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 # Custodian Brief — email-connect
 
 **Domain:** infotech  
-**Last synced:** 2026-10-07 20:43 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-10-07 22:08 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
-*(none — repo may need first-session setup)*
+### Back up and recover the transactional delivery ledger
+Progress: 2/4 done  |  workplan_id: `35be21a2-343b-52e1-ba5e-32fead7a7831`
+
+**Open tasks:**
+- ! T03 — Admit the independent primary caller and retention custody  `680fe4d6`
+- ! T04 — Complete the admitted first run, recovery and monitoring  `66401e5c`
 
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 ## MCP Orientation (when available)