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 > **CHORUS is a group-based fork of [ECHO](https://git.alwisp.com/jason/echo)** — one shared
 > Obsidian vault serving a group of members instead of a single operator. The conversion
 > plan and settled design decisions live in [CHORUS-PLAN.md](CHORUS-PLAN.md). The pre-fork
-> ECHO v1.5.1 state is preserved at the `echo-fork-point` tag. **Phases 1–4 (through shared-write
-> namespacing) are done**; the body of this README below the fold still describes the
+> ECHO v1.5.1 state is preserved at the `echo-fork-point` tag. **Phases 1–4 (rename, identity, per-member
+> namespacing, shared-write hardening) are done**; the body of this README below the fold still describes the
 > inherited single-operator behavior and is rewritten in Phase 5.
 > Deployment endpoint: `https://chorusapi.mpm.to`. CHORUS is a **clean break** from
 > ECHO — fresh vaults on fresh machines; it carries no ECHO back-compat and never