diff --git a/packages/bus/tests/reload.test.mjs b/packages/bus/tests/reload.test.mjs
index 091b37b26..342d578d0 100644
--- a/packages/bus/tests/reload.test.mjs
+++ b/packages/bus/tests/reload.test.mjs
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ test('T14 a file whose project root differs from the boot copy is not reloaded,
 });
 
 test('T14 a file whose library mapping differs from the boot copy is not reloaded, because the mirror is ensured at start', async (t) => {
-  const f = await setup(t, doc => { doc.projects.books = mappingEntry(); });
+  const f = await setup(t, doc => { doc.roles.chief.credentials = { gitea: { ...doc.roles.coder.credentials.gitea } }; doc.projects.books = mappingEntry(); });
   const doc = JSON.parse(readFileSync(f.file, 'utf8'));
   doc.projects.books.branch = 'other';
   writeFileSync(f.file, JSON.stringify(doc, null, 2) + '\n', { mode: 0o600 });
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ test('T14 a file whose library mapping differs from the boot copy is not reloade
   assert.equal(added.restart, true);
   assert.equal(f.reloads.length, 0);
   // The same library entry reloads.
-  const g = await setup(t, doc => { doc.projects.books = mappingEntry(); });
+  const g = await setup(t, doc => { doc.roles.chief.credentials = { gitea: { ...doc.roles.coder.credentials.gitea } }; doc.projects.books = mappingEntry(); });
   assert.equal(g.ask('instances.set', { revision: g.revision(), instance: 'sec-1', op: 'add', definition: 'security-reviewer' }).restart, false);
   assert.equal(g.reloads.length, 1);
 });
diff --git a/packages/business/tests/business.test.mjs b/packages/business/tests/business.test.mjs
index 9d4eda831..f78789250 100644
--- a/packages/business/tests/business.test.mjs
+++ b/packages/business/tests/business.test.mjs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { join } from "node:path";
 import { pathToFileURL } from "node:url";
 import { BusinessError, businessFilePath, configDir, loadBusiness, validateBusinessDocument } from "../src/index.mjs";
 import { THREAD_IDLE_SECONDS } from "../src/business.mjs";
+import { CREATIVE_DEFINITIONS } from "../src/vocabulary.mjs";
 import { launchDoc, businessDoc, REPO, REPO_ROLES, rolesCopy, tmp, writeJson } from "./helpers.mjs";
 
 test('C2-04: library mappings load without roots, remain frozen, and retain mapping refusals', async t => {
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ test('C2-04: library mappings load without roots, remain frozen, and retain mapp
   const root = tmp(); t.after(() => rmSync(root, { recursive: true, force: true }));
   const doc = businessDoc(root), file = join(root, 'businesses/acme.json');
   doc.projects = { books: mappingEntry(), ...doc.projects };
+  doc.roles.chief.credentials = { gitea: { ...doc.roles.coder.credentials.gitea } };
   const loaded = validateBusinessDocument(doc, file, { rolesDir: REPO_ROLES });
   const { checkMapping } = await import('../../library/src/mapping.mjs');
   assert.deepEqual(loaded.projects.books, checkMapping(mappingEntry()));
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@ test('C2-04: an otherwise valid publish grant cannot name a library repo', async
   const root = tmp(); t.after(() => rmSync(root, { recursive: true, force: true }));
   const doc = businessDoc(root);
   doc.projects.books = { ...mappingEntry(), remote: 'https://git.example/writer/books' };
+  doc.roles.chief.credentials = { gitea: { ...doc.roles.coder.credentials.gitea } };
   doc.roles.coder.identity = { name: 'Coder', email: 'coder@example.invalid', gitea: { url: 'https://git.example', user: 'acme-coder' } };
   doc.roles.coder.publish = ['books'];
   refuses(() => validateBusinessDocument(doc, join(root, 'businesses/acme.json'), { rolesDir: REPO_ROLES }), /publish.*library/);
@@ -273,28 +276,58 @@ test("the shipped example refuses as written and validates once filled in", () =
   assert.equal(id, 15);
 });
 
+// Row 285 (C2-08b, #1790, mos-1330): a creative definition declares gitea, so its instance names
+// the reference. The store form needs no token file, and the bus reads a missing one as no token.
