diff --git a/docs/approval-service-auth.md b/docs/approval-service-auth.md
index bb30c5b..a124ea1 100644
--- a/docs/approval-service-auth.md
+++ b/docs/approval-service-auth.md
@@ -81,3 +81,7 @@ Approval Engine's operator is a separate identity and read lane. Audit receiver
 and sender custody remains AUDIT-WP-0009-T09 / APPROVAL-WP-0002-T01. The live
 Approval Engine deployment and native OpenBao delivery remain open. Synthetic
 acceptance grants no production access, action approval or model spending.
+
+The newly consumed FLEX-DEC-2026-012 return remains SECRETS-WP-0008-T02:
+adopt submitted_request_digest and the evaluator-to-evaluator approval digest
+join before live activation. The current PDP double does not validate it.
diff --git a/workplans/SECRETS-WP-0008-layer-model-lifecycle-conformance.md b/workplans/SECRETS-WP-0008-layer-model-lifecycle-conformance.md
index f5c600e..e993a4b 100644
--- a/workplans/SECRETS-WP-0008-layer-model-lifecycle-conformance.md
+++ b/workplans/SECRETS-WP-0008-layer-model-lifecycle-conformance.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ status: active
 owner: grok
 topic_slug: custodian
 created: "2026-08-29"
-updated: "2026-09-06"
+updated: "2026-09-09"
 state_hub_workstream_id: "9c9e5164-b2f5-5ea2-a557-5368d65e9fe0"
 ---
 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Acceptance:
 
 ```task
 id: SECRETS-WP-0008-T02
-status: wait
+status: progress
 priority: high
 state_hub_task_id: "3eb9cff8-1441-5437-9e92-a2b655c82d04"
 ```
@@ -166,6 +166,34 @@ Acceptance:
   stance instead.
 - Local fixtures cannot authorize steady-state production.
 
+### 2026-09-09 published replay-identity contract received
+
+Owner message `83db7e47-ba93-4d3e-ac15-2bcb2bb16a34` supplies
+FLEX-DEC-2026-012, flex-auth source `0bc624b`, and updated
+`docs/request-enrichment.md`, `docs/canonical-request-digest.md` and replay
+examples. This supersedes the earlier "only external dependency" reading.
+T02 is progress: the next work is an executable local consumer correction,
+with no new owner interpretation or approval needed.
+
+Implement `binding.submitted_request_digest` comparison against the exact
+submitted CheckRequest. Stop treating enriched `request_digest` or the consumer's
+chosen list of benign enrichment fields as the replay identity. Preserve policy
+pin, lifetime and deny checks. Refresh the owner's replay fixtures without
+changing their existing request_digest/approval_binding_digest pins.
+
+For the approval join, carry the validated approval claim to the PDP and compare
+its recorded pdp_digest to the evaluator's approval_binding_digest. Do not
+recompute either side from unenriched material. Prove changed request, wrong
+claim/digest, absent new binding field and registry-overridden caller attributes
+are handled under the published contract before any live native lane activates.
+
+The separate approval identity exchange is implemented in SECRETS-WP-0009-T03
+and passes 350 tests plus a real KeyCape/Approval Engine component exercise.
+That exercise uses a PDP double and does not prove this newer replay contract.
+The current source has not yet implemented the changes in this return; live
+PDP rollout/adoption evidence remains explicit too. No synthetic fixture or Hub
+decision substitutes for a runtime allow and consume.
+
 ## Emit evidence under the §9.6 bound
 
 ```task
diff --git a/workplans/SECRETS-WP-0009-glas-claude-native-delivery.md b/workplans/SECRETS-WP-0009-glas-claude-native-delivery.md
index 93ca2c2..b546ec3 100644
--- a/workplans/SECRETS-WP-0009-glas-claude-native-delivery.md
+++ b/workplans/SECRETS-WP-0009-glas-claude-native-delivery.md
@@ -181,3 +181,8 @@ AUDIT-WP-0009-T09 audit custody, APPROVAL-WP-0002 live endpoint/claim/consume,
 and the existing exact native OpenBao authority/delivery returns. The synthetic
 proof does not grant these. KEY-WP-0013-T02 and verifier CCR-2026-0017/0018
 are complete and must not be requested again. No new workplan duplicates T03.
+
+Owner-return clarification: SECRETS-WP-0008-T02 is now progress for the published
+FLEX-DEC-2026-012 submitted-request replay identity and approval-digest join.
+The real-component identity exercise used a PDP double and does not close that
+local implementation. T03 also consumes that correction before live activation.