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 # Custodian Brief — activity-core
 
 **Domain:** infotech  
-**Last synced:** 2026-09-27 11:36 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-09-27 13:51 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
 ### Remove recurring deployment exceptions through governed GitOps adoption
-Progress: 0/3 done  |  workplan_id: `12798750-3eee-5d81-a411-c3c4c5ce2d2c`
+Progress: 1/3 done  |  workplan_id: `12798750-3eee-5d81-a411-c3c4c5ce2d2c`
 
 **Open tasks:**
-- ! Adopt the declared resource set into railiance01 ArgoCD  `af09865d`
-- ! Establish standing authority for bounded routine releases  `8e2b4ed9`
-- · Reconcile live state with deployable source and publish reproducible images  `fadce2e0`
+- ► Adopt the declared resource set into railiance01 ArgoCD  `af09865d`
+- ► Establish standing authority for bounded routine releases  `8e2b4ed9`
 
 ### Deterministic frontend-patterns feedback collection and reports
 Progress: 2/3 done  |  workplan_id: `963bf8b3-536c-5625-b786-60a7b6e7c809`
@@ -27,11 +26,6 @@ Progress: 4/5 done  |  workplan_id: `256dad13-28b4-5361-ab8a-7d1373a5d14b`
 **Open tasks:**
 - ! Prove on one definition  `e71423f9`
 
-## Inbox Hygiene
-
-**Stale unread:** 1 message(s) older than 3 day(s) — triage at session start.
-**Missing thread_id:** 1 unread message(s) lack supersession chains.
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 ## MCP Orientation (when available)