S6: the bootstrapped mesh-watchdogs and operator-channel are the contracts' files at the group's head (issue 1966, ADR 0635 §3)

The group's contracts head changed both seats' verbs (presence's answer, asks' input and answer), so the
bootstrap copies, the tests' seat list and the captured copies follow mesh-contracts bb16f99e; the checker's
try of fix/1966-call-made-once found them apart.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01JG73KEq4zoDfM9WtYpcQgZ

go/seatlist/bootstrap/mesh-watchdogs.json

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "presence",
-      "description": "Every machine and tool runner the watchman sees connected, with its last word, and those it says silent; a machine that said it sleeps is shown as sleeping, not silent.",
+      "description": "Every machine and tool runner the watchman sees connected, with its last word, and those it says silent; a machine that said it sleeps is shown as sleeping, not silent. With machine, that machine's presence alone: whether the watchman hears it and since when.",
       "input": {
         "properties": {
           "machine": {
@@ -55,7 +55,54 @@
       },
       "answer": {
         "type": "object",
-        "description": "who is connected and who is silent"
+        "description": "with machine, that machine: online and since; without, every key of the state presence",
+        "properties": {
+          "machine": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": "the machine asked, with machine"
+          },
+          "online": {
+            "type": "boolean",
+            "description": "with machine: whether the watchman hears the machine now; false for a machine it holds no word of"
+          },
+          "since": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": "with machine: when its presence last changed, RFC 3339; empty for a machine the watchman holds no word of"
+          },
+          "state": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": "without machine: the state read, presence"
+          },
+          "holds": {
+            "type": "integer",
+            "description": "without machine: how many keys the state holds"
+          },
+          "keys": {
+            "type": "array",
+            "description": "without machine: each key of the state presence, <node> or part.<part>.<instance>, with its value",
+            "items": {
+              "type": "object",
+              "properties": {
+                "key": {
+                  "type": "string",
+                  "description": "<node> or part.<part>.<instance>"
+                },
+                "value": {
+                  "type": "object",
+                  "description": "the key's value, online and its layout's version"
+                },
+                "revision": {
+                  "type": "integer",
+                  "description": "the key's revision"
+                }
+              },
+              "required": [
+                "key",
+                "value"
+              ]
+            }
+          }
+        }
       }
     },
     {

go/seatlist/bootstrap/operator-channel.json

@@ -116,15 +116,65 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "asks",
-      "description": "The asks the router holds: open first, then the last month's, each with how it ended.",
+      "description": "The asks the router holds: open first, then the last month's, each with how it ended. With no argument only the open asks, within its default bound; key for one ask, state, since and bound narrow or widen it, and the answer says what it cut.",
       "input": {
         "type": "object",
-        "properties": {},
-        "description": "no arguments"
+        "properties": {
+          "key": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": "one ask, by its key (<asker>.<id>); none for the open asks"
+          },
+          "state": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": "open (open and held), ended or all; none is open when no key or since is given, else all"
+          },
+          "since": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": "only the asks opened at or after this time, RFC 3339"
+          },
+          "bound": {
+            "type": "integer",
+            "description": "the most bytes of the asks in the answer; said when it cuts the answer short"
+          }
+        }
       },
       "answer": {
         "type": "object",
-        "description": "the asks"
+        "description": "the asks, open first",
+        "properties": {
+          "asks": {
+            "type": "array",
+            "description": "each ask the router holds, as its state asks holds it",
+            "items": {
+              "type": "object",
+              "properties": {
+                "key": {
+                  "type": "string",
+                  "description": "<asker>.<id>"
+                },
+                "state": {
+                  "type": "string",
+                  "description": "how the ask stands: open, held, or how it ended (answered, expired, cancelled)"
+                }
+              },
+              "required": [
+                "key",
+                "state"
+              ]
+            }
+          },
+          "cut": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": "what the bound cut, and how to ask for more; empty when nothing was cut"
+          },
+          "matched": {
+            "type": "integer",
+            "description": "how many asks the arguments matched"
+          }
+        },
+        "required": [
+          "asks"
+        ]
       }
     }
   ],

