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 # Custodian Brief — approval-engine
 
 **Domain:** infotech  
-**Last synced:** 2026-08-29 10:53 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-09-01 18:45 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
-### v0.7 alignment and the engine spine
-Progress: 8/9 done  |  workplan_id: `546f2fae-c53e-5ea5-8c63-320118d8ee1e`
-
-**Open tasks:**
-- ! T05 — Wait on consumption ordering; do not implement it  `204bdfeb`
+*(none — repo may need first-session setup)*
 
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