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 # Custodian Brief — ops-mason
 
 **Domain:** infotech  
-**Last synced:** 2026-10-09 17:42 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-10-09 17:48 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
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 Progress: 4/6 done  |  workplan_id: `483e56d6-6601-5377-9066-66225214c046`
 
 **Open tasks:**
-- ! Verify capabilities and record metadata-only evidence  `4c205be7`
-  *(wait: After T04 construction.)*
 - ! Hand off routing and keep the adapter lane separate  `09eae088`
   *(wait: After T05 verification; only ops-warden activates the entry.)*
+- ► Verify capabilities and record metadata-only evidence  `4c205be7`
 
 ### Place the KeyCape secrets-engine-openbao client secret in OpenBao
 Progress: 4/5 done  |  workplan_id: `d9be08f5-a0f5-5cd1-8f87-0a6868661d77`