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 # Custodian Brief — railiance-apps
 
 **Domain:** financials  
-**Last synced:** 2026-07-22 18:34 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-08-18 09:02 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
-*(none — repo may need first-session setup)*
+### Bind and deploy the permanent policy surface
+Progress: 1/4 done  |  workplan_id: `801197d8-d387-4fcf-9a38-b4e7457847e6`
+
+**Open tasks:**
+- ! Record the first immutable release  `44a2e61e`
+- ! Server-dry-run and deploy  `d78dbaf0`
+- ! Verify the public surface and rollback path  `438b9016`
 
 ## Inbox Hygiene
 
 **Stale unread:** 2 message(s) older than 3 day(s) — triage at session start.
-**Missing thread_id:** 1 unread message(s) lack supersession chains.
+**Missing thread_id:** 2 unread message(s) lack supersession chains.
 
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 ## MCP Orientation (when available)