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 336ec63..4627a8c 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 (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)."
+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: founder confirmed activity-core as owner 2026-10-08; waits on its declaration (ACTIVITY-WP-0042-T03)."
 priority: high
 state_hub_task_id: "54ad4864-7bcf-592e-a187-9239a81a0b11"
 ```
@@ -206,3 +206,10 @@ 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.
+
+2026-10-08 (later): the founder confirmed in session that activity-core's
+`daily-cnpg-option-a-backup` worker is the `atm-backup-daily` unit, and that it
+is classed as ordinary. The confirmation was relayed to activity-core for
+ACTIVITY-WP-0042-T03. Decision 89f1058f (D2) was deliberately left open,
+because it also gates production ArgoCD go-aheads. `atm-backup-daily` now waits
+only on activity-core publishing its declaration.