# BRIEFING — 2026-10-02T06:33:00Z

## Mission
Re-review worker_iter2's remediations on Dedicated PC Desktop Web Client (`client/web_pc/`) focusing on layout, HUD, hygiene, and i18n parity, stress-test edge cases, and issue verdict.

## 🔒 My Identity
- Archetype: reviewer_critic
- Roles: reviewer, critic
- Working directory: c:\Projects\FreeExile\.agents\teamwork\reviewer_iter2_2
- Original parent: 7eb101bf-362e-46b0-81cc-0a9216617c39
- Milestone: Dedicated PC Desktop Web Client (Iteration 2)
- Instance: 2 of 2

## 🔒 Key Constraints
- Review-only — do NOT modify implementation code
- Integrity check: actively check for integrity violations (hardcoded test results, facade implementations, bypassing task, fabricated verification outputs)
- Objective evidence-based findings

## Current Parent
- Conversation ID: 7eb101bf-362e-46b0-81cc-0a9216617c39
- Updated: 2026-10-02T06:26:44Z

## Review Scope
- **Files to review**: `client/web_pc/index.html`, `client/web_pc/css/pc_main.css`, `client/web_pc/css/pc_hud.css`, `client/web_pc/js/pc_hud_controller.js`, `client/web_pc/js/pc_input_controller.js`, `client/web_pc/js/pc_main.js`, `tests/e2e/test_pc_desktop_client_e2e.py`
- **Interface contracts**: `ORIGINAL_REQUEST.md` (§ `## 2026-10-02T05:17:43Z`), `PROJECT.md`
- **Review criteria**: layout (100vw x 100vh, zero scrollbars, zero mobile chassis), HUD (symmetrical orbs, action bar, minimap, chat, hotkeys), hygiene (<= 400 lines for index.html), 9-language i18n parity, zero mobile regression, integrity

## Key Decisions Made
- Confirmed resolution of all 3 gate-blocking defects from Iteration 1 (ES module SyntaxError, keys global ReferenceError, runtime .iphone-frame injection).
- Executed clean-room browser verification without test harness injection: confirmed 0 page errors, 0 JS uncaught exceptions, and clean full-screen rendering.
- Identified pre-existing non-blocking finding: `client/web_pc/css/pc_hud.css:243` relative URL causes 404 for `martial_skills_atlas.png` from stylesheet directory; documented recommendation for follow-up.
- Verdict: APPROVE.

## Artifact Index
- DISPATCH.md — Dispatch instructions and incoming message log
- BRIEFING.md — Working memory and status
- progress.md — Liveness heartbeat and step tracking
- handoff.md — Comprehensive Review and Adversarial Challenge Report with APPROVE verdict

## Review Checklist
- **Items reviewed**:
  - `client/web_pc/index.html` (verified 394 lines, preamble, script order, zero mobile chassis)
  - `client/web_pc/js/pc_hud_controller.js` (verified ES module imports and defensive fallbacks)
  - `client/web_pc/js/pc_main.js` (verified initPcHud scrubber, tooltips, modals, i18n, pause)
  - `client/web_pc/js/pc_input_controller.js` (verified click-to-move, hold-to-move, W decoupling, typing guard)
  - `client/web_pc/css/pc_main.css`, `pc_hud.css`, `pc_modals.css`
  - `tests/e2e/test_pc_desktop_client_e2e.py` (19/19 passed)
  - Unit test suite (45/45 passed)
  - Code hygiene (0 hard cap violations)
  - i18n hygiene (0 violations across 3 rules)
- **Verdict**: APPROVE
- **Unverified claims**: None. All claims independently verified.

## Attack Surface
- **Hypotheses tested**:
  - H1: Clean browser context without localStorage pre-seeding defaults to iphone-frame? -> Refuted; preamble sets `fe_sim_mode='fullscreen'` on frame 1.
  - H2: `canvas_renderer.js` crashes on bare `keys`? -> Refuted; `keys` hoisted in `<head>`.
  - H3: ES module loader fails to import `HudOrbs` or `minimapHud`? -> Refuted; Node and browser load cleanly.
  - H4: Rapid 9-language switching triggers page reload? -> Refuted; reactive in-place update confirmed.
  - H5: Resource 404s present? -> Identified: `pc_hud.css:243` loads `martial_skills_atlas.png` relative to CSS directory.
- **Vulnerabilities found**:
  - Minor: Relative asset path in `pc_hud.css:243` causes 404 on skill atlas image.
- **Untested angles**: WebGL canvas performance under 1000 simultaneous sprites (out of scope for web client layout milestone).