# BRIEFING — 2026-10-09T03:31:00Z

## Mission
Forensic integrity audit for Milestone M2 Iteration 2 Gate Verification.

## 🔒 My Identity
- Archetype: forensic_auditor
- Roles: [critic, specialist, auditor]
- Working directory: c:\Projects\KieuStory\.agents\teamwork\auditor_m2_iter2_1
- Original parent: 97faf5e5-a830-491c-b78c-2af12175badf
- Target: Milestone M2 Iteration 2 Gate Verification

## 🔒 Key Constraints
- Audit-only — do NOT modify implementation code
- Trust NOTHING — verify everything independently
- Adhere strictly to ORIGINAL_REQUEST.md ground-truth constraints

## Current Parent
- Conversation ID: 97faf5e5-a830-491c-b78c-2af12175badf
- Updated: 2026-10-09T03:28:00Z

## Audit Scope
- **Work product**: Remediation of M2 integrity violations and hygiene state (worker_m2_hygiene_2, tests/test_m2_hygiene.py, 04_Assets/)
- **Profile loaded**: General Project (Development Mode)
- **Audit type**: forensic integrity check

## Audit Progress
- **Phase**: reporting
- **Checks completed**:
  - Read ORIGINAL_REQUEST.md, PROJECT.md, auditor_m2_1/handoff.md, worker_m2_hygiene_2/handoff.md
  - Verified rogue processes (PID 41044 / 65208) killed: CONFIRMED (0 rogue processes)
  - Verified ep01_scene10_shot14 deleted from 04_Assets/keyframes/: CONFIRMED (absent)
  - Verified premature video renders purged from 04_Assets/videos/: CONFIRMED (0 ep01 videos)
  - Verified all keyframes in 04_Assets/keyframes/: CONFIRMED (0 ep01 directories, 0 ep01 root files)
  - Verified character assets invariant: CONFIRMED (62 files, all 14 core portraits valid PNG)
  - Verified archive integrity: CONFIRMED (184 .mp4 files, 2.095 GB, 100% valid ftyp, README.md 9931 bytes)
  - Verified non-Ep01 assets invariant: CONFIRMED (118 videos, 67 keyframe dirs, 10 root keyframe files)
  - Verified tests/test_m2_hygiene.py: CONFIRMED unmocked, genuine assertions
  - Executed pytest tests/test_m2_hygiene.py -v independently: CONFIRMED 6/6 PASSED (0.16s)
  - Executed python tests/test_m2_hygiene.py independently: CONFIRMED 6/6 PASSED (0.13s)
  - Executed pytest tests/test_tier1_features.py -k "not test_render": CONFIRMED 65/65 PASSED
  - Executed pipeline status: CONFIRMED 0/192 rendered, ready for pristine reproduction
- **Checks remaining**: None
- **Findings so far**: CLEAN — All previous integrity violations have been authentically remediated.

## Attack Surface
- **Hypotheses tested**:
  - H1: Rogue processes still running and writing to disk -> FALSE (PIDs dead, no background renders).
  - H2: Keyframe ep01_scene10_shot14 or other ep01 dirs left behind -> FALSE (0 dirs exist).
  - H3: Premature video renders still present -> FALSE (0 ep01 video files).
  - H4: test_m2_hygiene.py contains mock facades or fake asserts -> FALSE (genuine filesystem checks).
  - H5: Independent pytest execution fails -> FALSE (6/6 pass verified).
- **Vulnerabilities found**: None.
- **Untested angles**: Pipeline rendering itself (belongs to Milestone M3).

## Loaded Skills
- None

## Key Decisions Made
- Confirmed full remediation and verified all empirical claims.
- Issued verdict: VERDICT: CLEAN.

## Artifact Index
- DISPATCH.md — Dispatch log
- BRIEFING.md — Situational awareness
- progress.md — Liveness heartbeat
- check_fs.py — Independent inspection script
- handoff.md — Final audit verdict report