+const CREATIVE_GITEA = Object.freeze({ gitea: Object.freeze({ store: true, rotateBy: "2099-01-01" }) });
+
 // Row 213 (C2-08, #1714), deviation D1: the persona vars sit on a creative instance only, and
 // both or neither. The var checks themselves are vars.mjs's.
 test("persona vars: agent layer, creative definition only, both or neither", () => {
   const sha = "a".repeat(64);
   const persona = { "persona.name": "Bean", "persona.sha256": sha };
-  const business = check((d) => { d.roles.bean = { definition: "companion", vars: { ...persona } }; });
+  const business = check((d) => { d.roles.bean = { definition: "companion", credentials: CREATIVE_GITEA, vars: { ...persona } }; });
   assert.deepEqual({ ...business.roles.bean.vars }, persona);
-  assert.doesNotThrow(() => check((d) => { d.roles.bean = { definition: "ideas" }; }));
+  assert.doesNotThrow(() => check((d) => { d.roles.bean = { definition: "ideas", credentials: CREATIVE_GITEA }; }));
   refuses(() => check((d) => { d.vars["persona.name"] = "Bean"; }), /persona\.name can't be set at the business layer/);
   refuses(() => check((d) => { d.roles.pm.vars = { ...d.roles.pm.vars, ...persona }; }),
     /roles\.pm\.vars: persona vars need a creative definition \(pm isn't one\)/);
   refuses(() => check((d) => { d.roles.chief.vars = { ...persona }; }), /chief-of-staff isn't one/);
   for (const key of Object.keys(persona)) {
-    refuses(() => check((d) => { d.roles.bean = { definition: "research", vars: { [key]: persona[key] } }; }),
+    refuses(() => check((d) => { d.roles.bean = { definition: "research", credentials: CREATIVE_GITEA, vars: { [key]: persona[key] } }; }),
       /roles\.bean\.vars: persona\.name and persona\.sha256 are set together or not at all/);
   }
   for (const [key, value] of [["persona.name", "x".repeat(41)], ["persona.name", "Be\nan"], ["persona.name", "Be\u0007an"], ["persona.name", "Be\u2028an"], ["persona.name", "Be\u2029an"], ["persona.name", 7],
     ["persona.sha256", "A".repeat(64)], ["persona.sha256", sha.slice(1)], ["persona.sha256", `${sha}0`]]) {
-    refuses(() => check((d) => { d.roles.bean = { definition: "companion", vars: { ...persona, [key]: value } }; }), new RegExp(`variable ${key.replace(".", "\\.")}`), 2);
+    refuses(() => check((d) => { d.roles.bean = { definition: "companion", credentials: CREATIVE_GITEA, vars: { ...persona, [key]: value } }; }), new RegExp(`variable ${key.replace(".", "\\.")}`), 2);
+  }
+});
+
+// Row 285 (C2-08b, #1790, mos-1330): the chief and each creative definition declare gitea, so an
+// instance without the reference refuses. Amendment 1 (mos-1580, sage-4060): the chief
+// requires its reference only in a library business; creative definitions always require it.
+test("row 285: a chief or creative instance without credentials.gitea refuses at load", async () => {
+  const { mappingEntry } = await import("../../library/tests/helpers.mjs");
+  refuses(() => check((d) => { d.projects.books = mappingEntry(); delete d.roles.chief.credentials; }),
+    /chief-library-gitea-required: .*roles\.chief\.credentials/);
+  for (const definition of CREATIVE_DEFINITIONS) {
+    refuses(() => check((d) => { d.roles.bean = { definition }; }),
+      /roles\.bean\.credentials must reference exactly the services its role definition needs \(gitea; got none\)/);
+    assert.doesNotThrow(() => check((d) => { d.roles.bean = { definition, credentials: CREATIVE_GITEA }; }), definition);
   }
 });
 
+// Row 285 (C2-08b, brief): a creative instance may carry identity and publish, under the rules at
+// business.mjs:155-166, which the grant path reads. The grant itself still refuses it (#giteaRole).
