diff --git a/modules/route-proxy/go.mod b/modules/route-proxy/go.mod
index 54bca71..a9826b9 100644
--- a/modules/route-proxy/go.mod
+++ b/modules/route-proxy/go.mod
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ module route-proxy
 
 go 1.25.0
 
-require git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261016174426-a4e7f480b3b0
+require git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261018003858-f185aedbf5d6
diff --git a/modules/route-proxy/go.sum b/modules/route-proxy/go.sum
index 63b4da4..1a76953 100644
--- a/modules/route-proxy/go.sum
+++ b/modules/route-proxy/go.sum
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261016174426-a4e7f480b3b0 h1:EK84so3Y8JdFT3BHrzj9cPQQrDUPa/d+IdOGnerlmEI=
 git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261016174426-a4e7f480b3b0/go.mod h1:GFuZUElBZ9A++mxgIKo97aXXo+kV0uJ/UkbhQPPIbrY=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261018003858-f185aedbf5d6 h1:Sv1Qzix+U1RpaUkw5IbB0IJEyZ+FqgzHmbZrCZkcWf0=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261018003858-f185aedbf5d6/go.mod h1:GFuZUElBZ9A++mxgIKo97aXXo+kV0uJ/UkbhQPPIbrY=
diff --git a/modules/route-proxy/vendor/git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/provider/provider.go b/modules/route-proxy/vendor/git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/provider/provider.go
index 33bf61f..4adee9e 100644
--- a/modules/route-proxy/vendor/git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/provider/provider.go
+++ b/modules/route-proxy/vendor/git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/provider/provider.go
@@ -335,6 +335,9 @@ func (p *Provider) pass(ctx context.Context, assignments, entries map[string][]b
 	var out []Outcome
 	unknown := map[string]bool{} // consumers whose assignment was skipped: their entries are not judged
 	for _, key := range sortedKeys(assignments) {
+		if !Standing(assignments[key]) {
+			continue // ended or pending: read as a removed key (issue 1098)
+		}
 		var a planned
 		if err := json.Unmarshal(assignments[key], &a); err != nil || a.Node+"."+a.Module != key {
 			o := Outcome{Key: key, Status: Failed, Why: fmt.Sprintf("the assignment %s is not the controller's, so "+
@@ -744,3 +747,23 @@ func (b stateBus) Delete(_ context.Context, bucket, key string) error {
 	}
 	return s.Delete(key)
 }
+
+// Standing is whether an assignment's value is a standing assignment: false when `ended` is set (the module was
+// taken off its node, novox/hq ADR 0408 clause 4) or `state` is not empty (a pending one). Such a value is read
+// exactly as a removed key. Every other field, known or not, changes nothing (issue 1098).
+func Standing(value []byte) bool {
+	var v struct {
+		Ended json.RawMessage `json:"ended"`
+		State json.RawMessage `json:"state"`
+	}
+	if json.Unmarshal(value, &v) != nil {
+		return true // not decided here: the parse that follows refuses it
+	}
+	return !fieldSet(v.Ended) && !fieldSet(v.State)
+}
+
+// fieldSet is whether a field carries something: not absent, null or empty.
+func fieldSet(f json.RawMessage) bool {
+	s := strings.TrimSpace(string(f))
+	return s != "" && s != "null" && s != `""`
+}
diff --git a/modules/route-proxy/vendor/modules.txt b/modules/route-proxy/vendor/modules.txt
index abae1a0..a4b722a 100644
--- a/modules/route-proxy/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/modules/route-proxy/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261016174426-a4e7f480b3b0
+# git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261018003858-f185aedbf5d6
 ## explicit; go 1.22
 git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go
 git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/provider