diff --git a/forgetest/forgetest/baseline.py b/forgetest/forgetest/baseline.py
index 3621cec..82b4132 100644
--- a/forgetest/forgetest/baseline.py
+++ b/forgetest/forgetest/baseline.py
@@ -87,9 +87,14 @@ FIXED_SYSFS = [
 # every pulse header (step_freq 10 kHz, the run currents), runs at the
 # service's own x8 with the module's ramp whatever xy_microsteps says, and
 # hands the hold currents back at idle; forcing the GRBL values under it
-# would be the baseline configuring another controller's machine.
+# would be the baseline configuring another controller's machine. The Z
+# pair belongs with them: the cloud client takes the lens microstep mode
+# from the pulse header it is playing (ZSmd, gfhardware z_axis
+# set_mode_from_puls) and the current with it, so a job whose header asks
+# for full step leaves z_mode 0 behind by doing what it was told.
 GRBL_CONTROLLER_SYSFS = ("cnc/motor_lock", "cnc/x_mode", "cnc/y_mode", "cnc/x_decay", "cnc/y_decay",
-                         "cnc/step_freq", "cnc/ramp_rate", "pic/x_step_current", "pic/y_step_current")
+                         "cnc/step_freq", "cnc/ramp_rate", "pic/x_step_current", "pic/y_step_current",
+                         "head/z_current", "head/z_mode")
 
 # Settings the baseline never hands back as bare settings: controller_mode
 # is the persisted mirror of the live mode (the mode item restores it
diff --git a/forgetest/tests/test_baseline.py b/forgetest/tests/test_baseline.py
index d7b09da..6e3737d 100644
--- a/forgetest/tests/test_baseline.py
+++ b/forgetest/tests/test_baseline.py
@@ -400,6 +400,23 @@ class TransientNotLeftoverTests(BaselineTests):
         self.assertEqual(items[0].found, "1014")
 
 
+class CloudOwnedSysfsTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    """In cloud mode the cloud client configures the machine from the
+    pulse header it is playing, the lens included: z_mode comes from
+    ZSmd through gfhardware's set_mode_from_puls. Handing the GRBL values
+    back under it would be the baseline configuring another controller's
+    machine. In GRBL mode the pair is checked as before."""
+
+    def test_the_z_pair_is_the_cloud_clients(self):
+        for attr in ("head/z_current", "head/z_mode"):
+            self.assertIn(attr, baseline.GRBL_CONTROLLER_SYSFS)
+
+    def test_the_z_pair_is_still_checked_in_grbl_mode(self):
+        fixed = dict(baseline.fixed_sysfs())
+        self.assertEqual(fixed.get("head/z_current"), "1")
+        self.assertEqual(fixed.get("head/z_mode"), "1")
+
+
 class PositionDeadbandTests(unittest.TestCase):
     """The counters count steps and a controller's own return lands within
     a few hundredths of a millimeter, not on the step: a difference that