+test("row 285: a creative instance with identity and publish loads", () => {
+  const identity = { name: "Bean", email: "bean@example.test", gitea: { url: "https://git.example", user: "acme-bean" } };
+  const business = check((d) => {
+    d.projects.stack.remote = "https://git.example/acme/stack";
+    d.roles.bean = { definition: "companion", credentials: CREATIVE_GITEA, identity, publish: ["stack"] };
+  });
+  assert.deepEqual({ ...business.roles.bean.identity, gitea: { ...business.roles.bean.identity.gitea } }, identity);
+  assert.deepEqual([...business.roles.bean.publish], ["stack"]);
+});
+
 // Row 194 (#1692, D2.5, T17): the per-agent forbid and the retired list.
 test("row 194 keep, noHire and retired validate, and a file without them loads as before", () => {
   const plain = check();
diff --git a/packages/business/tests/cli.test.mjs b/packages/business/tests/cli.test.mjs
index 3aa1d52ee..beb367f8c 100644
--- a/packages/business/tests/cli.test.mjs
+++ b/packages/business/tests/cli.test.mjs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const CLI = join(REPO, "packages", "business", "src", "cli.mjs");
 test('C2-04: business validate and resolve skip a library before code projects and credential checks', async t => {
   const { mappingEntry } = await import('../../library/tests/helpers.mjs');
   const { rmSync } = await import('node:fs');
-  const s = setup(doc => { doc.projects = { books: mappingEntry(), ...doc.projects }; });
+  const s = setup(doc => { doc.roles.chief.credentials = { gitea: { ...doc.roles.coder.credentials.gitea } }; doc.projects = { books: mappingEntry(), ...doc.projects }; });
   t.after(() => rmSync(s.root, { recursive: true, force: true }));
   writeJson(projectFilePath(s.doc.projects.stack.root), { projectVersion: 1, id: 'stack', vars: { 'tracker.project': 3 } });
   const checked = run(s, 'validate', 'acme');
diff --git a/packages/business/tests/instance-settings.test.mjs b/packages/business/tests/instance-settings.test.mjs
index e85366562..54c22e0e0 100644
--- a/packages/business/tests/instance-settings.test.mjs
+++ b/packages/business/tests/instance-settings.test.mjs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { mkdirSync, readdirSync, readFileSync, rmSync, statSync, writeFileSync }
 import { join } from "node:path";
 import { instanceSettings } from "../src/instance-settings.mjs";
 import { projectFilePath } from "../src/project.mjs";
-import { businessDoc, REPO, rolesCopy, systemConfig, systemFor, tmp, writeJson } from "./helpers.mjs";
+import { businessDoc, FAR_DATE, REPO, rolesCopy, systemConfig, systemFor, tmp, writeJson } from "./helpers.mjs";
 
 const CLI = join(REPO, "packages", "business", "src", "cli.mjs");
 const roots = [];
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const LEVELS = { pi: ["off", "minimal", "low", "medium", "high", "xhigh", "max"]
 
 test('C2-04: instance settings skip a library while checking a later code project', async () => {
   const { mappingEntry } = await import('../../library/tests/helpers.mjs');
-  const f = fixture(doc => { doc.projects = { books: mappingEntry(), ...doc.projects }; });
+  const f = fixture(doc => { doc.roles.chief.credentials = { gitea: { ...doc.roles.coder.credentials.gitea } }; doc.projects = { books: mappingEntry(), ...doc.projects }; });
   writeJson(projectFilePath(f.doc.projects.stack.root), { projectVersion: 1, id: 'stack', vars: { 'tracker.project': 3 } });
   const before = f.settings.read('acme');
   f.settings.set('acme', { revision: before.revision, instance: 'gate-215', op: 'add', definition: 'merge-gate' }, 'jason');
@@ -286,7 +286,8 @@ test("row 213 a creative instance is the human's: add, vars and definition chang
   writeFileSync(join(f.root, "config", "personas", "acme", "bean.md"), text, { mode: 0o600 });
   const persona = { "persona.name": "Bean", "persona.sha256": createHash("sha256").update(text).digest("hex") };
   const view = f.settings.read("acme");
-  assert.deepEqual(view.definitions.companion, { services: [], accepted: true });
+  // Row 285 (mos-1332 item 4): the companion definition declares gitea.
