diff --git a/go/parts/receive.go b/go/parts/receive.go
index d2ac237..f745188 100644
--- a/go/parts/receive.go
+++ b/go/parts/receive.go
@@ -93,6 +93,13 @@ type Received struct {
 	Ended bool
 }
 
+// AtCap opens the reason of a refusal for want of room: the objects would pass their cap. A holder tells it from
+// the other refusals with RefusedAtCap, so the finding it raises for it can clear once it takes a file again.
+const AtCap = "the objects are at their cap"
+
+// RefusedAtCap says whether a refusal's reason is one for want of room (AtCap).
+func RefusedAtCap(reason string) bool { return strings.HasPrefix(reason, AtCap) }
+
 // Receiver takes transfers in parts into a holder's own objects.
 type Receiver[M any] struct {
 	Objects   Objects
@@ -182,7 +189,7 @@ func (r *Receiver[M]) Open(id, opener string, parts []Want, shape M) (Received,
 		size += uint64(max(p.Size, 0))
 	}
 	if used+size > r.Cap {
-		return Received{ID: id, Ended: true}, r.refuse(t, fmt.Sprintf("the objects are at their cap of %d bytes (%d held, %d asked)", r.Cap, used, size))
+		return Received{ID: id, Ended: true}, r.refuse(t, fmt.Sprintf(AtCap+" of %d bytes (%d held, %d asked)", r.Cap, used, size))
 	}
 	if r.Holds != nil {
 		for _, p := range parts {
diff --git a/go/parts/receive_test.go b/go/parts/receive_test.go
index 0f355bf..ac37613 100644
--- a/go/parts/receive_test.go
+++ b/go/parts/receive_test.go
@@ -186,6 +186,9 @@ func TestAHolderTakesAFileInParts(t *testing.T) {
 		if got := pkgLog[len(pkgLog)-1].outcome; !strings.HasPrefix(got, "refused: the objects are at their cap") {
 			t.Errorf("the cap's refusal said %q", got)
 		}
+		if !RefusedAtCap(strings.TrimPrefix(pkgLog[len(pkgLog)-1].outcome, "refused: ")) || RefusedAtCap(strings.TrimPrefix(pkgLog[len(pkgLog)-2].outcome, "refused: ")) {
+			t.Errorf("RefusedAtCap tells the cap's refusal from the check's: %q, %q", pkgLog[len(pkgLog)-1].outcome, pkgLog[len(pkgLog)-2].outcome)
+		}
 		if got := pkgLog[len(pkgLog)-2].outcome; got != "refused: the builder did not number it" {
 			t.Errorf("the check's refusal said %q", got)
 		}