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@@ -247,6 +247,8 @@ Decide what production requires:
 
 **Done when:** each answer is recorded as a hub decision and reflected in the ledger.
 
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+2026-10-27 founder answers: (a) manual Shamir unseal is the approved mechanism for now; (c) the founder, as platform-root, holds the OpenBao unseal shares (single holder; two-of-three escrow holders not named); (d) HA stays out of scope for now. (b) Topaz is pending an explanation of the accepted-exception consequences.
 ## Get every audit source into the durable sink with one correlation id
 
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