diff --git a/cmd/run/launcher.go b/cmd/run/launcher.go
index 93d8add1..8b349a04 100644
--- a/cmd/run/launcher.go
+++ b/cmd/run/launcher.go
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ func (cluster *launcher) renderDelivery(ctx context.Context, deliverer *gitops.N
 		}
 		services = append(services, service)
 	}
-	if early {
+	if early && bundle == nil {
 		// Deferral removes a page. Keep a previously published payload during
 		// unrelated partial startup instead of accidentally unpublishing it.
 		if previous := cluster.delivered[module]; previous != nil && previous.Frontend != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/run/launcher_admission.go b/cmd/run/launcher_admission.go
index f692237f..43b35c16 100644
--- a/cmd/run/launcher_admission.go
+++ b/cmd/run/launcher_admission.go
@@ -80,10 +80,6 @@ func (cluster *launcher) beginRuntimeStart(ctx context.Context, service *resourc
 // Failed Start leaves an admitted but unready workload, never a terminal
 // withdrawal; normal run teardown stops credential refresh.
 func (cluster *launcher) admitSelected(ctx context.Context) error {
-	if err := cluster.acquireDelivery(ctx); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	defer cluster.delivery.Release(1)
 	// One snapshot of the selection decides both what is admitted and which
 	// binding targets are part of the run.
 	modules, selected := map[string]bool{}, map[string]bool{}
@@ -100,6 +96,27 @@ func (cluster *launcher) admitSelected(ctx context.Context) error {
 		names = append(names, module)
 	}
 	sort.Strings(names)
+	// A declared page is part of what a module is: the authority admits a
+	// module's roles only beside its page, so admission names the page's
+	// bundle as a ready delivery does. It is built here, before the delivery
+	// lock, so a build delays no other module's delivery; the ready delivery
+	// reuses the bundle retained for unchanged inputs.
+	loadedModules := make([]*resources.Module, len(names))
+	bundles := make([]*solutionhost.FrontendPayload, len(names))
+	for n, module := range names {
+		loaded, err := cluster.composed().LoadModuleFromName(ctx, module)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if bundles[n], err = cluster.frontendBundle(ctx, loaded); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		loadedModules[n] = loaded
+	}
+	if err := cluster.acquireDelivery(ctx); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer cluster.delivery.Release(1)
 	if err := cluster.checkRoutingSnapshot(ctx); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -108,14 +125,8 @@ func (cluster *launcher) admitSelected(ctx context.Context) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	manifests := make([]*solutionhost.ModuleManifest, 0, len(names))
-	for _, module := range names {
-		loaded, err := cluster.composed().LoadModuleFromName(ctx, module)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		// Admission builds no page: the bundle a ready delivery builds, outside
-		// the delivery lock, publishes it.
-		manifest, err := cluster.renderDelivery(ctx, deliverer, loaded, true, nil)
+	for n, module := range names {
+		manifest, err := cluster.renderDelivery(ctx, deliverer, loadedModules[n], true, bundles[n])
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/run/launcher_admission_test.go b/cmd/run/launcher_admission_test.go
index faec4364..91e70846 100644
--- a/cmd/run/launcher_admission_test.go
+++ b/cmd/run/launcher_admission_test.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/codefly-dev/cli/pkg/gitops"
 	"github.com/codefly-dev/cli/pkg/orchestration"
 	"github.com/codefly-dev/cli/pkg/run/identity"
+	"github.com/codefly-dev/cli/pkg/solutionrun"
 	basev0 "github.com/codefly-dev/core/generated/go/codefly/base/v0"
 	"github.com/codefly-dev/core/resources"
 	"github.com/codefly-dev/core/solutionhost"
@@ -490,3 +491,49 @@ func TestFailedExternalPreparationReleasesRefresh(t *testing.T) {
 	_, projected := cluster.vouch.Projected("alpha/api")
 	require.False(t, projected, "failed preparation removes refresh membership")
 }
+
+// A declared page is part of what a module is: the authority admits a module's
+// roles only beside its page, so admission names the page's bundle, built
+// before the first consumer starts, rather than deferring it to the ready
+// delivery. The ready delivery reuses the bundle retained for those inputs.
+func TestAdmissionCarriesADeclaredPage(t *testing.T) {
+	cluster, peer := admissionLauncher(t)
+	dir := filepath.Join(cluster.composed().Dir(), "modules", "alpha")
+	moduleFile := filepath.Join(dir, resources.ModuleConfigurationName)
+	body, err := os.ReadFile(moduleFile)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(moduleFile, append([]byte("service-entry: api\n"), body...), 0o600))
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dir, "services", "api", solutionrun.FrontendFileName), []byte("title: Alpha\norder: 1\nexposed_module: ./Page\nhost_contract: 1\n"), 0o600))
+	remote := filepath.Join(dir, "services", "fe-remote")
+	require.NoError(t, os.MkdirAll(remote, 0o755))
+	for name, content := range map[string]string{"package.json": `{"scripts":{"build":"owner-build"}}`, "package-lock.json": `{"lockfileVersion":3}`, "Page.tsx": "page"} {
+		require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(remote, name), []byte(content), 0o600))
+	}
+	bin := t.TempDir()
+	t.Setenv("PATH", bin+string(os.PathListSeparator)+os.Getenv("PATH"))
+	builds := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "builds")
+	fakeTool(t, bin, "npm", `case "$*" in
+ci) mkdir -p node_modules ;;
+"run build") echo build >> `+builds+` && mkdir -p dist && printf '{}' > dist/mf-manifest.json ;;
+esac
+`)
+	workspace, err := resources.LoadWorkspaceFromDir(t.Context(), cluster.composed().Dir())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	cluster.workspace = workspace
+
+	require.NoError(t, cluster.admitSelected(t.Context()))
+	pages := map[string]*solutionhost.FrontendPayload{}
+	for _, m := range peer.snapshots() {
+		if m.Frontend != nil {
+			pages[m.Alias] = m.Frontend.Payload
+		}
+	}
+	require.Len(t, pages, 1, "only the module that declares a page is admitted with one")
+	require.NotNil(t, pages["alpha"], "admission names the page's bundle")
+	require.NotEmpty(t, pages["alpha"].Digest)
+
+	require.NoError(t, cluster.admitSelected(t.Context()))
+	ran, err := os.ReadFile(builds)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, 1, strings.Count(string(ran), "build"), "unchanged inputs reuse the retained bundle")
+}