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 # Custodian Brief — key-cape
 
 **Domain:** infotech  
-**Last synced:** 2026-09-30 10:50 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-10-04 09:16 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
-*(none — repo may need first-session setup)*
+### Secrets Engine OpenBao live registration and protected custody
+Progress: 1/4 done  |  workplan_id: `62800ecf-064b-5546-a1e4-4521b5932973`
+
+**Open tasks:**
+- ! Agree and prepare the separately approved protected custody operation  `ac798fb4`
+- ! Prepare and approve the deployment-owned registration operation  `52f03e39`
+- ! Verify actual issuance and publish non-secret owner receipt  `40b80bcd`
 
 ## Inbox Hygiene
 
-**Stale unread:** 2 message(s) older than 3 day(s) — triage at session start.
-**Missing thread_id:** 4 unread message(s) lack supersession chains.
+**Stale unread:** 4 message(s) older than 3 day(s) — triage at session start.
+**Missing thread_id:** 7 unread message(s) lack supersession chains.
+- ! the-custodian: KEY-WP-0013 is blocked with no wait task  `b68505f8`
 
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 ## MCP Orientation (when available)