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 Updated: 2026-07-02
 Coordinator workplan: `CUST-WP-0051`
 
-## Operator Pickups Ready Now (2026-07-02)
+## Operator Pickups Ready Now (updated 2026-07-02 afternoon)
+
+All five morning gates are closed (deploy, CCRs, audit evidence, applier
+proof, unseal-wiring review). The issue-core REST emission lane is live
+end-to-end (Gitea issue `176`), the llm-connect OpenRouter lane is active,
+and the credential lifecycle runbook exists. The single open operator item is
+the **Core Hub staging deployment decision set** (CUST-WP-0025-T16 /
+CORE-WP-0004): target cluster (recommended CoulombCore), staging secret
+posture (recommended generated K8s Secrets), and image path (recommended
+Gitea registry — needs explicit approval because `coulomb` org packages are
+public). Image `core-hub:ba32597` is pre-built locally; registry auth exists.
+
+## Original morning list (2026-07-02, all closed)
 
 Every remaining execution lane converged on operator gates in the 2026-07-02
 session (agent policy correctly blocks unattended production writes/reads on