diff --git a/workplans/WARDEN-WP-0027-credential-governance-lockdown.md b/workplans/WARDEN-WP-0027-credential-governance-lockdown.md
index d9af961..ac86464 100644
--- a/workplans/WARDEN-WP-0027-credential-governance-lockdown.md
+++ b/workplans/WARDEN-WP-0027-credential-governance-lockdown.md
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ each verified capabilities-safe, taint cleared only on success.
 ```task
 id: WARDEN-WP-0027-T02
 status: wait
+needs_human: true
+blocking_reason: "Trust-root design is a founder decision: who holds unseal shares and recovery keys, quorum, break-glass invocation; executable seal steps are attended."
 priority: medium
 state_hub_task_id: "cae498ee-6307-5d32-9f1b-a471cfcc2536"
 ```
diff --git a/workplans/WARDEN-WP-0034-layer-model-v07-conformance.md b/workplans/WARDEN-WP-0034-layer-model-v07-conformance.md
index dd4d6bc..7c2d9e9 100644
--- a/workplans/WARDEN-WP-0034-layer-model-v07-conformance.md
+++ b/workplans/WARDEN-WP-0034-layer-model-v07-conformance.md
@@ -173,6 +173,8 @@ with gate-house and declaration truth with each repository.
 ```task
 id: WARDEN-WP-0034-T05
 status: wait
+blocked_on: message-from:ops-mason
+blocking_reason: "Two items to route, not absorb: ops-mason has published no stance map; the second is another repository's to own."
 priority: low
 state_hub_task_id: "7d1b3c82-9b96-5087-a53a-496212909029"
 ```
diff --git a/workplans/WARDEN-WP-0040-unknown-zone-fail-closed-adoption.md b/workplans/WARDEN-WP-0040-unknown-zone-fail-closed-adoption.md
index 44f629d..ad7c2e7 100644
--- a/workplans/WARDEN-WP-0040-unknown-zone-fail-closed-adoption.md
+++ b/workplans/WARDEN-WP-0040-unknown-zone-fail-closed-adoption.md
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ outcome this workplan exists to prevent.
 ```task
 id: WARDEN-WP-0040-T02
 status: wait
+blocked_on: message-from:ops-bridge
+blocking_reason: "Owners of agt-codex-interhub-bootstrap, agt-state-hub-bridge and atm-backup-daily must publish authoritative workload identity declarations."
 priority: high
 state_hub_task_id: "54ad4864-7bcf-592e-a187-9239a81a0b11"
 ```
@@ -94,6 +96,8 @@ gate, and owners may legitimately decline.
 ```task
 id: WARDEN-WP-0040-T03
 status: wait
+depends_on: [WARDEN-WP-0040-T01]
+blocking_reason: "Gated on T01 and on layer model v0.8 (or successor) reaching accepted; never convert against a proposed standard."
 priority: high
 state_hub_task_id: "93eaf1f2-daaa-5e22-8804-85ca9433571c"
 ```