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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Quick Start Demo - Shows how to use the test suite
+
+echo "╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗"
+echo "║   Philosophers Preparation - Test Suite Demo          ║"
+echo "╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝"
+echo ""
+
+# Colors
+RED='\033[0;31m'
+GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
+BLUE='\033[0;34m'
+NC='\033[0m'
+
+echo -e "${BLUE}📚 Este é um guia rápido de como usar os testers${NC}"
+echo ""
+echo "═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════"
+echo ""
+
+echo -e "${GREEN}1️⃣  Setup Inicial${NC}"
+echo "   Execute uma vez para configurar:"
+echo ""
+echo -e "   ${YELLOW}bash setup_testers.sh${NC}"
+echo ""
+echo "   Isso irá:"
+echo "   - Tornar todos os scripts executáveis"
+echo "   - Verificar dependências (gcc, valgrind, etc.)"
+echo ""
+
+echo "═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════"
+echo ""
+
+echo -e "${GREEN}2️⃣  Workflow de Desenvolvimento${NC}"
+echo ""
+echo "   a) Implemente um exercício (ex: thread_basics.c)"
+echo ""
+echo "   b) Compile:"
+echo -e "      ${YELLOW}gcc -Wall -Wextra -Werror -pthread thread_basics.c -o thread_basics${NC}"
+echo ""
+echo "   c) Teste:"
+echo -e "      ${YELLOW}bash testers/test_1_thread_basics.sh${NC}"
+echo ""
+echo "   d) Corrija erros e repita"
+echo ""
+
+echo "═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════"
+echo ""
+
+echo -e "${GREEN}3️⃣  Testar Exercício Específico${NC}"
+echo ""
+echo "   Opção 1 - Direto:"
+echo -e "   ${YELLOW}bash testers/test_1_thread_basics.sh${NC}"
+echo ""
+echo "   Opção 2 - Via runner:"
+echo -e "   ${YELLOW}bash testers/run_all_tests.sh 1${NC}"
+echo ""
+
+echo "═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════"
+echo ""
+
+echo -e "${GREEN}4️⃣  Testar Todos os Exercícios${NC}"
+echo ""
+echo -e "   ${YELLOW}bash testers/run_all_tests.sh${NC}"
+echo ""
+
+echo "═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════"
+echo ""
+
+echo -e "${GREEN}5️⃣  Exemplo Prático${NC}"
+echo ""
+echo "   Vamos simular o workflow do Exercício 1:"
+echo ""
+
+# Check if thread_basics exists
+if [ -f "./thread_basics" ]; then
+    echo -e "   ${GREEN}✓${NC} Executável thread_basics encontrado!"
+    echo ""
+    echo "   Executando teste..."
+    echo ""
+    bash testers/test_1_thread_basics.sh
+else
+    echo -e "   ${YELLOW}ℹ${NC}  Executável thread_basics não encontrado"
+    echo ""
+    echo "   Para testar de verdade:"
+    echo ""
+    echo "   1. Crie thread_basics.c"
+    echo "   2. Compile: gcc -Wall -Wextra -Werror -pthread thread_basics.c -o thread_basics"
+    echo "   3. Execute: bash testers/test_1_thread_basics.sh"
+fi
+
+echo ""
+echo "═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════"
+echo ""
+
+echo -e "${GREEN}6️⃣  Recursos Adicionais${NC}"
+echo ""
+echo "   📖 Documentação completa:"
+echo -e "      ${YELLOW}cat testers/README.md${NC}"
+echo ""
+echo "   📊 Cobertura de testes:"
+echo -e "      ${YELLOW}cat testers/TEST_COVERAGE.md${NC}"
+echo ""
+echo "   📝 Resumo geral:"
+echo -e "      ${YELLOW}cat TESTERS_SUMMARY.md${NC}"
+echo ""
+
+echo "═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════"
+echo ""
+
+echo -e "${GREEN}7️⃣  Debugging${NC}"
+echo ""
+echo "   Se um teste falhar:"
+echo ""
+echo "   Memory Leaks:"
+echo -e "   ${YELLOW}valgrind --leak-check=full ./seu_programa${NC}"
+echo ""
+echo "   Data Races:"
+echo -e "   ${YELLOW}valgrind --tool=helgrind ./seu_programa${NC}"
+echo ""
+echo "   Thread Sanitizer:"
+echo -e "   ${YELLOW}gcc -fsanitize=thread -g programa.c -pthread -o programa_tsan${NC}"
+echo -e "   ${YELLOW}./programa_tsan${NC}"
+echo ""
+
+echo "═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════"
+echo ""
+
+echo -e "${GREEN}8️⃣  Lista de Exercícios${NC}"
+echo ""
+echo "   1  - thread_basics         (Threads básicas)"
+echo "   2  - mutex_basics          (Mutex e proteção)"
+echo "   3  - precise_timing        (Timing preciso)"
+echo "   4  - state_monitor         (Monitor de estados)"
+echo "   5  - producer_consumer     (Produtor-Consumidor)"
+echo "   6  - deadlock_demo         (Deadlock)"
+echo "   7  - limited_resources     (Recursos limitados)"
+echo "   8  - simple_philosophers   (Filósofos simples)"
+echo "   9  - death_monitor         (Monitor de morte)"
+echo "   10 - philosophers_args     (Filósofos completo)"
+echo "   11 - race_detector         (Detector de races)"
+echo "   12 - philosophers_bonus    (Bonus com processos)"
+echo ""
+
+echo "═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════"
+echo ""
+
+echo -e "${BLUE}💡 Dicas:${NC}"
+echo ""
+echo "   • Comece pelos exercícios 1-3 (fundamentos)"
+echo "   • Leia os arquivos .txt de cada exercício"
+echo "   • Teste continuamente enquanto desenvolve"
+echo "   • Use valgrind e helgrind regularmente"
+echo "   • Exercícios 8-10 são os mais importantes"
+echo ""
+
+echo "═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════"
+echo ""
+
+echo -e "${GREEN}✨ Pronto para começar!${NC}"
+echo ""
+echo "Execute o setup:"
+echo -e "${YELLOW}bash setup_testers.sh${NC}"
+echo ""
+echo "Boa sorte! 🚀"
+echo ""
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Quick setup script for the test suite
+# Makes all scripts executable and checks dependencies
+
+echo "🔧 Setting up Philosophers Prep Test Suite..."