+  assert.deepEqual(view.definitions.companion, { services: ["gitea"], accepted: true });
   const add = { instance: "bean", op: "add", definition: "companion", vars: persona };
   for (const actor of ["chief-of-staff.chief", "tester"]) {
     assert.throws(() => f.settings.set("acme", { revision: view.revision, ...add }, actor), e => e.code === "organization-creative-human-only", actor);
@@ -331,8 +332,8 @@ test("row 213 a creative instance is the human's: add, vars and definition chang
 // every actor, the human included. The listing's endProtected is that same check for its reader.
 test("row 256 T1-T3, T5 the human deletes a creative instance, no other actor does, and the assistant stays", () => {
   const f = fixture(doc => {
-    doc.roles.bean = { definition: "companion" };
-    doc.roles.muse = { definition: "ideas" };
+    doc.roles.bean = { definition: "companion", credentials: { gitea: { store: true, rotateBy: FAR_DATE } } };
+    doc.roles.muse = { definition: "ideas", credentials: { gitea: { store: true, rotateBy: FAR_DATE } } };
     doc.roles.assistant = { definition: "assistant", holder: "mos" };
   });
   const del = (instance, actor) => () => f.settings.set("acme", { revision: f.settings.read("acme").revision, instance, op: "delete" }, actor);
@@ -377,7 +378,7 @@ test("row 256 T1-T3, T5 the human deletes a creative instance, no other actor do
 // instance can't be kept, launch.by or an arbiter, so the check it reaches is the last-listed one.
 test("row 256 T4 the human's delete of the only listed instance, a creative one, is the last-listed refusal", () => {
   const f = fixture(doc => {
-    doc.roles.bean = { definition: "companion" };
+    doc.roles.bean = { definition: "companion", credentials: { gitea: { store: true, rotateBy: FAR_DATE } } };
     doc.launch.instances = ["bean"];
   });
   const bytes = readFileSync(f.file, "utf8");
diff --git a/packages/business/tests/library-projects-protected.test.mjs b/packages/business/tests/library-projects-protected.test.mjs
index 51672bd7b..d4d09d94f 100644
--- a/packages/business/tests/library-projects-protected.test.mjs
+++ b/packages/business/tests/library-projects-protected.test.mjs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ function fixture(t) {
   books.universes.hybrid = { kind: 'hybrid', name: 'An invented crossover',
     sources: ['harbor', 'second'], books: ['Hybrid Book'], playground: [], constraints: [], notes: 'Fixture only' };
   doc.projects = { books, ...doc.projects };
+  doc.roles.chief.credentials = { gitea: { ...doc.roles.coder.credentials.gitea } };
   const dir = join(root, 'config'), file = writeJson(join(dir, 'businesses/acme.json'), doc);
   const writer = organizationWriter({ dir, rolesDir: rolesCopy(root) });
   // Give both snapshots an existing ordinary committed receipt to preserve.
