diff --git a/node-tools/internal/launch/launch.go b/node-tools/internal/launch/launch.go
index 633c848..ef3826f 100644
--- a/node-tools/internal/launch/launch.go
+++ b/node-tools/internal/launch/launch.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
+	stdio "git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go"
 	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/buscalls"
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 
@@ -392,6 +393,16 @@ func Start(module, entry string, env []string, mesh Bus, logf func(string, ...an
 							if asked, err = mesh.Ask(m.Params); err == nil {
 								result = asked
 							}
+						case stdio.CapabilitiesCall:
+							// The capability words this runner states (design 47 G §576); a Bus that states none answers none.
+							words := []string{}
+							if w, ok := mesh.(interface{ CapabilityWords() []string }); ok {
+								words = w.CapabilityWords()
+							}
+							var raw []byte
+							if raw, err = json.Marshal(map[string]any{"words": words}); err == nil {
+								result = json.RawMessage(raw)
+							}
 						case "mesh/subscribe":
 							mu.Lock()
 							subscriber = c
@@ -577,6 +588,10 @@ func Start(module, entry string, env []string, mesh Bus, logf func(string, ...an
 			for _, stop := range watches {
 				stop()
 			}
+			// A session of the bundle's put or get ends with its channel (design 47 G §518).
+			if d, ok := mesh.(interface{ DropSessions() }); ok {
+				d.DropSessions()
+			}
 			close(c.dead)
 			mu.Lock()
 			// Only a child that was serving is brought back; one that died in its own handshake was
diff --git a/node-tools/internal/launch/sessions_test.go b/node-tools/internal/launch/sessions_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4a1992
--- /dev/null
+++ b/node-tools/internal/launch/sessions_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+package launch
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// puttingBundle asks the capability words, and once they are answered with put-sessions sends the one chunk of a put
+// session, as mesh-sdk's bundle does; it then ends, which closes its channel.
+const puttingBundle = `#!/bin/sh
+while IFS= read -r line; do
+  id=$(printf '%s' "$line" | sed -n 's/.*"id":\([0-9]*\)[,}].*/\1/p')
+  case "$line" in
+    *'"method":"initialize"'*) printf '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":%s,"result":{}}\n' "$id" ;;
+    *'"method":"tools/list"'*) printf '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":%s,"result":{"tools":[]}}\n' "$id"
+       printf '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":"w1","method":"mesh/capabilities","params":{}}\n' ;;
+    *'"id":"w1"'**put-sessions*) printf '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":"p1","method":"mesh/objects.put-chunk","params":{"objects":"o","name":"n","call":"c","seq":1,"last":true,"data":"aGk="}}\n' ;;
+    *'"id":"p1"'*) exit 0 ;;
+  esac
+done
+`
+
+type sessionBus struct {
+	subscribing
+	mu      sync.Mutex
+	chunks  []string
+	dropped chan struct{}
+}
+
+func (b *sessionBus) CapabilityWords() []string { return []string{"put-sessions"} }
+func (b *sessionBus) BusState(method string, params json.RawMessage) (json.RawMessage, error) {
+	b.mu.Lock()
+	b.chunks = append(b.chunks, method+" "+string(params))
+	b.mu.Unlock()
+	return json.RawMessage(`{"name":"n"}`), nil
+}
+func (b *sessionBus) DropSessions() { close(b.dropped) }
+
+// Design 47 G §576, §518: a bundle reads the runner's capability words with mesh/capabilities, then runs its put session
+// through the runner's put-chunk, and the sessions of its channel are dropped when the channel closes.
+func TestABundleReadsTheCapabilityWordsRunsAPutSessionAndItsChannelsClosingDropsThem(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	entry := filepath.Join(dir, "bundle")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(entry, []byte(puttingBundle), 0o755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	b := &sessionBus{dropped: make(chan struct{})}
+	l, err := Start("putter", entry, os.Environ(), b, func(string, ...any) {})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(l.Stop)
+	select {
+	case <-b.dropped:
+	case <-time.After(5 * time.Second):
+		t.Fatal("the bundle's sessions were not dropped when its channel closed")
+	}
+	b.mu.Lock()
+	defer b.mu.Unlock()
+	if len(b.chunks) != 1 || !strings.HasPrefix(b.chunks[0], "mesh/objects.put-chunk ") || !strings.Contains(b.chunks[0], `"seq":1`) {
+		t.Fatalf("the runner took %v", b.chunks)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/node-tools/internal/runtime/sessions.go b/node-tools/internal/runtime/sessions.go
index 7227f64..817ad6e 100644
--- a/node-tools/internal/runtime/sessions.go
+++ b/node-tools/internal/runtime/sessions.go
@@ -299,3 +299,9 @@ func newCall() string {
 	_, _ = rand.Read(b[:])
 	return hex.EncodeToString(b[:])
 }
+
+// CapabilityWords are the capability words this runner states, answered to a bundle's `mesh/capabilities` (§576).
+func (b *moduleBus) CapabilityWords() []string { return CallCapabilities() }
+
+// DropSessions ends the sessions of the module whose bundle's channel closed (§518).
+func (b *moduleBus) DropSessions() { b.all.dropModuleSessions(b.module) }