diff --git a/workplans/IR-WP-0006-billing-reconciliation.md b/workplans/IR-WP-0006-billing-reconciliation.md
index 4c78c40..3fa6e1b 100644
--- a/workplans/IR-WP-0006-billing-reconciliation.md
+++ b/workplans/IR-WP-0006-billing-reconciliation.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ topic_slug: custodian
 origin: residual
 origin_ref: IR-WP-0004
 created: "2026-09-14"
-updated: "2026-10-04"
+updated: "2026-10-05"
 state_hub_workstream_id: "b877f5e2-0c0e-5bca-9082-873eab857ada"
 ---
 
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ Full suite (`make check`, 48 tests) passes.
 ```task
 id: IR-WP-0006-T03
 status: wait
-depends_on: [IR-WP-0005-T02]
-blocking_reason: "No authoritative provider billing evidence for the pending run yet; expected via the IR-WP-0005 admitted read-only path."
+blocked_on: message-from:secrets-engine
+blocking_reason: "IR-WP-0005-T02 key check is done and is not a billing artifact. Reconcile stays refused until secrets-engine returns authoritative provider billing for run 29a46a1d6c2d9ef6cfce8de6efef75cddcfecee346c1b4babf57119f1a241d71, or says the admitted read-only path cannot retrieve it."
 priority: high
 state_hub_task_id: "441dc053-af7b-5a9c-866f-5b1eb804b94f"
 ```
@@ -78,3 +78,9 @@ recipient key check returned `authenticated` with HTTP 200. That check is not
 a billing artifact for run
 `29a46a1d6c2d9ef6cfce8de6efef75cddcfecee346c1b4babf57119f1a241d71`. `reconcile`
 was not called. Stays wait.
+
+2026-10-05: IR-WP-0005-T02 is terminal, so the dependency edge no longer
+describes the blocker. The wait is now an owner return from secrets-engine
+for the billing artifact, or for a statement that the admitted read-only
+path cannot retrieve it. Asked in message
+`79fff37d-aad5-4edd-bc55-b7df86b51cc5`. `reconcile` was not called.