diff --git a/docs/now/2026-09-20-published-test-the-1-untested-function-in-specs-fpga-partition-t27.md b/docs/now/2026-09-20-published-test-the-1-untested-function-in-specs-fpga-partition-t27.md
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+# NOW -- Test the 1 untested function in specs/fpga/partition.t27 (published 2026-09-20)
+
+## A bee's work on #4447, published from `queen-4447` (Closes #4447)
+
+- The branch changes 1 file(s): `specs/fpga/partition.t27`.
+- `git diff --stat origin/master...queen-4447` reads: 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
+- This entry is written by the publisher, not by the bee. A pull request must
+  add exactly one `docs/now/` entry and a bee has no way to know that: its brief
+  names a boundary file and acceptance criteria, and `docs/now/` is neither.
+- What this entry does NOT establish: that the work is correct. The gates on the
+  pull request judge that, and they are the same gates every other change meets.
diff --git a/docs/now/2026-09-22-published-test-the-1-untested-function-in-specs-fpga-partition-t27.md b/docs/now/2026-09-22-published-test-the-1-untested-function-in-specs-fpga-partition-t27.md
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+# NOW -- Test the 1 untested function in specs/fpga/partition.t27 (published 2026-09-22)
+
+## A bee's work on #4447, published from `queen-4447` (Closes #4447)
+
+- The branch changes 2 file(s): `docs/now/2026-09-20-published-test-the-1-untested-function-in-specs-fpga-partition-t27.md`, `specs/fpga/partition.t27`.
+- `git diff --stat origin/master...queen-4447` reads: 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+)
+- This entry is written by the publisher, not by the bee. A pull request must
+  add exactly one `docs/now/` entry and a bee has no way to know that: its brief
+  names a boundary file and acceptance criteria, and `docs/now/` is neither.
+- What this entry does NOT establish: that the work is correct. The gates on the
+  pull request judge that, and they are the same gates every other change meets.
diff --git a/specs/fpga/partition.t27 b/specs/fpga/partition.t27
index 76854ccd6d..795a312b06 100644
--- a/specs/fpga/partition.t27
+++ b/specs/fpga/partition.t27
@@ -176,6 +176,16 @@ module Partition {
         and n.device == "xc7a100t"
         and n.luts == 63400
 
+    test fpga_node_direct
+        given n = fpga_node("test_fpga", "xc7k325t", 203600, 407200, 445, 840, 500)
+        then n.name == "test_fpga"
+        and n.device == "xc7k325t"
+        and n.luts == 203600
+        and n.ffs == 407200
+        and n.bram18 == 445
+        and n.dsp48 == 840
+        and n.io_pins == 500
+
     test lvds_link_creation
         given l = lvds_link(0, 1, 8)
         then l.fpga_a == 0