diff --git a/packages/business/tests/library-seats.test.mjs b/packages/business/tests/library-seats.test.mjs
index 3cd0f86cf..da76fdbc7 100644
--- a/packages/business/tests/library-seats.test.mjs
+++ b/packages/business/tests/library-seats.test.mjs
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ test("M7/M8: library seats come from library businesses, creative seats from the
   const { root, dir } = fixture(t);
   const doc = businessDoc(root, "acme");
   doc.projects = { books: mappingEntry(), ...doc.projects };
+  doc.roles.chief.credentials = { gitea: { ...doc.roles.coder.credentials.gitea } };
   doc.roles.bean = { definition: "companion" };
+  doc.roles.bean.credentials = { gitea: { ...doc.roles.coder.credentials.gitea } };
   writeJson(join(dir, "businesses", "acme.json"), doc);
   const found = sets(dir);
   assert.deepEqual([...found.librarySeats].sort(), ["bean", "chief", "coder", "cto", "pm", "reviewer"]);
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ test("M8: a business with no library project puts no seat in either set", (t) =>
   const { root, dir } = fixture(t);
   const doc = businessDoc(root, "other");
   doc.roles.bean = { definition: "companion" };
+  doc.roles.bean.credentials = { gitea: { ...doc.roles.coder.credentials.gitea } };
   writeJson(join(dir, "businesses", "other.json"), doc);
   const found = sets(dir);
   assert.equal(found.librarySeats.size, 0);
diff --git a/packages/business/tests/resolve.test.mjs b/packages/business/tests/resolve.test.mjs
index b1e50f349..2fa106053 100644
--- a/packages/business/tests/resolve.test.mjs
+++ b/packages/business/tests/resolve.test.mjs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ const resolve = (s, instance) => resolveInstance({ system: s.system, business: s
 test('C2-04: a library first in projects does not hide a later project layer', async t => {
   const { mappingEntry } = await import('../../library/tests/helpers.mjs');
   const { rmSync } = await import('node:fs');
-  const s = setup(doc => { doc.projects = { books: mappingEntry(), ...doc.projects }; }, { vars: { 'tracker.project': 7 } });
+  const s = setup(doc => { doc.roles.chief.credentials = { gitea: { ...doc.roles.coder.credentials.gitea } }; doc.projects = { books: mappingEntry(), ...doc.projects }; }, { vars: { 'tracker.project': 7 } });
   t.after(() => rmSync(s.root, { recursive: true, force: true }));
   const result = resolve(s, 'coder');
   assert.equal(result.project, 'stack');
diff --git a/packages/cli/tests/case2-install.test.mjs b/packages/cli/tests/case2-install.test.mjs
index cc1142510..51b606bda 100644
--- a/packages/cli/tests/case2-install.test.mjs
+++ b/packages/cli/tests/case2-install.test.mjs
@@ -51,8 +51,11 @@ function world(t, { profile = "library" } = {}) {
   for (const r of Object.values(doc.roles)) r.vars = { ...r.vars, harness: "pi" };
   if (profile === "library") {
     doc.projects.books = { ...mappingEntry(), user: "writer" };
+    doc.roles.chief.credentials = { gitea: { ...doc.roles.coder.credentials.gitea } };
     doc.roles.bean = { definition: "companion", vars: { harness: "pi" } };
+    doc.roles.bean.credentials = { gitea: { ...doc.roles.coder.credentials.gitea } };
     doc.roles.chet = { definition: "companion", vars: { harness: "pi" } };
+    doc.roles.chet.credentials = { gitea: { ...doc.roles.coder.credentials.gitea } };
   } else doc.vars["bus.tester"] = true;
   const input = writeJson(join(root, "input", "acme.json"), doc);
   const staging = join(root, "staging");
@@ -212,6 +215,7 @@ test("the factory install refuses a library project and bus.tester off, before a
   const x = world(t, { profile: "factory" });
   const doc = JSON.parse(readFileSync(x.input, "utf8"));
   doc.projects.books = { ...mappingEntry(), user: "writer" };
+  doc.roles.chief.credentials = { gitea: { ...doc.roles.coder.credentials.gitea } };
   writeJson(x.input, doc);
   refused(install(x, { profile: "factory" }), /profile-library-business/);
   delete doc.projects.books;
diff --git a/packages/cli/tests/launcher.test.mjs b/packages/cli/tests/launcher.test.mjs
