Merge branch 'feat/47-G-fix11-a3h' into feat/47-G-join11

# Conflicts:
#	node-tools/internal/runtime/runtime.go

node-tools/internal/runtime/runtime.go

@@ -310,7 +310,8 @@ func Run(conn *bus.Conn, served []Served, envs map[string]map[string]string, log
 	}
 	logf("%s", line)
 	conn.OnMembership(func(bus.Membership) { go func() { r.refreshRepairs(); conn.Flush() }() })
-	stopSeats, again := serveSeats(conn, r.modules, r.registrations, r.events.gated, r.events.admitted, r.events.chunked, r.fingerprintOf, logf)
+	stopSeats, again := serveSeats(conn, r.modules, r.registrations, r.events.gated, r.events.admitted, r.events.chunked, r.approvalsOf(),
+		r.fingerprintOf, logf)
 	r.seatsAgain = again
 	r.stops = append(r.stops, stopSeats)
 
@@ -662,6 +663,9 @@ func endpointsOf(conn *bus.Conn, own []registration, registrations []registratio
 		}
 		for _, v := range m.Seats {
 			t, ok := impl[v.Seat][v.Verb]
+			if v.Verb == seatdef.ApprovalsVerb && !ok {
+				t, ok = launch.Tool{Name: v.Verb, Description: "The calls this seat's holder holds for the operator's approval, its acts and its claims."}, true
+			}
 			if !ok || have[v.Subject] {
 				continue
 			}
@@ -717,7 +721,8 @@ func subjectsOf(conn *bus.Conn, module, tool string) []string {
 // whenever a membership changes, and when again is called because a bundle was loaded again. Whether
 // this machine holds the seat is the bus's to decide. It answers its stop and again.
 func serveSeats(conn *bus.Conn, modules []string, current func() []registration, gated gatedRun,
-	admitted func(seat, verb, caller string) error, chunked func(key string) bool, fingerprintOf func(string) string, logf func(string, ...any)) (func(), func()) {
+	admitted func(seat, verb, caller string) error, chunked func(key string) bool, approvals func(caller string) (any, error),
+	fingerprintOf func(string) string, logf func(string, ...any)) (func(), func()) {
 	var mu sync.Mutex
 	var stops []func()
 	stopped := false
@@ -751,6 +756,24 @@ func serveSeats(conn *bus.Conn, modules []string, current func() []registration,
 					continue
 				}
 				have[v.Subject] = true
+				// The seat's verb `approvals` is the gate's own, served wherever a marked verb is: the runner answers it from its
+				// record of the calls its gate holds, by caller, and no bundle names it (lead answers A-265, A-266, A-271).
+				if v.Verb == seatdef.ApprovalsVerb && approvals != nil {
+					seat := v.Seat
+					stop, err := conn.HandleSubjectCalled(v.Subject, func(caller string, _ json.RawMessage) (any, error) {
+						if err := admitted(seat, seatdef.ApprovalsVerb, caller); err != nil {
+							return nil, err
+						}
+						return approvals(caller)
+					})
+					if err != nil {
+						logf("[mesh-tools] cannot serve %s's approvals on %s: %v", seat, v.Subject, err)
+						continue
+					}
+					stops = append(stops, stop)
+					logf("[mesh-tools] serving %s's approvals on %s, the gate's own verb", seat, v.Subject)
+					continue
+				}
 				t, ok := impl[v.Seat][v.Verb]
 				if !ok {
 					logf("[mesh-tools] %s claims %s and implements no %s, which that seat promises; not served", module, v.Seat, v.Verb)