diff --git a/tasks/backlog/54-a-work-agent-must-refuse-a-phase-card.md b/tasks/in-progress/54-a-work-agent-must-refuse-a-phase-card.md
similarity index 99%
rename from tasks/backlog/54-a-work-agent-must-refuse-a-phase-card.md
rename to tasks/in-progress/54-a-work-agent-must-refuse-a-phase-card.md
index 13e359b..28eb23a 100644
--- a/tasks/backlog/54-a-work-agent-must-refuse-a-phase-card.md
+++ b/tasks/in-progress/54-a-work-agent-must-refuse-a-phase-card.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # 54 — A work agent must refuse a phase card
 
-**Status:** Backlog
+**Status:** In Progress
+**Assignee:** istos
 **Priority:** High — it already happened, and what it produces is an agent
 implementing a card whose entire content is a list of other cards
 **Type:** Bug
diff --git a/tasks/in-progress/61-what-an-agent-is-told-before-it-starts.md b/tasks/in-progress/61-what-an-agent-is-told-before-it-starts.md
index 13df08a..2428e9f 100644
--- a/tasks/in-progress/61-what-an-agent-is-told-before-it-starts.md
+++ b/tasks/in-progress/61-what-an-agent-is-told-before-it-starts.md
@@ -69,4 +69,6 @@ card that stops it being a silent one.
 
 - 2026-08-02 12:35 · run started on phase/61-what-an-agent-is-told-before-it-starts
 - 2026-08-02 12:35 · 55 started
+- 2026-08-02 12:51 · 55 merged into phase/61-what-an-agent-is-told-before-it-starts
+- 2026-08-02 12:51 · 54 started