# WH-ENG-20260822-AUDIT-E2-01

Status: **operator-approved and target-owner-acknowledged**. The window has
not started. Credentials must not be minted until window start so the 900s
TTL covers the run and cleanup.

| Gate | State |
| --- | --- |
| Operator approval | `2026-08-22T09:52:55Z` |
| Owner acknowledgement | `2026-08-22T10:04:56Z` at `32afceb` |
| Foundational plane | applied by ops-mason `c26a6e5` |
| Window | `2026-08-22T18:00:00Z`–`18:15:00Z` |
| Image | `sha256:c2fe39a0185b99be3fc0cb14d2de69772b8e66e20490097c9d11d90cc39719a6` |
| Custody projection | scheduled, not minted |
| Runner pod | not applied |

Offline preflight now fails closed with `engagement window has not started`.
At `18:00Z`, `Engagement.load` authorizes the record; `admit-plane` still
fails closed until the live custody broker is connected.

Invocation, including required `--forged-event whitehat-e2-forged-b-20260822`:
`engagements/runtime/WH-ENG-20260822-AUDIT-E2-01-invocation.md`.