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 # Custodian Brief — gate-house
 
 **Domain:** infotech  
-**Last synced:** 2026-09-29 19:31 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-10-03 01:28 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
 ### §11 layer declarations — amendment set and estate closure
-Progress: 5/11 done  |  workplan_id: `59481e51-2792-5f2c-99c8-2732a0561939`
+Progress: 7/12 done  |  workplan_id: `59481e51-2792-5f2c-99c8-2732a0561939`
 
 **Open tasks:**
 - ! T06 — Ask `informed-decision` whether it should become a §4 catalog row  `62ac1f55`
   *(wait: informed-decision answered yes; its section-4 row is coupled to INFD-IN-0007, left open by GH-DEC-2026-021.)*
-- ! T07 — Closing condition 2: `audit-core` returns its §11 review or declines in writing  `eb459f71`
-  *(wait: audit-core returns its section-11 review or declines in writing.)*
-- ! T08 — Closing condition 3: `key-cape`, `ops-mason`, `net-kingdom` declare or record a dated gap  `b512f842`
-  *(wait: key-cape, ops-mason and net-kingdom declare or record a dated gap.)*
 - ! T09 — Circulate A9–A13 for assent and disposition the returns  `ea3e5868`
   *(wait: Await assent to A11 r2 / A12 r3 from the round list; audit-core, access-engine and ops-warden deferred to a pending operator decision.)*
 - ! T10 — `net-kingdom` assembles the amendments into the v0.8 cut and flips acceptance  `34d0582b`
   *(wait: net-kingdom assembles the amendments into the v0.8 cut and flips acceptance.)*
 - ! T11 — Post-flip: all eight checkers name v0.8 and run the reference detector  `1643517b`
   *(wait: Post-flip condition: the eight checkers re-point to accepted v0.8.)*
+- · T12 — Disposition `audit-core`'s §11 review findings and its §9.6 exception question  `8585b3e2`
 
 ## Inbox Hygiene
 
-**Stale unread:** 36 message(s) older than 3 day(s) — triage at session start.
+**Stale unread:** 30 message(s) older than 3 day(s) — triage at session start.
 **Missing thread_id:** 14 unread message(s) lack supersession chains.
 - ! flex-auth: FLEX-WP-0020 handoff request (consumer)  `231460c6`