diff --git a/merge-check.sh b/merge-check.sh
index 37449c2..e4912d2 100644
--- a/merge-check.sh
+++ b/merge-check.sh
@@ -26,9 +26,12 @@ fi
 CGO_ENABLED=0 go vet ./...
 
 packages=$(go list ./...)
+bundleless=""
 if ! command -v node >/dev/null 2>&1 || [ ! -d node_modules/@novox/mesh-sdk ]; then
 	echo "NOT TESTED HERE: internal/runtime and internal/console launch bundles that need node and @novox/mesh-sdk"
 	packages=$(printf '%s\n' "$packages" | grep -v -e '/internal/runtime$' -e '/internal/console$')
+	# What of the console launches no bundle runs anyway: how an address resolves (novox/hq issue 284).
+	bundleless='^TestASeatAndAModuleOfOneNameAreEachReached$'
 fi
 if command -v gcc >/dev/null 2>&1; then
 	CGO_ENABLED=1 go test -race -count=1 $packages
@@ -36,4 +39,7 @@ else
 	echo "NOT RACE-CHECKED: the toolchain holds no C compiler; the suite runs without the race detector"
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 go test -count=1 $packages
 fi
+if [ -n "$bundleless" ]; then
+	CGO_ENABLED=0 go test -count=1 -run "$bundleless" ./internal/console
+fi
 echo "NOT TESTED HERE: node-tools/src (TypeScript) needs @novox/mesh-sdk from the package registry"
diff --git a/node-tools/internal/console/address.go b/node-tools/internal/console/address.go
index 3754936..d585500 100644
--- a/node-tools/internal/console/address.go
+++ b/node-tools/internal/console/address.go
@@ -243,100 +243,17 @@ func indexOn(conn *bus.Conn) (*index, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	l := &Listing{Tools: []Tool{}, NotAnswering: []string{}}
-	x := &index{Modules: map[string]*moduleInfo{}, Listing: l, Discovery: d, Recorded: map[string][]string{}}
+	var endpoints []announce.Endpoint
+	for _, h := range d.Heard {
+		endpoints = append(endpoints, announce.Endpoints(h.Info)...)
+	}
+	x, announced, machines := indexOfEndpoints(endpoints)
+	l := x.Listing
+	x.Discovery = d
 	for _, s := range d.Silent {
 		x.Unheard = append(x.Unheard, unheard{Runtime: s.Name, Machine: s.Machine,
 			Why: fmt.Sprintf("it answered PING; what it serves did not arrive within %s", announce.Patience)})
 	}
-	announced := map[string]map[string]bool{} // module → node → announced something
-	seats := map[string]*seatInfo{}
-	toolAt := map[string]int{} // <module>.<tool> or <seat>.<verb> → index in l.Tools
-	machines := map[string]bool{}
-	for _, h := range d.Heard {
-		for _, e := range announce.Endpoints(h.Info) {
-			if e.Node != "" {
-				machines[e.Node] = true
-			}
-			if announced[e.Module] == nil {
-				announced[e.Module] = map[string]bool{}
-			}
-			announced[e.Module][e.Node] = true
-			switch e.Kind {
-			case announce.KindSeat:
-				st := seats[e.Seat]
-				if st == nil {
-					st = &seatInfo{Seat: e.Seat, Scope: e.Scope}
-					seats[e.Seat] = st
-				}
-				if st.Scope != "node" && e.Scope == "node" {
-					st.Scope = "node"
-				}
-				h := holder{Module: e.Module, Node: e.Node}
-				if !containsHolder(st.Holders, h) {
-					st.Holders = append(st.Holders, h)
-				}
-				key := e.Seat + "." + e.Tool
-				if _, have := toolAt[key]; !have {
-					toolAt[key] = len(l.Tools)
-					t := Tool{Module: e.Seat, Name: e.Tool, Description: e.Description, Input: e.Schema, Seat: true, Scope: st.Scope}
-					l.Tools = append(l.Tools, t)
-					st.Verbs = append(st.Verbs, t)
-				}
-			case announce.KindTool:
-				m := x.Modules[e.Module]
-				if m == nil {
-					m = &moduleInfo{Module: e.Module}
-					x.Modules[e.Module] = m
-				}
-				if e.Node != "" && !contains(m.On, e.Node) {
-					m.On = append(m.On, e.Node)
-				}
-				m.Interchangeable = m.Interchangeable || e.Interchangeable
-				key := e.Module + "." + e.Tool
-				i, have := toolAt[key]
-				if !have {
-					i = len(l.Tools)
-					toolAt[key] = i
-					l.Tools = append(l.Tools, Tool{Module: e.Module, Name: e.Tool, Description: e.Description, Input: e.Schema})
-				}
-				if !contains(l.Tools[i].Subjects, e.Subject) {
-					l.Tools[i].Subjects = append(l.Tools[i].Subjects, e.Subject)
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	// A tool's subjects as a call looks them up: the plain one any instance answers first, then each
-	// machine's.
