diff --git a/src/vault/gear/activity-lang.hpp b/src/vault/gear/activity-lang.hpp
index 42772d43c..5c2dfed7e 100644
--- a/src/vault/gear/activity-lang.hpp
+++ b/src/vault/gear/activity-lang.hpp
@@ -163,12 +163,12 @@ namespace gear {
     private:
       /** @internal generate the builder / configurator term */
       activity::Term
-      setupActivityScheme (activity::Term::Template schemeKind, Job job, Time start, Time after)
+      setupActivityScheme (activity::Term::Template schemeKind, Job job, Time start, Time dead)
         {
-          return activity::Term{ mem_.until(after)
+          return activity::Term{ mem_.until(dead)
                                , schemeKind
                                , start
-                               , after
+                               , dead
                                , job
                                };
         }
diff --git a/src/vault/gear/activity-term.hpp b/src/vault/gear/activity-term.hpp
index fa57f97cf..fdfc50f6f 100644
--- a/src/vault/gear/activity-term.hpp
+++ b/src/vault/gear/activity-term.hpp
@@ -120,10 +120,10 @@ namespace gear {
                       };
         
         explicit
-        Term (AllocHandle&& allocHandle, Template kind, Time start, Time after, Job job)
+        Term (AllocHandle&& allocHandle, Template kind, Time start, Time dead, Job job)
           : alloc_{move (allocHandle)}
           , invoke_{setupInvocation (job)}
-          , post_{setupPost (start,after, invoke_)}
+          , post_{setupPost (start,dead, invoke_)}
           {
             configureTemplate (kind);
           }
@@ -257,9 +257,9 @@ namespace gear {
           }
         
         Activity*
-        setupPost (Time start, Time after, Activity* followUp)
+        setupPost (Time start, Time dead, Activity* followUp)
           {
-            return & alloc_.create (start,after,followUp);
+            return & alloc_.create (start,dead,followUp);
           }
         
         void
diff --git a/src/vault/gear/scheduler.hpp b/src/vault/gear/scheduler.hpp
index 8e67f1728..10a071e0d 100644
--- a/src/vault/gear/scheduler.hpp
+++ b/src/vault/gear/scheduler.hpp
@@ -195,6 +195,14 @@ namespace gear {
           return move(*this);
         }
       
+      ScheduleSpec
+      compulsory (bool truely =true)
+        {
+          isCompulsory_ = truely;
+          return move(*this);
+        }
+      
+      
       /** build Activity chain and hand-over to the Scheduler. */
       ScheduleSpec post();
       
diff --git a/tests/vault/gear/scheduler-service-test.cpp b/tests/vault/gear/scheduler-service-test.cpp
index 9960c4e4c..c07e53985 100644
--- a/tests/vault/gear/scheduler-service-test.cpp
+++ b/tests/vault/gear/scheduler-service-test.cpp
@@ -552,7 +552,8 @@ namespace test {
       processSchedule()
         {
           MARK_TEST_FUN
-          auto LOAD_BASE = 200us;
+          
+          auto LOAD_BASE = 1ms;
           TestChainLoad testLoad{64};
           
 //             .configureShape_short_segments3_interleaved()
@@ -581,6 +582,7 @@ SHOW_EXPR(referenceTime)
           
           testLoad.setupSchedule(scheduler)
                   .withLoadTimeBase(LOAD_BASE)
+                  .withJobDeadline(100ms)
                   .launch_and_wait();
           
           // invocation through Scheduler has reproduced all node hashes
diff --git a/tests/vault/gear/test-chain-load.hpp b/tests/vault/gear/test-chain-load.hpp
index 56f2fcc22..e27c4aa73 100644
--- a/tests/vault/gear/test-chain-load.hpp
+++ b/tests/vault/gear/test-chain-load.hpp
@@ -1610,11 +1610,17 @@ namespace test {
                                          ,manID_);
             }
           else
-            scheduler_.continueMetaJob (calcStartTime (levelDone+1)
-                                       ,wakeUpJob()
-                                       ,manID_);
+            scheduler_.defineSchedule(wakeUpJob())
+                      .manifestation (manID_)
+                      .startTime(calcStartTime (levelDone+1))
+                      .lifeWindow(1s)
+                      .compulsory()
+                      .post()
+                      .linkToPredecessor (schedule_[lastNodeIDX])
+                      ;               //  Setup wait-dependency on last computation
         }
       
