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 # Custodian Brief — info-tech-canon
 
 **Domain:** infotech  
-**Last synced:** 2026-09-27 22:07 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-09-28 21:45 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
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 **Open tasks:**
 - ! Observer result  `0486fcba`
-
-## 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.
+  *(wait: Needs one independent evaluation result of a declared cadence against observed events; audit-core's 2026-09-22 structural reply does not satisfy the gate.)*
 
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 ## MCP Orientation (when available)