply Applier, say Announce, timeout time.Duration) error {
+	if say == nil {
+		say = func(string) {}
+	}
 	config, err := PinnedConfig(m.Fingerprint)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -84,6 +91,18 @@ func Run(ctx context.Context, m Membership, apply Applier, timeout time.Duration
 	}
 	closed := conn.NotifyClose(make(chan *amqp.Error, 1))
 
+	// Published mandatory, so the broker hands back anything it cannot route rather than
+	// dropping it. Without this a report goes to an exchange with no matching binding, the
+	// publisher is told nothing, and the mesh believes this node never answered while the node
+	// believes it did — which is what happened when `report` was left unbound on the other side.
+	returned := channel.NotifyReturn(make(chan amqp.Return, 4))
+	go func() {
+		for r := range returned {
+			say(fmt.Sprintf("the broker could not route this node's %s: %s (%d %s)",
+				r.RoutingKey, r.Exchange, r.ReplyCode, r.ReplyText))
+		}
+	}()
+
 	for {
 		select {
 		case <-ctx.Done():
@@ -95,7 +114,15 @@ func Run(ctx context.Context, m Membership, apply Applier, timeout time.Duration
 				return errors.New("the broker stopped delivering")
 			}
 			report := handle(ctx, m, apply, delivery)
-			publishReport(ctx, channel, m, report, timeout)
+			switch {
+			case report.Refused != "":
+				say("refused a declaration: " + report.Refused)
+			case len(report.Failed) > 0:
+				say(fmt.Sprintf("applied %d and failed: %v", len(report.Applied), report.Failed))
+			default:
+				say(fmt.Sprintf("applied %d resource(s)", len(report.Applied)))
+			}
+			publishReport(ctx, channel, m, report, say, timeout)
 			// Acknowledged after the report is published. A node that dies between applying and
 			// reporting leaves the declaration on the broker and applies it again on return,
 			// which is safe because applying is reconciliation — it converges rather than
@@ -127,14 +154,21 @@ func handleBody(ctx context.Context, m Membership, body []byte, apply Applier) R
 }
 
 func publishReport(ctx context.Context, channel *amqp.Channel, m Membership, report Report,
-	timeout time.Duration) {
+	say Announce, timeout time.Duration) {
 	report.Node = m.Node
 	body, err := json.Marshal(report)
 	if err != nil {
+		say("cannot encode this node's own report: " + err.Error())
 		return
 	}
 	publish, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, timeout)
 	defer cancel()
-	_ = channel.PublishWithContext(publish, Exchange, KeyReport, false, false,
-		amqp.Publishing{ContentType: "application/json", Body: body})
+
+	// Said rather than swallowed. A report that fails to publish leaves the mesh believing this
+	// node never answered, while the node believes it did — and the two would go on disagreeing
+	// with nothing anywhere saying so. That shape of fault is the one this project keeps finding.
+	if err := channel.PublishWithContext(publish, Exchange, KeyReport, true, false,
+		amqp.Publishing{ContentType: "application/json", Body: body}); err != nil {
+		say(fmt.Sprintf("applied, and could not tell the mesh: %v", err))
+	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/store/store.go b/internal/store/store.go
index e1f5165..060d3f3 100644
--- a/internal/store/store.go
+++ b/internal/store/store.go
@@ -33,6 +33,16 @@ const DefaultPath = "/var/lib/mesh-host/state.json"
 type Applied struct {
 	ID   string `json:"id"`
 	Type string `json:"type"`
+	// Origin is who asked for this: the bundle this host carries, or the mesh.
+	//
+	// Recorded because the two must not remove each other. A node raises its own substrate from
+	// the bundle before any mesh exists, then enrols and is sent declarations — and a
+	// declaration naming two resources would otherwise remove the store, the broker and the
+	// control plane, which is 04-ISSUES/010 and happened on the first end-to-end run.
+	//
+	// Empty means carried, for state written before this field existed: everything a host had
+	// applied at that point came from its bundle.
+	Origin string `json:"origin,omitempty"`
 	// Target is what was changed — a path, a unit — so removal knows what to undo without
 	// re-reading a declaration that may no longer exist.
 	Target    string    `json:"target"`
@@ -165,12 +175,39 @@ func (s *State) Forget(id string) {
 // Reverse order because undoing in the order things were made undoes a directory before the
 // file inside it. Reversing is the only ordering the host can derive without deciding
 // anything, which is the line novox/hq ADR 0005 draws.
-func (s State) Orphans(declared map[string]bool) []Applied {
+func (s State) Orphans(declared map[string]bool, origin string) []Applied {
 	var out []Applied
 	for i := len(s.Resources) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
-		if !declared[s.Resources[i].ID] {
-			out = append(out, s.Resources[i])
+		r := s.Resources[i]
+		// Only this origin's own. A mesh declaration says nothing about what the bundle raised,
+		// and a bundle says nothing about what the mesh assigned — so neither may remove the
+		// other's by omission, which is the only way either could express removal.
+		if originOf(r) != origin {
+			continue
+		}
+		if !declared[r.ID] {
+			out = append(out, r)
 		}
 	}
 	return out
 }
+
+// Origins a resource can have.
+const (
+	// Carried is the bundle this host was built with.
+	OriginCarried = "carried"
+	// Declared is the mesh, over the link.
+	OriginDeclared = "declared"
+)
+
+// originOf reads a record's origin, treating absence as carried.
+//
+// State written before origins existed was all bundle-applied: a host had no other way to be
+// told anything. Guessing wrong in the other direction would have a first upgrade remove the
+// substrate, which is the fault this field exists to prevent.
+func originOf(r Applied) string {
+	if r.Origin == "" {
+		return OriginCarried
+	}
+	return r.Origin
+}
diff --git a/internal/store/store_test.go b/internal/store/store_test.go
index eab9a02..3867be9 100644
--- a/internal/store/store_test.go
+++ b/internal/store/store_test.go
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ func TestOrphansAreWhatWasAppliedAndIsNoLongerDeclared(t *testing.T) {
 		{ID: "file", Type: "file", Target: "/etc/mesh/a.conf"},
 		{ID: "kept", Type: "file", Target: "/etc/mesh/b.conf"},
 	}}
-	orphans := s.Orphans(map[string]bool{"kept": true})
+	orphans := s.Orphans(map[string]bool{"kept": true}, OriginCarried)
 
