diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 33356f6..baf6333 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -212,9 +212,10 @@ bounded-execution-admission-check: ## Validate the example admissions (read-only
 execution-attribution-receipt-test: ## Receipt schema v0.1 validator; fixtures match the executor (NK-WP-0056-T15)
 	python3 -m pytest tools/execution-attribution-receipt/tests
 
-agent-status-token: ## Founder, once per working session: a 1 h read-only token for the agent (NK-WP-0058-T05)
+agent-status-token: ## Founder, once per working day: a 12 h read-only token for the agent (NK-WP-0058-T05)
 	@umask 077 && kubectl --kubeconfig $(HOME)/.kube/config-railiance01 -n sso create token nk-agent-status \
-	  --duration=1h > $(HOME)/.kube/nk-agent-status.token && echo "agent-status-token: valid 1h"
+	  --duration=12h > $(HOME)/.kube/nk-agent-status.token && \
+	  python3 tools/agent-status/token_expiry.py $(HOME)/.kube/nk-agent-status.token
 
 conventions-lint: ## Runbook and tooling conventions from the 2026-11-04/05 pilot (NK-WP-0058-T07), read-only
 	python3 tools/conventions/lint.py
diff --git a/docs/proposals/2026-11-06-nk58-t05-agent-status-grant/README.md b/docs/proposals/2026-11-06-nk58-t05-agent-status-grant/README.md
index 918475d..0a2d320 100644
--- a/docs/proposals/2026-11-06-nk58-t05-agent-status-grant/README.md
+++ b/docs/proposals/2026-11-06-nk58-t05-agent-status-grant/README.md
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ need, and the agent would still act as ops-mason.
 literal secret values (only file paths, references and URLs). `tools/contract-tests/tests/test_agent_status_grant.py`
 keeps it that way and keeps the grant read-only and narrow.
 
-**Tokens:** at most 1 hour (SI-14), minted by the founder once per working session. This is read-only, so it isn't a
+**Tokens:** 12 hours since 2026-11-06, minted by the founder once per working day. That is an exception to SI-14's
+60-minute cap for this read-only identity only (founder decision `65d8aed4`). This is read-only, so it isn't a
 warden lane: `make agent-status-token` (founder steps below).
 
 The agent's kubeconfig `~/.kube/config-agent-status` names the cluster and `tokenFile: ~/.kube/nk-agent-status.token`.
@@ -97,8 +98,8 @@ strategy, prune and force off. From `~/railiance-platform` after `git pull --ff-
    kubectl --kubeconfig $A config use-context nk-agent-status >/dev/null && chmod 600 $A && echo agent-kubeconfig-ok
    ```
 
-3. **Each working session:** `make agent-status-token` mints a 1 h token into `~/.kube/nk-agent-status.token`
-   (mode 600) and prints one line.
+3. **Each working day:** `make agent-status-token` mints a 12 h token into `~/.kube/nk-agent-status.token`
+   (mode 600) and prints its real expiry, read from the token's `exp` claim. The API server may cap a duration.
 
