diff --git a/tools/security-bootstrap-console/security_bootstrap_console.py b/tools/security-bootstrap-console/security_bootstrap_console.py
index 60a7936..e1f6129 100755
--- a/tools/security-bootstrap-console/security_bootstrap_console.py
+++ b/tools/security-bootstrap-console/security_bootstrap_console.py
@@ -381,6 +381,17 @@ def build_gates(data: dict[str, Any]) -> list[Gate]:
             "human" if not yes(data, "openbao_initialized") else "done",
             "Human-attended ceremony only. This console will not run init.",
         ),
+        Gate(
+            "OpenBao initial configuration",
+            (
+                "done"
+                if yes(data, "openbao_initial_config_applied")
+                else "human"
+                if yes(data, "openbao_initialized")
+                else "blocked"
+            ),
+            "Apply first auth, mount, and policy configuration; audit may be a declarative follow-up.",
+        ),
         Gate(
             "Root-token disposition",
             "done" if data.get("root_token_disposition") in {"revoked", "offline-sealed"} else "blocked",
@@ -579,6 +590,7 @@ def merged_approval_metadata(
         "openbao_init_output_produced",
         "openbao_initialized",
         "openbao_post_unseal_verified",
+        "openbao_initial_config_applied",
         "openbao_trial_material_exposed",
         "openbao_compromise_response_complete",
         "openbao_unseal_keys_rotated",
@@ -795,6 +807,7 @@ def metadata_template() -> dict[str, Any]:
         "openbao_init_output_produced": False,
         "openbao_initialized": False,
         "openbao_post_unseal_verified": False,
+        "openbao_initial_config_applied": False,
         "openbao_trial_material_exposed": False,
         "openbao_compromise_response_complete": False,
         "openbao_unseal_keys_rotated": False,
@@ -1052,6 +1065,18 @@ def integration_payloads(data: dict[str, Any]) -> list[dict[str, str]]:
             },
             openbao_direct_taint,
         ),
+        add_taint(
+            {
+                "name": "OpenBao initial configuration",
+                "description": "First auth, mount, and policy configuration after unseal.",
+                "subsystem": "Railiance OpenBao",
+                "responsibility": "openbao-ceremony-operator",
+                "email": role_email(data, "role_openbao_operator_email"),
+                "location": "../railiance-platform openbao-configure-initial",
+                "state": state_value(yes(data, "openbao_initial_config_applied"), yes(data, "openbao_initialized")),
+            },
+            openbao_trial_taint(data, "downstream") if yes(data, "openbao_initialized") else {},
+        ),
     ]
 
 
@@ -1185,6 +1210,7 @@ def command_payloads(data: dict[str, Any]) -> list[dict[str, str]]:
     init_output = yes(data, "openbao_init_output_produced")
     initialized = yes(data, "openbao_initialized")
     post_unseal_verified = yes(data, "openbao_post_unseal_verified")
+    initial_config_applied = yes(data, "openbao_initial_config_applied")
     trial_exposed = yes(data, "openbao_trial_material_exposed")
     response_complete = yes(data, "openbao_compromise_response_complete")
     keys_rotated = yes(data, "openbao_unseal_keys_rotated")
@@ -1225,12 +1251,15 @@ def command_payloads(data: dict[str, Any]) -> list[dict[str, str]]:
         unseal_state = "blocked"
         unseal_reason = "OpenBao init output must be produced first."
 
