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 # Custodian Brief — railiance-infra
 
 **Domain:** financials  
-**Last synced:** 2026-09-14 10:04 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-09-14 10:30 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
+### Declare and verify the Railiance host UTC baseline
+Progress: 0/4 done  |  workplan_id: `788a005b-f6d4-5db9-8866-21251951fa0b`
+
+**Open tasks:**
+- ! Implement one declarative host role and verification entry point  `75f17ffa`
+- ! Prove IaC convergence, drift and recovery before live rollout  `c9d142b0`
+- ! Apply the reviewed source and return steady-state handoff  `9adae3a6`
+- · Adopt the existing daemon and review a versioned UTC policy  `9e5db140`
+
 ### Close the encrypted S1 backup and recovery loop
 Progress: 4/6 done  |  workplan_id: `5ea28f8f-376c-5230-8bb7-ca871c1a75f4`