diff --git a/workplans/WARDEN-WP-0027-credential-governance-lockdown.md b/workplans/WARDEN-WP-0027-credential-governance-lockdown.md
index bf02993..72a68c5 100644
--- a/workplans/WARDEN-WP-0027-credential-governance-lockdown.md
+++ b/workplans/WARDEN-WP-0027-credential-governance-lockdown.md
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ type: workplan
 title: "Tamper-resistant credential governance + mass rotation/lockdown (Strand B)"
 domain: infotech
 repo: ops-warden
-status: active
+status: backlog
 owner: codex
 topic_slug: custodian
 planning_priority: medium
 planning_order: 27
 created: "2026-07-16"
-updated: "2026-07-16"
+updated: "2026-07-17"
 state_hub_workstream_id: "7d697c52-766a-4562-b2ad-a722880bcdcb"
 ---
 
@@ -29,10 +29,12 @@ governance against silent drift or malicious change.
 
 ## Status: backlog (captured, not scheduled)
 
-This is deliberately **not `ready`**. It carries real cost and blast radius
-(break-glass re-key, trust-root design) that is not justified until Strand A is in
-production and a concrete trigger appears. See **Activation gate** below. Nothing
-here is implemented until the gate is met and Bernd promotes it to `ready`.
+Frontmatter `status: backlog` as of 2026-07-17 (Strand A / WP-0026 and tenant
+custody WP-0028 are finished; no activation gate has fired). This is
+deliberately **not `ready`**. It carries real cost and blast radius
+(break-glass re-key, trust-root design) that is not justified until a concrete
+trigger appears. See **Activation gate** below. Nothing here is implemented
+until the gate is met and Bernd promotes it to `ready`.
 
 ## Activation gate (promote to `ready` only when ≥1 holds)