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 # Custodian Brief — the-custodian
 
 **Domain:** infotech  
-**Last synced:** 2026-07-07 22:53 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-07-07 23:01 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
+### Workstation Independence and Fleet Role Realignment
+Progress: 4/10 done  |  workstream_id: `5ceff9dd-e034-46d9-a0e1-37f167ca0729`
+
+**Open tasks:**
+- ! Task: coulombcore decommission readiness → railiance02  `08ea9646`
+- ! Task: Workstation-off acceptance test  `5678e806`
+- ► Task: Forge to railiance01 + CI runners (kill workstation builds)  `1e92d690`
+- ► Task: State Hub production home on railiance01  `714a5095`
+- · Task: Dev-environment beachhead (files-first)  `853f477b`
+- · Task: ThreePhoenix increment — phoenix drill automation  `065b626e`
+
 ### FOS Hub Bootstrap — Identity, Hub Extraction, Ops Hub, Fin Hub
 Progress: 23/26 done  |  workstream_id: `293a74fe-a85a-4ad6-8933-23d52a72fe8b`