From 066aee96cc6127052688b97d53095b0ed4b471a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Creek <8179928+jcreek@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2026 18:53:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] test(training): add reproducible verification target

---
 Makefile    |  6 +++++-
 TRAINING.md | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 21b36edf..69c7d10c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.PHONY: verify-phase6 verify-enet-integration verify-steam-templates verify-supply-chain verify-kind-agones verify-allocated-compose verify-chaos-recovery verify-multiplayer-local verify-multiplayer-load verify-release-gate
+.PHONY: verify-phase6 verify-enet-integration verify-steam-templates verify-supply-chain verify-kind-agones verify-allocated-compose verify-chaos-recovery verify-multiplayer-local verify-multiplayer-load verify-release-gate verify-training
 
 verify-multiplayer-local:
 	bash scripts/verify_multiplayer_local.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ verify-release-gate:
 	@test -n "$(RELEASE_REPORT)" || (echo "RELEASE_REPORT=/path/to/report.json is required" >&2; exit 2)
 	python3 scripts/verify_release_gate.py "$(RELEASE_REPORT)"
 
+verify-training:
+	@test -x training/.venv/bin/python || (echo "training/.venv/bin/python is required; see TRAINING.md" >&2; exit 2)
+	(cd training && .venv/bin/python -m unittest test_action_space.py test_evaluate.py test_generation5.py)
+
 verify-phase6:
 	bash scripts/verify_phase6.sh
 
diff --git a/TRAINING.md b/TRAINING.md
index 0421607d..afb8e955 100644
--- a/TRAINING.md
+++ b/TRAINING.md
@@ -66,6 +66,16 @@ with `GODOT_BIN` or `--godot_bin` if yours lives elsewhere.)
 
 ## Run a training session
 
+Before starting a multi-hour curriculum run, execute the bounded policy and
+orchestrator checks from the repository root:
+
+```bash
+make verify-training
+```
+
+The target changes into `training/` deliberately because the test modules
+import sibling files such as `generation5.py` and `evaluate.py`.
+
 ```bash
 cd training
 .venv/bin/python train.py --experiment run01 --timesteps 20000000 --n-parallel 6 --speedup 16