diff --git a/WORK-RECORDS.md b/WORK-RECORDS.md
index 2917996..97ad798 100644
--- a/WORK-RECORDS.md
+++ b/WORK-RECORDS.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 | workplan | AUDIT-WP-0015 | blocked | — | workplans/AUDIT-WP-0015-independent-evidence-returns.md |
 | workplan | AUDIT-WP-0016 | finished | — | workplans/AUDIT-WP-0016-wave2-resource-right-sizing.md |
 | workplan | AUDIT-WP-0017 | proposed | — | workplans/AUDIT-WP-0017-production-audit-sources-and-correlation.md |
-| workplan | AUDIT-WP-0018 | ready | — | workplans/AUDIT-WP-0018-bounded-executor-receipt-custody.md |
+| workplan | AUDIT-WP-0018 | active | — | workplans/AUDIT-WP-0018-bounded-executor-receipt-custody.md |
 | task | ADHOC-2026-09-14-T01 | done | — | workplans/ADHOC-2026-09-14.md |
 | task | ADHOC-2026-09-24-T01 | done | — | workplans/ADHOC-2026-09-24.md |
 | task | ADHOC-2026-10-15-T01 | done | — | workplans/ADHOC-2026-10-15.md |
diff --git a/workplans/AUDIT-WP-0018-bounded-executor-receipt-custody.md b/workplans/AUDIT-WP-0018-bounded-executor-receipt-custody.md
index 69eecfd..0ea15eb 100644
--- a/workplans/AUDIT-WP-0018-bounded-executor-receipt-custody.md
+++ b/workplans/AUDIT-WP-0018-bounded-executor-receipt-custody.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ type: workplan
 title: "Hold bounded-executor execution-attribution receipts"
 domain: infotech
 repo: audit-core
-status: ready
+status: active
 flavor: implementation
 owner: audit-core
 topic_slug: audit-evidence-dependencies