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 # Custodian Brief — test-driver
 
 **Domain:** infotech  
-**Last synced:** 2026-09-28 10:16 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-09-28 12:21 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
+### Align scope with evidence and close durable-run and variant gaps
+Progress: 0/5 done  |  workplan_id: `efd2200b-4856-5655-a010-0c3b3a858391`
+
+**Open tasks:**
+- ! Validate an independently owned real-system pilot  `aeacea6b`
+- ► Assess actual scope against intent  `1c75b826`
+- · Retain complete run evidence and asset lineage  `e6c957db`
+- · Derive bounded adversarial variants without rewriting claims  `7ce7ca92`
+- · Publish reproducible usage and validate the implemented scope  `4d0be7bb`
+
 ### Generalise the model and settle the open questions
 Progress: 5/8 done  |  workplan_id: `36a082df-1288-567d-9a0b-f2e0f292786c`