diff --git a/WORK-RECORDS.md b/WORK-RECORDS.md
index 5556ae8..9ca3062 100644
--- a/WORK-RECORDS.md
+++ b/WORK-RECORDS.md
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 | workplan | FLEX-WP-0037 | finished | — | workplans/FLEX-WP-0037-ops-warden-agt-custodian-actor.md |
 | workplan | FLEX-WP-0038 | active | — | workplans/FLEX-WP-0038-wave2-resource-right-sizing.md |
 | workplan | FLEX-WP-0039 | proposed | — | workplans/FLEX-WP-0039-core-pdp-production-readiness.md |
-| workplan | FLEX-WP-0040 | proposed | — | workplans/FLEX-WP-0040-bounded-execution-pdp-gate.md |
+| workplan | FLEX-WP-0040 | ready | — | workplans/FLEX-WP-0040-bounded-execution-pdp-gate.md |
 | task | FLEX-WP-ADHOC-2026-10-03-T01 | done | — | workplans/ADHOC-2026-10-03.md |
 | task | FLEX-WP-ADHOC-2026-10-03-T02 | wait | — | workplans/ADHOC-2026-10-03.md |
 | task | FLEX-WP-ADHOC-2026-10-11-T01 | done | — | workplans/ADHOC-2026-10-11.md |
diff --git a/workplans/FLEX-WP-0040-bounded-execution-pdp-gate.md b/workplans/FLEX-WP-0040-bounded-execution-pdp-gate.md
index 861145f..4fc5915 100644
--- a/workplans/FLEX-WP-0040-bounded-execution-pdp-gate.md
+++ b/workplans/FLEX-WP-0040-bounded-execution-pdp-gate.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ type: workplan
 title: "Bounded execution PDP gate: decide executor steps under an approved admission"
 domain: infotech
 repo: access-engine
-status: proposed
+status: ready
 flavor: implementation
 owner: access-engine
 created: "2026-10-31"
@@ -118,3 +118,7 @@ state_hub_task_id: "f62be506-96d0-50fd-9874-b2a4df6f1dc8"
 Wait: FLEX-WP-0039 readiness surface and a founder rollout decision for a pin
 serving the pack, with the executor's declared fail-closed stance. Gate:
 founder-approved rollout; no live change from this repo's agents.
+
+## Founder decision 2026-10-31
+
+Approved by the founder (`proposed` -> `ready`) after the NK-WP-0056-T02 owner answers (hub decision 19afd15e). The T06 pilot runs without the gate and records it as `not-evaluated`; a second admission needs this gate or a founder-recorded exception.