diff --git a/.ciagent/CHECKPOINT.json b/.ciagent/CHECKPOINT.json
index 465191e..4f80b84 100644
--- a/.ciagent/CHECKPOINT.json
+++ b/.ciagent/CHECKPOINT.json
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
 {
-  "phase": 1,
+  "phase": 2,
   "stage": "execute",
   "milestone": "v1.26",
   "phase_role": "execution",
   "attempts": 0,
-  "updated_at": "2026-08-13T18:35:00Z",
+  "updated_at": "2026-08-18T00:20:00Z",
   "project": "nova-blockchain-exchange",
   "projects": ["acdl", "nova-blockchain-exchange"],
   "active_milestone": "v1.26",
   "milestone_branch": "milestone/v1.26-pilot-activation",
-  "phase_branch": "phase/01-blockchain-core",
+  "phase_branch": "phase/02-contract-and-deploy",
   "tag_line": "v1.25.x",
-  "previous_phase": {"phase": 0, "tag": "v1.25.0", "release_id": 690, "status": "complete"},
-  "requirements": ["REQ-310", "REQ-311", "REQ-312"],
+  "previous_phase": {"phase": 1, "tag": "v1.25.1", "status": "complete"},
+  "requirements": ["REQ-322", "REQ-313", "REQ-314"],
   "pre_run": {
     "flaky_test_fixed": "8c68d68 test(metrics): fix attestation-event test freshness time-bomb",
     "acdl_to_nova_migration": "f844fea chore(bootstrap): migrate ACDL_* env vars to NOVA_*",
     "aws_bootstrap": "S3 nova-tfstate-581513795199-us-east-1 + DynamoDB nova-outbox created (idempotent, account 581513795199)",
     "consumer_repo_created": "continuous-intelligence/nova-blockchain-exchange (Gitea, private, init, cloned to /root/nova-blockchain-exchange)"
   },
-  "notes": "v1.26 P1 execute. Blockchain core + order engine + settlement in consumer repo. Persona: blockchain-engineer."
+  "notes": "v1.26 P2 execute. Reconciled: P1 complete (v1.25.1, merge 78da051) — prior checkpoint was stale. P2 spans acdl (W0 DynamoDB REQ-322, W3 floating tag) + nova-blockchain-exchange (W1 contract REQ-313, W2 deploy.yml REQ-314). Personas: data-engineer (W0), blockchain-engineer (W1/W2), lead-developer (W3)."
 }
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