diff --git a/goodwe_controller/test_opt34.py b/goodwe_controller/test_opt34.py
index 1d3b74f..516f55a 100644
--- a/goodwe_controller/test_opt34.py
+++ b/goodwe_controller/test_opt34.py
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ DECISIONS note and the dev report.
       and before a charge has started, up and down;
    e. the last hour, after the kept figure has ended at 06:00: the charge under
       way goes on to its level, also over a restart; the screens say so.
+3. The text, EN and NL.
+4. `_latch_charge()` alone: a battery that leaves the plan leaves the latch.
 """
 
 import asyncio
@@ -566,6 +568,63 @@ check("'kept for tonight' is unchanged (EN and NL)",
       and nl["home_words"]["solar"]["kept"]
       == "Zonneprognose van {at}, bewaard voor vannacht.")
 
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+print("\n4. The latch alone: a battery that leaves the plan leaves the latch")
+from types import SimpleNamespace                              # noqa: E402
+from app import modetrade, priceruns                           # noqa: E402
+
+_tmp = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="o34-")
+lc = Controller(dict(opts()), rp.Hass(("a", "b"), lambda t: 300.0,
+                                      {"a": 40.0, "b": 40.0}),
+                rp._Store(), rp._Pub(), stop=asyncio.Event(),
+                peak_db_path=os.path.join(_tmp, "tariff.db"),
+                price_history_path=os.path.join(_tmp, "ph.json"))
+n0 = at(4, 1, 0)
+lruns = SimpleNamespace(cheap=priceruns.Run(at(3, 22, 0), at(4, 7, 0), 0.26))
+charging = SimpleNamespace(action=modetrade.CHARGE,
+                           roles={A: modetrade.CHARGE, B: modetrade.CHARGE})
+resting = SimpleNamespace(action=None, roles={A: modetrade.HOLD,
+                                              B: modetrade.HOLD})
+
+
+def latch_step(fc, tick, targets, now=n0):
+    lc.solar_fc, lc.mode_tick = fc, tick
+    lc._latch_charge(now, lruns, targets)
+    return lc._charge_latch, lc.store.data.get(m.CHARGE_LATCH_KEY)
+
+
+FC = object()                   # a forecast is read (fresh or kept)
+lt, saved = latch_step(FC, charging, {A: 80.0, B: 70.0})
+check("both batteries charge with a forecast: both are latched at their "
+      "levels, to the run's end + one slot, and saved",
+      lt is not None and lt[1] == {A: 80.0, B: 70.0}
+      and lt[0] == at(4, 7, 15) and saved is not None
+      and saved["levels"] == {A: 80.0, B: 70.0})
+lt, saved = latch_step(FC, charging, {B: 70.0})
+check("A leaves the plan (its mode or use changed): A is dropped from the "
+      "latch at once, B stays", lt is not None and lt[1] == {B: 70.0}
+      and saved["levels"] == {B: 70.0})
+lc.solar_fc = None
+check("... and with the forecast then gone, A has no latched level (it is "
+      "not charged back to 80 %)", lc.plan_targets() == {B: 70.0})
+lt, saved = latch_step(FC, resting, {A: 80.0, B: 70.0})
+check("A back in the plan while nothing charges: it does not rejoin",
+      lt is not None and lt[1] == {B: 70.0})
+lt, saved = latch_step(FC, resting, {A: 80.0})
+check("B leaves the plan too: the latch is empty, so it is gone and "
+      "cleared from the store", lt is None and saved is None
+      and lc.plan_targets() is None)
+latch_step(FC, charging, {A: 80.0})
+lc.solar_fc = None
+ia = next(i for i in lc.inverters if i.name == A)
+ia.soc = 50.0
+st_below = homeview.plan_state(lc)
+ia.soc = 80.0
+st_at = homeview.plan_state(lc)
+check("the screen says the charge goes on only while the latched battery is "
+      f"below its level ({st_below!r} at 50 %, {st_at!r} at 80 %)",
+      st_below == "latched" and st_at == "no_forecast")
+
 print()
 if fails:
     print(f"{len(fails)} FAILED:")