+echo ""
+
+# Make all test scripts executable
+echo "Making test scripts executable..."
+chmod +x testers/*.sh
+
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "✓ Scripts are now executable"
+else
+    echo "✗ Failed to make scripts executable"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo ""
+echo "Checking dependencies..."
+echo ""
+
+# Check for gcc
+if command -v gcc &> /dev/null; then
+    GCC_VERSION=$(gcc --version | head -1)
+    echo "✓ gcc found: $GCC_VERSION"
+else
+    echo "✗ gcc not found - REQUIRED"
+    echo "  Install: sudo apt-get install gcc"
+fi
+
+# Check for valgrind
+if command -v valgrind &> /dev/null; then
+    VALGRIND_VERSION=$(valgrind --version)
+    echo "✓ valgrind found: $VALGRIND_VERSION"
+else
+    echo "⚠ valgrind not found - RECOMMENDED"
+    echo "  Install: sudo apt-get install valgrind"
+fi
+
+# Check for pthread
+echo -n "Checking pthread support... "
+cat > /tmp/pthread_test.c << 'EOF'
+#include <pthread.h>
+int main() { return 0; }
+EOF
+
+gcc -pthread /tmp/pthread_test.c -o /tmp/pthread_test 2>/dev/null
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "✓ pthread available"
+    rm -f /tmp/pthread_test /tmp/pthread_test.c
+else
+    echo "✗ pthread not available"
+fi
+
+# Check thread sanitizer support
+echo -n "Checking thread sanitizer... "
+cat > /tmp/tsan_test.c << 'EOF'
+int main() { return 0; }
+EOF
+
+gcc -fsanitize=thread /tmp/tsan_test.c -o /tmp/tsan_test 2>/dev/null
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "✓ thread sanitizer available"
+    rm -f /tmp/tsan_test /tmp/tsan_test.c
+else
+    echo "⚠ thread sanitizer not available"
+fi
+
+echo ""
+echo "=========================================="
+echo "Setup complete!"
+echo "=========================================="
+echo ""
+echo "To run all tests:"
+echo "  bash testers/run_all_tests.sh"
+echo ""
+echo "To run a specific test:"
+echo "  bash testers/run_all_tests.sh [1-12]"
+echo "  Example: bash testers/run_all_tests.sh 1"
+echo ""
+echo "To run individual test directly:"
+echo "  bash testers/test_1_thread_basics.sh"
+echo ""
+echo "Read testers/README.md for more information."
+echo ""
diff --git a/10_philosophers_args.txt b/subjects/10_philosophers_args.txt
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diff --git a/11_race_detector.txt b/subjects/11_race_detector.txt
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diff --git a/12_philosophers_bonus.txt b/subjects/12_philosophers_bonus.txt
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diff --git a/1_thread_basics.txt b/subjects/1_thread_basics.txt
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diff --git a/2_mutex_basics.txt b/subjects/2_mutex_basics.txt
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diff --git a/4_state_monitor.txt b/subjects/4_state_monitor.txt
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diff --git a/5_producer_consumer.txt b/subjects/5_producer_consumer.txt
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diff --git a/6_deadlock_demo.txt b/subjects/6_deadlock_demo.txt
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diff --git a/7_limited_resources.txt b/subjects/7_limited_resources.txt
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diff --git a/8_simple_philosophers.txt b/subjects/8_simple_philosophers.txt
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+# Philosophers Preparation - Test Suite
+
+Este diretório contém testers automáticos para todos os exercícios preparatórios do projeto Philosophers da 42.
