diff --git a/docs/RUST_REWRITE.md b/docs/RUST_REWRITE.md
index 819c31e..430f146 100644
--- a/docs/RUST_REWRITE.md
+++ b/docs/RUST_REWRITE.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # A Rust rewrite: assessment
 
-Status: **in progress.** Phase 1 (collector) is built and verified, deploy pending; see
+Status: **in progress.** Phase 1 (collector) is in production since 2026-10-17; see
 [rust/README.md](../rust/README.md). Spike: [spikes/rust-forecast](../spikes/rust-forecast/README.md).
 
 ## Short version
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ This slows model iteration, which is the most active part of the repo.
 | Phase | Scope | Status |
 | --- | --- | --- |
 | 0 | Spike: P.1 features + HGB inference | done, bit-identical |
-| 1 | `ping-collector`: RID, HII, dams, Open-Meteo | built; live parity with Python on all 9 tables; deploy pending |
+| 1 | `ping-collector`: RID, HII, dams, Open-Meteo | in production since 2026-10-17 23:09 (Python: `COLLECTION_ENABLED=false`) |
 | 2 | Forecast crate + ntfy | next |
 | 3 | Read API | |
 | 4 | Cleanup | |
diff --git a/rust/README.md b/rust/README.md
index 58c1097..74b7608 100644
--- a/rust/README.md
+++ b/rust/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ costs and the parity rules are in [docs/RUST_REWRITE.md](../docs/RUST_REWRITE.md
 
 | Crate | Replaces | Status |
 | --- | --- | --- |
-| `collector` (`ping-collector`) | RID, HII/ThaiWater, RID dams and Open-Meteo collection in the Python web app | phase 1: ready to deploy |
+| `collector` (`ping-collector`) | RID, HII/ThaiWater, RID dams and Open-Meteo collection in the Python web app | phase 1: in production since 2026-10-17 |
 
 ## ping-collector