diff --git a/node-tools/internal/runtime/announce_test.go b/node-tools/internal/runtime/announce_test.go
index c263b7e..6965fea 100644
--- a/node-tools/internal/runtime/announce_test.go
+++ b/node-tools/internal/runtime/announce_test.go
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ func TestTheRunnerStatesTheCapabilitiesOfItsCallsInItsPing(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("ping of the instance: %v", err)
 	}
 	var ping micro.Ping
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(msg.Data, &ping); err != nil || ping.Metadata[announce.Capabilities] != "bus-state-calls,ledger-calls" {
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(msg.Data, &ping); err != nil || ping.Metadata[announce.Capabilities] != "bus-state-calls,ledger-calls,seat-settle-delay" {
 		t.Errorf("the runner states %q (%v), want its bus-state and ledger calls", ping.Metadata[announce.Capabilities], err)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/node-tools/internal/runtime/busstate.go b/node-tools/internal/runtime/busstate.go
index 3d293d4..2c67519 100644
--- a/node-tools/internal/runtime/busstate.go
+++ b/node-tools/internal/runtime/busstate.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"sort"
 
+	stdio "git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go"
 	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/buscalls"
 )
 
@@ -25,9 +26,10 @@ var callFamilies = map[string][]string{
 		buscalls.LedgerRebuild, buscalls.LedgerReindex, buscalls.LedgerSnapshot, buscalls.LedgerLag},
 }
 
-// CallCapabilities is every capability of the calls this runner answers, sorted.
+// CallCapabilities is every capability of the calls this runner answers, sorted. The delayed settle of a pulled seat
+// message names a fate, not a method, so it stands beside the method families (novox/hq ADR 0664 §5).
 func CallCapabilities() []string {
-	out := make([]string, 0, len(callFamilies))
+	out := []string{stdio.CapSeatSettleDelay}
 	for c := range callFamilies {
 		out = append(out, c)
 	}
diff --git a/node-tools/internal/runtime/ledgers_test.go b/node-tools/internal/runtime/ledgers_test.go
index 6d530fd..805984a 100644
--- a/node-tools/internal/runtime/ledgers_test.go
+++ b/node-tools/internal/runtime/ledgers_test.go
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ func TestABundleToolNamedAsALedgerRepairIsRefused(t *testing.T) {
 // no other name; none answers "the runtime answers no ...".
 func TestEveryCallOfAStatedCapabilityIsAnswered(t *testing.T) {
 	m, _, _ := aLedger(t)
-	if got := strings.Join(CallCapabilities(), ","); got != "bus-state-calls,ledger-calls" {
+	if got := strings.Join(CallCapabilities(), ","); got != "bus-state-calls,ledger-calls,seat-settle-delay" {
 		t.Fatalf("the runner states %s", got)
 	}
 	for capability, methods := range callFamilies {