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 6f445a5..fb563d7 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
@@ -304,11 +304,13 @@ id: NK-WP-0022-T08
 status: wait
 needs_human: true
 decision_id: 5d8dcdb5-6d7b-463e-bb39-0a4737331403
-blocking_reason: "D4 batch approved. Sol prepares and runs the railiance01 restore/restart drill (blue lane); the deletion batch enters the attended window only once a passing drill receipt exists."
+blocking_reason: "Founder 2026-10-11: coulombcore is retired and the machine reused (D4 batch approved). Order: host-side inventory (containers, on-disk manifests; no kube API, certs expired 2026-08-31), then stop k3s for good and wipe for reuse. Executes after Sol's passing railiance01 restore/restart drill receipt. Never rotate certs or restart k3s there first."
 priority: medium
 state_hub_task_id: "42a3b4c0-3481-5cfa-bdc2-66d05e751829"
 ```
 
+2026-10-11: founder confirmed coulombcore is needed for nothing; retire and reuse the machine. Evidence of the frozen old ArgoCD: railiance-platform docs/evidence/2026-10-11-coulombcore-argocd-frozen.md. The inter-hub-coulombcore bridge tunnel can be retired with the machine.
+
 2026-10-11: requalified — drill owner is Sol (blue lane). See the-custodian docs/decisions/2026-10-11-security-unblock-decisions.md (Round 3).
 
 2026-10-11: requalified — D4 batch approval, conditional on drill receipt and retention expiry. See the-custodian docs/decisions/2026-10-11-security-unblock-decisions.md.