diff --git a/workplans/HOH-WP-0002-published-hall-and-renderers.md b/workplans/HOH-WP-0002-published-hall-and-renderers.md
index f89bd4f..53493c1 100644
--- a/workplans/HOH-WP-0002-published-hall-and-renderers.md
+++ b/workplans/HOH-WP-0002-published-hall-and-renderers.md
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ type: workplan
 title: "Publish the hall at helix.coulomb.social with selectable renderers"
 domain: infotech
 repo: hall-of-helix
-status: active
+status: blocked
 flavor: implementation
 owner: claude-code
 topic_slug: helix-forge
 priority: medium
 created: "2026-09-05"
-updated: "2026-09-14"
+updated: "2026-09-27"
 quality_dor: DoR-Ok
 quality_dor_at: "2026-09-05"
 quality_dor_by: claude-code
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ sanitise HTML, register in `hall-render` not reuse-surface. Same ADR.
 
 ```task
 id: HOH-WP-0002-T04
-status: todo
+status: wait
 priority: high
 state_hub_task_id: "8a67d5de-8974-576c-9c59-f7d2036403d9"
 ```
@@ -161,6 +161,11 @@ the renderer pipeline rather than left to the author of each seat.
 
 The operator makes this call. Do not publish on an agent's judgement.
 
+**2026-09-27:** No agent decision is possible here — the operator's disposition
+call (publish whole / filtered / behind auth) is the entire task. Held at
+`wait` pending that call; workplan moved to `blocked` since T05 and T06 both
+depend on it and nothing else in this workplan is actionable without it.
+
 ## Build the hall index — the roll of participants
 
 ```task