diff --git a/docs/evidence/2026-10-03-platform-root-custody-delivery.md b/docs/evidence/2026-10-03-platform-root-custody-delivery.md
index 8052cb2..4fd74d3 100644
--- a/docs/evidence/2026-10-03-platform-root-custody-delivery.md
+++ b/docs/evidence/2026-10-03-platform-root-custody-delivery.md
@@ -106,3 +106,36 @@ backup-discovery tool output. No values are retained here. The finish helper
 compares that grant with the current lane in memory; if current, it reports a
 safe incident status and stops before upload for coordinated existing owner
 credential cutover, preserving consumers. No uninformed rotation is performed.
+
+## Completed live reader/audit and remote source retention proof
+
+Consumer owner confirmed fresh authenticated revision-1 empty read/no grant,
+actual pod restart retains baseline, wrong audience JWT denied, metadata LIST,
+sibling GET and exact-path POST all denied403. Injected transport failure and
+same-revision mutation preserve the trusted baseline and return no grant. These
+failure tests do not claim a disruptive live OpenBao outage. Receipt:
+2026-10-03-root-custody-reader-acceptance.json.
+
+Safe bounded-tail lookup of the current audit PVC correlated exact consumer
+read and login request IDs with both request and response events, no errors.
+No raw audit records were emitted. Receipt:
+2026-10-03-root-custody-audit-correlation.json. Whole-file grep was abandoned
+because the audit file is about6.68GB; the successful query bounded its tail to
+64MiB. This proves event correlation, not an audit archival/rotation policy.
+
+A fresh remote Forgejo clone retrieved source commit
+`a252447058105eed0931d34f1a906f39ce7c2e5e` and both independent publisher
+baseline/history recovery files matched byte-for-byte. The clone was removed.
+Receipt: 2026-10-03-root-custody-source-backup-readback.json. Source retrieval
+proves remote retention independent of workstation state, but does not prove
+that a new Nextcloud/Scaleway Forgejo archive generation contains that commit.
+
+The only remaining bounded execution for RPF-WP-0049-T05 is the attended finish
+helper: current authenticated owner baseline check plus encrypted retained
+history upload/download/decryption through the current governed provider lane.
+This directly establishes the small custody-history provider recovery artifact
+without generating a multi-gigabyte full Forgejo dump. Existing go-forward
+approval applies; operator OIDC/MFA remains execution-only. Fresh receipt must
+show success. If the exposed historical local grant matches the current lane,
+coordinated existing credential recovery is required before provider proof;
+there is no automatic credential rotation or root authority change.
diff --git a/docs/evidence/2026-10-03-root-custody-audit-correlation.json b/docs/evidence/2026-10-03-root-custody-audit-correlation.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..51b1df2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/evidence/2026-10-03-root-custody-audit-correlation.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "audit_tail_max_bytes": 67108864,
+  "login": {
+    "error_absent": true,
+    "request_event_found": true,
+    "request_id": "29a2fac4-8108-7ca5-d0a6-682c4a31f48d",
+    "response_event_found": true
+  },
+  "ok": true,
+  "raw_logs_emitted": false,
+  "read": {
+    "error_absent": true,
+    "request_event_found": true,
+    "request_id": "91cd7235-9cfe-06c3-57a6-64a013d1cfcb",
+    "response_event_found": true
+  },
+  "scope": "read-only-current-owner-audit-correlation",
+  "transport_succeeded": true
+}
diff --git a/docs/evidence/2026-10-03-root-custody-reader-acceptance.json b/docs/evidence/2026-10-03-root-custody-reader-acceptance.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6caad37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/evidence/2026-10-03-root-custody-reader-acceptance.json
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{
+  "actual_grant": false,
+  "baseline_initially_absent": false,
+  "baseline_receipt_matched": true,
+  "baseline_survives_actual_pod_restart": true,
+  "capability_probe_read_at": "2026-10-03T18:30:58.194568+00:00",
+  "capability_probe_read_digest_matched": true,
+  "custody_write_denied": true,
+  "custody_write_denied_http_status": 403,
+  "empty_no_grant_document": true,
