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 # Custodian Brief — user-engine
 
 **Domain:** communication  
-**Last synced:** 2026-07-29 22:37 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-07-29 22:39 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
 ### Production self-service and user administration portal
-Progress: 3/8 done  |  workplan_id: `35b9c315-e721-4e0b-9710-bad04f8d2519`
+Progress: 4/8 done  |  workplan_id: `35b9c315-e721-4e0b-9710-bad04f8d2519`
 
 **Open tasks:**
 - ! T06 - Security, accessibility, and workflow conformance  `39dc383c`
 - ! T08 - Closure and next-stage handoff  `ecbdeef3`
 - ► T03 - Implement self-service login and registration UX  `45ed1485`
 - ► T04 - Implement tenant-admin and platform-admin UX  `16555b68`
-- ► T05 - Add production persistence and operability  `65ff5c96`
 
 ## Inbox Hygiene