diff --git a/WORK-QUEUE.md b/WORK-QUEUE.md
index d4c961b..851cb1c 100644
--- a/WORK-QUEUE.md
+++ b/WORK-QUEUE.md
@@ -181,6 +181,10 @@ of this item.**
     (troupe-standup inbox item 13; `decisions/2026-09-26.md`, `2eb50b7`). Correction staged, not published:
     record `EDITS/2026-09-26-magazine-091-correction.md` in the archive build tree, patch script
     `EDITS/apply_editorial_fix_091.py`; live page still `49877d4b3543…`. Reply 09 §3, Q13 below.
+    **Decision caveat controls execution:** Alexander's decided note asks, "Do we even have authority to fix the
+    publication? Add our note and escalate it to the author and mag publisher." Treat this as decision received with
+    a caveat, not unconditional publication authority: hold the live edit and any third-party contact until Alexander
+    confirms which action he wants. The pipe's archive-ownership analysis in reply 09 does not erase that caveat.
   - `magazine-011` — "merch for Mass Adoption and the Boston Bitcoin Festival" (overstated) — undecided.
   - `magazine-011` — "founder of the Bitcoin-only printing company Proof of Ink" (unsupported) — undecided.
   - `magazine-021` — "(only Loko and Happy responded)" (contradicted) — undecided.
@@ -356,5 +360,7 @@ staged record naming the files, the before/after hashes, the decision that autho
 **Evidence:** the live URL and its SHA-256 after the change, the pre-change hash, and the decision record.
 Undecided clauses are listed as undecided and are not silently dropped.
 
-**Status:** 1 of 8 approved and staged (`magazine-091`; reply 09 §3); 7 undecided and named in Q8 above. Archive-side
-work — not Zeph's unless he wants it. Entered by Timmy 2026-09-26, satisfying the Q7 obligation for this cycle.
+**Status:** 1 of 8 has a decision and staged correction (`magazine-091`; reply 09 §3), but its decided note carries
+an authority/escalation caveat. **Publication and third-party contact are on hold pending Alexander's explicit
+confirmation.** The other 7 are undecided and named in Q8 above. Archive-side work — not Zeph's unless he wants it.
+Entered by Timmy 2026-09-26, satisfying the Q7 obligation for this cycle.