diff --git a/workplans/COORDINATION-WP-0004-orwell-canon-review.md b/workplans/COORDINATION-WP-0004-orwell-canon-review.md
index 9e9c55c..7ff8d0e 100644
--- a/workplans/COORDINATION-WP-0004-orwell-canon-review.md
+++ b/workplans/COORDINATION-WP-0004-orwell-canon-review.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ flavor: planning
 owner: codex
 topic_slug: communication
 created: "2026-09-07"
-updated: "2026-09-07"
+updated: "2026-09-22"
 state_hub_workstream_id: "bf08c283-0f43-5a8d-9e63-17c4b96ded11"
 ---
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ without claiming canonical acceptance or authorizing unsafe runtime logging.
 
 ```task
 id: COORDINATION-WP-0004-T01
-status: todo
+status: progress
 priority: medium
 state_hub_task_id: "c1342268-6e04-5892-a0c9-4dfc3527d466"
 ```
@@ -44,6 +44,14 @@ Done when the owner's disposition is linked here with its rationale and the
 candidate reflects any agreed changes. An unreviewed candidate alone is not
 canonical acceptance.
 
+2026-09-22: operator authorized contacting the owner. Assimilation request sent
+to info-tech-canon as State Hub message `3f8f46c0-5fbb-4995-838f-c8820af174f1`,
+asking for an explicit observe/map/adapt/adopt/reject disposition on
+`practice-pattern/orwell-logging-diagnostics`. The request treats the candidate
+as `incoming/` material under the owner's intake-and-assimilation practice, does
+not write into their repo, and offers to send the file content on request.
+Awaiting the owner's reply; the disposition remains theirs to make.
+
 ## Record registration or final disposition
 
 ```task