+      
       std::future<void>
       performRun()
         {
diff --git a/wiki/thinkPad.ichthyo.mm b/wiki/thinkPad.ichthyo.mm
index 17a6d960f..2e292547c 100644
--- a/wiki/thinkPad.ichthyo.mm
+++ b/wiki/thinkPad.ichthyo.mm
@@ -103267,7 +103267,8 @@ Date:&#160;&#160;&#160;Thu Apr 20 18:53:17 2023 +0200<br/>
 </node>
 </node>
 </node>
-<node CREATED="1702441785767" ID="ID_720337177" MODIFIED="1702441794596" TEXT="Ma&#xdf;nahmen">
+<node COLOR="#435e98" CREATED="1702441785767" ID="ID_720337177" MODIFIED="1702495206270" TEXT="Ma&#xdf;nahmen">
+<font BOLD="true" NAME="SansSerif" SIZE="12"/>
 <icon BUILTIN="forward"/>
 <node COLOR="#338800" CREATED="1702441683718" ID="ID_1861186167" MODIFIED="1702443370493" TEXT="Vereinfachung in der Sprachauswertung beseitigt viele redundante &#x3bb;-post">
 <linktarget COLOR="#85c5af" DESTINATION="ID_1861186167" ENDARROW="Default" ENDINCLINATION="683;22;" ID="Arrow_ID_1560412883" SOURCE="ID_880220704" STARTARROW="None" STARTINCLINATION="275;13;"/>
@@ -103285,6 +103286,22 @@ Date:&#160;&#160;&#160;Thu Apr 20 18:53:17 2023 +0200<br/>
 <icon BUILTIN="button_ok"/>
 </node>
 </node>
+<node COLOR="#338800" CREATED="1702495209397" ID="ID_1653510240" MODIFIED="1702502179633" TEXT="n&#xe4;chster Trace sieht besser aus">
+<icon BUILTIN="button_ok"/>
+<node COLOR="#338800" CREATED="1702495402514" ID="ID_1543356169" MODIFIED="1702495411067" TEXT="deadlines werden nun dynamisch gesetzt">
+<icon BUILTIN="button_ok"/>
+</node>
+<node CREATED="1702495456388" ID="ID_848150841" MODIFIED="1702495475621" TEXT="deadlines sind korrekt gem&#xe4;&#xdf; Follow-up-Job"/>
+<node CREATED="1702495780587" ID="ID_568485686" MODIFIED="1702495794883" TEXT="ein einziger Worker arbeitet die gesamte Kette ab">
+<node CREATED="1702495804347" ID="ID_58366967" MODIFIED="1702495905049" TEXT="Dauer: 25312-304 = 25008&#xb5;s"/>
+<node CREATED="1702495906944" ID="ID_966835817" MODIFIED="1702495934504" TEXT="&#x2205; 390.85&#xb5;s"/>
+<node CREATED="1702496050140" ID="ID_1027208983" MODIFIED="1702496069988" TEXT="Reference-time(single)=13064.993&#xb5;s"/>
+<node CREATED="1702496142096" ID="ID_806958276" MODIFIED="1702496164835" TEXT="&#xd83e;&#xdc32; 91.4% Overhead">
+<node CREATED="1702496205139" ID="ID_111513179" MODIFIED="1702496214051" TEXT="per Beobachtung: 190&#xb5;s / Step"/>
+<node CREATED="1702496215064" ID="ID_835671568" MODIFIED="1702496237909" TEXT="per Referenz-Zeit: 186&#xb5;s / Step"/>
+</node>
+</node>
+</node>
 </node>
 <node CREATED="1702427050770" ID="ID_974165172" MODIFIED="1702427059369" TEXT="n&#xe4;chster Lauf funktioniert...">
 <node CREATED="1702427124405" ID="ID_1550920815" MODIFIED="1702427157812" TEXT="hier werden am &quot;problematischen Abschnitt&quot; drei Notify-post dispatched">
@@ -103333,6 +103350,41 @@ Date:&#160;&#160;&#160;Thu Apr 20 18:53:17 2023 +0200<br/>
 </node>
 </node>
 </node>
+<node COLOR="#338800" CREATED="1702502185844" ID="ID_90360587" MODIFIED="1702504217152" TEXT="mu&#xdf; Warten erzwingen">
+<icon BUILTIN="yes"/>
+<node CREATED="1702502209817" ID="ID_1809111942" MODIFIED="1702502224706" TEXT="Dependency vom wake-up-Job setzen">
+<icon BUILTIN="idea"/>
+<node CREATED="1702502229318" ID="ID_128135299" MODIFIED="1702502255524" TEXT="sollte nicht schwer sein...">
+<richcontent TYPE="NOTE"><html>
+  <head>
+    
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    <p>
+      da wir alle ScheduleSpec-Terme in einem Array halten
+    </p>
+  </body>
+</html>
+</richcontent>
+</node>
+<node CREATED="1702503012245" ID="ID_1867098513" MODIFIED="1702503045111" TEXT="ist dann kein Meta-Job mehr"/>
+<node CREATED="1702503071612" ID="ID_1616639285" MODIFIED="1702503089510" TEXT="setzte l&#xe4;ngere Deadline &#x2254; 1sec"/>
+<node CREATED="1702503090546" ID="ID_146168524" MODIFIED="1702503112917" TEXT="markiere den Job als &#xbb;compulsory&#xab;">
+<icon BUILTIN="idea"/>
+<node BACKGROUND_COLOR="#f0d5c5" COLOR="#990033" CREATED="1702503113719" ID="ID_1888291213" MODIFIED="1702503123642" TEXT="bringt das was?">
+<icon BUILTIN="help"/>
+</node>
+</node>
+</node>
+<node COLOR="#435e98" CREATED="1702503126930" ID="ID_95376983" MODIFIED="1702504211403" TEXT="Test h&#xe4;ngt">
+<icon BUILTIN="broken-line"/>
+<node CREATED="1702503848860" ID="ID_1914405903" MODIFIED="1702503857039" TEXT="liegt aber nur an den Job-Deadlines"/>
+<node CREATED="1702503858546" ID="ID_1996298783" MODIFIED="1702503876020" TEXT="wenn man die entsprechend verl&#xe4;ngert, funktioniert&apos;s"/>
+<node CREATED="1702503996960" ID="ID_1870969909" MODIFIED="1702504099598" TEXT="mit load-Base&#x2254;1ms  &#x27fc; Gesamtzeit 83ms"/>
+<node CREATED="1702504066855" ID="ID_255921611" MODIFIED="1702504082328" TEXT="referenz-Zeit: 65924.825&#xb5;s"/>
+<node CREATED="1702504155370" ID="ID_1935608101" MODIFIED="1702504198984" TEXT="&#xd83e;&#xdc32; 26% Overhead bzw. 266&#xb5;s / Step"/>
+</node>
+</node>
 </node>
 </node>
 </node>