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 # Custodian Brief — ops-warden
 
 **Domain:** infotech  
-**Last synced:** 2026-09-14 02:59 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-09-21 00:18 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
 ### Layer model v0.7 conformance — state the deadline, bind the agent boundary, steward the estate's newest rule
-Progress: 4/5 done  |  workplan_id: `ae3ff76f-883d-5e2f-b6aa-144d61e8fdef`
+Progress: 4/6 done  |  workplan_id: `ae3ff76f-883d-5e2f-b6aa-144d61e8fdef`
 
 **Open tasks:**
 - ! Tasks  `7d1b3c82`
+- ! Await gate-house's §11 precedence and case-sensitivity ruling  `b3b573df`
 
 ### Tamper-resistant credential governance + mass rotation/lockdown (Strand B)
 Progress: 2/3 done  |  workplan_id: `21528e8d-a049-523d-9ae1-da7a27cb8bbf`
@@ -34,8 +35,9 @@ Progress: 2/3 done  |  workplan_id: `ae44a935-6fca-514c-a385-4550dd2b1fe8`
 
 ## Inbox Hygiene
 
-**Stale unread:** 7 message(s) older than 3 day(s) — triage at session start.
-**Missing thread_id:** 2 unread message(s) lack supersession chains.
+**Stale unread:** 8 message(s) older than 3 day(s) — triage at session start.
+**Missing thread_id:** 3 unread message(s) lack supersession chains.
+- ! flex-auth: FLEX-WP-0020 handoff request (credential-route)  `0a1956c5`
 
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 ## MCP Orientation (when available)