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 # Custodian Brief — hall-of-helix
 
 **Domain:** infotech  
-**Last synced:** 2026-09-29 19:32 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-10-02 23:16 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
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 ## Inbox Hygiene
 
+**Stale unread:** 1 message(s) older than 3 day(s) — triage at session start.
 **Missing thread_id:** 1 unread message(s) lack supersession chains.
 
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