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 # Custodian Brief — railiance-forge
 
 **Domain:** railiance  
-**Last synced:** 2026-06-05 11:14 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-06-07 19:08 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
-*(none — repo may need first-session setup)*
+### Gitea Actions runner substrate for Railiance workloads
+Progress: 1/7 done  |  workstream_id: `149a0316-64d1-4664-96d0-274577c32e63`
+
+**Open tasks:**
+- · T02 - Inventory current Gitea Actions state  `87181d63`
+- · T03 - Decide runner placement, labels, and capacity rules  `eecde550`
+- · T04 - Build the runner deployment and recovery runbook  `a3d0adfb`
+- · T05 - Prove a non-production sample job  `9ada5b3e`
+- · T06 - Unblock the inter-hub deployment path  `53929202`
+- · T07 - Publish runner evidence and ongoing health checks  `c959a553`
 
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 ## MCP Orientation (when available)