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 # 42 — A long closing report loses its head, which is where it says what happened
 
-**Status:** Backlog
+**Status:** In Progress
+**Assignee:** istos
 **Priority:** High — the task file is the permanent record, and the part it
 drops is the part the reader must act on
 **Type:** Bug