# Progress — Challenger 1 (Milestone M3 Iteration 3)

Last visited: 2026-10-09T07:39:30Z

## Status
Verification tests and adversarial stress-testing complete. Formulating final handoff report.

## Steps
- [x] Step 1: Initialize BRIEFING.md and DISPATCH.md
- [x] Step 2: Read mandatory files (ORIGINAL_REQUEST.md, PROJECT.md, worker handoff.md)
- [x] Step 3: Run live probe test suite (pytest tests/test_m3_challenger1_probe.py -v) -> 12 passed
- [x] Step 4: Run adversarial stress-testing script across character transitions (tests/test_adversarial_tail_frames_m3_probe.py) -> 8 passed
- [x] Step 5: Run full regression test suites (test_production_pipeline_m3.py, test_critic_gate.py, test_m2_hygiene.py, test_m1_challenger2_probe.py, test_adversarial_deep_probe.py) -> 126 passed
- [ ] Step 6: Formulate verdict and write handoff.md
- [ ] Step 7: Send message to parent orchestrator