diff --git a/docs/work/_system/_state.json b/docs/work/_system/_state.json
index d8413a8..2a1e58c 100644
--- a/docs/work/_system/_state.json
+++ b/docs/work/_system/_state.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "updated_at": "2026-07-12T17:35:51.000Z",
+  "updated_at": "2026-07-12T18:27:51.932Z",
   "epics": {
     "platform-retrofit": {
       "status": "in-progress",
@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@
           ]
         },
         "04-web-next-shell": {
-          "status": "todo",
+          "status": "done",
           "title": "Reduce web-next to an auth shell with a boot smoke assertion",
           "ac_total": 2,
-          "ac_completed": 0,
+          "ac_completed": 2,
           "depends_on": [
             "03-delete-demo-apps-and-features"
           ],
@@ -236,11 +236,6 @@
     }
   },
   "ready": [
-    {
-      "epic": "platform-retrofit",
-      "story": "04-web-next-shell",
-      "title": "Reduce web-next to an auth shell with a boot smoke assertion"
-    },
     {
       "epic": "platform-retrofit",
       "story": "05-scaffold-optional-cores",
diff --git a/docs/work/epics/platform-retrofit/04-web-next-shell/_story.md b/docs/work/epics/platform-retrofit/04-web-next-shell/_story.md
index 63401d4..356b791 100644
--- a/docs/work/epics/platform-retrofit/04-web-next-shell/_story.md
+++ b/docs/work/epics/platform-retrofit/04-web-next-shell/_story.md
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@ id: 04-web-next-shell
 epic: platform-retrofit
 title: Reduce web-next to an auth shell with a boot smoke assertion
 type: technical-story
-status: todo
+status: done
 feature: web-next
 depends-on: [03-delete-demo-apps-and-features]
 blocks: [08-rewrite-agent-docs]
 created: 2026-07-12T10:22:00Z
+updated: 2026-07-12T18:27:51.654Z
 ---
 
 ## Goal
@@ -41,5 +42,5 @@ Veect features land on a stable floor: the repo must typecheck/test green with o
 
 ## Tasks
 
-- [ ] Replace the web-next home page with a minimal authenticated placeholder, keeping the auth UI surfaces (sign-in/out) and app bootstrap (`bindAll()`, instrumentation) intact, and remove any remaining demo-content leftovers in the app — one commit, all gates green, auth e2e spec still passing.
-- [ ] Add the dev-seed boot smoke assertion: a web-next server bootstrap test proving `bindAll()` resolves with only auth bound (no dangling DI symbols from deleted features), mirroring the existing boot-assertion pattern — one commit, all gates green.
+- [x] Replace the web-next home page with a minimal authenticated placeholder, keeping the auth UI surfaces (sign-in/out) and app bootstrap (`bindAll()`, instrumentation) intact, and remove any remaining demo-content leftovers in the app — one commit, all gates green, auth e2e spec still passing. _(landed f7b869b, reviewer-approved; server actions via createCaller, zero new deps, Playwright-verified)_
+- [x] Add the dev-seed boot smoke assertion: a web-next server bootstrap test proving `bindAll()` resolves with only auth bound (no dangling DI symbols from deleted features), mirroring the existing boot-assertion pattern — one commit, all gates green. _(landed bb4a0c7, reviewer-approved; runs the REAL dev-seed binder so assertFeatureConformance executes)_