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 # Custodian Brief — ops-warden
 
 **Domain:** infotech  
-**Last synced:** 2026-10-03 01:13 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-10-03 01:50 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
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 **Open tasks:**
 - ! Prove routing and publication  `a8b1b855`
+  *(wait: Founder HOLD 2026-09-21: no rotation until SECRETS-WP-0006-T06 moves the publish lane off the legacy whynot-design npm path; then rotate and prove a fresh publish.)*
 
 ### Preserve explicit policy caller refusals before credential and CA effects
 Progress: 2/3 done  |  workplan_id: `ae44a935-6fca-514c-a385-4550dd2b1fe8`