-    config_state = "done" if root_disposed else "todo"
-    config_reason = "Initial configuration and root-token disposition are recorded."
-    if not root_disposed:
-        config_reason = "Configure OpenBao, then revoke or offline-seal the root token."
+    config_state = "done" if initial_config_applied else "todo"
+    config_reason = "Initial configuration is recorded. Root-token disposition remains a separate gate."
+    if not initial_config_applied:
+        config_reason = "Configure OpenBao, then record this non-secret completion flag."
     if trial_exposed and initialized and not response_complete:
-        config_reason = "Tainted by trial key-material exposure. Operator may proceed, but record the taint and complete rotation, reset, or another compromise response before production trust."
+        if initial_config_applied:
+            config_reason = "Initial configuration is recorded on a tainted workpath. Complete root-token disposition and compromise response before production trust."
+        else:
+            config_reason = "Tainted by trial key-material exposure. Operator may proceed, but record the taint and complete rotation, reset, or another compromise response before production trust."
     if not initialized:
         config_state = "blocked"
         config_reason = "OpenBao must be initialized and unsealed first."
@@ -2293,6 +2322,7 @@ def ui_html() -> str:
             <label class="choice"><input id="openbao_init_output_produced" type="checkbox"><span><strong>Init output produced</strong><span>OpenBao generated unseal shares and the initial root token outside this UI. Do not paste those values here.</span></span></label>
             <label class="choice"><input id="openbao_initialized" type="checkbox"><span><strong>Initialized and unsealed</strong><span>The human ceremony completed outside this UI under the approved strategy.</span></span></label>
             <label class="choice"><input id="openbao_post_unseal_verified" type="checkbox"><span><strong>Post-unseal verification passed</strong><span>Filesystem and post-unseal readiness checks completed without recording secret material.</span></span></label>
+            <label class="choice"><input id="openbao_initial_config_applied" type="checkbox"><span><strong>Initial configuration applied</strong><span>OpenBao auth, mounts, and policies were applied; audit may remain a declarative follow-up.</span></span></label>
             <label class="choice"><input id="restore_drill_passed" type="checkbox"><span><strong>Restore drill passed</strong><span>Snapshot and isolated restore proof completed before live secrets are migrated.</span></span></label>
           </div>
           <label class="field" style="margin-top: 14px;">
@@ -2404,6 +2434,7 @@ def ui_html() -> str:
       "openbao_init_output_produced",
       "openbao_initialized",
       "openbao_post_unseal_verified",
+      "openbao_initial_config_applied",
       "openbao_trial_material_exposed",
       "openbao_compromise_response_complete",
       "openbao_unseal_keys_rotated",
@@ -2685,6 +2716,7 @@ def ui_html() -> str:
         openbao_init_output_produced: document.getElementById("openbao_init_output_produced").checked,
         openbao_initialized: document.getElementById("openbao_initialized").checked,
         openbao_post_unseal_verified: document.getElementById("openbao_post_unseal_verified").checked,
+        openbao_initial_config_applied: document.getElementById("openbao_initial_config_applied").checked,
         openbao_trial_material_exposed: document.getElementById("openbao_trial_material_exposed").checked,
         openbao_compromise_response_complete: document.getElementById("openbao_compromise_response_complete").checked,
         openbao_unseal_keys_rotated: document.getElementById("openbao_unseal_keys_rotated").checked,
diff --git a/workplans/NET-WP-0015-platform-root-custody-and-openbao-identity-bootstrap.md b/workplans/NET-WP-0015-platform-root-custody-and-openbao-identity-bootstrap.md
index 4d3bafd..030e8f7 100644
--- a/workplans/NET-WP-0015-platform-root-custody-and-openbao-identity-bootstrap.md
+++ b/workplans/NET-WP-0015-platform-root-custody-and-openbao-identity-bootstrap.md
@@ -253,6 +253,10 @@ block into an explicit taint model. Affected artefacts and downstream command
 cards are shown with a light red background and retain the source reference, but
 the operator can still proceed deliberately on a tainted workpath.
 
+**2026-05-25:** Split OpenBao initial configuration from root-token disposition
+in the bootstrap console. The initial config command can now be recorded as
+applied while root-token revocation/escrow remains a separate gate.
+
 **2026-05-24:** Stepped back from ad hoc secret rollout and added the
 custodian age-key bootstrap model to the control surface. The UI now records
 the custodian public age recipient, a derived fingerprint, and a non-secret