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 # Custodian Brief — railiance-platform
 
 **Domain:** financials  
-**Last synced:** 2026-09-21 17:06 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-09-21 17:09 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
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 - · Declare the platform's own direct-apply gap  `91431560`
 
 ### ArgoCD phase B: adopt the four existing Applications on railiance01
-Progress: 1/8 done  |  workplan_id: `98140775-3b9a-5cf9-9af6-722502d487dc`
+Progress: 2/8 done  |  workplan_id: `98140775-3b9a-5cf9-9af6-722502d487dc`
 
 **Open tasks:**
-- ! Apply the AppProjects and the root app, automated sync off (live)  `7d97ee9c`
-- ! Adopt openbao-secretstore (lowest risk)  `6d5fc801`
 - ! Adopt issue-core (from rapp-issue-core)  `0e619658`
 - ! Adopt target-revenue  `d418068a`
 - ! Adopt external-secrets (highest risk)  `4ca54868`
 - ! Turn the root back to the production lane  `844ff115`
+- ► Adopt openbao-secretstore (lowest risk)  `6d5fc801`
 - · Plan phase C: retire coulombcore's ArgoCD  `55d1382f`
 
 ### Coordinate audit-core temporary custody and recovery exercises