diff -ru a/packages/bus/tests/tester.test.mjs b/packages/bus/tests/tester.test.mjs
--- a/packages/bus/tests/tester.test.mjs	2026-10-13 20:22:19.270339252 -0500
+++ b/packages/bus/tests/tester.test.mjs	2026-10-13 20:22:19.272520482 -0500
@@ -332,7 +332,8 @@
     });
   const p = { business: 'demo', pid: 2, startTime: '1', nonce };
   const cap = b.bindReader({ business: 'demo' });
-  for (const r of [{ tester: p, cap }, { tester: p, human: p }, { tester: p, human: p, cap }])
+  const role = b.bindLaunch({ business: 'demo', role: 'pm', run: 'pm-run', harness: 'pi' });
+  for (const r of [{ tester: p, cap }, { tester: p, cap: role }, { tester: p, human: p }, { tester: p, human: p, cap }])
     assert.deepEqual(await raw(path, { ...r, verb: 'agents' }), { ok: false, error: 'invalid-envelope' }, Object.keys(r).join('+'));
   assert.equal(calls, 0);
   assert.deepEqual(await raw(bare, { tester: p, verb: 'agents' }), { ok: false, error: 'tester-required' });