-	for i := range l.Tools {
-		t := &l.Tools[i]
-		if t.Seat {
-			continue
-		}
-		plain := "mesh.mod." + t.Module + ".tool." + t.Name
-		sort.SliceStable(t.Subjects, func(a, b int) bool {
-			if (t.Subjects[a] == plain) != (t.Subjects[b] == plain) {
-				return t.Subjects[a] == plain
-			}
-			return t.Subjects[a] < t.Subjects[b]
-		})
-	}
-	for _, t := range l.Tools {
-		if !t.Seat {
-			x.Modules[t.Module].Tools = append(x.Modules[t.Module].Tools, t)
-		}
-	}
-	for _, m := range x.Modules {
-		sort.Strings(m.On)
-	}
-	for _, st := range seats {
-		sort.Slice(st.Holders, func(a, b int) bool { return st.Holders[a].Node < st.Holders[b].Node })
-		x.Seats = append(x.Seats, *st)
-	}
-	sort.Slice(x.Seats, func(i, j int) bool { return x.Seats[i].Seat < x.Seats[j].Seat })
-	sort.SliceStable(l.Tools, func(i, j int) bool {
-		return l.Tools[i].Module+"."+l.Tools[i].Name < l.Tools[j].Module+"."+l.Tools[j].Name
-	})
 
 	// What should have answered: every assignment of a module that declares tools. Silence is named;
 	// a module with no tools is never a name here.
@@ -410,6 +327,104 @@ func (s *Surface) indexAsked(fresh bool) (*index, error) {
 	return x, nil
 }
 
+// indexOfEndpoints is what the announced endpoints say: every seat with its verbs and holders, every
+// module with its tools and machines, the flat listing, and which module announced on which machine.
+func indexOfEndpoints(endpoints []announce.Endpoint) (*index, map[string]map[string]bool, map[string]bool) {
+	l := &Listing{Tools: []Tool{}, NotAnswering: []string{}}
+	x := &index{Modules: map[string]*moduleInfo{}, Listing: l, Recorded: map[string][]string{}}
+	announced := map[string]map[string]bool{} // module → node → announced something
+	seats := map[string]*seatInfo{}
+	// <module>.<tool>, or seat:<seat>.<verb>, → index in l.Tools. **Apart**, because a seat and a module may
+	// share a name — mesh-delivery is the delivery's seat and the module holding it (novox/hq ADR 0239), and
+	// the module answers the seat's verbs with tools of the same names: in one namespace the module's tool
+	// took the key first, and the seat was listed with no verb at all (novox/hq issue 284).
+	toolAt := map[string]int{}
+	machines := map[string]bool{}
+	for _, e := range endpoints {
+		if e.Node != "" {
+			machines[e.Node] = true
+		}
+		if announced[e.Module] == nil {
+			announced[e.Module] = map[string]bool{}
+		}
+		announced[e.Module][e.Node] = true
+		switch e.Kind {
+		case announce.KindSeat:
+			st := seats[e.Seat]
+			if st == nil {
+				st = &seatInfo{Seat: e.Seat, Scope: e.Scope}
+				seats[e.Seat] = st
+			}
+			if st.Scope != "node" && e.Scope == "node" {
+				st.Scope = "node"
+			}
+			h := holder{Module: e.Module, Node: e.Node}
+			if !containsHolder(st.Holders, h) {
+				st.Holders = append(st.Holders, h)
+			}
+			key := "seat:" + e.Seat + "." + e.Tool
+			if _, have := toolAt[key]; !have {
+				toolAt[key] = len(l.Tools)
+				t := Tool{Module: e.Seat, Name: e.Tool, Description: e.Description, Input: e.Schema, Seat: true, Scope: st.Scope}
+				l.Tools = append(l.Tools, t)
+				st.Verbs = append(st.Verbs, t)
+			}
+		case announce.KindTool:
+			m := x.Modules[e.Module]
+			if m == nil {
+				m = &moduleInfo{Module: e.Module}
+				x.Modules[e.Module] = m
+			}
+			if e.Node != "" && !contains(m.On, e.Node) {
+				m.On = append(m.On, e.Node)
+			}
+			m.Interchangeable = m.Interchangeable || e.Interchangeable
+			key := e.Module + "." + e.Tool
+			i, have := toolAt[key]
+			if !have {
+				i = len(l.Tools)
+				toolAt[key] = i
+				l.Tools = append(l.Tools, Tool{Module: e.Module, Name: e.Tool, Description: e.Description, Input: e.Schema})
+			}
+			if !contains(l.Tools[i].Subjects, e.Subject) {
+				l.Tools[i].Subjects = append(l.Tools[i].Subjects, e.Subject)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	// A tool's subjects as a call looks them up: the plain one any instance answers first, then each
+	// machine's.
