diff --git a/.custodian-brief.md b/.custodian-brief.md
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@@ -2,11 +2,20 @@
 # 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`
 
diff --git a/WORK-RECORDS.md b/WORK-RECORDS.md
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--- a/WORK-RECORDS.md
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 | Kind | ID | Status | Lane | Source |
 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
-| workplan | ADHOC-2026-08-22 | finished | — | workplans/ADHOC-2026-08-22.md |
+| workplan | RAIL-HO-WP-ADHOC-2026-08-22 | finished | — | workplans/ADHOC-2026-08-22.md |
 | workplan | RAIL-HO-WP-0006 | finished | — | workplans/RAIL-HO-WP-0006-forgejo-registry-ref-cleanup.md |
 | workplan | RAIL-HO-WP-0007 | finished | — | workplans/RAIL-HO-WP-0007-first-reef-rollout-and-s1-canonicalization.md |
 | workplan | RAIL-HO-WP-0008 | finished | — | workplans/RAIL-HO-WP-0008-railiance01-resource-and-commercial-evidence.md |
@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@
 | workplan | RAIL-HO-WP-0010 | finished | — | workplans/RAIL-HO-WP-0010-new-reef-ports-need-a-grant.md |
 | workplan | RAIL-HO-WP-0011 | active | — | workplans/RAIL-HO-WP-0011-reproducible-s1-declaration-and-handoff.md |
 | workplan | RAIL-HO-WP-0012 | active | — | workplans/RAIL-HO-WP-0012-s1-backup-recovery-loop.md |
-| task | ADHOC-2026-08-22-T01 | done | — | workplans/ADHOC-2026-08-22.md |
-| task | ADHOC-2026-08-22-T02 | done | — | workplans/ADHOC-2026-08-22.md |
-| task | ADHOC-2026-08-22-T03 | done | — | workplans/ADHOC-2026-08-22.md |
+| workplan | RAIL-HO-WP-0013 | proposed | — | workplans/RAIL-HO-WP-0013-host-utc-timesyncd.md |
+| task | RAIL-HO-WP-ADHOC-2026-08-22-T01 | done | — | workplans/ADHOC-2026-08-22.md |
+| task | RAIL-HO-WP-ADHOC-2026-08-22-T02 | done | — | workplans/ADHOC-2026-08-22.md |
+| task | RAIL-HO-WP-ADHOC-2026-08-22-T03 | done | — | workplans/ADHOC-2026-08-22.md |
 | task | RAIL-HO-WP-0006-T01 | done | — | workplans/RAIL-HO-WP-0006-forgejo-registry-ref-cleanup.md |
 | task | RAIL-HO-WP-0006-T02 | done | — | workplans/RAIL-HO-WP-0006-forgejo-registry-ref-cleanup.md |
 | task | RAIL-HO-WP-0006-T03 | done | — | workplans/RAIL-HO-WP-0006-forgejo-registry-ref-cleanup.md |
@@ -56,3 +57,4 @@
 | task | RAIL-HO-WP-0012-T04 | done | — | workplans/RAIL-HO-WP-0012-s1-backup-recovery-loop.md |
 | task | RAIL-HO-WP-0012-T05 | progress | — | workplans/RAIL-HO-WP-0012-s1-backup-recovery-loop.md |
 | task | RAIL-HO-WP-0012-T06 | wait | — | workplans/RAIL-HO-WP-0012-s1-backup-recovery-loop.md |
+| task | RAIL-HO-WP-0013-T01 | wait | — | workplans/RAIL-HO-WP-0013-host-utc-timesyncd.md |