diff --git a/test/integration/built-store-cross-node.test.ts b/test/integration/built-store-cross-node.test.ts
index c8b9542..b89a9e4 100644
--- a/test/integration/built-store-cross-node.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/built-store-cross-node.test.ts
@@ -330,5 +330,28 @@ test("a joined node's consumers open the store and broker the mesh built and ado
     `a runtime waits for its broker in-process (hq issue 058):\n` +
     (await on(NODE, `docker logs amqp-ping 2>&1 | head -20`)).out);
 
+  // The broker survives a restart as a reachable thing, not just a running one (hq issue 063).
+  // The foundation's ports are opened from anywhere on input, but the broker is a published
+  // container port — so a cross-node dial is forwarded, and until 063 the forward chain carried
+  // no foundation rule: the joined node reached the broker only until its first connection's
+  // conntrack entry dropped. Restarting the broker here drops it deliberately; the node must
+  // reconnect and the vhost the provisioner holds must still be listed, proving the forward rule
+  // and not a surviving conntrack entry is what carries the connection.
+  await must(CONTROL, `docker restart mesh-broker`, 120_000);
+  {
+    const deadline = Date.now() + 180_000;
+    let reachable = "";
+    while (Date.now() < deadline) {
+      reachable = (await on(NODE,
+        `timeout 5 bash -c 'cat < /dev/null > /dev/tcp/${ANCHOR}/5671' 2>&1 && echo REACHED`)).out;
+      if (/REACHED/.test(reachable)) break;
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 5_000));
+    }
+    assert.match(reachable, /REACHED/,
+      `after the broker restarted, ${NODE} cannot reach it at ${ANCHOR}:5671 — the foundation's ` +
+      `forward rule is missing (hq issue 063):\n` +
+      (await on(CONTROL, `nft list ruleset 2>/dev/null | sed -n '/chain forward/,/}/p'`)).out);
+  }
+
   console.log(`amqp: ${amqpBound.trim().slice(0, 160)}`);
 });