# Progress Heartbeat — Orchestrator Generation 2

## Current Status
Last visited: 2026-10-01T01:05:00Z
- [x] Initialized DISPATCH.md, BRIEFING.md, plan.md, and progress.md
- [x] Phase 0: Survey full scope via 3 parallel explorers/spec miners
- [x] Synthesized Survey findings into master PROJECT.md at root
- [x] Phase 1: Launch Dual Tracks (E2E Testing Track + Implementation Track)
  - [x] E2E Testing Track: Produced comprehensive test suite and published TEST_INFRA.md & TEST_READY.md (42 tests: 33 pass, 4 xpass, 5 xfail baseline)
  - [x] Milestone 1 Exploration: All 3 explorers delivered comprehensive designs
  - [x] Milestone 1 Implementation: Worker `worker_m1_1_gen2` completed implementation (13/13 unit tests pass, 0 hygiene violations)
  - [x] Milestone 1 Gate Iteration 1: Evaluated (Auditor: CLEAN, Challenger 2: APPROVE, Reviewers 1 & 2 + Challenger 1: REQUEST_CHANGES)
  - [x] Milestone 1 Remediation (Iteration 2): 3 Fix Explorers completed exact patches for all review findings
- [x] Reached spawn threshold (16 / 16 spawns, all subagents completed)
- [x] Wrote soft handoff.md at c:\Projects\FreeExile\.agents\teamwork\orchestrator_2\handoff.md
- [x] Cancelled heartbeat cron task-24
- [ ] Succession to Generation 3 Orchestrator

## Iteration Status
Current iteration: 2 / 32

## Succession Status
- Succession required: yes
- Spawn count: 16 / 16 (ALL COMPLETED)
- Pending subagents: none
- Soft Handoff: c:\Projects\FreeExile\.agents\teamwork\orchestrator_2\handoff.md