diff --git a/include/xo/arena/ArenaConfig.hpp b/include/xo/arena/ArenaConfig.hpp
index 9ca2a38..d1ecbdc 100644
--- a/include/xo/arena/ArenaConfig.hpp
+++ b/include/xo/arena/ArenaConfig.hpp
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ namespace xo {
                 return copy;
             }
 
+            ArenaConfig with_store_header_flag(bool x) const {
+                ArenaConfig copy(*this);
+                copy.store_header_flag_ = x;
+                return copy;
+            }
+
             /** @defgroup mm-arenaconfig-instance-vars ArenaConfig members **/
             ///@{
 
@@ -44,7 +50,7 @@ namespace xo {
             std::size_t hugepage_z_ = 2 * 1024 * 1024;
             /** true to store header (8 bytes) at the beginning of each allocation.
              *  necessary and sufficient to allows iterating over allocs
-             *  present in arena
+             *  present in arena.
              **/
             bool store_header_flag_ = false;
             /** configuration for per-alloc header **/
diff --git a/include/xo/arena/DArena.hpp b/include/xo/arena/DArena.hpp
index 4c12c8c..658d2b1 100644
--- a/include/xo/arena/DArena.hpp
+++ b/include/xo/arena/DArena.hpp
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ namespace xo {
             void establish_initial_guard() noexcept;
 
             /** checkpoint arena state.  Revert to the same state with
-             *  @ref rstore
+             *  @ref restore
              **/
             Checkpoint checkpoint() noexcept { return Checkpoint(free_); }
 
diff --git a/include/xo/arena/DArenaHashMap.hpp b/include/xo/arena/DArenaHashMap.hpp
index c40f692..c52b989 100644
--- a/include/xo/arena/DArenaHashMap.hpp
+++ b/include/xo/arena/DArenaHashMap.hpp
@@ -30,8 +30,10 @@ namespace xo {
          *
          *  Replicates (to the extent feasible) std::unordered_map<K,V>
          *
-         *  @tparam K key type.
-         *  @tparam V value type.
+         *  @tparam Key key type.
+         *  @tparam Value value type.
+         *  @tparam Hash hash function for keys
+         *  @tparam Equal equality function for keys
          **/
         template <typename Key,
                   typename Value,
diff --git a/include/xo/arena/DArenaVector.hpp b/include/xo/arena/DArenaVector.hpp
index 33230b0..79653fe 100644
--- a/include/xo/arena/DArenaVector.hpp
+++ b/include/xo/arena/DArenaVector.hpp
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ namespace xo {
         private:
             size_type size_ = 0;
             DArena store_;
+            DArena::Checkpoint zero_ckp_;
         };
 
         template <typename T>
@@ -122,14 +123,16 @@ namespace xo {
                                       size_type arena_align_z,
                                       DArena::value_type lo,
                                       DArena::value_type hi)
-                : store_{cfg, page_z, arena_align_z, lo, hi}
+        : store_{cfg, page_z, arena_align_z, lo, hi},
+          zero_ckp_{store_.checkpoint()}
         {}
 
         template <typename T>
         DArenaVector<T>::DArenaVector(DArenaVector && other)
-                : size_{other.size_}, store_{std::move(other.store_)}
+        : size_{other.size_}, store_{std::move(other.store_)}, zero_ckp_{std::move(other.zero_ckp_)}
         {
             other.size_ = 0;
+            other.zero_ckp_ = DArena::Checkpoint();
         }
 
         template <typename T>
@@ -153,8 +156,10 @@ namespace xo {
         {
             this->size_ = other.size_;
             this->store_ = std::move(other.store_);
+            this->zero_ckp_ = std::move(other.zero_ckp_);
 
             other.size_ = 0;
+            other.zero_ckp_ = DArena::Checkpoint();
 
             return *this;
         }
@@ -166,6 +171,7 @@ namespace xo {
             DArenaVector<T> retval;
 
             retval.store_ = std::move(DArena::map(cfg));
+            retval.zero_ckp_ = retval.store_.checkpoint();
 
             return retval;
         }
@@ -179,9 +185,11 @@ namespace xo {
         template <typename T>
         void
         DArenaVector<T>::resize(size_type z) {
+            // new arena size in bytes
+            size_t req_z = z * sizeof(T);
+
             if (z > size_) {
                 // expand arena to accomodate
-                size_t req_z = z * sizeof(T);
 
                 store_.expand(req_z);
 
@@ -208,6 +216,14 @@ namespace xo {
                 }
             }
 
+            // rewind to checkpoint, then reallocate.
+            // This is for form's sake, so that DArena considers memory
+            // to be 'allocated'.  DArenaVector<T> doesn't care for itself,
+            // but this preserves expected behavior of visit_pools().
+            //
+            store_.restore(zero_ckp_);
+            store_.alloc(xo::reflect::typeseq::id<std::byte>(), req_z);
+            
             this->size_ = z;
         }
 
diff --git a/include/xo/arena/hashmap/HashMapStore.hpp b/include/xo/arena/hashmap/HashMapStore.hpp
index 3485022..436e88e 100644
--- a/include/xo/arena/hashmap/HashMapStore.hpp
+++ b/include/xo/arena/hashmap/HashMapStore.hpp
@@ -33,11 +33,13 @@ namespace xo {
                   control_{control_vector_type::map
                     (xo::mm::ArenaConfig{
                         .name_ = name + "-ctl",
-                        .size_ = control_size(n_slot_)})},
+                        .size_ = control_size(n_slot_),
+                        .store_header_flag_ = false})},
                   slots_{slot_vector_type::map
                     (xo::mm::ArenaConfig{
                         .name_ = name + "-slots",
-                        .size_ = n_slot_ * sizeof(value_type)})}
+                        .size_ = n_slot_ * sizeof(value_type),
+                        .store_header_flag_ = false})}
                 {
                     /* here: arenas have allocated address range, but no committed memory yet */