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 # Custodian Brief — tenant-engine
 
 **Domain:** infotech  
-**Last synced:** 2026-08-16 16:26 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-08-16 16:59 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
+### Bring tenant-engine under the staged-promotion contract
+Progress: 0/4 done  |  workplan_id: `e9da1c15-7beb-48d9-97ab-b657fdf9366e`
+
+**Open tasks:**
+- · T01 - Write and validate `railiance/app.toml`  `0231e4d1`
+- · T02 - Reconcile the deployment shape with the contract  `5f2ad011`
+- · T03 - Record current production as the stable baseline  `c4b79dc1`
+- · T04 - Hand the pattern back to the fleet  `b816a862`
+
 ### PostgreSQL as the production store, SQLite for dev and test
 Progress: 0/6 done  |  workplan_id: `3bf3b4ab-a116-4914-b2d8-d3c430754956`
 
@@ -18,15 +27,6 @@ Progress: 0/6 done  |  workplan_id: `3bf3b4ab-a116-4914-b2d8-d3c430754956`
 - · T05 - Cut over the deployment  `03aeae3b`
 - · T06 - Tell the fleet, and close the loop on TEN-WP-0008  `e7adbc64`
 
-### Bring tenant-engine under the staged-promotion contract
-Progress: 0/4 done  |  workplan_id: `e9da1c15-7beb-48d9-97ab-b657fdf9366e`
-
-**Open tasks:**
-- · T01 - Write and validate `railiance/app.toml`  `0231e4d1`
-- · T02 - Reconcile the deployment shape with the contract  `5f2ad011`
-- · T03 - Record current production as the stable baseline  `c4b79dc1`
-- · T04 - Hand the pattern back to the fleet  `b816a862`
-
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