 The agent then verifies with `kubectl --kubeconfig ~/.kube/config-agent-status auth can-i --list` and the two
 negative checks: Secrets and pod logs in `sso` answer `no`.
diff --git a/tools/agent-status/tests/test_token_expiry.py b/tools/agent-status/tests/test_token_expiry.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f11f2c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/agent-status/tests/test_token_expiry.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+"""token_expiry.py on synthetic JWTs (NK-WP-0058-T05): only the expiry is printed."""
+import base64
+import datetime as dt
+import importlib.util
+import json
+from pathlib import Path
+
+REPO = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[3]
+spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location('token_expiry', REPO / 'tools/agent-status/token_expiry.py')
+te = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+spec.loader.exec_module(te)
+
+
+def jwt(exp):
+    enc = lambda d: base64.urlsafe_b64encode(json.dumps(d).encode()).decode().rstrip('=')
+    return f"{enc({'alg': 'RS256'})}.{enc({'exp': exp, 'sub': 'synthetic'})}.c2lnbmF0dXJl"
+
+
+def test_prints_expiry_only(tmp_path, capsys):
+    exp = int((dt.datetime.now(dt.timezone.utc) + dt.timedelta(hours=12)).timestamp())
+    token = tmp_path / 't'
+    token.write_text(jwt(exp) + '\n')
+    assert te.main([str(token)]) == 0
+    out = capsys.readouterr().out
+    assert out.startswith('agent-status-token: valid until ')
+    assert '(12.0 h)' in out or '(11.9 h)' in out
+    assert jwt(exp) not in out and 'synthetic' not in out
+
+
+def test_expired_missing_and_malformed_fail(tmp_path, capsys):
+    old = tmp_path / 'old'
+    old.write_text(jwt(int(dt.datetime(2020, 1, 1, tzinfo=dt.timezone.utc).timestamp())))
+    assert te.main([str(old)]) == 1
+    bad = tmp_path / 'bad'
+    bad.write_text('not-a-token')
+    assert te.main([str(bad)]) == 1
+    assert te.main([str(tmp_path / 'absent')]) == 1
+    assert 'not-a-token' not in capsys.readouterr().out
diff --git a/tools/agent-status/token_expiry.py b/tools/agent-status/token_expiry.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d354fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/agent-status/token_expiry.py
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Print when the agent status token expires, never the token (NK-WP-0058-T05).
+
+  python3 tools/agent-status/token_expiry.py ~/.kube/nk-agent-status.token
+
+Reads only the JWT's `exp` claim; the signature and every other claim are ignored and nothing else is printed.
+The API server may cap a requested duration, so this reports the expiry the token really has. Exit 1 when the file
+is missing, malformed or already expired.
+"""
+import base64
+import datetime as dt
+import json
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+def expiry(path):
+    parts = Path(path).read_text().strip().split('.')
+    if len(parts) != 3:
+        raise ValueError('not_a_jwt')
+    payload = parts[1] + '=' * (-len(parts[1]) % 4)
+    return dt.datetime.fromtimestamp(int(json.loads(base64.urlsafe_b64decode(payload))['exp']), dt.timezone.utc)
+
+
+def main(argv=None):
+    path = (argv if argv is not None else sys.argv[1:])[0]
+    try:
+        exp = expiry(path)
+    except (OSError, ValueError, KeyError):
+        print('agent-status-token: unreadable')
+        return 1
+    left = exp - dt.datetime.now(dt.timezone.utc)
+    hours = left.total_seconds() / 3600
+    print(f'agent-status-token: valid until {exp:%Y-%m-%d %H:%M}Z ({hours:.1f} h)')
+    return 0 if hours > 0 else 1
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    sys.exit(main())
diff --git a/tools/contract-tests/run.sh b/tools/contract-tests/run.sh
index 00110ca..e2e7916 100755
--- a/tools/contract-tests/run.sh
+++ b/tools/contract-tests/run.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 python3 -m pytest -q -rs -p no:cacheprovider \
   sso-mfa/k8s/bounded-executor \
   tools/contract-tests/tests \
   tools/conventions/tests \
+  tools/agent-status/tests \
   "$@" | tee "$out"
 if grep -q '^SKIPPED' "$out"; then
   echo "contract-test: skipped tests above; every contract must run (are the owner checkouts present?)" >&2
diff --git a/workplans/NK-WP-0058-bounded-execution-operability.md b/workplans/NK-WP-0058-bounded-execution-operability.md
index 5d1989a..ae2821c 100644
--- a/workplans/NK-WP-0058-bounded-execution-operability.md
+++ b/workplans/NK-WP-0058-bounded-execution-operability.md
@@ -487,6 +487,8 @@ net-kingdom's copy of the grant is deleted: its contract test reads the platform
   - Secrets, pod logs, exec, writes, other objects and other namespaces are refused;
   - Job, rollout and ExternalSecret status, the live routing, and the informed-decision Application state are
     readable.
+- **Token lifetime changed to 12 h** (founder, 2026-11-06, decision `65d8aed4`; an exception to SI-14 for this
+  read-only identity). `make agent-status-token` prints the real expiry.
 - **The first reads showed O1 live:** the informed-decision Application pins `005709a` and is `OutOfSync` with git
   (`77161fe`). That is reported to railiance-platform.