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 # Custodian Brief — state-hub
 
 **Domain:** infotech  
-**Last synced:** 2026-08-26 19:30 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-08-26 19:49 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
+### Derive private repositories, and report unreadable as unreadable
+Progress: 1/4 done  |  workplan_id: `9c4b8c79-edba-5d2d-ad37-a45707e89304`
+
+**Open tasks:**
+- ! Deliver the credential to the pod  `d8d41a89`
+- ! Teach the derivation to use it  `b22b24d9`
+- ! Confirm the nine  `33c09a78`
+
 ### Forge-derived projection reset, per repository
 Progress: 7/8 done  |  workplan_id: `40e36360-6b2a-5903-b769-47507d866ac8`