diff --git a/go/views/held_writer.go b/go/views/held_writer.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2ca92cfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/views/held_writer.go
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+package views
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"sync"
+)
+
+// HeldWriter is the finding writer of a part whose findings are raised as they happen, not judged afresh (design 47 G A-29,
+// §686): it holds the findings it has written, seeded from the keys of its state `findings` before it starts, under a lock of
+// its own (never the part's: the writer calls Observe under its own lock while the part writes under its), and its Observe
+// answers them, so a statement says exactly what the part holds. Write and Clear update the held set and then the writer's.
+// It is a Writer[F, C, S, A] with that Observe, so no part writes the adapter.
+type HeldWriter[F, C, S, A any] struct {
+	*Writer[F, C, S, A]
+	mu   sync.Mutex
+	held map[string]F
+}
+
+// NewHeldWriter makes the writer for cfg, whose Observe is none (a given Observe is refused): the findings that stand in
+// cfg.State are read at once, each key's value as the writer kept it (a value that is no finding of F is left to the next
+// statement, which deletes its key when it is of a kind the writer owns).
+func NewHeldWriter[F, C, S, A any](cfg WriterConfig[F, C, S, A]) (*HeldWriter[F, C, S, A], error) {
+	if cfg.Observe != nil {
+		return nil, errors.New("a held finding writer observes what it holds: it takes no Observe")
+	}
+	if cfg.State == nil {
+		return nil, errors.New("a finding writer needs the state `findings`")
+	}
+	h := &HeldWriter[F, C, S, A]{held: map[string]F{}}
+	keys, err := cfg.State.Keys()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	for _, k := range keys {
+		e, err := cfg.State.Get(k)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		var f F
+		if e == nil || json.Unmarshal(e.Value, &f) != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		if m, err := wireOf(&f); err == nil && keyOf(m) == k {
+			h.held[k] = f
+		}
+	}
+	cfg.Observe = func(context.Context) (Observed[F], error) {
+		h.mu.Lock()
+		defer h.mu.Unlock()
+		var o Observed[F]
+		for _, f := range h.held {
+			o.Findings = append(o.Findings, f)
+		}
+		return o, nil
+	}
+	w, err := NewWriter(cfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	h.Writer = w
+	return h, nil
+}
+
+// Write holds the finding and writes it through the writer.
+func (h *HeldWriter[F, C, S, A]) Write(ctx context.Context, finding F) error {
+	m, err := wireOf(&finding)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := CheckFinding(m); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if !h.Writer.owns(str(m, "kind")) {
+		return h.Writer.Write(ctx, finding) // refused by the writer, naming the kind, and held no more than it is
+	}
+	h.mu.Lock()
+	h.held[keyOf(m)] = finding
+	h.mu.Unlock()
+	return h.Writer.Write(ctx, finding)
+}
+
+// Clear stops holding the finding of scope, id and kind and clears it through the writer.
+func (h *HeldWriter[F, C, S, A]) Clear(ctx context.Context, scope, id, kind, why string) error {
+	h.mu.Lock()
+	delete(h.held, FindingKey(scope, id, kind))
+	h.mu.Unlock()
+	return h.Writer.Clear(ctx, scope, id, kind, why)
+}
diff --git a/go/views/writer_test.go b/go/views/writer_test.go
index e91af2e2..17685785 100644
--- a/go/views/writer_test.go
+++ b/go/views/writer_test.go
@@ -463,3 +463,48 @@ func TestWriterRefusesABodyWithoutAContractField(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("a writer with no subject for findings-asked: %v", err)
 	}
 }
+
+// A part whose findings are raised as they happen holds them in a writer that observes from its own state (design 47 G A-29):
+// the findings standing in the state are seeded before it starts, a statement says what is held, Write and Clear keep the held
+// set, and an Observe of the part's own is refused.
+func TestHeldWriterStatesWhatItHoldsFromItsOwnState(t *testing.T) {
+	state := &fakeState{m: map[string][]byte{}}
+	raw, _ := json.Marshal(finding("seeded", "stood"))
+	state.m["module.seeded.k"] = raw
+	state.m["module.junk.k"] = []byte(`"not a finding"`)
+	var sent []said
+	cfg := testConfig{Module: "m", State: state, Node: "n1", Asked: asked,
+		Publish: func(_ context.Context, subject string, data []byte, _ string) error {
+			sent = append(sent, said{subject, data})
+			return nil
+		},
+		Listen: func(context.Context, string, func([]byte)) (func(), error) { return func() {}, nil }}
+	cfg.Observe = func(context.Context) (testObserved, error) { return testObserved{}, nil }
+	if _, err := views.NewHeldWriter(cfg); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("a held writer took an Observe of its own")
+	}
+	cfg.Observe = nil
+	h, err := views.NewHeldWriter(cfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	if err := h.Write(ctx, finding("raised", "now")); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := h.Write(ctx, testFinding{Kind: "k", ID: "no-scope"}); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("a finding that breaks a rule was held")
+	}
+	if err := h.Clear(ctx, "module", "seeded", "k", "no longer"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	sent = nil
+	if err := h.State(ctx, "a1"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	var stated testStated
+	if len(sent) != 1 || sent[0].subject != subjects.Stated || json.Unmarshal(sent[0].data, &stated) != nil ||
+		len(stated.Findings) != 1 || stated.Findings[0].ID != "raised" || stated.Asked != "a1" {
+		t.Fatalf("the statement says %+v after %d events", stated, len(sent))
+	}
+}