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 # Custodian Brief — railiance-fabric
 
 **Domain:** financials  
-**Last synced:** 2026-09-27 16:41 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-09-28 21:59 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
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 **Open tasks:**
 - ! Host the coordination overlay next to Fabric topology  `f80a8b15`
+  *(wait: Repo-local portion done 2026-09-27; hosted acceptance needs the Fabric authority under RAIL-FAB-WP-0028 (currently residual).)*
 
 ### Host and operate the financial Fabric authority
 Progress: 0/4 done  |  workplan_id: `58a56363-3bda-50f7-8240-1e45131bc7d9`
 
 **Open tasks:**
-- ! T03 - Automate freshness and recovery  `78a73d4e`
 - ! T01 - Decide runtime and persistence ownership  `65702f41`
-- ! T02 - Deploy the authority service  `cad1af1d`
 - ! T04 - Cut direct consumers over  `c66c3fa4`
+- ! T02 - Deploy the authority service  `cad1af1d`
+- ! T03 - Automate freshness and recovery  `78a73d4e`
 
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 ## MCP Orientation (when available)