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 # Custodian Brief — the-custodian
 
 **Domain:** custodian  
-**Last synced:** 2026-05-19 18:08 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-05-19 18:11 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
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 Progress: 5/8 done  |  workstream_id: `d9d9a3ec-f736-4041-beac-bb92c7ad314e`
 
 **Open tasks:**
-- · T06 - Canary Cutover And Disable Codex Automation  `545162d7`
+- ! T06 - Canary Cutover And Disable Codex Automation  `545162d7`
+  *(blocked: Needs an approved non-external LLM path for private State Hub digest data, or explicit operator approval for the external llm-connect backend.)*
 - · T07 - Observability And Missed-Run Handling  `b977c721`
 - · T08 - Three Daily Runs And CUST-WP-0044 Calibration  `f4a985fd`