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 | MCR | v1.0.0 | Production | Yes | rift |
 | MCAT | v1.0.0 | Complete | Unknown | — |
 | MCDSL | v1.0.0 | Stable | N/A (library) | — |
-| MCNS | v0.1.0 | Precursor | Yes | rift |
+| MCNS | v1.0.0 | Built, pending deploy | No | rift (planned) |
 | MCP | v0.1.0 | Production | Yes | rift |
 | MCDeploy | v0.1.0 | Active dev | N/A (CLI tool) | — |
 
@@ -96,14 +96,15 @@ yet built.
 
 ### MCNS — Networking Service
 
-- **Version:** v0.1.0.
-- **Phase:** Precursor. CoreDNS instance serving internal zones until the
-  full MCNS service is built.
-- **Deployment:** Running on rift via Docker Compose. Serves two zones:
-  `mcp.metacircular.net` (node addresses) and
-  `svc.mcp.metacircular.net` (service addresses).
-- **Records:** rift node, metacrypt, mcr, sgard services.
-- **Artifacts:** Corefile, zone files, Docker Compose (rift).
+- **Version:** v1.0.0.
+- **Phase:** Implementation complete, pending deployment. Custom Go DNS
+  server replacing CoreDNS precursor. Authoritative DNS with SQLite-backed
+  zone/record storage and gRPC+REST management API.
+- **Deployment:** Not yet deployed (replacing CoreDNS on rift).
+- **Features:** A, AAAA, CNAME records; CNAME exclusivity; upstream
+  forwarding with caching; MCIAS auth; SOA auto-serial.
+- **Artifacts:** Dockerfile, Docker Compose (rift), example config, proto
+  definitions.
 
 ### MCP — Control Plane