+  "empty_record_returns_no_grant": true,
+  "existing_baseline_receipt_matched": true,
+  "failure_preserves_baseline": true,
+  "fixture_service_serializes_live_empty_root_grant_null": true,
+  "fresh_authenticated_owner_read": true,
+  "hub_private_route_acceptance_claimed": false,
+  "injected_read_failure_returns_no_grant": true,
+  "metadata_list_denied": true,
+  "metadata_list_denied_http_status": 403,
+  "ok": true,
+  "other_tenant_returns_no_grant": true,
+  "owner_read_clock_aware": true,
+  "read_request_id": "91cd7235-9cfe-06c3-57a6-64a013d1cfcb",
+  "reader_login_request_id": "29a2fac4-8108-7ca5-d0a6-682c4a31f48d",
+  "reconnect_preserves_baseline": true,
+  "record_id_matched": true,
+  "record_revision": 1,
+  "runtime_enabled": true,
+  "same_revision_mutation_preserves_baseline": true,
+  "sibling_read_denied": true,
+  "sibling_read_denied_http_status": 403,
+  "wrong_audience_login_denied": true
+}
diff --git a/docs/evidence/2026-10-03-root-custody-source-backup-readback.json b/docs/evidence/2026-10-03-root-custody-source-backup-readback.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..635971b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/evidence/2026-10-03-root-custody-source-backup-readback.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "expected_commit": "a252447058105eed0931d34f1a906f39ce7c2e5e",
+  "history_file_count": 2,
+  "history_files_readback_match": true,
+  "ok": true,
+  "provider_archive_generation_verified": false,
+  "retrieved_commit": "a252447058105eed0931d34f1a906f39ce7c2e5e",
+  "scope": "fresh-owner-forgejo-git-retrieval",
+  "temporary_clone_removed": true
+}
diff --git a/workplans/RPF-WP-0049-platform-root-custody-record-delivery.md b/workplans/RPF-WP-0049-platform-root-custody-record-delivery.md
index 225c4d3..512c299 100644
--- a/workplans/RPF-WP-0049-platform-root-custody-record-delivery.md
+++ b/workplans/RPF-WP-0049-platform-root-custody-record-delivery.md
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ id: RPF-WP-0049-T05
 status: wait
 priority: high
 depends_on: [RPF-WP-0049-T04]
-blocking_reason: "Admission and empty publication receipts verified; workload success/denial/outage/audit correlation, current live retained-baseline restore-check and established receipt-holder backup coverage/provider readback remain. Actual disposable native-Raft rollback/restore and local holder copy/restore proof passed. No new generic approval gate."
+needs_human: true
+blocking_reason: "Admission, empty publication, live reader/denials/restart, audit correlation, native isolated Raft restore and remote Git history readback are verified. Only attended finish helper current owner baseline check plus governed encrypted history provider roundtrip receipt remains; existing approval persists."
 state_hub_task_id: "871e3236-61c0-58a1-a307-399cd662be6b"
 ```
 
@@ -171,3 +172,21 @@ snapshot or live admin login used. Evidence:
 docs/evidence/2026-10-03-root-custody-isolated-raft-recovery.json.
 Current live restore-check and established backup coverage/provider readback
 remain separate evidence requirements, not new generic approvals.
+
+## Live reader/audit and remote history receipts verified — 2026-10-03
+
+Stored sanitized owner consumer reader/denial/restart and bounded64MiB audit
+correlation receipts under docs/evidence. Wrong-audience JWT and read token
+metadata-list/sibling-read/exact-write all denied; source empty/no-grant and
+actual restart retention verified. Failure receipt uses injected transport
+failure, not a disruptive production outage. Audit read/login exact IDs each
+have request+response records and no errors, with no raw log emitted.
+
+Remote source retrieval at a252447 independently restored the non-authoritative
+publisher baseline/history copy byte-for-byte; provider archive generation is
+not claimed. Native isolated recovery and local scratch holder restore already
+passed. T05 remains wait only for the concrete attended finish helper's current
+owner baseline and direct governed history provider roundtrip receipt. No new
+generic approval, storage service or credential is requested. If the historical
+exposed grant matches current lane, existing coordinated owner incident flow
+must resolve it before backup proof; authority remains no-grant meanwhile.