diff --git a/.custodian-brief.md b/.custodian-brief.md
index f57851f..f55ae97 100644
--- a/.custodian-brief.md
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@@ -2,19 +2,13 @@
 # Custodian Brief — the-custodian
 
 **Domain:** infotech  
-**Last synced:** 2026-08-25 21:27 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-08-25 19:55 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
-### Controlled scan inputs for authoritative daily SBOM catch-up
-Progress: 3/4 done  |  workplan_id: `c06ca8e9-8240-5cdf-8013-4e3a9ba8f1d8`
-
-**Open tasks:**
-- ► Prove real daily freshness improvement  `664d90b0`
-
 ### Recover or disposition the cache-only work records so the retired hub can be discarded
-Progress: 1/8 done  |  workplan_id: `c930b3ec-68b5-596e-ae72-d4ecaf7380e7`
+Progress: 0/8 done  |  workplan_id: `c930b3ec-68b5-596e-ae72-d4ecaf7380e7`
 
 **Open tasks:**
 - · Repair the registrar's self-defeating precondition  `e8fbfa1a`
@@ -23,7 +17,17 @@ Progress: 1/8 done  |  workplan_id: `c930b3ec-68b5-596e-ae72-d4ecaf7380e7`
 - · Bring clay-borg's workplans onto the convention  `554bf550`
 - · Recover the 176 with a non-empty projection  `0947f7fe`
 - · Rule the identifier question for the remainder  `fd1bf8e8`
-- · Converge and retire the cache database  `cbb8bf98`
+- · Disposition the 23 orphans  `f44537f2`
+- … and 1 more open tasks
+
+### Controlled scan inputs for authoritative daily SBOM catch-up
+Progress: 3/4 done  |  workplan_id: `c06ca8e9-8240-5cdf-8013-4e3a9ba8f1d8`
+
+**Open tasks:**
+- ► Prove real daily freshness improvement  `664d90b0`
+
+### Ad hoc tasks 2026-08-25
+Progress: 1/1 done  |  workplan_id: `1c53d3db-6633-5e2d-987f-10706d73be9e`
 
 ### Reclassify repos and guidance docs to the new sector domain scheme
 Progress: 2/4 done  |  workplan_id: `b3329978-4645-5a11-b7ac-ff5982614495`
diff --git a/workplans/CUST-WP-0068-cache-only-work-record-recovery.md b/workplans/CUST-WP-0068-cache-only-work-record-recovery.md
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--- a/workplans/CUST-WP-0068-cache-only-work-record-recovery.md
+++ b/workplans/CUST-WP-0068-cache-only-work-record-recovery.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ type: workplan
 title: "Recover or disposition the cache-only work records so the retired hub can be discarded"
 domain: infotech
 repo: the-custodian
-status: active
+status: ready
 owner: codex
 created: "2026-08-25"
 updated: "2026-08-25"