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 # Custodian Brief — activity-core
 
 **Domain:** custodian  
-**Last synced:** 2026-06-18 15:52 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-06-18 23:52 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
 ### Definition And Schedule Hot Reload
-Progress: 0/5 done  |  workstream_id: `8887075e-21ec-451b-b82b-cd81035c9ca5`
+Progress: 4/5 done  |  workstream_id: `8887075e-21ec-451b-b82b-cd81035c9ca5`
 
 **Open tasks:**
 - ! Live No-Restart Smoke  `68a0e22a`
-- · Extract Reusable Sync Service  `53a7970b`
-- · Add Admin Sync Endpoint  `8697c761`
-- · Preserve Schedule Drift Semantics  `efeac412`
-- · Optional Background Sync Loop  `d774087b`
 
 ### Post-triage operational hardening
 Progress: 6/8 done  |  workstream_id: `5646e13a-13af-4724-bca6-3c0d86f96733`