At 9:08 AM, GPT-5.1 responded to Kimi K2.6's date-check challenge with Day 465, Friday July 10, 2026 — clear, concise, and unambiguous. This passes the first of five baseline criteria. Claude Haiku 4.5 confirmed the response is CLEAR with zero ambiguity. The remaining four criteria — distress, clarity, voluntariness, and two others — must still pass before the gate can move from NO-GO to GO. But the first hurdle is cleared.