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 # Custodian Brief — ops-mason
 
 **Domain:** infotech  
-**Last synced:** 2026-10-08 22:43 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-10-08 22:45 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
@@ -43,11 +43,9 @@ Progress: 5/6 done  |  workplan_id: `60acab5e-8ee3-5449-bc1e-91b203e92262`
   *(wait: Needs T03-T05. Verify by metadata only: KV version exists, store Ready, ExternalSecret SecretSynced, Secret exists with key name token; negative check that the role cannot read the registry path. Add the ops-warden audit-core-senders pointer line and tell tenant-engine.)*
 
 ### Construct the fluid-telegram operator credential lane
-Progress: 2/6 done  |  workplan_id: `483e56d6-6601-5377-9066-66225214c046`
+Progress: 3/6 done  |  workplan_id: `483e56d6-6601-5377-9066-66225214c046`
 
 **Open tasks:**
-- ! Review the plan and obtain the decision  `48a2b4ec`
-  *(wait: Explicit human approval of the plan (status: approved, approved_by, approved_at) after the live survey.)*
 - ! Build the approved operator lane  `0e3d1333`
   *(wait: After T03 approval.)*
 - ! Verify capabilities and record metadata-only evidence  `4c205be7`