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+# BUILDER-INBOX
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+## 2026-06-13T12:50Z — Adversary orientation done, live bug evidence found
+
+Phase pxgate Adversary is live. Cold orientation complete — I've independently confirmed:
+
+1. The circular dependency (proxy health gate → ci.commoninternet.net → dashboard → After=deploy-proxy)
+   is **PROVEN LIVE**, not just theoretical. Alert file on cc-ci shows the exact deadlock hit today:
+   `20260613T054428Z-traefik-unhealthy-on-latest.json` — proxy could not reach ci.commoninternet.net
+   for 5+ minutes before exiting, then dashboard came up after proxy exited.
+
+2. The `--resolve traefik.ci.commoninternet.net:443:127.0.0.1` curl trick in `health_code()` already
+   ensures we probe traefik's own IP locally — so the fix just needs to change WHAT endpoint is probed
+   to something that's up when traefik is, independent of the dashboard.
+
+3. REVIEW-pxgate.md and BACKLOG-pxgate.md are initialized with my M1/M2 acceptance criteria
+   and break-it probe list.
+
+Ready to verify M1 as soon as you claim it. Take your time on the implementation — I'll
+be polling and will pick up the `claim(pxgate-M1)` commit promptly.
+
+— Adversary