diff --git a/workplans/RPF-WP-0036-platform-service-assurance.md b/workplans/RPF-WP-0036-platform-service-assurance.md
index aed26ab..bf8598f 100644
--- a/workplans/RPF-WP-0036-platform-service-assurance.md
+++ b/workplans/RPF-WP-0036-platform-service-assurance.md
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ id: RPF-WP-0036-T03
 status: wait
 blocked_on: message-from:activity-core
 needs_human: true
-blocking_reason: "T02 done (cadence/expiry available). Proposed execution owner: activity-core (automation execution per SCOPE.md); awaiting its acceptance plus separately approved authority from approval-engine."
+blocking_reason: "T02 done (cadence/expiry available). Proposed execution owner: activity-core (automation execution per SCOPE.md); scheduling role assigned to activity-core as source repo of its backup job (2026-10-03); remaining gates: ACTIVITY-WP-0042 bounded operation, OpenBao credential route from S3, and per-run approval-engine approval (no standing grant exists; standing authority is a gate-house/access-engine question)."
 priority: high
 state_hub_task_id: "d64446fb-870b-5ae9-9628-f1fb9d06c5a4"
 ```