diff --git a/workplans/NK-WP-0022-railiance01-identity-cutover-and-coulombcore-retirement.md b/workplans/NK-WP-0022-railiance01-identity-cutover-and-coulombcore-retirement.md
index 25d1ae3..0700dbb 100644
--- a/workplans/NK-WP-0022-railiance01-identity-cutover-and-coulombcore-retirement.md
+++ b/workplans/NK-WP-0022-railiance01-identity-cutover-and-coulombcore-retirement.md
@@ -192,10 +192,14 @@ identity and `password_setup_required` state. This exposed and fixed newline
 normalization for the portal's trusted proxy secret in user-engine
 `0ef2ae5`; 105 tests pass and the fixed image is live.
 
-Human acceptance remains open: LLDAP has no SMTP configuration, so its native
-self-service reset cannot deliver the first-password handoff. No operator-set
-password was substituted. A NetKingdom-owned password-setup or transactional
-mail handoff plus Binky MFA enrollment and final claim/denial checks remain.
+The missing SMTP dependency is now removed from the critical path by the
+deployed NetKingdom-owned password setup surface. It issues 15-minute,
+single-use opaque links, revokes an older link on renewal, consumes before
+calling LLDAP's official OPAQUE helper, and fails closed on restart. A
+disposable-user conformance run proved renewal, validation, setup, LLDAP
+login, replay denial, and cleanup without emitting credentials. Human
+acceptance remains open only for Binky's user-chosen password, MFA enrollment,
+and final claim/denial checks; no operator-set password was substituted.
 
 ## T06 - Cut over remaining DNS with monitored rollback
 
diff --git a/workplans/NK-WP-0023-user-engine-portal-platform-integration.md b/workplans/NK-WP-0023-user-engine-portal-platform-integration.md
index 6ebf7bd..0bb90a8 100644
--- a/workplans/NK-WP-0023-user-engine-portal-platform-integration.md
+++ b/workplans/NK-WP-0023-user-engine-portal-platform-integration.md
@@ -89,6 +89,17 @@ subjects in `netkingdom-suspended`: authorization-code exchange consumes the
 code and returns a safety rejection, while `/userinfo` rejects previously
 issued tokens. Unit and profile suites pass. Live Binky MFA acceptance remains.
 
+2026-07-28 password-handoff evidence: NetKingdom now serves a short-lived,
+single-use password setup form at the canonical KeyCape host. The portal
+receives only an opaque HTTPS handoff URL and offers both initial creation and
+renewal for linked identities; it never handles or stores the password. A live
+disposable-user run proved prior-link revocation (400), current-link rendering
+(200), non-consuming validation failure (400 then 200), successful OPAQUE
+password registration and LLDAP login (200), replay denial (400), and cleanup.
+The helper image is digest-pinned and the service is non-root, read-only, and
+NetworkPolicy restricted. Binky's user-chosen password and MFA acceptance
+remain.
+
 ## T04 - Integrate authorization, email, audit, and events
 
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