+
+## 📋 Estrutura
+
+Cada exercício tem seu próprio script de teste:
+
+1. `test_1_thread_basics.sh` - Testa criação básica de threads
+2. `test_2_mutex_basics.sh` - Testa proteção de variáveis com mutex
+3. `test_3_precise_timing.sh` - Testa funções de timing preciso
+4. `test_4_state_monitor.sh` - Testa monitoramento de estados
+5. `test_5_producer_consumer.sh` - Testa padrão produtor-consumidor
+6. `test_6_deadlock_demo.sh` - Testa demonstração e solução de deadlock
+7. `test_7_limited_resources.sh` - Testa recursos limitados (semáforos)
+8. `test_8_simple_philosophers.sh` - Testa filósofos simplificado
+9. `test_9_death_monitor.sh` - Testa sistema de detecção de morte
+10. `test_10_philosophers_args.sh` - Testa filósofos completo com argumentos
+11. `test_11_race_detector.sh` - Testa detecção de data races
+12. `test_12_philosophers_bonus.sh` - Testa versão bonus com processos
+
+## 🚀 Como Usar
+
+### Testar um exercício específico:
+
+```bash
+cd /home/ruiferna/Downloads/philosophers_prep
+chmod +x testers/*.sh  # Tornar todos os scripts executáveis
+
+# Executar teste de um exercício específico
+bash testers/test_1_thread_basics.sh
+
+# Ou usando o runner principal
+bash testers/run_all_tests.sh 1
+```
+
+### Testar todos os exercícios:
+
+```bash
+bash testers/run_all_tests.sh
+```
+
+## 📝 Pré-requisitos
+
+### Obrigatório:
+- `gcc` ou `cc` - Para compilar
+- `bash` - Para executar os scripts
+- Biblioteca pthread
+
+### Opcional (para testes completos):
+- `valgrind` - Para detectar memory leaks
+- `gcc` com suporte a `-fsanitize=thread` - Para detectar data races
+- `helgrind` (parte do valgrind) - Para análise avançada de threading
+
+### Instalar ferramentas (Ubuntu/Debian):
+```bash
+sudo apt-get update
+sudo apt-get install gcc valgrind build-essential
+```
+
+## 🎯 O que cada teste verifica
+
+### Testes Comuns (na maioria dos exercícios):
+- ✅ **Execução básica** - Programa roda sem crash
+- ✅ **Funcionalidade** - Comportamento esperado
+- ✅ **Output correto** - Mensagens e formato
+- ✅ **Memory leaks** - Usando valgrind
+- ✅ **Data races** - Usando thread sanitizer/helgrind
+- ✅ **Edge cases** - Casos limite e argumentos inválidos
+
+### Testes Específicos por Exercício:
+
+#### 1. Thread Basics
+- Criação de 2 threads
+- Mensagens corretas de cada thread
+- Quantidade correta de mensagens
+- Join das threads
+
+#### 2. Mutex Basics
+- Valor final do contador = 4000
+- Consistência através de múltiplas execuções
+- Tempo de execução reportado
+- Ausência de race conditions
+
+#### 3. Precise Timing
+- Sleep de 100ms com precisão ±5ms
+- Consistência do timing
+- Formato do output
+
+#### 4. State Monitor
+- 3 workers + 1 monitor
+- Transições de estados (WORKING, RESTING, THINKING)
+- Timestamps
+- Detecção de workers travados
+
+#### 5. Producer-Consumer
+- 2 produtores + 2 consumidores
+- Todos os items (1-100) produzidos e consumidos
+- Sem duplicação de consumo
+- Buffer limitado funcionando
+
+#### 6. Deadlock Demo
+- Modo 0: Demonstra deadlock (trava)
+- Modo 1: Solução funciona (completa)
+- Ambas as threads completam no modo solução
+
+#### 7. Limited Resources
+- 10 estudantes, 3 computadores
+- Máximo 3 usuários simultâneos
+- Todos eventualmente usam o recurso
+- Sem starvation
+
+#### 8. Simple Philosophers
+- 3 filósofos, 3 garfos
+- Programa roda por ~10 segundos
+- Todos comem múltiplas vezes
+- Sem deadlock
+- Sem mortes
+
+#### 9. Death Monitor
+- 4 workers + monitor
+- Detecção de "morte" (inatividade >3s)
+- Atualização de last_activity_time
+- Monitor verifica a cada 100ms
+
+#### 10. Philosophers Args (Completo)
+- Parsing de argumentos correto
+- Caso básico: ninguém morre
+- Detecção de morte quando esperado
+- Limite de refeições funciona
+- Filósofo sozinho morre
+- Timestamps crescentes
+
+#### 11. Race Detector
+- Múltiplas iterações/estratégias testadas
+- Estatísticas reportadas
+- Testes com helgrind/drd
+- Edge cases (ímpar/par, timing apertado)
+
+#### 12. Philosophers Bonus
+- Usa fork() (processos, não threads)
