diff --git a/tasks/backlog/52-a-redraw-throws-away-where-you-were-looking.md b/tasks/in-progress/52-a-redraw-throws-away-where-you-were-looking.md
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rename from tasks/backlog/52-a-redraw-throws-away-where-you-were-looking.md
rename to tasks/in-progress/52-a-redraw-throws-away-where-you-were-looking.md
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--- a/tasks/backlog/52-a-redraw-throws-away-where-you-were-looking.md
+++ b/tasks/in-progress/52-a-redraw-throws-away-where-you-were-looking.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # 52 — A redraw throws away where you were looking
 
-**Status:** Backlog
+**Status:** In Progress
+**Assignee:** istos
 **Priority:** Medium — a papercut that gets worse exactly as the board
 gets busy: every agent event is a redraw, so the more work is running the
 less readable the board becomes
diff --git a/tasks/in-progress/53-the-board-stops-fighting-you.md b/tasks/in-progress/53-the-board-stops-fighting-you.md
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--- a/tasks/in-progress/53-the-board-stops-fighting-you.md
+++ b/tasks/in-progress/53-the-board-stops-fighting-you.md
@@ -58,3 +58,9 @@ rather than walking away from: what the halt conditions feel like in
 practice, whether the `## Phase log` says enough to reconstruct what
 happened, and whether one PR carrying two cards is the right unit for
 review or one too many.
+
+## Phase log
+
+- 2026-08-01 17:00 · run started on phase/53-the-board-stops-fighting-you
+- 2026-08-01 17:00 · 52 started
+