# Progress - Challenger 2 (Milestone M2 Iteration 2)

- Status: Empirical verification and adversarial stress-testing complete. Drafting handoff.
- Last visited: 2026-10-09T03:33:45Z

## Checklist
- [x] Create DISPATCH.md and BRIEFING.md
- [x] Read ORIGINAL_REQUEST.md
- [x] Read orchestrator_1/PROJECT.md
- [x] Read worker_m2_hygiene_2/handoff.md
- [x] Run empirical test 1: `production_orchestrator.py --status --episode ep01` (0/192, 0.0%)
- [x] Run empirical test 2: `episode_manager.py --status` (EP01: 0/192, 0%)
- [x] Run empirical test 3: `pytest tests/test_tier1_features.py -k "not test_render"` (65 passed)
- [x] Run adversarial stress tests:
  - [x] `test_m2_hygiene.py` (6 passed)
  - [x] `tests/run_all_tests.py` (155 passed)
  - [x] Validated 184 archived MP4 headers (184/184 valid ftyp boxes, >2.24GB)
  - [x] Validated 0 ep01 videos and 0 ep01 keyframe folders in workspace
  - [x] Validated 62 character assets intact and readable
  - [x] Verified no active rogue background processes via psutil
  - [x] Verified `extract_tail_frame` hardening against non-existent and corrupt inputs (no orphan directories)
- [x] Formulate verdict: **APPROVE**
- [ ] Draft challenge report and verdict in handoff.md
- [ ] Send message to orchestrator