+	for i := range l.Tools {
+		t := &l.Tools[i]
+		if t.Seat {
+			continue
+		}
+		plain := "mesh.mod." + t.Module + ".tool." + t.Name
+		sort.SliceStable(t.Subjects, func(a, b int) bool {
+			if (t.Subjects[a] == plain) != (t.Subjects[b] == plain) {
+				return t.Subjects[a] == plain
+			}
+			return t.Subjects[a] < t.Subjects[b]
+		})
+	}
+	for _, t := range l.Tools {
+		if !t.Seat {
+			x.Modules[t.Module].Tools = append(x.Modules[t.Module].Tools, t)
+		}
+	}
+	for _, m := range x.Modules {
+		sort.Strings(m.On)
+	}
+	for _, st := range seats {
+		sort.Slice(st.Holders, func(a, b int) bool { return st.Holders[a].Node < st.Holders[b].Node })
+		x.Seats = append(x.Seats, *st)
+	}
+	sort.Slice(x.Seats, func(i, j int) bool { return x.Seats[i].Seat < x.Seats[j].Seat })
+	sort.SliceStable(l.Tools, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return l.Tools[i].Module+"."+l.Tools[i].Name < l.Tools[j].Module+"."+l.Tools[j].Name
+	})
+	return x, announced, machines
+}
+
 // target is what an address resolves to.
 type target struct {
 	Address string
@@ -433,9 +448,21 @@ func resolve(x *index, address string) (target, error) {
 	}
 	prefix, name := rest[:dot], rest[dot+1:]
 
-	if s := x.seat(prefix); s != nil {
+	s := x.seat(prefix)
+	if s != nil && x.Modules[prefix] != nil && findTool(x.Modules[prefix].Tools, name) != nil {
+		// **A seat and a module of one name** (novox/hq issue 284): mesh-delivery is the delivery's seat and
+		// the module holding it. The module's tool is meant when the seat has no such verb, or when a machine
+		// is named for a seat held once for the mesh — `<node>/<module>.<tool>` is a module on one machine.
+		if findTool(s.Verbs, name) == nil || (node != "" && s.Scope != "node") {
+			s = nil
+		}
+	}
+	if s != nil {
 		verb := findTool(s.Verbs, name)
 		if verb == nil {
+			if len(s.Verbs) == 0 {
+				return target{}, fmt.Errorf("the seat %s has no verb %s: its holder announced none", prefix, name)
+			}
 			return target{}, fmt.Errorf("the seat %s has no verb %s; it has %s", prefix, name, toolNames(s.Verbs))
 		}
 		if s.Scope == "node" {
diff --git a/node-tools/internal/console/one_name_test.go b/node-tools/internal/console/one_name_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14c7c98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/node-tools/internal/console/one_name_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package console
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/novox/mesh-tools/node-tools/internal/announce"
+)
+
+// **Issue 284**: mesh-delivery is the delivery's seat, held once for the mesh, and the module holding it,
+// which answers the seat's verbs with tools of the same names and has tools of its own. Discovery put the
+// module's tool and the seat's verb under one key, so the seat was listed with no verb; and every address
+// with the name resolved to the seat — `mesh-delivery.deliveries` and `novox/mesh-delivery.delivery_status`
+// alike were refused, the seat's verbs and the module's tools both out of reach.
+func TestASeatAndAModuleOfOneNameAreEachReached(t *testing.T) {
+	var endpoints []announce.Endpoint
+	for _, tool := range []string{"deliveries", "delivery_status"} {
+		endpoints = append(endpoints, announce.Endpoint{Kind: announce.KindTool, Module: "mesh-delivery", Tool: tool,
+			Node: "anchor", Subject: "mesh.mod.mesh-delivery.tool." + tool + ".anchor"})
+	}
+	for _, verb := range []string{"deliveries", "stalled"} {
+		endpoints = append(endpoints, announce.Endpoint{Kind: announce.KindSeat, Module: "mesh-delivery", Seat: "mesh-delivery",
+			Tool: verb, Scope: "mesh", Subject: "mesh.seat.mesh-delivery.tool." + verb})
+	}
+	x, _, _ := indexOfEndpoints(endpoints)
+
+	s := x.seat("mesh-delivery")
+	if s == nil || len(s.Verbs) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("the seat is listed with verbs %v, not its two", s)
+	}
+	if m := x.Modules["mesh-delivery"]; m == nil || len(m.Tools) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("the module is listed with tools %v, not its two", m)
+	}
+
+	for address, want := range map[string]struct {
+		seat bool
+		key  string
+	}{
+		"mesh-delivery.deliveries":             {true, "seat:mesh-delivery.deliveries"},
+		"mesh-delivery.stalled":                {true, "seat:mesh-delivery.stalled"},
+		"anchor/mesh-delivery.delivery_status": {false, "mesh-delivery.delivery_status@anchor"},
+		"anchor/mesh-delivery.deliveries":      {false, "mesh-delivery.deliveries@anchor"},
+	} {
+		got, err := resolve(x, address)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("%s: %v", address, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		if got.Seat != want.seat || got.Key != want.key {
+			t.Errorf("%s resolves to %+v, not the %s", address, got, want.key)
+		}
+	}
+	// A module tool of the name without a machine: the module keeps state on its machine, so it says so.
+	if _, err := resolve(x, "mesh-delivery.delivery_status"); err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "<node>/") {
+		t.Errorf("the module's tool without a machine: %v", err)
+	}
+}