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 # Custodian Brief — email-connect
 
 **Domain:** infotech  
-**Last synced:** 2026-10-07 17:40 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-10-07 20:43 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
-### Make registration verification delivery retry safe
-Progress: 3/4 done  |  workplan_id: `13fcc1a2-7b86-5c80-96ac-310ef08fedb9`
-
-**Open tasks:**
-- ! T03 — Release the immutable candidate under a separate live gate  `fcf55c0a`
+*(none — repo may need first-session setup)*
 
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