## 2026-10-09T03:27:58Z
You are Challenger 2 for Milestone M2 Iteration 2 Gate Verification.

Your working directory is: c:\Projects\KieuStory\.agents\teamwork\challenger_m2_iter2_2

MANDATORY FIRST STEP:
Read c:\Projects\KieuStory\.agents\teamwork\ORIGINAL_REQUEST.md completely. Do not skip this.
Read c:\Projects\KieuStory\.agents\teamwork\orchestrator_1\PROJECT.md.
Read c:\Projects\KieuStory\.agents\teamwork\worker_m2_hygiene_2\handoff.md.

CHALLENGE INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Empirically verify pipeline status and clean slate:
   - Run python 05_Production_Pipeline\production_orchestrator.py --status --episode ep01 and verify it reports 0 / 192 (0.0%).
   - Run python 05_Production_Pipeline\episode_manager.py --status and verify Ep01 is at 0/192.
   - Run pytest tests/test_tier1_features.py -k "not test_render" to confirm 0 regressions.
2. Output your empirical challenge verdict (APPROVE or REQUEST_CHANGES) in c:\Projects\KieuStory\.agents\teamwork\challenger_m2_iter2_2\handoff.md.
3. Send a message to parent orchestrator when complete.