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 # Custodian Brief — railiance-platform
 
 **Domain:** financials  
-**Last synced:** 2026-06-27 20:55 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-06-27 22:45 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
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 - · T06 - Build an interactive runbook for apply and verify  `3c3fc38c`
 - · T08 - Add deactivation, rotation, and compromise flows  `23d6ef9d`
 
+### OpenBao Approved Automation Delegation
+Progress: 0/5 done  |  workstream_id: `671898ef-2378-4814-b8f6-066148cdad46`
+
+**Open tasks:**
+- ! T05 - Close the whynot-design pilot  `18f34c95`
+- · T01 - Specify delegated applier policy boundaries  `d19fdfc5`
+- · T02 - Implement a CCR-aware applier dry-run  `2613f40d`
+- · T03 - Add non-production applier role first  `ff927a19`
+- · T04 - Add production metadata applier with human approval gate  `414abd65`
+
 ### Credential Request and Lease Broker
 Progress: 3/10 done  |  workstream_id: `2731fece-6c49-45b8-ab8a-4ea6c04ac603`