diff --git a/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md b/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
index 9baf506..4e404e1 100644
--- a/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
+++ b/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 Claims that could not be evidenced read-only are marked UNKNOWN with what
 would resolve them. Nothing here is guessed.
 
-STATUS OF THIS DOCUMENT: DRAFT pending operator signature (charter Phase 6
-item 5). Proposed standing rule (GA-R1, NOT yet ratified): no status claim
+STATUS OF THIS DOCUMENT: SIGNED by the operator 2026-07-18 (section 11;
+charter Phase 6 item 5). Proposed standing rule (GA-R1, NOT yet ratified): no status claim
 may be hand-written anywhere else; other documents point HERE; this document
 cites captured command output. Until GA-R1 is ratified, treat every other
 status surface (readiness doc banners, workflow-doc stage rows, ledger
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@
 | G8 | Same-session pre-apply re-verify: 6 planes still empty (0 leases / 0 attached domains) | run in the SAME session as the apply | session | Last verified in a prior session only (finding doc:259-265) |
 | G9 | DC0 outer apply (deploy step A) | operator-gated, logged (`run-logged.sh`), after G1-G8; audit exit criteria met (charter Phase 6). CANONICAL ENTRY DOC (probe hole H1): `runbooks/dc-dc-phase2-tofu-dc-substrate.md`, with `docs/dc0-deploy-readiness.md` section E as the step table | operator | STOPPED (`43b29d7`); state shows nothing DC0 applied |
 | G10 | Deploy steps B-E in-sequence gates: SEC-010 `--host-nodes --check` on vvr1-dc0; depth-4 nested boot; D-125 foreign-MAC egress test; MAAS reachability + `TF_VAR_maas_api_key` before step D; netem placeholder step E | exercised during the gated deploy | session (each mutation operator-approved) | Not reached (`docs/dc0-deploy-readiness.md:67-84,170-179`) |
-| G11 | Operator signs THIS document | read top-to-bottom; discrepancies resolved in the document | operator | Unsigned (this is the draft) |
+| G11 | Operator signs THIS document | read top-to-bottom; discrepancies resolved in the document | operator | CLOSED: SIGNED 2026-07-18, section 11 (post-probe version, per sequencing directive) |
 | G12 | `vr1-dc1` build | operator rules dc1 transit/rack addressing; then vars + substrate authored | operator | HELD (`docs/dc0-deploy-readiness.md:100-103`) |
 | G13 | D-129 residuals | operator-gated live plugin install on the edge; qga channel retrofit at next scheduled edge restart; 4 sub-decisions (section 8) | operator | OPEN / PARTIALLY RULED (`docs/design-decisions.md:4017`) |
 | G14 | 9 OPEN SEC rows (SEC-001, -003..-008, -010) | per-row: rotations/flips at v1 close (external to VR1 track) except SEC-010 = apply+verify at G10 | operator / external | `bash scripts/ledger-scan.sh` output, 2026-07-18 |
@@ -345,3 +345,12 @@
 the prose of the 95 `docs/changelog-*.md` files, the
 `docs/session-ledger.md` narrative, or auto-memory -- all proven to carry
 false status (GA-F14, GA-F06..F08).
+
+## 11. Operator signature (G11)
+
+SIGNED 2026-07-18. The operator personally reviewed the section-10
+verification run (outputs at repo HEAD `8cdbf4a`; zero divergences, match
+table in the session record) and read this document top to bottom. Exact
+utterance: "SIGNED Reviewed and all signoff conditions are met. I reviewed
+the section-10 run outputs at 8cdbf4a. Jesse 7/18/2026". This document is
+the signed status authority (charter Phase 6 item 5 MET at this baseline).