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 # Custodian Brief — llm-connect
 
 **Domain:** agents  
-**Last synced:** 2026-09-09 19:26 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-09-09 19:47 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
 ### Owner-metered Messages transport for bounded factory execution
-Progress: 2/3 done  |  workplan_id: `d396a090-c2ed-5042-aaea-b75fd1d3a471`
+Progress: 3/4 done  |  workplan_id: `d396a090-c2ed-5042-aaea-b75fd1d3a471`
 
 **Open tasks:**
 - ! Integrate the admitted owner route and prove production confinement  `98a38d75`
+  *(wait: Requires trusted owner hosting and actual lease/token delivery, provider custody and direct-route denial under HFACT T03/T04; accepted tariff/FX and G0 remain HFACT T01.)*
 
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 ## MCP Orientation (when available)