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 # Custodian Brief — hub-core
 
 **Domain:** infotech  
-**Last synced:** 2026-08-25 18:12 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-09-27 22:02 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
+### State Hub inbox freshness and reader cutover
+Progress: 0/3 done  |  workplan_id: `3c8034fc-fd90-58f5-99bc-99b4f93e5ee1`
+
+**Open tasks:**
+- ! Admit the actual reader identity and full scope semantics  `35c5ae8b`
+- ! Execute one reviewed client switch  `61c727a5`
+- · Establish ongoing inbox freshness  `588e4b58`
+
 ### Repository classification aggregation and navigation
 Progress: 5/6 done  |  workplan_id: `05ebd06e-4af8-5f6c-918c-c143c1520e00`
 
 **Open tasks:**
 - ! Hand A5/A4 navigation to State Hub retirement  `7c8225f7`
 
+## Inbox Hygiene
+
+**Stale unread:** 2 message(s) older than 3 day(s) — triage at session start.
+**Missing thread_id:** 2 unread message(s) lack supersession chains.
+
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 ## MCP Orientation (when available)