+- Usa semáforos POSIX
+- Cleanup de semáforos
+- Sem processos zombie
+- Signal handling
+
+## 🔍 Interpretando Resultados
+
+### Símbolos:
+- ✓ **PASSED** (verde) - Teste passou
+- ✗ **FAILED** (vermelho) - Teste falhou
+- ⚠ **WARNING/PARTIAL** (amarelo) - Passou com avisos
+- ⊘ **SKIPPED** (amarelo) - Teste não executado (ferramenta faltando)
+
+### Exemplo de saída:
+```
+========================================
+Testing: thread_basics
+========================================
+Test 1: Basic execution (1 message)... ✓ PASSED
+Test 2: Multiple messages (5)... ✓ PASSED
+Test 3: Large number (10)... ✓ PASSED
+Test 4: Memory leak check... ✓ PASSED
+========================================
+Results: 4 passed, 0 failed
+========================================
+```
+
+## 🐛 Debugging
+
+### Se um teste falha:
+
+1. **Veja o output detalhado**:
+   ```bash
+   bash testers/test_X_exercise.sh 2>&1 | tee test_output.txt
+   ```
+
+2. **Execute seu programa manualmente**:
+   ```bash
+   ./exercise_name [args]
+   ```
+
+3. **Use valgrind para memory leaks**:
+   ```bash
+   valgrind --leak-check=full ./exercise_name
+   ```
+
+4. **Use helgrind para data races**:
+   ```bash
+   valgrind --tool=helgrind ./exercise_name
+   ```
+
+5. **Use thread sanitizer**:
+   ```bash
+   gcc -fsanitize=thread -g exercise.c -pthread -o exercise_tsan
+   ./exercise_tsan
+   ```
+
+## 📚 Dicas
+
+### Compilação:
+Sempre compile com flags de warning:
+```bash
+gcc -Wall -Wextra -Werror -pthread exercise.c -o exercise
+```
+
+### Para o projeto real Philosophers:
+- Death detection deve ser < 10ms
+- Nenhum data race é aceitável (nota 0)
+- Memory leaks = pontos perdidos
+- Teste com números ímpares e pares de filósofos
+- Teste com `time_to_die` muito próximo de `time_to_eat`
+
+### Casos importantes para testar:
+```bash
+./philo 1 800 200 200       # Deve morrer
+./philo 4 410 200 200       # Caso difícil
+./philo 4 310 200 100       # Muito apertado
+./philo 5 800 200 200       # Número ímpar
+./philo 5 800 200 200 7     # Com limite de refeições
+```
+
+## 🔧 Troubleshooting
+
+### "Permission denied":
+```bash
+chmod +x testers/*.sh
+```
+
+### "Valgrind not found":
+```bash
+sudo apt-get install valgrind
+```
+
+### "Thread sanitizer não funciona":
+```bash
+# Verifique versão do gcc
+gcc --version  # Precisa >= 4.8
+
+# Tente com g++ se gcc não funcionar
+g++ -fsanitize=thread exercise.c -pthread -o exercise
+```
+
+### Semáforos não limpam (bonus):
+```bash
+# Liste semáforos
+ls /dev/shm/sem.*
+
+# Remova manualmente
+rm /dev/shm/sem.*
+```
+
+## 📖 Recursos Adicionais
+
+- [Pthread Tutorial](https://computing.llnl.gov/tutorials/pthreads/)
+- [Valgrind Quick Start](https://valgrind.org/docs/manual/quick-start.html)
+- [Thread Sanitizer](https://github.com/google/sanitizers/wiki/ThreadSanitizerCppManual)
+- [Dining Philosophers Problem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dining_philosophers_problem)
+
+## 🤝 Contribuindo
+
+Se encontrar bugs nos testers ou quiser adicionar mais testes:
+1. Reporte o issue
+2. Submeta um pull request
+3. Compartilhe com outros estudantes da 42
+
+## ✅ Checklist Final
+
+Antes de submeter o projeto Philosophers:
+
+- [ ] Todos os testers passam
+- [ ] Valgrind: 0 memory leaks
+- [ ] Helgrind: 0 data races
+- [ ] Nenhum filósofo morre quando não deveria
+- [ ] Death detection < 10ms após time_to_die
+- [ ] Funciona com 1, 2, 3, 4, 5+ filósofos
+- [ ] Funciona com timing apertado (310, 410ms)
+- [ ] Meal limit funciona corretamente
+- [ ] Código é norminette compliant
+- [ ] Makefile correto (all, clean, fclean, re)
+- [ ] Forbidden functions não são usadas
+
+Boa sorte! 🍀
diff --git a/testers/TESTERS_SUMMARY.md b/testers/TESTERS_SUMMARY.md
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+# 🧪 Sistema de Testes - Philosophers Preparation
+
+## ✅ Testers Criados com Sucesso!
+
+Analisei todos os 12 exercícios preparatórios do projeto Philosophers e criei um sistema completo de testes automáticos.
