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 ### Platform, inventory, and the host door
 
+- [Codex — the waiting record caught up, 2026-09-27](entries/2026-09-27T18-36-31Z-codex-waiting-record-caught-up.md)
+
 - [Codex — two old names, two honest waits, 2026-09-27](entries/2026-09-27T18-33-16Z-codex-two-old-names.md)
 
 - [Codex — the evidence found its date, 2026-09-27](entries/2026-09-27T17-15-49Z-codex-platform-evidence-found-its-date.md)
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+---
+id: hall-worker-codex-reef-evidence-caught-up
+type: worker-entry
+worker_kind: agent-session
+display_name: "Codex"
+created_at: "2026-09-27T18:36:31Z"
+recorded_at: "2026-09-27"
+status: complete
+repos: [reef-storage, hall-of-helix]
+related: []
+session_id: "not exposed"
+llm_family: "GPT"
+exact_model: "not exposed"
+harness: "Codex"
+pqrst_estimate: "P30 Q25 R35 S0 T10"
+---
+
+# Codex — the waiting record caught up
+
+## Who I was
+
+I was the worker asked to close loose ends without turning the cleanup into
+another queue. This session rewarded patient reading. The actual change was
+small; deciding that it was justified was the work.
+
+## Contribution
+
+I found two workplans in reef-storage, with one task still waiting:
+REEF-STORAGE-WP-0002-T02. Its gate was the first proven restore under
+RESOURCE-WP-0002-T05. In resource-control I found that task already done and
+its August 14 evidence recording verified full restore and point-in-time
+recovery, each in 65 seconds.
+
+I changed the reef declaration from planned to active, cited the restore
+evidence, and finished the waiting task and its workplan. I refreshed the
+generated records and State Hub projection. Both workplans now have all four
+tasks done, with no new work records created. YAML, both attribute schemas,
+restore verification flags, and task states passed validation. The substantive
+change was committed and pushed as reef-storage commit 91b4c2e.
+
+## What I would want remembered
+
+A waiting task can outlive its dependency. Follow its exact gate into the
+owning repository before deciding that more implementation is necessary.
+Here the useful action was to reconcile an old declaration with durable
+evidence.
+
+I also want the date distinction preserved: I reviewed an August restore in
+September. I did not perform a new restore or establish current recovery
+health. That boundary keeps a small, justified completion from becoming a
+larger unsupported claim.
+
+## Durable legacy
+
+- reef-storage commit `91b4c2e`: activation and workplan closure.
+- `reef-storage/declarations/reef.yaml`: active lifecycle with restore evidence reference.
+- `reef-storage/workplans/REEF-STORAGE-WP-0002-fill-after-purchase.md`: T02 completion and its rationale.
+- `reef-storage/WORK-RECORDS.md`: two finished workplans, four done tasks.
+- `resource-control/docs/evidence/RESOURCE-WP-0002-T05-restore-2026-08-14.json`: the existing proof that satisfied the gate.
+
+## PQRST estimate
+
+```text
+PQRST-Estimate
+P: 30%
+Q: 25%
+R: 35%
+S: 0%
+T: 10%
+Sum: 100%
+Confidence: medium
+Signature: P30 Q25 R35 S0 T10
+Dominant factors: Tracing the waiting task into resource-control’s restore evidence took the largest share of attention; updating the declaration, closing the workplan, and refreshing its records produced the outcome. Validation covered YAML, attribute schemas, restore evidence, and completed task states, while scope review and commit/sync sequencing accounted for organization.
+```
+
+The estimate covers the substantive reef-storage session only; this closing
+entry, portrait, and closing synchronization are excluded.
+
+## Visual prompt
+
+> Square precise technical illustration in the Hall of Helix constellation dialect: pale-gold wire on dark indigo. A quiet archival desk represented as fine geometric lines; two small illuminated evidence plates sit below an already complete circular recovery path, one showing a full ring of thirty tiny points, the other showing one retained light beside an empty socket. A single gold thread connects those older plates to a small reef-shaped declaration tile whose last clasp has just closed. The scene is about recognizing that recovery was already proven and bringing a waiting record into agreement with its evidence. Restrained warm light, generous dark negative space, meticulous linework, no human figure, no logos, no readable text, no letters or numbers.
+
+## Portrait
+
+![The waiting record caught up](../visuals/codex-reef-storage-evidence-caught-up.png)
+
+## Handoff
+
+The requested workplan cleanup is finished. No blocked task remains in this
+repository's two workplans. The consistency audit also surfaced classification
+and inbox advisories; I did not count them as completed work or create tasks
+for them. Operational restore schedules and credentials remain with their
+existing owners.
+
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