diff --git a/cmd/mesh-host/nodeagent_integration_test.go b/cmd/mesh-host/nodeagent_integration_test.go
index 025cd54..089ae2b 100644
--- a/cmd/mesh-host/nodeagent_integration_test.go
+++ b/cmd/mesh-host/nodeagent_integration_test.go
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ func h8back(t *testing.T, b *itBed, placement, resolved, candidates nats.KeyValu
 	pkey, _ := delivery.PlacementKey(itNode)
 	// A pass in flight at the switch (issue 1126, 2026-10-28: the last pass of the own run, failing on its run's end,
 	// marked the next agent's modules failed): a config value changed starts one, and the key goes at once.
-	if _, err := resolved.Put(itNode+".web.greeting", []byte(`{"value":"salut"}`)); err != nil {
+	if _, err := resolved.Put(itNode+".web.greeting", []byte(`{"value":"salut","source":"module"}`)); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	if err := placement.Delete(pkey); err != nil {
@@ -553,9 +553,9 @@ func h8(t *testing.T, b *itBed, checkBuild bool) (func(), h8state) {
 		key   string
 		value []byte
 	}{{manifests, mkey, mraw}, {modules, "web", modv}, {b.haves, hkey, rec},
-		{resolved, itNode + ".web.greeting", []byte(`{"value":"bonjour"}`)},
+		{resolved, itNode + ".web.greeting", []byte(`{"value":"bonjour","source":"module"}`)},
 		{manifests, mlkey, mlraw}, {modules, "mailer", mlmod}, {b.haves, hkey2, rec2}, {placement, pkey2, place2},
-		{resolved, "it2.mailer.domain", []byte(`{"value":"example.org"}`)}, {builds, buildKey, firstBuild}} {
+		{resolved, "it2.mailer.domain", []byte(`{"value":"example.org","source":"module"}`)}, {builds, buildKey, firstBuild}} {
 		if _, err := w.kv.Put(w.key, w.value); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ func h8(t *testing.T, b *itBed, checkBuild bool) (func(), h8state) {
 		if _, err := builds.Put(buildKey, done); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
-		if _, err := resolved.Put(itNode+".web.greeting", []byte(`{"value":"bonjour"}`)); err != nil {
+		if _, err := resolved.Put(itNode+".web.greeting", []byte(`{"value":"bonjour","source":"module"}`)); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
 	}
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ func h8rest(t *testing.T, b *itBed, resolved, candidates nats.KeyValue, hkey str
 		t.Errorf("the controller's compositions hold %v; the node composed its own", keys)
 	}
 	first := b.have("web").Composed
-	if _, err := resolved.Put(itNode+".web.greeting", []byte(`{"value":"salut"}`)); err != nil {
+	if _, err := resolved.Put(itNode+".web.greeting", []byte(`{"value":"salut","source":"module"}`)); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	within(t, 3*time.Second, "a changed config value was not composed and applied again", func() bool { return b.file("web") == "greeting=salut\n" })