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 # Custodian Brief — net-kingdom
 
 **Domain:** infotech  
-**Last synced:** 2026-08-27 20:22 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-09-07 06:46 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ Progress: 3/5 done  |  workplan_id: `63665674-6880-593e-96e6-bab3211b1352`
 - ► T03 — Implement a non-printing, non-stale rotation path  `f0f6d6c3`
 - ► T05 — Prove replacement, predecessor rejection, and cleanup  `41e55d5c`
 
-### Implement deterministic posture and evidence feedback
-Progress: 4/5 done  |  workplan_id: `9d7b04f9-3803-5613-b7a5-8bd606c77f5a`
+### Publish the NetKingdom emission-cadence security profile
+Progress: 4/5 done  |  workplan_id: `04685f94-1991-5e62-80d2-5669913e99fc`
 
 **Open tasks:**
-- ! Obtain audit-core freshness adoption  `7d2029d2`
+- ! Bind and hand off the published contract  `e3fbc8b8`
 
 ### Reconcile reef placement and security-zone canon dependencies
 Progress: 3/6 done  |  workplan_id: `965ad365-6b81-50a1-a2a3-2d0c1fcce0b4`
@@ -28,6 +28,19 @@ Progress: 3/6 done  |  workplan_id: `965ad365-6b81-50a1-a2a3-2d0c1fcce0b4`
 - ! T03 — Reconcile reef ceilings mechanically  `e3f0bb0f`
 - ! T06 — Resolve the `DataClassification` mismatch  `bf8b3e1d`
 
+### Implement deterministic posture and evidence feedback
+Progress: 4/5 done  |  workplan_id: `9d7b04f9-3803-5613-b7a5-8bd606c77f5a`
+
+**Open tasks:**
+- ! Obtain audit-core freshness adoption  `7d2029d2`
+
+### Publish the NetKingdom emission-cadence security profile
+Progress: 3/4 done  |  workplan_id: `064c5e8b-7852-4d7f-a5fa-e26e406ab8e0`
+
+**Open tasks:**
+- ! Bind and hand off the published contract  `4c3c1190`
+  *(wait: InfoTechCanon has not yet published the assigned generic contract and stable schema locator.)*
+
 ### Admit the operator-tunneled OpenBao browser callback
 Progress: 2/4 done  |  workplan_id: `516ee5b9-685b-5986-88d2-bde66c2ba96c`
 
@@ -41,10 +54,11 @@ Progress: 7/8 done  |  workplan_id: `d76ddccc-00c8-548a-b141-2cd660fa38da`
 **Open tasks:**
 - ! T08 - Final deletion and closure  `42a3b4c0`
 
-## Inbox Hygiene
+### Make the SSO/MFA verification actually verify
+Progress: 3/4 done  |  workplan_id: `c87e142c-4eda-5c1b-84a9-ee5a848f3f63`
 
-**Stale unread:** 2 message(s) older than 3 day(s) — triage at session start.
-**Missing thread_id:** 2 unread message(s) lack supersession chains.
+**Open tasks:**
+- ! Assert the property, not the objects  `9b5d8034`
 
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 ## MCP Orientation (when available)