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 # CONTEXT.md — Project Memory
 
+> **2026-10-26 (evening) — D53 ruled (felhom.eu `09` §3 decision 265): held apps reach the OPERATOR first.** Next here:
+> the controller reports its holds (stack, reason, since) to the hub as `app_held` / `app_hold_cleared` events plus a
+> daily re-send (felhom.eu `08` §10). Commit only; the release rides a later attended run.
+
 > **2026-10-25 (Sunday, unattended) — D47, D48, R-1270, R-1271 on `main`, NOT released (next v0.343.0, MinAgent 0.158.1
 > unchanged).** D47 (`02daebe`): `stacks.AppConfig.InstallID` (minted at install/import, taken from the unit by a
 > restore, `EnsureInstallID` for older apps); `backup/unit_owner.go` `guardUnitWrite`/`guardUnitDir` in every unit writer