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 # Custodian Brief — ops-warden
 
 **Domain:** infotech  
-**Last synced:** 2026-08-22 18:24 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-08-25 17:56 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
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 **Open tasks:**
 - ! Tasks  `5acac140`
 
-### Tamper-resistant credential governance + mass rotation/lockdown (Strand B)
-Progress: 2/3 done  |  workplan_id: `7d697c52-766a-4562-b2ad-a722880bcdcb`
+## Inbox Hygiene
 
-**Open tasks:**
-- ► Task: Graded lockdown / break-glass with explicit trust-root  `9d004d8f`
+**Stale unread:** 9 message(s) older than 3 day(s) — triage at session start.
+**Missing thread_id:** 7 unread message(s) lack supersession chains.
+- ! secrets-engine: Re: Need the warden-sign live apply/handoff (FLEX-WP-0007 T4)  `80456912`
 
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 ## MCP Orientation (when available)