index baabd843e..eeca18eb0 100644
--- a/packages/cli/tests/launcher.test.mjs
+++ b/packages/cli/tests/launcher.test.mjs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { launchDoc } from "../../business/tests/helpers.mjs";
+import { FAR_DATE, launchDoc } from "../../business/tests/helpers.mjs";
 // The S6 launcher inside a real bus host: real broker child, real runners
 // in the bwrap sandbox, the fake adapter from packages/harness standing in for the
 // harness. The chief of staff launches a coder through its `launch` tool (row 119: the
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ const skip = sandboxProblem() ?? false;
 
 test('C2-04: launcher workspace clones code but never the library', { skip, timeout: 30000 }, async t => {
   const { mappingEntry } = await import('../../library/tests/helpers.mjs');
-  const f = await setup(t, doc => { doc.projects = { books: mappingEntry(), ...doc.projects }; return doc; });
+  const f = await setup(t, doc => { doc.roles.chief.credentials = { gitea: { ...doc.roles.coder.credentials.gitea } }; doc.projects = { books: mappingEntry(), ...doc.projects }; return doc; });
   await f.launcher.launchPm();
   const workspace = workspaceDir(f.f.dataRoot, 'acme', 'chief');
   assert.equal(existsSync(join(workspace, 'stack', '.git')), true);
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ test("row 64 a role skill that isn't enabled refuses skill-not-enabled, and one
 test("row 213 a creative instance's persona is read from <configDir>/personas: off its digest the launch fails with the mismatch as its reason", { timeout: 30000 }, async (t) => {
   const text = "Warm. PERSONA-MARKER-d2\n";
   const given = prepare(t, (doc) => {
-    doc.roles.bean = { definition: "companion", vars: { harness: "pi", model: "claude-sonnet-5-5", thinking: "high", "persona.name": "Bean", "persona.sha256": createHash("sha256").update(text).digest("hex") } };
+    doc.roles.bean = { definition: "companion", credentials: { gitea: { store: true, rotateBy: FAR_DATE } }, vars: { harness: "pi", model: "claude-sonnet-5-5", thinking: "high", "persona.name": "Bean", "persona.sha256": createHash("sha256").update(text).digest("hex") } };
     doc.launch.instances.push("bean");
     return doc;
   });
diff --git a/packages/cli/tests/thread-launch.test.mjs b/packages/cli/tests/thread-launch.test.mjs
index fa3adb866..3e313e49d 100644
--- a/packages/cli/tests/thread-launch.test.mjs
+++ b/packages/cli/tests/thread-launch.test.mjs
@@ -400,6 +400,7 @@ test("REQ-THREAD-1 REQ-LAUNCH-1 the chief can't launch the assistant outside a t
 test('C2-09a: fromSession refuses a creative instance outside a thread without a sandbox', { timeout: 30000 }, async t => {
   const prepared = prepare(t, { edit: doc => {
     doc.roles.bean = { ...doc.roles.assistant, definition: 'companion' };
+    doc.roles.bean.credentials = { gitea: { ...doc.roles.coder.credentials.gitea } };
     doc.launch.instances.push('bean');
     return doc;
   } });
@@ -465,7 +466,9 @@ test('C2-09a: creative thread messages start distinct runs and keep each instanc
     const vars = { ...doc.roles.assistant.vars };
     delete doc.roles.assistant;
     doc.roles.bean = { definition: 'companion', vars: { ...vars } };
+    doc.roles.bean.credentials = { gitea: { ...doc.roles.coder.credentials.gitea } };
     doc.roles.chet = { definition: 'continuity', vars: { ...vars } };
+    doc.roles.chet.credentials = { gitea: { ...doc.roles.coder.credentials.gitea } };
     doc.launch.instances = ['coder', 'bean', 'chet'];
     return doc;
   } });
@@ -501,6 +504,7 @@ test('C2-09a: creative thread messages start distinct runs and keep each instanc
 test('C2-09a: terminating one creative thread does not signal an unselected peer of the same instance', { skip, timeout: 90000 }, async t => {
   const prepared = prepare(t, { sonnet: 2, idle: 60, edit: doc => {
     doc.roles.bean = { ...doc.roles.assistant, definition: 'companion' };
+    doc.roles.bean.credentials = { gitea: { ...doc.roles.coder.credentials.gitea } };
     delete doc.roles.assistant;
