diff --git a/notes/fresh-workspace-handoff.md b/notes/fresh-workspace-handoff.md
index 7df2ee51..0fd42501 100644
--- a/notes/fresh-workspace-handoff.md
+++ b/notes/fresh-workspace-handoff.md
@@ -65,6 +65,19 @@ Then replay v44, reject the incomplete plan through that path, adopt a corrected
 plan including the status-composition owner, and prove CRRC -> accepted
 Reorientation -> Continuity recovery -> Soul closure.
 
+Fresh runtime
+`F:\Projects\.epiphany-runtime\shakedown\live-20260808-v45-hands-relinquishment`
+was copied from the pre-planning v42 boundary; v44 remains sealed. Typed
+proposal `operator-hands-route-relinquishment-v1` was selected as Modeling
+request
+`repo-frontier-proposal-modeling-5c0ce91b6d30d16c31087088ac613f893a4b65f430cc6fb7fe20faa1bfccde6a`
+with payload digest
+`01e6bdc556e7cad6dbfcae93ad5f82fd57794af11b3dafb39ecb3747a19f6dfb`.
+One bounded active-release coordinator step launched the proposal-bound
+Modeling worker, now running under PID `5740`; operator-safe artifacts are in
+`.epiphany-dogfood/v45-hands-relinquishment-r2`. Poll it and do not launch a
+duplicate or read sealed worker output.
+
 Persona consequence, bounded retention, crash/restart closure, endurance and
 resource plateau, and Linux/Yggdrasil cognition remain open. v22 and earlier
 shakedown scars remain in git and the typed evidence ledger; they are not active
diff --git a/state/ledgers.msgpack b/state/ledgers.msgpack
index 6d931c76..a365f326 100644
Binary files a/state/ledgers.msgpack and b/state/ledgers.msgpack differ
diff --git a/state/map.yaml b/state/map.yaml
index b5252204..e6552fe7 100644
--- a/state/map.yaml
+++ b/state/map.yaml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ current_status:
     yggdrasil_epiphany_services: absent
     resident_physiology: heartbeat_and_self_running
   unresolved_authority: v44 proved the native planning circuit and exact Hands gate. The adopted plan omitted epiphany-core/src/bin/epiphany-mvp-status.rs, so truthful implementation is forbidden. The cataloged Hands action-refusal receipt has no typed persistence or route-lifecycle transition; a falsified adopted plan therefore cannot return authority to planning without fabricating a consequence chain.
-  next_action: Add and prove a typed Hands refusal/relinquish transition through a fresh lawful plan, replay v44 to retire the incomplete route, adopt a corrected checkpoint-authority plan including the status-composition owner, and prove CRRC advances through accepted Reorientation, Continuity recovery, and Soul closure. Release incremental is proven and published in exact 388c49bc release sha256-1c63d13fd18b24492376c87425f9c68859075e7032a73566823396ae4e31cb06 with witness sha256-01b526d6ef87be91995e3c5ab5d053b4e6a840132d2a0612436096f31268d023; it is cataloged but not activated.
+  next_action: Poll proposal-bound Modeling worker PID 5740 in fresh v45 at F:\Projects\.epiphany-runtime\shakedown\live-20260808-v45-hands-relinquishment. Accept the first valid result, then drive canonical Imagination and dedicated Mind adoption for the typed Hands refusal/relinquish transition; require the plan to include the actual status-composition owner. After implementation and packaging, replay sealed v44 through the new typed transition, then prove the corrected checkpoint path through CRRC, accepted Reorientation, Continuity recovery, and Soul closure.
 
 active_subgoals:
   - Prove Persona, Self, Eyes, Modeling, Imagination, Hands, Soul, Mind, Continuity, and nervous-system behavior individually.