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+# WARDEN-WP-0027-T02 attended drill scenario
+
+Status: `preparing` — live execution is prohibited.
+
+## Window
+
+- Scenario/window id: `WARDEN-WP-0027-T02-DRILL-20260822-01`
+- Preparation approval: Warden Desk `approve` recorded at
+  `2026-08-22T19:22:28Z` (metadata only)
+- Approval expires: `2026-08-23T20:00:00Z`
+- Live window opens only when the operator gives the exact final go/no-go for
+  this scenario after the owner preflight reports
+  `ready_for_live_execution: true`
+- Maximum live-window duration after GO: 45 minutes
+- A NO-GO, missing gate, changed cluster identity, or expired approval closes
+  this scenario without mutation
+
+## Assigned roles
+
+| Responsibility | Assigned owner | Acceptance |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| Preparation coordinator and hold-point enforcement | `ops-warden` | accepted |
+| OpenBao snapshot, seal/unseal driver, post-unseal verification | `railiance-platform` | pending owner receipt |
+| Independent provider console and distinct abort authority | `railiance-infra` | pending owner receipt |
+| Two distinct 2-of-3 share custodians available out of band | `railiance-master` custody authority | pending quorum receipt |
+| Final live GO or NO-GO | human operator | deliberately not requested yet |
+
+Owner procedure approval is already complete for `audit-core`,
+`rapp-postgres`, `railiance-platform`, `railiance-cluster`, and
+`railiance-infra` under the RAILIANCE-WP-0024 contract. Those receipts approve
+the procedure, not this live window.
+
+## Current value-safe baseline
+
+The `railiance-platform` node-reboot preflight at `2026-08-22T19:23:55Z`
+reported:
+
+- `automated_checks_passed: true`
+- one Ready node with active k3s
+- `platform-pg` healthy 1/1 with continuous archiving and a successful backup
+  17.15 hours old
+- OpenBao initialized and unsealed, Shamir `shares=3`, `threshold=2`
+- required ExternalSecret stores Valid and projections SecretSynced
+- audit-core at the reviewed digest, 1/1 Ready, zero restarts
+- `secret_values_observed: false`
+
+This baseline is not reusable as the final hold-point result. The platform
+owner must rerun it against the current state and fresh snapshot receipt.
+
+## Pending receipts
+
+- [ ] `railiance-platform`: fresh encrypted, verified, off-host OpenBao Raft
+  snapshot receipt matching the live cluster id and possible applied index;
+  acceptance of the driver role
+- [ ] `railiance-infra`: independent provider-console access verified;
+  acceptance of the distinct abort role
+- [ ] `railiance-master`: two distinct share custodians explicitly available
+  through the approved out-of-band custody paths; no identities or share values
+  in the receipt
+- [ ] Fully parameterized read-only owner preflight returns
+  `ready_for_live_execution: true` and `secret_values_observed: false`
+
+## Final hold point
+
+Once all pending receipts validate, `ops-warden` presents only the scenario id,
+bounded duration, owner roles, current preflight result, and stop conditions to
+the human operator. The live step requires an explicit `GO` for this exact
+scenario. Any other response is NO-GO.
+
+No unseal share, token, provider credential, Secret data, decrypted snapshot,
+or value-derived fingerprint belongs in Git, State Hub, shell history, logs, or
+chat.
diff --git a/workplans/WARDEN-WP-0027-credential-governance-lockdown.md b/workplans/WARDEN-WP-0027-credential-governance-lockdown.md
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@@ -160,6 +160,16 @@ the generic `openbao-api-key` template and proposed paste-once provisioning.
 ceremony from secret retrieval. It is a non-value-bearing pointer and can never
 offer `--fetch`, `--exec`, `--out`, `--wrap`, or paste-once share transport.
 
+**Scenario established 2026-08-22.** The operator delegated preparation to the
+agent and reserved their involvement for the final GO/NO-GO. The bounded,
+non-secret scenario is
+`docs/evidence/WARDEN-WP-0027-T02-drill-scenario-2026-08-22.md`: ops-warden
+coordinates and enforces the hold point; railiance-platform is the proposed
+OpenBao driver; railiance-infra is the proposed independent console/abort owner;
+and railiance-master is asked only for a metadata-only 2-of-3 availability
+attestation. All three owner receipts and a green fully parameterized preflight
+are required before the final operator question.
+
 ## Task: Tamper-evident policy governance + reconcile
 
 ```task