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 # Custodian Brief — shard-wiki
 
 **Domain:** whynot  
-**Last synced:** 2026-06-14 00:15 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-06-14 12:02 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
 ### federation architecture design
-Progress: 0/15 done  |  workstream_id: `2af4c46d-cbfd-40ea-a94b-d9e60b0f9945`
+Progress: 0/16 done  |  workstream_id: `2af4c46d-cbfd-40ea-a94b-d9e60b0f9945`
 
 **Open tasks:**
 - · Architecture positioning and boundaries  `ea8fdb22`
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 - · Union composition layer  `3ff71e11`
 - · Change notification and subscription transports  `9596e5e8`
 - · Information space lifecycle  `38134064`
-- … and 8 more open tasks
+- … and 9 more open tasks
 
 ### shard-wiki requirements from yawex prior art
 Progress: 0/6 done  |  workstream_id: `0ed023a2-760b-4990-b931-8ee1f41ea08f`