diff --git a/plan/STATUS.md b/plan/STATUS.md
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@@ -244,6 +244,15 @@ folds into `documents_v2` because the owner's upgrade has not happened,
 so there is no extra go-ahead. **S4.4 builds core/store/journal/MCP; S4.5
 the PDF.** Terms per side were already there and are unchanged.
 
+**2026-10-27: the owner paused the team to free the machine.** Five units
+are frozen mid-`just check` with their process groups stopped (SIGSTOP),
+not killed: S4.4 (`wb-S4.4`), S5 (`wb-S5`), S6 (`wb-S6`), S7 (`wb-S7`) and
+P6 (`wb-P6`). Their worktrees, branches, commits and uncommitted edits are
+intact; nothing was merged, rebased or discarded. The checks resume with
+SIGCONT to the recorded groups, and a worker whose turn is lost can be
+restarted from its branch — P6's work is currently uncommitted, so it is
+the one to inspect first. The last landed commit is `ed637f0e`.
+
 
 The 2026-10-16 audit of the first company's books (62 verified findings,
 20 engine defects) and the design discussion that followed produced