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 # Custodian Brief — railiance-infra
 
 **Domain:** financials  
-**Last synced:** 2026-09-24 08:11 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-09-27 16:48 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
-### Close the encrypted S1 backup and recovery loop
-Progress: 4/6 done  |  workplan_id: `5ea28f8f-376c-5230-8bb7-ca871c1a75f4`
-
-**Open tasks:**
-- ! T06 — Perform an attended isolated restore drill  `2ae6feab`
-- ► T05 — Integrate the governed write-only off-host lane  `783dff8b`
-
 ### Declare and verify the Railiance host UTC baseline
 Progress: 0/4 done  |  workplan_id: `788a005b-f6d4-5db9-8866-21251951fa0b`
 
 **Open tasks:**
+- ! Adopt the existing daemon and review a versioned UTC policy  `9e5db140`
+- ! Implement one declarative host role and verification entry point  `75f17ffa`
 - ! Prove IaC convergence, drift and recovery before live rollout  `c9d142b0`
-- ► Implement one declarative host role and verification entry point  `75f17ffa`
-- ► Apply the reviewed source and return steady-state handoff  `9adae3a6`
-- · Adopt the existing daemon and review a versioned UTC policy  `9e5db140`
+- ! Apply the reviewed source and return steady-state handoff  `9adae3a6`
+
+### Close the encrypted S1 backup and recovery loop
+Progress: 4/6 done  |  workplan_id: `5ea28f8f-376c-5230-8bb7-ca871c1a75f4`
+
+**Open tasks:**
+- ! T05 — Integrate the governed write-only off-host lane  `783dff8b`
+- ! T06 — Perform an attended isolated restore drill  `2ae6feab`
 
 ### Make the S1 declaration reproducible and the handoff verifiably green
 Progress: 6/8 done  |  workplan_id: `5738f113-1c4e-5d27-95b2-b6655e0b7279`
@@ -30,12 +30,6 @@ Progress: 6/8 done  |  workplan_id: `5738f113-1c4e-5d27-95b2-b6655e0b7279`
 - ! T05 — Provide a fresh green S1 handoff gate  `ba526585`
 - ! T08 — Automate bounded SOPS recipient rotation  `920f869a`
 
-## Inbox Hygiene
-
-**Stale unread:** 6 message(s) older than 3 day(s) — triage at session start.
-**Missing thread_id:** 8 unread message(s) lack supersession chains.
-- ! railiance-clock: Local checkout catch-up pending concurrent edits  `842d74da`
-
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 ## MCP Orientation (when available)