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 # Custodian Brief — user-engine
 
 **Domain:** communication  
-**Last synced:** 2026-09-13 14:26 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-09-13 20:13 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
+### P05 checked service health and bounded delivery recovery
+Progress: 0/3 done  |  workplan_id: `35af93fc-17ed-548e-8da7-616e44e8eee0`
+
+**Open tasks:**
+- ► Expose checked service state with clear recovery steps  `0c9ebc81`
+- ► Make selected delivery and retry safe and reviewable  `6be221b9`
+- · Verify failure and recovery through native and harness acceptance  `5ee8bb39`
+
 ### User account journeys and recovery
 Progress: 1/3 done  |  workplan_id: `145df9d5-a7e9-5d20-8280-9d3ea069838b`