# Progress — challenger_m3_1

Last visited: 2026-10-02T03:07:00Z

- [x] Initialized DISPATCH.md and BRIEFING.md
- [x] Inspect handoff reports from worker_m3 and test_writer_m3, and PROJECT.md
- [x] Inspect test files and server endpoint code
- [x] Run `pytest tests/e2e/test_30_biomes_generation_e2e.py -v` -> REPRODUCED 1 FAILURE (`test_explicit_biome_override_on_zone`)
- [x] Stress-test `/api/map` endpoint with boundary and adversarial parameters (`tests/unit/test_challenger_api_map_stress.py` - 9/9 passed)
- [x] Run `node tests/unit/test_challenger_lru_thrashing_stress.js` -> 4/4 suites passed (0 leaked canvases, 16.010 MB RAM <= 16.5 MB, 175k FPS)
- [x] Run regressions: 333 unit tests passed, hygiene check passed with 0 hard cap violations
- [x] Analyze findings, compile empirical evidence
- [ ] Formulate verdict (FAIL due to e2e test regression) and generate handoff.md
- [ ] Notify orchestrator_14