 	if len(orphans) != 2 {
 		t.Fatalf("expected two orphans, got %d: %+v", len(orphans), orphans)
@@ -130,7 +130,59 @@ func TestOrphansAreWhatWasAppliedAndIsNoLongerDeclared(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestNothingIsAnOrphanWhenEverythingIsDeclared(t *testing.T) {
 	s := State{Resources: []Applied{{ID: "a", Type: "file", Target: "/a"}}}
-	if got := s.Orphans(map[string]bool{"a": true}); len(got) != 0 {
+	if got := s.Orphans(map[string]bool{"a": true}, OriginCarried); len(got) != 0 {
 		t.Errorf("a declared resource was treated as an orphan: %+v", got)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestADeclarationDoesNotOrphanWhatTheBundleRaised(t *testing.T) {
+	// 04-ISSUES/010. A first node raises its substrate from the bundle it carries, then enrols
+	// and is sent a declaration naming two resources. Before origins, that removed the store, the
+	// broker and the control plane that had sent it — the mesh deleting itself over the link the
+	// message arrived on, in under a second, on the first end-to-end run.
+	s := State{Resources: []Applied{
+		{ID: "store", Type: "container", Target: "mesh-store", Origin: OriginCarried},
+		{ID: "broker", Type: "container", Target: "mesh-broker", Origin: OriginCarried},
+		{ID: "greeting", Type: "directory", Target: "/var/lib/demo", Origin: OriginDeclared},
+	}}
+
+	// The mesh declares nothing at all. Everything it previously declared is an orphan; nothing
+	// the bundle raised is.
+	orphans := s.Orphans(map[string]bool{}, OriginDeclared)
+	if len(orphans) != 1 || orphans[0].ID != "greeting" {
+		var got []string
+		for _, o := range orphans {
+			got = append(got, o.ID)
+		}
+		t.Fatalf("a declaration would remove %v; it may only remove what the mesh declared", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestTheBundleDoesNotOrphanWhatTheMeshDeclared(t *testing.T) {
+	// The same rule the other way. A host reconciling its carried bundle must not remove what the
+	// mesh assigned to this node, or every restart would undo the node's actual work.
+	s := State{Resources: []Applied{
+		{ID: "store", Type: "container", Target: "mesh-store", Origin: OriginCarried},
+		{ID: "workload", Type: "container", Target: "some-app", Origin: OriginDeclared},
+	}}
+
+	orphans := s.Orphans(map[string]bool{"store": true}, OriginCarried)
+	if len(orphans) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("reconciling the bundle would remove %s, which the mesh declared", orphans[0].ID)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestStateWrittenBeforeOriginsExistedIsTreatedAsCarried(t *testing.T) {
+	// Every resource a host had applied before this field existed came from its bundle, because
+	// there was no other way to tell it anything. Guessing the other way would have the first
+	// declaration remove the substrate — which is the fault this exists to prevent, arriving
+	// through the upgrade that fixes it.
+	s := State{Resources: []Applied{{ID: "store", Type: "container", Target: "mesh-store"}}}
+
+	if got := s.Orphans(map[string]bool{}, OriginDeclared); len(got) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("a declaration would remove %s, recorded before origins existed", got[0].ID)
+	}
+	if got := s.Orphans(map[string]bool{}, OriginCarried); len(got) != 1 {
+		t.Error("the bundle cannot remove its own resource, so nothing could ever remove it")
+	}
+}