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 b1b870f..336ec63 100644
--- a/workplans/WARDEN-WP-0040-unknown-zone-fail-closed-adoption.md
+++ b/workplans/WARDEN-WP-0040-unknown-zone-fail-closed-adoption.md
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ outcome this workplan exists to prevent.
 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."
+blocking_reason: "Owners of agt-codex-interhub-bootstrap (ops-hub) and agt-state-hub-bridge (ops-bridge) must publish authoritative workload identity declarations; atm-backup-daily is routed to activity-core and waits on founder decision 89f1058f (ACTIVITY-WP-0042-T03)."
 priority: high
 state_hub_task_id: "54ad4864-7bcf-592e-a187-9239a81a0b11"
 ```
@@ -193,3 +193,16 @@ No superseding ADR or runtime stance change is warranted before these gates.
 ### 2026-09-30 owner asks sent
 
 Routed the concrete-consequence ask (T01 classification + T02 declaration) to `ops-bridge` (agt-state-hub-bridge), `ops-hub` (agt-codex-interhub-bootstrap; owner unconfirmed, asked to name the owner if not theirs) and `railiance-platform` (atm-backup-daily; same caveat). Declining is an accepted answer. No membership inferred. T01/T02 stay `wait` on these replies.
+
+### 2026-10-08 owner replies recorded
+
+`atm-backup-daily`: railiance-platform declined in its replies of 2026-10-02
+(msgs 53234ede, a3691df9). It declares only the credential lane
+`railiance-backup-offsite-lane`, and no workload in railiance-platform has that
+name. It names activity-core as the declaring owner, because activity-core is
+the source repo of `daily-cnpg-option-a-backup`. It classifies the actor as
+**ordinary**, not z2-continuity repair-path. activity-core will not declare
+without founder confirmation (ACTIVITY-WP-0042-T03, decision 89f1058f). So this
+actor now waits on that founder decision, not on railiance-platform. No
+membership is inferred. `agt-state-hub-bridge` (ops-bridge) and
+`agt-codex-interhub-bootstrap` (ops-hub) are still unanswered.