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 # Custodian Brief — net-kingdom
 
 **Domain:** infotech  
-**Last synced:** 2026-10-03 20:21 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-10-03 20:49 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Progress: 4/5 done  |  workplan_id: `04685f94-1991-5e62-80d2-5669913e99fc`
 
 **Open tasks:**
 - ! Bind and hand off the published contract  `e3fbc8b8`
-  *(wait: InfoTechCanon publication is delivered and bound. Waiting on Approval Engine/Qonto owner envelope migration, local-identity incompatibility disposition, actual audit-core observer evidence and Kings Guard handoff.)*
+  *(wait: Approval Engine and Qonto owner declarations now pass the published schema and supplied-inventory profile; local-identity incompatibility is retained. Requires actual sender cadence mappings, lifecycle delivery/readback/reconciliation and Kings Guard operational feed evidence.)*
 
 ### Reconcile reef placement and security-zone canon dependencies
 Progress: 3/6 done  |  workplan_id: `965ad365-6b81-50a1-a2a3-2d0c1fcce0b4`