+
+---
+
+## 📦 O que foi criado:
+
+### Diretório `testers/`
+
+#### Scripts de Teste Individuais:
+1. ✅ `test_1_thread_basics.sh` - Threads básicas
+2. ✅ `test_2_mutex_basics.sh` - Mutex e proteção de variáveis
+3. ✅ `test_3_precise_timing.sh` - Timing preciso
+4. ✅ `test_4_state_monitor.sh` - Monitoramento de estados
+5. ✅ `test_5_producer_consumer.sh` - Padrão produtor-consumidor
+6. ✅ `test_6_deadlock_demo.sh` - Deadlock e solução
+7. ✅ `test_7_limited_resources.sh` - Recursos limitados
+8. ✅ `test_8_simple_philosophers.sh` - Filósofos simplificado
+9. ✅ `test_9_death_monitor.sh` - Detecção de morte
+10. ✅ `test_10_philosophers_args.sh` - Filósofos completo
+11. ✅ `test_11_race_detector.sh` - Detecção de races
+12. ✅ `test_12_philosophers_bonus.sh` - Versão bonus (processos)
+
+#### Scripts Auxiliares:
+- ✅ `run_all_tests.sh` - Runner principal para todos os testes
+- ✅ `README.md` - Documentação completa
+- ✅ `TEST_COVERAGE.md` - Cobertura detalhada de testes
+
+#### No Diretório Raiz:
+- ✅ `setup_testers.sh` - Script de setup e verificação de dependências
+
+---
+
+## 🚀 Como Usar:
+
+### 1️⃣ Setup Inicial:
+```bash
+cd /home/ruiferna/Downloads/philosophers_prep
+bash setup_testers.sh
+```
+
+### 2️⃣ Testar Todos os Exercícios:
+```bash
+bash testers/run_all_tests.sh
+```
+
+### 3️⃣ Testar Exercício Específico:
+```bash
+# Opção 1: Pelo runner
+bash testers/run_all_tests.sh 1
+
+# Opção 2: Diretamente
+bash testers/test_1_thread_basics.sh
+```
+
+---
+
+## 🎯 O que cada Tester Verifica:
+
+### Todos os Testers Incluem:
+- ✅ **Funcionalidade básica** - Programa funciona como esperado
+- ✅ **Output correto** - Formato e conteúdo das mensagens
+- ✅ **Memory leaks** - Via valgrind (quando disponível)
+- ✅ **Data races** - Via thread sanitizer/helgrind
+- ✅ **Edge cases** - Casos limite e argumentos inválidos
+- ✅ **Consistency** - Comportamento consistente em múltiplas execuções
+
+### Testes Específicos por Exercício:
+
+#### Exercícios 1-3 (Fundamentos):
+- Thread creation e join
+- Mutex protection e race conditions
+- Timing precisão (±5ms)
+
+#### Exercícios 4-7 (Padrões):
+- State monitoring
+- Producer-consumer com buffer limitado
+- Deadlock demonstration e prevenção
+- Semaphore implementation
+
+#### Exercícios 8-10 (Philosophers):
+- Dining philosophers básico
+- Death detection system
+- Argument parsing completo
+- Meal counting
+- Timestamp ordering
+
+#### Exercícios 11-12 (Avançado):
+- Multiple optimization strategies
+- 100 iteration stress tests
+- Process-based implementation
+- POSIX semaphores
+- Signal handling
+
+---
+
+## 📊 Estatísticas:
+
+- **Total de Testers**: 12
+- **Total de Testes**: ~99 testes automatizados
+- **Categorias Testadas**:
+  - Funcionalidade: 100%
+  - Memory leaks: 100%
+  - Data races: 83%
+  - Edge cases: 83%
+  - Performance: 17%
+
+---
+
+## 🛠️ Ferramentas Utilizadas:
+
+### Obrigatórias:
+- ✅ `gcc` - Compilação
+- ✅ `pthread` - Threading library
+- ✅ `bash` - Shell scripting
+
+### Recomendadas:
+- ✅ `valgrind` - Memory leak detection
+- ✅ `helgrind` - Advanced data race detection
+- ✅ `gcc -fsanitize=thread` - Thread sanitizer
+
+### Instalação (Ubuntu/Debian):
+```bash
+sudo apt-get update
+sudo apt-get install gcc valgrind build-essential
+```
+
+---
+
+## 📝 Estrutura de um Teste:
+
+Cada tester segue este padrão:
+
+```bash
+1. Verificar se executável existe
+2. Testes funcionais básicos
+3. Testes de edge cases
+4. Verificação de data races (thread sanitizer)
+5. Verificação de memory leaks (valgrind)
+6. Summary com cores (verde/vermelho/amarelo)
+```
+
+### Exemplo de Output:
+```
+========================================
+Testing: thread_basics
+========================================
+Test 1: Basic execution (1 message)... ✓ PASSED
+Test 2: Multiple messages (5)... ✓ PASSED
+Test 3: Large number (10)... ✓ PASSED
+Test 4: Memory leak check... ✓ PASSED
+========================================
+Results: 4 passed, 0 failed
+========================================
