diff --git a/tools/pasture/scenarios/instance.sh b/tools/pasture/scenarios/instance.sh
index 0540f35..65cb883 100644
--- a/tools/pasture/scenarios/instance.sh
+++ b/tools/pasture/scenarios/instance.sh
@@ -207,9 +207,10 @@ missing=$(echo "$log" | j "
 seen={i['action'] for i in d['items']}
 print(' '.join(sorted({'root.promote','settings.update','rule.insert','rule.update','rule.delete','domain_block.insert','domain_block.delete','report.resolve','announcement.insert','announcement.update','announcement.delete','settings.thumbnail','relay.insert','relay.delete'} - seen)))")
 [ -z "$missing" ] && [ -n "$log" ] && ok "it lists every act of the scenario" || ko "the log misses: $missing"
-[ "$(echo "$log" | j "print(all(i.get('by') in ('$ROOT_USER', 'cli') for i in d['items']))")" = True ] \
+# an act on one of the acting login's own personas names nobody (R6), and the pasture's personas are all the root's
+[ "$(echo "$log" | j "print(all(i.get('by') in ('$ROOT_USER', 'cli', None) for i in d['items']))")" = True ] \
 	&& [ "$(echo "$log" | j "print(any(i['action'] == 'root.promote' and i.get('by') == 'cli' for i in d['items']))")" = True ] \
-	&& ok "each by the administrator's login, or the command line's" || ko "the log names someone else"
+	&& ok "each by the administrator's login, the command line's, or nobody's" || ko "the log names someone else: $(echo "$log" | j "print(sorted({str(i.get('by')) for i in d['items']}))")"
 echo "$log" | grep -qE '127\.0\.0\.1|11\.42\.|::1' && ko "the log holds an address" || ok "and holds no address"
 page=$(api "$ADMIN" GET "/clientapi/moderator/log?limit=2")
 next=$(echo "$page" | j "print(d['next'])")