diff --git a/workplans/AUDIT-WP-0008-tenancy-posture-alignment.md b/workplans/AUDIT-WP-0008-tenancy-posture-alignment.md
index 7ccf6ee..5f2717a 100644
--- a/workplans/AUDIT-WP-0008-tenancy-posture-alignment.md
+++ b/workplans/AUDIT-WP-0008-tenancy-posture-alignment.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ status: active
 owner: claude
 topic_slug: railiance
 created: "2026-08-17"
-updated: "2026-08-17"
+updated: "2026-08-21"
 depends_on:
   - AUDIT-WP-0007
 state_hub_workstream_id: "84c01552-4c65-45fd-bf6c-7daab0ecc9b6"
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ and the operator runbook. Raises E to 2 on both paths; update T01's declaration.
 
 ```task
 id: AUDIT-WP-0008-T05
-status: wait
+status: progress
 priority: medium
 state_hub_task_id: "30b56b30-e7eb-4873-aa7c-f4a3bf2fcb24"
 ```
@@ -384,6 +384,21 @@ identity bound to tenant A demonstrably cannot read tenant B. Coordinate with
 to write and theirs to review. Record the review cadence as the exposure window
 per §19.3.
 
+Progress 2026-08-21: Whitehat's operating rules, attacker model, calibrated
+differential harness, and `audit-core` probe pack now exist at commit `beab2a0`.
+Audit-core reviewed the three-route pack and sent target-owner readiness packet
+`6f2ae598-06bd-4089-a5fd-9de31688a733`. It fixes the synthetic-only scope,
+excludes operator routes, caps the run at one concurrent request and ten per
+minute, and requires two temporary read-enabled identities each scoped to one
+fixture tenant. The production `user-engine` identity remains unchanged and is
+not a test credential.
+
+This is progress, not evidence and not live authorization. Whitehat still owes
+a complete dated engagement and executable identity adapter; the operator must
+approve that target/window, after which audit-core supplies the formal
+post-approval owner acknowledgement. T05 becomes `done` only when the sanitized
+target report exists and has been routed to `risk-nexus`.
+
 ```task
 id: AUDIT-WP-0008-T06
 status: done