go/seatlist/seatlisttest/seats/mesh-watchdogs.json

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "presence",
-      "description": "Every machine and tool runner the watchman sees connected, with its last word, and those it says silent; a machine that said it sleeps is shown as sleeping, not silent.",
+      "description": "Every machine and tool runner the watchman sees connected, with its last word, and those it says silent; a machine that said it sleeps is shown as sleeping, not silent. With machine, that machine's presence alone: whether the watchman hears it and since when.",
       "input": {
         "properties": {
           "machine": {
@@ -55,7 +55,54 @@
       },
       "answer": {
         "type": "object",
-        "description": "who is connected and who is silent"
+        "description": "with machine, that machine: online and since; without, every key of the state presence",
+        "properties": {
+          "machine": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": "the machine asked, with machine"
+          },
+          "online": {
+            "type": "boolean",
+            "description": "with machine: whether the watchman hears the machine now; false for a machine it holds no word of"
+          },
+          "since": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": "with machine: when its presence last changed, RFC 3339; empty for a machine the watchman holds no word of"
+          },
+          "state": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": "without machine: the state read, presence"
+          },
+          "holds": {
+            "type": "integer",
+            "description": "without machine: how many keys the state holds"
+          },
+          "keys": {
+            "type": "array",
+            "description": "without machine: each key of the state presence, <node> or part.<part>.<instance>, with its value",
+            "items": {
+              "type": "object",
+              "properties": {
+                "key": {
+                  "type": "string",
+                  "description": "<node> or part.<part>.<instance>"
+                },
+                "value": {
+                  "type": "object",
+                  "description": "the key's value, online and its layout's version"
+                },
+                "revision": {
+                  "type": "integer",
+                  "description": "the key's revision"
+                }
+              },
+              "required": [
+                "key",
+                "value"
+              ]
+            }
+          }
+        }
       }
     },
     {

go/seatlist/seatlisttest/seats/operator-channel.json

@@ -116,15 +116,65 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "asks",
-      "description": "The asks the router holds: open first, then the last month's, each with how it ended.",
+      "description": "The asks the router holds: open first, then the last month's, each with how it ended. With no argument only the open asks, within its default bound; key for one ask, state, since and bound narrow or widen it, and the answer says what it cut.",
       "input": {
         "type": "object",
-        "properties": {},
-        "description": "no arguments"
+        "properties": {
+          "key": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": "one ask, by its key (<asker>.<id>); none for the open asks"
+          },
+          "state": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": "open (open and held), ended or all; none is open when no key or since is given, else all"
+          },
+          "since": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": "only the asks opened at or after this time, RFC 3339"
+          },
+          "bound": {
+            "type": "integer",
+            "description": "the most bytes of the asks in the answer; said when it cuts the answer short"
+          }
+        }
       },
       "answer": {
         "type": "object",
-        "description": "the asks"
+        "description": "the asks, open first",
+        "properties": {
+          "asks": {
+            "type": "array",
+            "description": "each ask the router holds, as its state asks holds it",
+            "items": {
+              "type": "object",
+              "properties": {
+                "key": {
+                  "type": "string",
+                  "description": "<asker>.<id>"
+                },
+                "state": {
+                  "type": "string",
+                  "description": "how the ask stands: open, held, or how it ended (answered, expired, cancelled)"
+                }
+              },
+              "required": [
+                "key",
+                "state"
+              ]
+            }
+          },
+          "cut": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": "what the bound cut, and how to ask for more; empty when nothing was cut"
+          },
+          "matched": {
+            "type": "integer",
+            "description": "how many asks the arguments matched"
+          }
+        },
+        "required": [
+          "asks"
+        ]
       }
     }
   ],

go/testdata/beside/CAPTURED

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ repositories; before that it was mesh-controller's copy, which still held two mo
 
 mesh-catalog  b5dbfbb784507e211372a7c9640d91f7d6dadd84  modules/*/module.json, modules/*/files/**, modules/*/templates/**, predefined.json
 mesh-contracts 70fe186d7f5743e61f3ce2bbd97a8bfabc5b596e  the seat files of the eight bootstrapped seats held there (seats/, health-and-repair/seats/, operator-and-conversation/seats/), as seat.json.captured
+mesh-contracts bb16f99e2d5e854bb8f6552ce4b256e7c10e8ea0  of those, health-and-repair/seats/mesh-watchdogs and operator-and-conversation/seats/operator-channel (issue 1966)
 mesh-delivery 932e7ccf025513ec4fce38a534c2c38defbc6701  contracts/seats/mesh-catalog and mesh-delivery-checker, as seat.json.captured (go/seatlist's bootstrap test)
 mesh-host     cdcba9ca73755854d21e4e657d7e46c32b9b5265  internal/apply/placement_guard.go
 

go/testdata/beside/mesh-contracts/health-and-repair/seats/mesh-watchdogs/seat.json.captured

