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 # Custodian Brief — access-engine
 
 **Domain:** infotech  
-**Last synced:** 2026-10-04 09:42 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-10-04 19:42 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
+### Initial Informed Decision lifecycle policy and production candidate
+Progress: 3/4 done  |  workplan_id: `cc97d906-68df-537c-a88f-fb2dcf7285c9`
+
+**Open tasks:**
+- · Approved policy deployment and native verification  `9d275270`
+
 ### The decision record has a declared emission guarantee and nothing that delivers it
 Progress: 4/8 done  |  workplan_id: `84f5d9fe-b4c9-584a-b964-efe3e48af095`
 
@@ -36,7 +42,7 @@ Progress: 1/2 done  |  workplan_id: `60941288-d1f8-58fe-ad38-d508b7d5eac2`
 
 ## Inbox Hygiene
 
-**Stale unread:** 7 message(s) older than 3 day(s) — triage at session start.
+**Stale unread:** 8 message(s) older than 3 day(s) — triage at session start.
 **Missing thread_id:** 8 unread message(s) lack supersession chains.
 - ! net-kingdom: FLEX-WP-0020-T04: net-kingdom owner work-record and deployment verification  `92e9c4a5`