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 # Custodian Brief — net-kingdom
 
 **Domain:** infotech  
-**Last synced:** 2026-09-28 21:33 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-09-28 21:42 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
@@ -17,16 +17,16 @@ Progress: 2/6 done  |  workplan_id: `d4d02dbf-3974-502d-8b87-b776fc63e17e`
 - · Integrate a protected flex-auth consumer  `c380ef19`
 
 ### Enterprise Federation & SAML — Expanded-Mode Keycloak Identity Broker
-Progress: 0/8 done  |  workplan_id: `1075448f-d533-5f9e-94b7-c3adfe151a07`
+Progress: 1/9 done  |  workplan_id: `1075448f-d533-5f9e-94b7-c3adfe151a07`
 
 **Open tasks:**
-- ► Decide federation adoption and topology  `a5807808`
 - · Admit the database consumer  `2fe6f100`
 - · Package the broker deployment  `32d1411b`
 - · Integrate an upstream identity provider  `6697a994`
 - · Define federated assurance  `d845380d`
 - · Verify IAM conformance and coexistence  `9cb7fd93`
 - · Enforce tenant and platform boundaries  `38998c68`
+- · Prove recovery and audit delivery  `e5f44ddc`
 - … and 1 more open tasks
 
 ### Implement deterministic posture and evidence feedback