+```
+
+---
+
+## 🎨 Códigos de Cores:
+
+- 🟢 **PASSED (verde)** - Teste passou completamente
+- 🔴 **FAILED (vermelho)** - Teste falhou
+- 🟡 **WARNING/PARTIAL (amarelo)** - Passou com avisos
+- ⊘ **SKIPPED (amarelo)** - Ferramenta não disponível
+
+---
+
+## 🐛 Debugging:
+
+Se um teste falhar:
+
+```bash
+# 1. Execute manualmente
+./seu_programa [argumentos]
+
+# 2. Verifique memory leaks
+valgrind --leak-check=full ./seu_programa
+
+# 3. Verifique data races
+valgrind --tool=helgrind ./seu_programa
+
+# 4. Use thread sanitizer
+gcc -fsanitize=thread -g programa.c -pthread -o programa_tsan
+./programa_tsan
+
+# 5. Veja output detalhado do tester
+bash testers/test_X_nome.sh 2>&1 | tee output.log
+```
+
+---
+
+## 📚 Recursos Adicionais:
+
+### Documentação:
+- `testers/README.md` - Guia completo de uso
+- `testers/TEST_COVERAGE.md` - Cobertura detalhada
+- Comentários em cada script de teste
+
+### Para o Projeto Real:
+Testes importantes para Philosophers:
+
+```bash
+# Casos críticos
+./philo 1 800 200 200       # Deve morrer (sem garfos)
+./philo 4 410 200 200       # Caso difícil
+./philo 4 310 200 100       # Timing apertado
+./philo 5 800 200 200       # Número ímpar
+./philo 5 800 200 200 7     # Com limite de refeições
+
+# Verificação completa
+valgrind --tool=helgrind ./philo 5 800 200 200
+valgrind --leak-check=full ./philo 5 800 200 200 7
+```
+
+---
+
+## ✨ Próximos Passos:
+
+### 1. Complete os Exercícios:
+Resolva cada exercício seguindo os subjects (arquivos .txt)
+
+### 2. Teste Continuamente:
+```bash
+# Após implementar cada exercício
+bash testers/test_X_nome.sh
+```
+
+### 3. Corrija Erros:
+- Memory leaks → Use valgrind para encontrar
+- Data races → Use helgrind/thread sanitizer
+- Logic errors → Debug com gdb
+
+### 4. Prepare para Philosophers:
+- Todos os exercícios passando
+- Entenda cada conceito
+- Pratique casos edge
+- Otimize performance
+
+---
+
+## 🎓 Conceitos Cobertos:
+
+### Threading & Synchronization:
+- [x] pthread_create, pthread_join
+- [x] pthread_mutex (init, lock, unlock, destroy)
+- [x] Race conditions e critical sections
+- [x] Deadlock detection e prevention
+
+### Timing:
+- [x] gettimeofday
+- [x] Precise sleep implementation
+- [x] Timestamp management
+
+### Philosophers-Specific:
+- [x] Circular resource allocation
+- [x] Death monitoring
+- [x] State transitions
+- [x] Fork management
+- [x] Meal counting
+
+### Bonus (Processes):
+- [x] fork(), waitpid(), kill()
+- [x] POSIX semaphores
+- [x] Signal handling
+- [x] Process cleanup
+
+---
+
+## ✅ Checklist de Qualidade:
+
+Antes de submeter Philosophers, verifique:
+
+- [ ] Todos os exercícios preparatórios passam
+- [ ] Valgrind: 0 memory leaks
+- [ ] Helgrind: 0 data races
+- [ ] Death detection < 10ms
+- [ ] Funciona com 1, 2, 3, 4, 5+ filósofos
+- [ ] Timing apertado funciona (310ms, 410ms)
+- [ ] Meal limit correto
+- [ ] Norminette OK
+- [ ] Makefile correto
+- [ ] No forbidden functions
+
+---
+
+## 🤝 Suporte:
+
+### Problemas Comuns:
+
+**"Permission denied"**
+```bash
+chmod +x testers/*.sh
+```
+
+**"Valgrind not found"**
+```bash
+sudo apt-get install valgrind
+```
+
+**"Thread sanitizer não compila"**
+```bash
+# Precisa gcc >= 4.8
+gcc --version
+```
+
+**Semáforos não limpam (bonus)**
+```bash
+ls /dev/shm/sem.*
+rm /dev/shm/sem.*
+```
+
+---
+
+## 🎉 Conclusão:
+
+Sistema completo de testes criado com sucesso! 
+
+- ✅ 12 testers automáticos
+- ✅ ~99 testes individuais
+- ✅ Cobertura completa dos exercícios
+- ✅ Documentação detalhada
+- ✅ Scripts prontos para uso
+
+**Boa sorte com os exercícios e o projeto Philosophers!** 🍀
+
+---
+
+*Criado em: Outubro 2025*  
+*Compatível com: 42 Philosophers Project*  
+*Testado em: Linux/Ubuntu*
diff --git a/testers/TEST_COVERAGE.md b/testers/TEST_COVERAGE.md
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+# 📊 Test Coverage Summary
+
+## Visão Geral dos Testers
+
+Este documento resume a cobertura de testes para cada exercício preparatório do Philosophers.
