diff --git a/workplans/CUST-WP-0074-qualified-wait-states.md b/workplans/CUST-WP-0074-qualified-wait-states.md
index 0fb5b99..f8b6cd5 100644
--- a/workplans/CUST-WP-0074-qualified-wait-states.md
+++ b/workplans/CUST-WP-0074-qualified-wait-states.md
@@ -269,6 +269,20 @@ WARDEN-WP-0039 (residual). C-40 now flags RPF-WP-0035-T02/T06/T08: every
 external target terminal, human part remains — the intended signal.
 Hub migration still queued behind a fluid-core CI build; task edges parked.
 
+**Slices R3, R5, R8 and the R1 root done 2026-09-28** — R3 audit-core
+returns: flex-auth `912dfcb`, net-kingdom `a705961`, info-tech-canon
+`8a5b9b2`. R5 ArgoCD lane: railiance-platform `98e0c3a` (RPF-WP-0036-T03
+left for its owner: no gate stated). R8 identity custody: hub-core `77b664c`
+(HUB-WP-0012's prose `blocked_on` moved to `blocking_reason`), user-engine
+`0d554dc`, net-kingdom `2a004a7`, plus HUB-WP-0006-T06 and NK-WP-0022/0027.
+R1 root: flex-auth `23c93bb` qualifies FLEX-WP-0020-T04..T11 and
+FLEX-WP-0027-T03. **Finding:** FLEX-WP-0020-T04 waits on the downstream
+owners' handoffs, which are the very plans (NK-WP-0039, USER-WP-0034,
+RAIL-FAB-WP-0031, REUSE-WP-0023) that wait on FLEX-WP-0020 — a cycle that
+was invisible as prose; T04 looks satisfiable. Route to flex-auth in T06.
+Residuals left untouched: HUB-WP-0011, APPROVAL-WP-0002, TEN-WP-0012,
+WARDEN-WP-0039, RAIL-FAB-WP-0031, REUSE-WP-0023.
+
 ## Correct the mis-blocked workplans
 
 ```task