- (Later update) Added responsiveness guardrails per Grok/Opus guidance: heartbeat pings ≤90s, pre-plan announcements before multi-step runs, and post-maintenance debrief notes. Created helper scripts (`bin/heartbeat_helper.sh` for 60s status pings; `bin/run_audit_playbook.sh` playbook that now auto-launches the heartbeat helper and bundles audit→config→restart workflow). These are now part of the standard operating toolkit going forward.

- 15:10 ET: Ran claude-sonnet-4-5 smoke test via sessions_spawn (task 'sonnet_smoke_test'); sub-agent returned SONNET_SMOKE_OK confirming model available.

- 15:45 ET: Sent test email from srvdeskops@gmail.com to adner.cruz@bertelsmann.com (subject 'Test email from Mr Anderson') via gog to confirm outbound deliverability.

- 15:59 ET: Completed DocuSign demo JWT auth test—consent granted, token issued, verified account info endpoint returns plan metadata (DEVCENTER_DEMO...).

- 16:20 ET: Updated Non-Employee IT Access Form PDF via overlay script (new @versidi.com/@bhi.vc options, removed MS Teams checkbox, renamed Deskphone/VM to MS Teams Number).