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 # Custodian Brief — flex-auth
 
 **Domain:** infotech  
-**Last synced:** 2026-08-09 00:24 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-08-10 18:11 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
+### Authorize tenant-engine lifecycle actions
+Progress: 0/4 done  |  workplan_id: `c159fe8b-d35b-4a74-8a15-c1263f7f6392`
+
+**Open tasks:**
+- · T01 - Extend the policy package with the lifecycle actions  `e92e45b9`
+- · T02 - Decide whether retirement warrants stricter authorization  `5aa9e104`
+- · T03 - Fixtures and verification  `59856c87`
+- · T04 - Closure and handoff  `04141e54`
+
 ### Provide production authorization for user-engine
 Progress: 3/4 done  |  workplan_id: `45756b89-feba-45f5-a24a-63a1119254bf`