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 # Custodian Brief — railiance-platform
 
 **Domain:** financials  
-**Last synced:** 2026-08-22 08:03 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-08-22 10:39 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
-*(none — repo may need first-session setup)*
+### Coordinate audit-core temporary custody and recovery exercises
+Progress: 0/4 done  |  workplan_id: `88c4ef7f-0af8-580e-90dc-a2bae2675a4d`
+
+**Open tasks:**
+- · T01 — Define the Whitehat E2 temporary sender lane  `c4da371a`
+- · T02 — Define the runtime database lease recovery exercise  `caba7fcd`
+- · T03 — Define the coordinated railiance01 reboot exercise  `09cf4065`
+- · T04 — Route the contracts and approval gates  `22f5011f`
 
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 ## MCP Orientation (when available)