+
+---
+
+## 📝 Exercício 1: Thread Basics
+
+**Arquivo**: `test_1_thread_basics.sh`
+
+### Testes Implementados:
+1. ✅ Execução básica com 1 mensagem
+2. ✅ Múltiplas mensagens (5)
+3. ✅ Número grande de mensagens (10)
+4. ✅ Verificação de memory leaks (valgrind)
+
+### O que é verificado:
+- Thread 1 e Thread 2 criam mensagens corretas
+- Número correto de mensagens por thread
+- Threads fazem join corretamente
+
+---
+
+## 🔒 Exercício 2: Mutex Basics
+
+**Arquivo**: `test_2_mutex_basics.sh`
+
+### Testes Implementados:
+1. ✅ Valor do contador (deve ser 4000)
+2. ✅ Teste de consistência (5 execuções)
+3. ✅ Tempo de execução reportado
+4. ✅ Detecção de data races (thread sanitizer)
+5. ✅ Memory leaks
+
+### O que é verificado:
+- Mutex protege corretamente a variável compartilhada
+- Resultado é sempre 4000 (sem race conditions)
+- Thread sanitizer não detecta problemas
+
+---
+
+## ⏱️ Exercício 3: Precise Timing
+
+**Arquivo**: `test_3_precise_timing.sh`
+
+### Testes Implementados:
+1. ✅ Programa executa com sucesso
+2. ✅ Precisão do sleep (~100ms ±5ms)
+3. ✅ Consistência através de 5 execuções
+4. ✅ Formato do output
+5. ✅ Memory leaks
+
+### O que é verificado:
+- Sleep preciso de 100ms
+- Margem de erro aceitável (95-105ms)
+- Funções de timing funcionam corretamente
+
+---
+
+## 📡 Exercício 4: State Monitor
+
+**Arquivo**: `test_4_state_monitor.sh`
+
+### Testes Implementados:
+1. ✅ Execução do programa
+2. ✅ Transições de estado (WORKING, RESTING, THINKING)
+3. ✅ Timestamps presentes
+4. ✅ 3 workers identificados
+5. ✅ Duração de estados verificada
+6. ✅ Monitor thread funcionando
+7. ✅ Memory leaks
+8. ✅ Data races
+
+### O que é verificado:
+- 3 workers + 1 monitor
+- Estados mudam corretamente
+- Monitor detecta workers travados
+
+---
+
+## 🏭 Exercício 5: Producer-Consumer
+
+**Arquivo**: `test_5_producer_consumer.sh`
+
+### Testes Implementados:
+1. ✅ Programa completa execução
+2. ✅ Produtores funcionando
+3. ✅ Consumidores funcionando
+4. ✅ Items 1-100 produzidos
+5. ✅ Gestão de buffer
+6. ✅ Sem duplicação de consumo
+7. ✅ Data races
+8. ✅ Memory leaks
+
+### O que é verificado:
+- 2 produtores + 2 consumidores
+- Buffer de 10 items funciona
+- Todos os 100 items são processados
+- Sem race conditions
+
+---
+
+## 🔴 Exercício 6: Deadlock Demo
+
+**Arquivo**: `test_6_deadlock_demo.sh`
+
+### Testes Implementados:
+1. ✅ Modo deadlock (deve travar)
+2. ✅ Modo solução (deve completar)
+3. ✅ Output da solução
+4. ✅ Ambas threads completam
+5. ✅ Consistência da solução (5 runs)
+6. ✅ Uso de mutex
+7. ✅ Handling de argumentos inválidos
+8. ✅ Memory leaks
+
+### O que é verificado:
+- Deadlock é demonstrado no modo 0
+- Solução funciona no modo 1
+- Ordem consistente de locks previne deadlock
+
+---
+
+## 🎯 Exercício 7: Limited Resources
+
+**Arquivo**: `test_7_limited_resources.sh`
+
+### Testes Implementados:
+1. ✅ Programa completa
+2. ✅ 10 estudantes presentes
+3. ✅ Mensagens de chegada
+4. ✅ Obtenção de computadores
+5. ✅ Mensagens de saída
+6. ✅ Limite de 3 recursos simultâneos
+7. ✅ Fairness (nenhum starved)
+8. ✅ Data races
+9. ✅ Memory leaks
+
+### O que é verificado:
+- Semáforo implementado com mutex
+- Máximo 3 usuários simultâneos
+- Todos os 10 estudantes usam o recurso
+
+---
+
+## 🍽️ Exercício 8: Simple Philosophers
+
+**Arquivo**: `test_8_simple_philosophers.sh`
+
+### Testes Implementados:
+1. ✅ Duração do programa (~10s)
+2. ✅ 3 filósofos presentes
+3. ✅ Ações de pensar
+4. ✅ Ações de comer
+5. ✅ Timestamps
+6. ✅ Todos os filósofos comem
+7. ✅ Sem mortes
+8. ✅ Data races
+9. ✅ Sem deadlock (3 runs)
+10. ✅ Memory leaks
+
+### O que é verificado:
+- 3 filósofos, 3 garfos
+- Ciclo thinking → eating funciona
+- Ordem de garfos previne deadlock
+- Programa roda ~10 segundos
+
+---
+
+## ☠️ Exercício 9: Death Monitor
+
+**Arquivo**: `test_9_death_monitor.sh`
+
+### Testes Implementados:
+1. ✅ Execução do programa
+2. ✅ 4 workers presentes
+3. ✅ Atividade dos workers
+4. ✅ Monitor thread
+5. ✅ Detecção de morte
+6. ✅ Timestamps
+7. ✅ Tracking de last_activity
+8. ✅ Data races
+9. ✅ Consistência (3 runs)
+10. ✅ Memory leaks
+
+### O que é verificado:
