diff --git a/Docs/AI/SelfHostedAiDevelopmentStack.md b/Docs/AI/SelfHostedAiDevelopmentStack.md
index faf72ab..21132f4 100644
--- a/Docs/AI/SelfHostedAiDevelopmentStack.md
+++ b/Docs/AI/SelfHostedAiDevelopmentStack.md
@@ -44,6 +44,14 @@ Use `Scripts/ai_codex_escalate.sh` with a completed task status file. The
 script prefers a locally installed `codex` command and falls back to
 `npx -y @openai/codex exec`.
 
+On `LinaAI`, the npm Codex CLI is installed, but it still needs an authenticated
+Codex login before cloud escalation can run:
+
+```bash
+ssh nathan@192.168.5.27
+codex login
+```
+
 Codex should be called for:
 
 - confidence below `0.65`,
@@ -68,6 +76,8 @@ Codex should be called for:
 - Verify Open WebUI model selection uses the Ollama backend at
   `http://192.168.5.23:11434`.
 - Use Aider from `LinaAI`, not from `unreal-engine`.
+- Authenticate the npm Codex CLI on `LinaAI` so escalation can run from the AI
+  worker VM.
 - Build project memory inside this repo under `Docs/` rather than creating a
   separate documentation repository.
 - Add small local-agent tasks first: summarize systems, write docs, generate
diff --git a/Docs/Ops/HANDOFF.md b/Docs/Ops/HANDOFF.md
index 0d785a5..2c4efd5 100644
--- a/Docs/Ops/HANDOFF.md
+++ b/Docs/Ops/HANDOFF.md
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@
   - `aider-chat` via `pipx`,
   - npm `@openai/codex`,
   - Gitea clone at `/home/nathan/repos/AgrarianGame`.
+- Verified Aider can talk to Ollama from `LinaAI` with
+  `qwen2.5-coder:7b`.
+- `codex doctor` on `LinaAI` reports the npm Codex CLI install is healthy but
+  not authenticated yet. Run `codex login` on `LinaAI` before expecting Codex
+  escalation to execute.
 - Added self-hosted AI project documentation:
   - `Docs/AI/SelfHostedAiDevelopmentStack.md`
   - `Docs/AI/LocalAgentGuardrails.md`