diff --git a/go/outward/outward_test.go b/go/outward/outward_test.go
index fdc77a5..7a4a143 100644
--- a/go/outward/outward_test.go
+++ b/go/outward/outward_test.go
@@ -4,11 +4,8 @@ package outward
 
 import (
 	"encoding/base64"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"math/rand"
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -166,33 +163,6 @@ func TestCheckSecretLetsACamelCaseNameThrough(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// 1439/AC1: a name written in lowercase words and digits between `-`, `_` or `/`, every piece short, is a
-// name and not a secret: mesh-issues' owners list (the catalogue's 134 defaults plus okioki) was refused
-// whole as "a long random-looking string" for modules/asus-zephyrus-g14, i3status-rust and powerlevel10k.
-func TestCheckSecretLetsALowercaseNameWithDigitsThrough(t *testing.T) {
-	for _, text := range []string{
-		"mesh-catalog modules/asus-zephyrus-g14",
-		"mesh-catalog modules/i3status-rust",
-		"mesh-catalog modules/powerlevel10k",
-	} {
-		if r, ok := CheckSecret(text); !ok {
-			t.Errorf("CheckSecret(%q) withheld it: %s", text, r)
-		}
-	}
-	raw, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join("testdata", "owners-1439.json"))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	var owners []string
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &owners); err != nil || len(owners) != 135 {
-		t.Fatalf("testdata holds %d owners (%v), want the 134 defaults plus okioki", len(owners), err)
-	}
-	compact, _ := json.Marshal(owners)
-	if r, ok := CheckSecret("+ owners: " + string(compact)); !ok {
-		t.Errorf("CheckSecret withheld the owners list: %s", r)
-	}
-}
-
 // 1439/AC2: what looks random is still refused: a mixed-case run, a base64url token with `-` and `_`, a
 // lowercase run of letters and digits with no separator, and a lowercase name with one long random piece.
 func TestCheckSecretStillRefusesRandomRunsBesideNames(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/go/outward/testdata/owners-1439.json b/go/outward/replay1439_owners.json
similarity index 100%
rename from go/outward/testdata/owners-1439.json
rename to go/outward/replay1439_owners.json
diff --git a/go/outward/replay1439_test.go b/go/outward/replay1439_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac1390d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/outward/replay1439_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package outward
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// TestReplay1439 is issue 1439, replayed (mesh-lab R1439, novox/hq ADR 0237 §5), written only with what the
+// package had before its fix: it fails on the commit before mesh-sdk #52 and passes on it.
+//
+// 1439/AC1: a name written in lowercase words and digits between `-`, `_` or `/`, every piece short, is a
+// name and not a secret: mesh-issues' owners list (the catalogue's 134 defaults plus okioki) was refused
+// whole as "a long random-looking string" for modules/asus-zephyrus-g14, i3status-rust and powerlevel10k.
+func TestReplay1439(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, text := range []string{
+		"mesh-catalog modules/asus-zephyrus-g14",
+		"mesh-catalog modules/i3status-rust",
+		"mesh-catalog modules/powerlevel10k",
+	} {
+		if r, ok := CheckSecret(text); !ok {
+			t.Errorf("CheckSecret(%q) withheld it: %s", text, r)
+		}
+	}
+	raw, err := os.ReadFile("replay1439_owners.json")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	var owners []string
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &owners); err != nil || len(owners) != 135 {
+		t.Fatalf("testdata holds %d owners (%v), want the 134 defaults plus okioki", len(owners), err)
+	}
+	compact, _ := json.Marshal(owners)
+	if r, ok := CheckSecret("+ owners: " + string(compact)); !ok {
+		t.Errorf("CheckSecret withheld the owners list: %s", r)
+	}
+}