diff --git a/docs/roadmap/implementation.md b/docs/roadmap/implementation.md
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--- a/docs/roadmap/implementation.md
+++ b/docs/roadmap/implementation.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Implementation Plan 0016: Prepare the D&D Deployment Playbook
 
-Status: ready
+Status: in_progress
 
 Target executor: GPT-5.6-Terra
 
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ deployment and live-acceptance stages. Do not execute them.
 
 ## Stage 1: Finish Consumer Comments and Usage Documentation
 
+Completion: complete (consumer `7f8353d74efabb5ae408e41be9837df53010dd95`)
+
 ### Objective and Owning Repository
 
 Make the existing committed consumer configuration self-explanatory in
@@ -123,6 +125,8 @@ No deployment or real credential provisioning is required.
 
 ## Stage 2: Record the Repository Preparation Handoff
 
+Completion: complete (handoff recorded by this change)
+
 ### Objective and Owning Repository
 
 Record Feature 0016 implementation readiness for independent review in the
@@ -167,10 +171,21 @@ required unless separately requested.
 
 ## Progress Notes
 
-The earlier consumer preparation is committed in `716a80e` and `12b2462`.
-This revised two-stage plan finishes comments and documentation, then records
-handoff. Earlier live-deployment stages and their open questions are withdrawn
-from Feature 0016. No live deployment has been performed.
+- Consumer `716a80e` added the initial runbook, and `12b2462` committed the
+  minimal playbook, public host choices, and reviewed dependency manifest.
+  Public dependency installation from the mixed manifest succeeded, host
+  listing selected only `pipeline-dnd`, and syntax checking passed.
+- Stage 1 is complete in consumer commit
+  `7f8353d74efabb5ae408e41be9837df53010dd95`. The plaintext inventory now
+  explains its unresolved Vault references, and the runbook distinguishes the
+  completed repository preparation from future operator installation,
+  credential provisioning, deployment, and application operation.
+- Stage 1 changed only comments and documentation, so the prior installation,
+  host-listing, and syntax evidence was reused as directed. `git diff --check`
+  passed, and the consumer working tree is clean.
+- Stage 2 records the implementation handoff for independent review. No live
+  deployment, target validation, credential provisioning, or pipeline session
+  was performed or is claimed by Feature 0016.
 
 ## Open Questions
 
diff --git a/docs/status.md b/docs/status.md
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--- a/docs/status.md
+++ b/docs/status.md
@@ -4,10 +4,9 @@ Last updated: 2026-09-21
 
 Current milestone: Operational D&D pipeline deployment
 
-Current focus: Finish Feature 0016 repository preparation under the revised
-two-stage plan: comments for unknown host values and concise operator docs,
-then commit and hand off for review. Controller deployment, target convergence,
-and session execution are outside this feature; no operational input blocks it.
+Current focus: Independently review the completed Feature 0016 repository
+preparation. Controller deployment, target convergence, credential provisioning,
+and session execution are separate operator work and are not claimed here.
 Feature 0015 is complete after independent review found no remediation issue.
 
 | ID | Deliverable | Owner | State | Evidence or next step |
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ Feature 0015 is complete after independent review found no remediation issue.
 | F0013 | Publish the first coordinated suite release | all Ansible repositories and workspace | done | Public [`rakestraw.dnd` 0.1.0 release](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ansible-collection-dnd/releases/tag/v0.1.0); documentation remediation completed in pipeline `78afffe` and collection `5e695f3` |
 | F0014 | Enroll existing pipeline operators | ansible-role-dnd-pipeline, ansible-collection-dnd, and workspace | done | Pipeline `c13f726` and collection import `c0b0ebd` passed their complete integration suites and independent review with no remediation findings |
 | F0015 | Enable D&D S3 storage and publishing | ansible-role-dnd-pipeline, ansible-collection-dnd, and workspace | done | Pipeline `51566afcf69083cdbb5b5718f2544c86b079001c`, collection fixture `cf3de016ee09edf91afc3bc1addfd926d4a172ad`, collection squash `77f67adbc0f700e88bc15554e02052eaa22f1033`, and collection merge `46913446765e86ecfb29ebad9955d579ef6a4c7e` passed the complete repository suites and independent review with no remediation findings |
-| F0016 | Prepare the D&D deployment playbook for `pipeline-dnd` | rakestraw-ansible and workspace | in_progress | Consumer preparation is in `716a80e` and `12b2462`; revised [plan](roadmap/implementation.md) finishes comments/docs and repository handoff only; previous live-deployment stages withdrawn |
+| F0016 | Prepare the D&D deployment playbook for `pipeline-dnd` | rakestraw-ansible and workspace | in_progress | Consumer preparation is in `716a80e`, `12b2462`, and `7f8353d`; public dependency installation, target-only host listing, syntax checking, and whitespace validation passed; independent review is next |
 | A0001 | Audit completed standalone-role test suites | workspace and standalone roles | done | Findings recorded in `docs/roadmap/test-suite-audit-findings.md` |
 | R0001 | Simplify completed standalone-role test suites | workspace and standalone roles | done | Role commits `e08c63c`, `d2d0b9d`, and `cfecf37` passed implementation and independent review |