     doc.launch.instances = ['coder', 'bean'];
     return doc;
diff --git a/packages/cli/tests/trackers-boot.test.mjs b/packages/cli/tests/trackers-boot.test.mjs
index 8d1a407c6..e7f50c947 100644
--- a/packages/cli/tests/trackers-boot.test.mjs
+++ b/packages/cli/tests/trackers-boot.test.mjs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import { fixture, tmp } from "./helpers.mjs";
 
 test('C2-04: a library-only business with tracker.baseUrl boots without a project tracker', async t => {
   const { mappingEntry } = await import('../../library/tests/helpers.mjs');
-  const f = fixture(tmp(t), 'acme', doc => { doc.projects = { books: mappingEntry() }; return doc; });
+  const f = fixture(tmp(t), 'acme', doc => { doc.roles.chief.credentials = { gitea: { ...doc.roles.coder.credentials.gitea } }; doc.projects = { books: mappingEntry() }; return doc; });
   const warnings = [];
   const boot = bootConfig({ system: loadSystem({ env: f.env }), businessId: 'acme', env: f.env, warn: text => warnings.push(text) });
   assert.equal(boot.trackers, undefined);
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ test("bootConfig trackers reach the S3 adapter in the real broker child, which g
 
   const f = fixture(root, "acme", (doc) => {
     doc.projects = { books: mappingEntry(), ...doc.projects };
+    doc.roles.chief.credentials = { gitea: { ...doc.roles.coder.credentials.gitea } };
     doc.vars["tracker.baseUrl"] = srv.url;
     doc.tracker.sync.botId = bots.sync;
     // The chief of staff (row 119) has no tracker bot.
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ test("bootConfig trackers reach the S3 adapter in the real broker child, which g
     chmodSync(file, 0o600);
   };
   put(f.doc.tracker.sync.credentials.vikunja.file, fake.token(bots.sync, SCOPES.sync));
-  for (const r of Object.keys(f.doc.roles)) if (f.doc.roles[r].credentials) put(f.doc.roles[r].credentials.vikunja.file, fake.token(bots[r], r === "pm" ? SCOPES.pm : SCOPES.worker));
+  for (const r of Object.keys(f.doc.roles)) if (f.doc.roles[r].credentials?.vikunja) put(f.doc.roles[r].credentials.vikunja.file, fake.token(bots[r], r === "pm" ? SCOPES.pm : SCOPES.worker));
   writeJson(join(root, "project", ".mosaic", "project.json"), { projectVersion: 1, id: "stack", vars: { "tracker.project": project } });
 
   mkdirSync(f.dataRoot, { recursive: true, mode: 0o700 });
diff --git a/packages/control-board/tests/creative-hidden.test.mjs b/packages/control-board/tests/creative-hidden.test.mjs
index c2abd348e..12e16866e 100644
--- a/packages/control-board/tests/creative-hidden.test.mjs
+++ b/packages/control-board/tests/creative-hidden.test.mjs
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ function fixture(t) {
   const dir = join(root, "config");
   const doc = businessDoc(root, "acme");
   doc.projects = { books: mappingEntry(), ...doc.projects };
+  doc.roles.chief.credentials = { gitea: { ...doc.roles.coder.credentials.gitea } };
   doc.roles.bean = { definition: "companion" };
+  doc.roles.bean.credentials = { gitea: { ...doc.roles.coder.credentials.gitea } };
   writeJson(join(dir, "businesses", "acme.json"), doc);
   const threadDir = join(root, "data", "threads", "acme", "t1", "session");
   mkdirSync(threadDir, { recursive: true });
diff --git a/packages/discord/tests/library-seat.test.mjs b/packages/discord/tests/library-seat.test.mjs
index 315f69698..a7ac869e5 100644
--- a/packages/discord/tests/library-seat.test.mjs
+++ b/packages/discord/tests/library-seat.test.mjs
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ function setup(overrides = {}) {
 function business(s, { library, role = "sage", definition = "companion" }) {
   const doc = businessDoc(s.root, "acme");
   if (library) doc.projects = { books: mappingEntry(), ...doc.projects };
+  if (library) doc.roles.chief.credentials = { gitea: { ...doc.roles.coder.credentials.gitea } };
   doc.roles[role] = { definition };
+  doc.roles[role].credentials = { gitea: { ...doc.roles.coder.credentials.gitea } };
   writeJson(join(s.root, "businesses", "acme.json"), doc);
 }