diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/approvals.rs b/hive-c0re/src/approvals.rs
index b770178..926aad5 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/approvals.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/approvals.rs
@@ -41,6 +41,21 @@ fn ensure_kind_column(conn: &Connection) -> Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+/// Same shape as `ensure_kind_column` but for `fetched_sha` — the
+/// canonical sha hive-c0re vouched for at request_apply_commit time.
+/// Distinct from `commit_ref` (manager-supplied, may not even resolve
+/// in proposed by the time we approve).
+fn ensure_fetched_sha_column(conn: &Connection) -> Result<()> {
+    let has: bool = conn
+        .prepare("SELECT 1 FROM pragma_table_info('approvals') WHERE name = 'fetched_sha'")?
+        .exists([])?;
+    if !has {
+        conn.execute_batch("ALTER TABLE approvals ADD COLUMN fetched_sha TEXT;")
+            .context("add approvals.fetched_sha column")?;
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 pub struct Approvals {
     conn: Mutex<Connection>,
 }
@@ -56,6 +71,7 @@ impl Approvals {
         conn.execute_batch(SCHEMA)
             .context("apply approvals schema")?;
         ensure_kind_column(&conn).context("migrate approvals.kind")?;
+        ensure_fetched_sha_column(&conn).context("migrate approvals.fetched_sha")?;
         Ok(Self {
             conn: Mutex::new(conn),
         })
@@ -75,10 +91,22 @@ impl Approvals {
         Ok(conn.last_insert_rowid())
     }
 
+    /// Record the canonical sha hive-c0re fetched from the proposed repo
+    /// into applied at submission time. Idempotent on identical values.
+    #[allow(dead_code)] // wired up by manager_server in the next commit
+    pub fn set_fetched_sha(&self, id: i64, sha: &str) -> Result<()> {
+        let conn = self.conn.lock().unwrap();
+        conn.execute(
+            "UPDATE approvals SET fetched_sha = ?1 WHERE id = ?2",
+            params![sha, id],
+        )?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     pub fn pending(&self) -> Result<Vec<Approval>> {
         let conn = self.conn.lock().unwrap();
         let mut stmt = conn.prepare(
-            "SELECT id, agent, kind, commit_ref, requested_at, status, resolved_at, note
+            "SELECT id, agent, kind, commit_ref, requested_at, status, resolved_at, note, fetched_sha
                FROM approvals
               WHERE status = 'pending'
               ORDER BY id ASC",
@@ -91,7 +119,7 @@ impl Approvals {
     pub fn get(&self, id: i64) -> Result<Option<Approval>> {
         let conn = self.conn.lock().unwrap();
         conn.query_row(
-            "SELECT id, agent, kind, commit_ref, requested_at, status, resolved_at, note
+            "SELECT id, agent, kind, commit_ref, requested_at, status, resolved_at, note, fetched_sha
                FROM approvals WHERE id = ?1",
             params![id],
             row_to_approval,
@@ -104,9 +132,10 @@ impl Approvals {
     /// approval so the caller can run the action and pass the agent name.
     pub fn mark_approved(&self, id: i64) -> Result<Approval> {
         let conn = self.conn.lock().unwrap();
-        let current: Option<(String, String, String, i64, String)> = conn
+        let current: Option<(String, String, String, i64, String, Option<String>)> = conn
             .query_row(
-                "SELECT agent, kind, commit_ref, requested_at, status FROM approvals WHERE id = ?1",
+                "SELECT agent, kind, commit_ref, requested_at, status, fetched_sha
+                   FROM approvals WHERE id = ?1",
                 params![id],
                 |row| {
                     Ok((
@@ -115,11 +144,12 @@ impl Approvals {
                         row.get(2)?,
                         row.get(3)?,
                         row.get(4)?,
+                        row.get(5)?,
                     ))
                 },
             )
             .optional()?;
-        let Some((agent, kind, commit_ref, requested_at, status)) = current else {
+        let Some((agent, kind, commit_ref, requested_at, status, fetched_sha)) = current else {
             bail!("approval {id} not found");
         };
         if status != "pending" {
@@ -139,7 +169,7 @@ impl Approvals {
             status: ApprovalStatus::Approved,
             resolved_at: Some(resolved_at),
             note: None,
-            fetched_sha: None,
+            fetched_sha,
         })
     }
 
@@ -179,7 +209,7 @@ impl Approvals {
 }
 
 fn row_to_approval(row: &rusqlite::Row<'_>) -> rusqlite::Result<Approval> {
-    // Column order: id, agent, kind, commit_ref, requested_at, status, resolved_at, note.
+    // Column order: id, agent, kind, commit_ref, requested_at, status, resolved_at, note, fetched_sha.
     let kind: String = row.get(2)?;
     let kind = match kind.as_str() {
         "apply_commit" => ApprovalKind::ApplyCommit,
@@ -215,7 +245,7 @@ fn row_to_approval(row: &rusqlite::Row<'_>) -> rusqlite::Result<Approval> {
         status,
         resolved_at: row.get(6)?,
         note: row.get(7)?,
-        fetched_sha: None,
+        fetched_sha: row.get(8)?,
     })
 }