diff --git a/go/catalogue/login_shell_execute_test.go b/go/catalogue/login_shell_execute_test.go
index 0b0c7b16..146e0604 100644
--- a/go/catalogue/login_shell_execute_test.go
+++ b/go/catalogue/login_shell_execute_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 package catalogue
 
-import "testing"
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/seatdef"
+)
 
 // The login shell's `execute` runs any command as the operator account, which can become root without a
 // person, so the operator withheld it on the control-node until a call to it needs a person's approval
@@ -34,3 +40,39 @@ func TestTheLoginShellsExecuteIsOptionalSoAMachineMayWithholdIt(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	t.Run("compiled", check)
 }
+
+// Design 47 G §677, A-266, A-270: a process that serves a marked verb holds the gate only in Go and with a state `approvals`
+// declared with key-ttl; no holder names the verb approvals where a verb is marked, and a seat with none leaves it to its holder.
+func TestAHolderOfAMarkedVerbDeclaresItsApprovalsStateWithKeyTTL(t *testing.T) {
+	seat, ok := SeatNamed(LoginShellSeat)
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatal("node-login-shell is not defined")
+	}
+	holder := func(language string, state ...BusStateEntry) Manifest {
+		return Manifest{Module: "zsh", Version: "1", Claims: []Claim{{Name: LoginShellSeat, Scope: ScopeNode, Serves: []string{"execute"}}},
+			Resources: []map[string]any{{"id": "p", "type": "process", "artifact": "program", "serves": []any{"seat:" + LoginShellSeat + ".execute"}}},
+			Build:     &Build{Artifacts: []Artifact{{Name: "program", Language: language}}}, BusState: state}
+	}
+	keyed := BusStateEntry{Name: "approvals", Storage: StorageKeyValue, Template: TemplateState,
+		Options: map[string]json.RawMessage{OptionLifetimePerKey: json.RawMessage("true")}}
+	plain := BusStateEntry{Name: "approvals", Storage: StorageKeyValue, Template: TemplateState}
+	for name, c := range map[string]struct {
+		m       Manifest
+		refused string
+	}{
+		"go with key-ttl":         {holder("go", keyed), ""},
+		"go without key-ttl":      {holder("go", plain), "key-ttl"},
+		"go with no state":        {holder("go"), "key-ttl"},
+		"typescript with key-ttl": {holder("typescript", keyed), "only Go"},
+	} {
+		err := CanHold(c.m, seat)
+		if (c.refused == "") != (err == nil) || err != nil && !strings.Contains(err.Error(), c.refused) {
+			t.Errorf("%s: %v, want refusal containing %q", name, err, c.refused)
+		}
+	}
+	// A seat with no marked verb: a holder serving no verb named approvals is still refused for it.
+	open := Seat{Name: "s", Scope: ScopeNode, Serves: []Verb{{Name: "a"}, {Name: seatdef.ApprovalsVerb}}}
+	if got := unservedVerbs([]string{"a"}, open.Serves); len(got) != 1 || got[0] != "approvals" {
+		t.Errorf("a seat with no marked verb: approvals unserved is %v, want it named", got)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/go/catalogue/seats.go b/go/catalogue/seats.go
index 528580d1..e0dc9423 100644
--- a/go/catalogue/seats.go
+++ b/go/catalogue/seats.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package catalogue
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"sync/atomic"
 )
@@ -201,6 +202,9 @@ func CanHold(m Manifest, seat Seat) error {
 			"serves or among its own tools",
 			m.Module, seat.Name, strings.Join(missing, ", "))
 	}
+	if err := approvalsStateRefusal(m, seat); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	// And nothing the seat does not promise: a verb named here that the protocol lacks is served
 	// to nobody, which is a typo the holder would otherwise discover as a caller's timeout.
 	if extra := unpromised(claimed.Serves, seat.Serves); len(extra) > 0 {
@@ -211,6 +215,65 @@ func CanHold(m Manifest, seat Seat) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// approvalsStateRefusal is why a process of m that serves a marked verb of seat cannot hold the gate, or nothing (design 47 G
+// §677, A-270): only Go holds the gate, and its template state `approvals` (a `requires` entry) is declared with `key-ttl`,
+// since its bound keys `unanswered.<call>` need it. A marked verb served by the tool runner's bundle needs neither.
+func approvalsStateRefusal(m Manifest, seat Seat) error {
+	var marked []string
+	for _, v := range seat.Serves {
+		if v.NeedsApproval {
+			marked = append(marked, "seat:"+seat.Name+"."+v.Name)
+		}
+	}
+	if len(marked) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	for id, serves := range m.ProcessServes() {
+		var verbs []string
+		for _, s := range serves {
+			if slices.Contains(marked, s) {
+				verbs = append(verbs, s)
+			}
+		}
+		if len(verbs) == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		if language := processLanguage(m, id); language != "" && !compilesToABinary(language) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("%s serves %s from its process %s written in %s: only Go holds the gate of a marked verb "+
+				"(design 47 G §677)", m.Module, strings.Join(verbs, ", "), id, language)
+		}
+		kept := false
+		for _, e := range m.BusState {
+			if e.Name == "approvals" && e.Template == TemplateState && string(e.Options[OptionLifetimePerKey]) == "true" {
+				kept = true
+			}
+		}
+		if !kept {
+			return fmt.Errorf("%s serves %s from its process %s but declares no state `approvals` with the option key-ttl "+
+				"(design 47 G §677, A-270): a holder of a marked verb keeps its calls' bound keys there", m.Module, strings.Join(verbs, ", "), id)
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// processLanguage is the language of the artifact the process resource id runs, or empty where the manifest names none.
+func processLanguage(m Manifest, id string) string {
+	if m.Build == nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	for _, r := range m.Resources {
+		if fmt.Sprint(r["type"]) != "process" || fmt.Sprint(r["id"]) != id {
+			continue
+		}
+		for _, a := range m.Build.Artifacts {
+			if a.Name == fmt.Sprint(r["artifact"]) {
+				return a.Language
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
 func providesAt(m Manifest, provision, scope string) bool {
 	for _, o := range m.Provides {
 		if o.Name == provision && o.At() == scope {
diff --git a/go/catalogue/verbs.go b/go/catalogue/verbs.go
index fabe1eb1..20828e3d 100644
--- a/go/catalogue/verbs.go
+++ b/go/catalogue/verbs.go
@@ -140,11 +140,15 @@ func unservedVerbs(tools []string, promised []Verb) []string {
 	for _, t := range tools {
 		has[t] = true
 	}
+	marked := false
+	for _, v := range promised {
+		marked = marked || v.NeedsApproval
+	}
 	var missing []string
 	for _, v := range promised {
 		// The verb approvals is the gate's, served wherever a marked verb is (the seat server or the tool runner), so no
-		// holder names it (design 47 G lead answer A-266).
-		if !has[v.Name] && !v.Optional && v.Name != seatdef.ApprovalsVerb {
+		// holder names it there (design 47 G lead answer A-266); a seat with no marked verb leaves it to its holder.
+		if !has[v.Name] && !v.Optional && !(marked && v.Name == seatdef.ApprovalsVerb) {
 			missing = append(missing, v.Name)
 		}
 	}