diff --git a/go/compose/frombus/answer.go b/go/compose/frombus/answer.go
index 71e6f22..64eb6d2 100644
--- a/go/compose/frombus/answer.go
+++ b/go/compose/frombus/answer.go
@@ -240,7 +240,9 @@ const MaxShown = 256 << 10
 
 var (
 	grantStandIn = regexp.MustCompile(`^the grant of \S+ for (\S+) on (\S+)$`)
-	needsStandIn = regexp.MustCompile(`^(\S+) on (\S+) needs `)
+	// grantOfStandIn is the provision a grant's stand-in is of.
+	grantOfStandIn = regexp.MustCompile(`^the grant of (\S+) for \S+ on \S+$`)
+	needsStandIn   = regexp.MustCompile(`^(\S+) on (\S+) needs `)
 )
 
 // standsInFor is the node and module a stand-in of compose's words is for: an own secret `module/name`, a port
@@ -360,6 +362,16 @@ func composeEach(in compose.Input, node string, fps map[string]string, applied b
 				if _, done := failed[m]; !done {
 					hold(m, "stands in for "+strings.Join(of[m], ", "), "")
 					again = true
+					continue
+				}
+				// Already held, and still a stand-in in another module's composition: a grant not yet issued for what
+				// it contributes (a module held for its own secret keeps its contributions, leaveOwn). Its contribution
+				// to that provision is left out, so the provider never applies a stand-in (issue 774, review round 1).
+				for _, x := range of[m] {
+					if g := grantOfStandIn.FindStringSubmatch(x); g != nil && !left[m][g[1]] {
+						hold(m, failed[m], g[1])
+						again = true
+					}
 				}
 			}
 			if !again && len(nodes) > 0 {
diff --git a/go/compose/frombus/held_rows_test.go b/go/compose/frombus/held_rows_test.go
index 5566683..87959d1 100644
--- a/go/compose/frombus/held_rows_test.go
+++ b/go/compose/frombus/held_rows_test.go
@@ -179,16 +179,25 @@ func aHeldModuleOfItsOwnAccountNeverRefusesTheNode(t *testing.T) {
 		issued   []string          // the own-account modules whose broker is issued
 		building bool              // node-tools' build is not done, and nothing of it runs
 		held     map[string]string // the modules held, each with words of the reason it was first held for
+		// ungranted gives the provider a grants file and no consumer's grant is issued yet (a newly placed module's
+		// usual state): a held module's contribution then stands in for its grant, and is left out (review round 1).
+		ungranted bool
 	}{
 		{name: "none issued", held: map[string]string{"check": "broker", "heal": "broker"}},
+		{name: "none issued, no grant issued", ungranted: true, held: map[string]string{"check": "broker", "heal": "broker"}},
 		{name: "one issued", issued: []string{"heal"}, held: map[string]string{"check": "broker"}},
 		{name: "both issued", issued: []string{"check", "heal"}},
 		// The runtime held: its stand-in is not refused for its bundle; the modules it would run are held, not the node.
 		{name: "the runtime's build not done", issued: []string{"check", "heal"}, building: true,
 			held: map[string]string{"node-tools": "its build produced 0 bundle(s)", "check": "not here to run it from", "heal": "not here to run it from"}},
 	} {
-		b, fps := aNode(t, store, tools, own("check"), lamp, own("heal"))
-		b.held = true // every grant held, so a contribution's credential stands in for nothing
+		provider := store
+		if row.ungranted {
+			provider = strings.Replace(store, `"receives":`, `"grants":{"artifact-store":"/var/lib/artifacts/grants"},"receives":`, 1)
+		}
+		b, fps := aNode(t, provider, tools, own("check"), lamp, own("heal"))
+		// Every grant held, so the held modules' contributions are composed whole; the row ungranted issues none.
+		b.held = !row.ungranted
 		b.own = []compose.OwnSecretRow{{Node: "n1", Module: "node-tools", Name: "broker", Origin: "made", SealedTo: "sk", Sealed: `"box"`}}
 		for _, m := range row.issued {
 			b.own = append(b.own, compose.OwnSecretRow{Node: "n1", Module: m, Name: "broker", Origin: "made", SealedTo: "sk", Sealed: `"box"`})
@@ -216,7 +225,17 @@ func aHeldModuleOfItsOwnAccountNeverRefusesTheNode(t *testing.T) {
 		// of postgres's received file, and postgres's helper would have locked its login): only its own secrets are left
 		// out of its stand-in, never its contributions, so the provider's received file names every consumer.
 		storeKey, _ := delivery.ComposedKey("n1", "artifacts", fps["artifacts"])
+		// And never a stand-in for a grant not yet issued: the provider is applied, so a held module whose grant is
+		// not issued is composed without that contribution, never with "foreseen: made by the next send".
+		for key, c := range out {
+			if got, _ := json.Marshal(c.Resources); strings.Contains(string(got), "foreseen") {
+				t.Errorf("%s: %s applies a stand-in: %s", row.name, key, got)
+			}
+		}
 		for _, m := range []string{"check", "heal"} {
+			if row.ungranted {
+				break
+			}
 			if got, _ := json.Marshal(out[storeKey].Resources); !strings.Contains(string(got), `\"from\": \"`+m+`\"`) {
 				t.Errorf("%s: the provider's received file drops %s's contribution: %s", row.name, m, got)
 			}