diff --git a/go/catalogue/reader_release_test.go b/go/catalogue/reader_release_test.go
index 43cdf35..93d0912 100644
--- a/go/catalogue/reader_release_test.go
+++ b/go/catalogue/reader_release_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package catalogue
 
-import "testing"
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
 
 // A manifest carrying the words design 47 G writes is read whole by the reader release (design 47 G §340, §409):
 // `version` as MAJOR.MINOR (§368), a `*` emitter in `consumes` (§386), an observer's finding stream (§387) and an
@@ -21,3 +24,27 @@ func TestTheReaderReleaseReadsTheManifestWordsGWrites(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("read as %+v", m)
 	}
 }
+
+// The second reader release reads the words G's manifests write beyond the first's (design 47 G §494, §621): each row a
+// manifest read whole, or refused naming what is wrong, and what the reader gives of it.
+func TestTheSecondReaderReleaseReadsGsManifestWords(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, c := range []struct {
+		name, raw, refused string
+		check              func(Manifest) bool
+	}{
+		{name: "a state's cap (§469)", raw: `{"module":"m","version":"1.0","state":["plain",{"name":"pipelines","max-mib":256}]}`,
+			check: func(m Manifest) bool { return m.State[0].MaxMiB == 0 && m.State[1].MaxMiB == 256 }},
+		{name: "a state's cap out of the objects section's bounds (§469)",
+			raw: `{"module":"m","version":"1.0","state":[{"name":"pipelines","max-mib":0}]}`, refused: "max-mib is between 1 and 8192"},
+	} {
+		m, err := decodeForTest([]byte(c.raw))
+		switch {
+		case c.refused != "" && (err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), c.refused)):
+			t.Errorf("%s: read as %v, want refused naming %q", c.name, err, c.refused)
+		case c.refused == "" && err != nil:
+			t.Errorf("%s: refused: %v", c.name, err)
+		case c.refused == "" && (len(m.UnknownField()) != 0 || !c.check(m)):
+			t.Errorf("%s: read as %+v (set aside %v)", c.name, m, m.UnknownField())
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/go/catalogue/state.go b/go/catalogue/state.go
index 2bca54e..fc6a289 100644
--- a/go/catalogue/state.go
+++ b/go/catalogue/state.go
@@ -35,11 +35,14 @@ type StateDeclaration struct {
 	// the tool runner's account, read it and never write it (the lead's ruling, 2026-11-04: nats' warrant spend record
 	// `spent`). The judge's rule and the grants follow from it.
 	ReadOnly bool `json:"read-only,omitempty"`
+	// MaxMiB is the bucket's cap in MiB, between ObjectsLeastMiB and ObjectsMostMiB, as an old objects section's
+	// is (design 47 G §469, §494); zero is no cap, as before.
+	MaxMiB int `json:"max-mib,omitempty"`
 	// KeptLayout is the layout its holder says it writes: its form and its catch-up tool (design 47).
 	KeptLayout
 }
 
-// UnmarshalJSON reads a bucket as its bare name, or as {name, history, ttl-seconds, per-machine, key-ttl, read-only, form, catch-up}.
+// UnmarshalJSON reads a bucket as its bare name, or as {name, history, ttl-seconds, per-machine, key-ttl, read-only, max-mib, form, catch-up}.
 func (s *StateDeclaration) UnmarshalJSON(raw []byte) error {
 	trimmed := bytes.TrimSpace(raw)
 	if len(trimmed) > 0 && trimmed[0] == '"' {
@@ -47,21 +50,28 @@ func (s *StateDeclaration) UnmarshalJSON(raw []byte) error {
 	}
 	type plain StateDeclaration
 	var full plain
+	var said struct {
+		MaxMiB *int `json:"max-mib"`
+	}
+	_ = json.Unmarshal(trimmed, &said)
 	dec := json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(trimmed))
 	dec.DisallowUnknownFields()
 	if err := dec.Decode(&full); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("a state is either a name or {name, history, ttl-seconds, per-machine, key-ttl, read-only, form, catch-up}: %w", typedUnknown(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("a state is either a name or {name, history, ttl-seconds, per-machine, key-ttl, read-only, max-mib, form, catch-up}: %w", typedUnknown(err))
 	}
 	if err := full.KeptLayout.refuse(fmt.Sprintf("state %q", full.Name)); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	if said.MaxMiB != nil && (*said.MaxMiB < ObjectsLeastMiB || *said.MaxMiB > ObjectsMostMiB) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("state %q: max-mib is between %d and %d, not %d", full.Name, ObjectsLeastMiB, ObjectsMostMiB, *said.MaxMiB)
+	}
 	*s = StateDeclaration(full)
 	return nil
 }
 
 // MarshalJSON writes back the short form when there is nothing else to say.
 func (s StateDeclaration) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
-	if s.History == 0 && s.TTLSeconds == 0 && !s.PerMachine && !s.KeyTTL && !s.ReadOnly && s.KeptLayout == (KeptLayout{}) {
+	if s.History == 0 && s.TTLSeconds == 0 && !s.PerMachine && !s.KeyTTL && !s.ReadOnly && s.MaxMiB == 0 && s.KeptLayout == (KeptLayout{}) {
 		return json.Marshal(s.Name)
 	}
 	type plain StateDeclaration