diff --git a/workplans/FEP-WP-0009-m1-independent-validation.md b/workplans/FEP-WP-0009-m1-independent-validation.md
index 8ecb02d..2b86425 100644
--- a/workplans/FEP-WP-0009-m1-independent-validation.md
+++ b/workplans/FEP-WP-0009-m1-independent-validation.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ type: workplan
 title: "Obtain independent validation for the M1 seed gate"
 domain: infotech
 repo: frontend-patterns
-status: ready
+status: backlog
 owner: codex
 topic_slug: canon
 origin: residual
@@ -66,3 +66,10 @@ state_hub_task_id: "121de012-b99a-5615-8d97-cd2f66e50cbd"
 Update M1-SeedReview with pass/revise/defer per criterion from the new evidence.
 Hypotheses may be rejected or deferred with reasons rather than confirmed to close.
 Storage/receiver validation stays with FEP-WP-0003-T04.
+
+## Parked in backlog — 2026-10-03
+
+User set this workplan to backlog for later pickup. Loose-end audit the same day
+found no open task in WP-0003/0004/0006/0008 finishable in this repo: each chain ends
+at T01's human gate here, or at external owners (GLAS-WP-0012, ACTIVITY-WP-0041) and
+an actual consumer for WP-0008. Those plans stay blocked; no task or workplan opened.