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "presence",
-      "description": "Every machine and tool runner the watchman sees connected, with its last word, and those it says silent; a machine that said it sleeps is shown as sleeping, not silent.",
+      "description": "Every machine and tool runner the watchman sees connected, with its last word, and those it says silent; a machine that said it sleeps is shown as sleeping, not silent. With machine, that machine's presence alone: whether the watchman hears it and since when.",
       "input": {
         "properties": {
           "machine": {
@@ -55,7 +55,54 @@
       },
       "answer": {
         "type": "object",
-        "description": "who is connected and who is silent"
+        "description": "with machine, that machine: online and since; without, every key of the state presence",
+        "properties": {
+          "machine": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": "the machine asked, with machine"
+          },
+          "online": {
+            "type": "boolean",
+            "description": "with machine: whether the watchman hears the machine now; false for a machine it holds no word of"
+          },
+          "since": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": "with machine: when its presence last changed, RFC 3339; empty for a machine the watchman holds no word of"
+          },
+          "state": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": "without machine: the state read, presence"
+          },
+          "holds": {
+            "type": "integer",
+            "description": "without machine: how many keys the state holds"
+          },
+          "keys": {
+            "type": "array",
+            "description": "without machine: each key of the state presence, <node> or part.<part>.<instance>, with its value",
+            "items": {
+              "type": "object",
+              "properties": {
+                "key": {
+                  "type": "string",
+                  "description": "<node> or part.<part>.<instance>"
+                },
+                "value": {
+                  "type": "object",
+                  "description": "the key's value, online and its layout's version"
+                },
+                "revision": {
+                  "type": "integer",
+                  "description": "the key's revision"
+                }
+              },
+              "required": [
+                "key",
+                "value"
+              ]
+            }
+          }
+        }
       }
     },
     {

go/testdata/beside/mesh-contracts/operator-and-conversation/seats/operator-channel/seat.json.captured

@@ -116,15 +116,65 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "asks",
-      "description": "The asks the router holds: open first, then the last month's, each with how it ended.",
+      "description": "The asks the router holds: open first, then the last month's, each with how it ended. With no argument only the open asks, within its default bound; key for one ask, state, since and bound narrow or widen it, and the answer says what it cut.",
       "input": {
         "type": "object",
-        "properties": {},
-        "description": "no arguments"
+        "properties": {
+          "key": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": "one ask, by its key (<asker>.<id>); none for the open asks"
+          },
+          "state": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": "open (open and held), ended or all; none is open when no key or since is given, else all"
+          },
+          "since": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": "only the asks opened at or after this time, RFC 3339"
+          },
+          "bound": {
+            "type": "integer",
+            "description": "the most bytes of the asks in the answer; said when it cuts the answer short"
+          }
+        }
       },
       "answer": {
         "type": "object",
-        "description": "the asks"
+        "description": "the asks, open first",
+        "properties": {
+          "asks": {
+            "type": "array",
+            "description": "each ask the router holds, as its state asks holds it",
+            "items": {
+              "type": "object",
+              "properties": {
+                "key": {
+                  "type": "string",
+                  "description": "<asker>.<id>"
+                },
+                "state": {
+                  "type": "string",
+                  "description": "how the ask stands: open, held, or how it ended (answered, expired, cancelled)"
+                }
+              },
+              "required": [
+                "key",
+                "state"
+              ]
+            }
+          },
+          "cut": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": "what the bound cut, and how to ask for more; empty when nothing was cut"
+          },
+          "matched": {
+            "type": "integer",
+            "description": "how many asks the arguments matched"
+          }
+        },
+        "required": [
+          "asks"
+        ]
       }
     }
   ],