diff --git a/tines-core/src/node.rs b/tines-core/src/node.rs
index 5f4c84c7..39183d70 100644
--- a/tines-core/src/node.rs
+++ b/tines-core/src/node.rs
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 //! transport frames are dropped by the [`Exchange`].
 
 use crate::{
-    consts, BeliefPolicy, Exchange, NodeId, Observation, ObservationId, Payload, Store, StoreError,
-    Tick, Topic, Transport, TrimPolicy,
+    consts, BeliefPolicy, ConfidenceEvent, Exchange, NodeId, Observation, ObservationId, Payload,
+    Store, StoreError, Tick, Topic, Transport, TrimPolicy,
 };
 
 /// Errors returned by [`Node::observe`].
@@ -165,6 +165,18 @@ impl<S: Store, T: Transport> Node<S, T> {
         stored
     }
 
+    /// Drains the buffered [`ConfidenceEvent`]s the [`Exchange`] has collected
+    /// as a peer acknowledged holding one of our broadcasts, oldest-first.
+    ///
+    /// The returned [`heapless::Vec`] is capped at
+    /// [`consts::EVENT_QUEUE_CAP`] entries and is empty once drained (a second
+    /// drain yields nothing). Index it directly — [`ConfidenceEvent::peer`]
+    /// names who received our broadcast and [`ConfidenceEvent::id`] is the
+    /// broadcast's content-ID.
+    pub fn drain_events(&mut self) -> heapless::Vec<ConfidenceEvent, { consts::EVENT_QUEUE_CAP }> {
+        self.exchange.drain_events()
+    }
+
     /// The current belief for `topic_prefix` under `policy` (an empty prefix
     /// matches all topics).
     ///
diff --git a/tines-core/tests/pair.rs b/tines-core/tests/pair.rs
index 97f789b2..c317b942 100644
--- a/tines-core/tests/pair.rs
+++ b/tines-core/tests/pair.rs
@@ -357,3 +357,37 @@ fn busy_sends_are_retried() {
     assert_eq!(na.store().len(), 4);
     assert_eq!(nb.store().len(), 4);
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn confidence_event_surfaces_on_node() {
+    let (a, b) = PairTransport::pair(1500);
+    let mut na = Node::new([1u8; 16], 0, MemStore::new(), a);
+    let mut nb = Node::new([2u8; 16], 0, MemStore::new(), b);
+
+    // a publishes a broadcast; b receives it and its Ack fires a confidence
+    // event that must surface on a's node.
+    let id = na.observe(b"door/1", b"open", None, 0).unwrap();
+
+    na.transport_mut().connect();
+    nb.transport_mut().connect();
+
+    // Poll until b holds the observation, then give b's Ack a few more rounds
+    // to round-trip back to a and fire the confidence event.
+    let mut t = 0u64;
+    for _ in 0..200 {
+        na.poll(t);
+        nb.poll(t);
+        t += 10;
+    }
+    assert!(
+        nb.store().contains(&id),
+        "b must receive a's broadcast before an Ack fires"
+    );
+
+    // a's node surfaces the confidence event: peer == b, id == the broadcast.
+    let events = na.drain_events();
+    assert!(
+        events.iter().any(|ev| ev.peer == nb.id() && ev.id == id),
+        "a's node must surface the confidence event for b's Ack"
+    );
+}