+- Monitor verifica a cada 100ms
+- Detecta "morte" após 3s de inatividade
+- Mutex protege last_activity_time
+
+---
+
+## 🎓 Exercício 10: Philosophers Args (Completo)
+
+**Arquivo**: `test_10_philosophers_args.sh`
+
+### Testes Implementados:
+1. ✅ Caso básico (5 800 200 200) - sem mortes
+2. ✅ Cenário de morte (4 310 200 100)
+3. ✅ Limite de refeições (5 800 200 200 7)
+4. ✅ Filósofo sozinho (deve morrer)
+5. ✅ Argumentos inválidos
+6. ✅ IDs de filósofos válidos
+7. ✅ Timestamps crescentes
+8. ✅ Timing de detecção de morte
+9. ✅ Data races
+10. ✅ Número ímpar de filósofos
+11. ✅ Memory leaks
+
+### O que é verificado:
+- Parsing completo de argumentos
+- Detecção de morte funciona
+- Limite de refeições funciona
+- Casos edge (1 philo, timing apertado)
+- Timestamps são monotônicos
+
+---
+
+## 🔍 Exercício 11: Race Detector
+
+**Arquivo**: `test_11_race_detector.sh`
+
+### Testes Implementados:
+1. ✅ Execução básica
+2. ✅ Múltiplas iterações
+3. ✅ Relatório de estatísticas
+4. ✅ Diferentes estratégias
+5. ✅ Helgrind check
+6. ✅ Número ímpar de filósofos
+7. ✅ Timing apertado
+8. ✅ Métricas de performance
+9. ✅ Thread sanitizer
+10. ✅ Memory leaks
+
+### O que é verificado:
+- Testa 100 iterações
+- Compara estratégias A, B, C
+- Reporta races, deaths, performance
+- Helgrind/DRD detectam problemas
+
+---
+
+## 🌟 Exercício 12: Philosophers Bonus
+
+**Arquivo**: `test_12_philosophers_bonus.sh`
+
+### Testes Implementados:
+1. ✅ Caso básico com processos
+2. ✅ Usa fork() (não threads)
+3. ✅ Usa semáforos POSIX
+4. ✅ Cenário de morte
+5. ✅ Limite de refeições
+6. ✅ Filósofo sozinho
+7. ✅ Argumentos inválidos
+8. ✅ Cleanup de processos (no zombies)
+9. ✅ Cleanup de semáforos
+10. ✅ Estatísticas finais
+11. ✅ Helgrind no processo pai
+
+### O que é verificado:
+- Usa processos (fork) em vez de threads
+- Semáforos POSIX (sem_open, sem_wait, sem_post)
+- Cleanup correto (sem_unlink)
+- Signal handling (SIGINT, SIGTERM)
+- Sem processos zombie
+
+---
+
+## 🎯 Estatísticas Gerais
+
+### Total de Testes:
+- **Exercício 1**: 4 testes
+- **Exercício 2**: 5 testes
+- **Exercício 3**: 5 testes
+- **Exercício 4**: 8 testes
+- **Exercício 5**: 8 testes
+- **Exercício 6**: 8 testes
+- **Exercício 7**: 9 testes
+- **Exercício 8**: 10 testes
+- **Exercício 9**: 10 testes
+- **Exercício 10**: 11 testes
+- **Exercício 11**: 10 testes
+- **Exercício 12**: 11 testes
+
+**TOTAL**: ~99 testes automatizados
+
+### Categorias de Testes:
+- ✅ Funcionalidade básica: 12/12 exercícios
+- ✅ Memory leaks (valgrind): 12/12 exercícios
+- ✅ Data races (sanitizer): 10/12 exercícios
+- ✅ Edge cases: 10/12 exercícios
+- ✅ Consistência: 8/12 exercícios
+- ✅ Performance: 2/12 exercícios
+
+### Ferramentas Utilizadas:
+- `gcc` - Compilação e thread sanitizer
+- `valgrind` - Memory leak detection
+- `helgrind` - Data race detection (avançado)
+- `timeout` - Detecção de deadlocks/hangs
+- `grep/sed/awk` - Parsing de output
+- `ps` - Verificação de processos zombie
+
+---
+
+## 🔑 Conceitos-Chave Testados
+
+### Threading:
+- [x] pthread_create
+- [x] pthread_join
+- [x] pthread_detach
+- [x] Thread arguments
+- [x] Multiple threads
+
+### Synchronization:
+- [x] pthread_mutex_init/destroy
+- [x] pthread_mutex_lock/unlock
+- [x] Critical sections
+- [x] Race conditions
+- [x] Deadlock prevention
+
+### Timing:
+- [x] gettimeofday
+- [x] Precise sleep
+- [x] Timestamp generation
+- [x] Time difference calculation
+
+### Processes (Bonus):
+- [x] fork()
+- [x] waitpid()
+- [x] kill()
+- [x] Signal handling
+- [x] Process cleanup
+
+### Semaphores (Bonus):
+- [x] sem_open
+- [x] sem_wait/sem_post
+- [x] sem_close/sem_unlink
+- [x] Named semaphores
+
+### Philosophers-Specific:
+- [x] Circular resource allocation
+- [x] Death detection
+- [x] Meal counting
+- [x] State transitions
+- [x] Monitor pattern
+- [x] Fork ordering (deadlock prevention)
+
+---
+
+## 📈 Níveis de Dificuldade
+
+### Iniciante (Exercícios 1-3):
+- Thread Basics ⭐
+- Mutex Basics ⭐
+- Precise Timing ⭐⭐
+
+### Intermediário (Exercícios 4-7):
+- State Monitor ⭐⭐
+- Producer-Consumer ⭐⭐⭐
+- Deadlock Demo ⭐⭐
+- Limited Resources ⭐⭐⭐
+
+### Avançado (Exercícios 8-10):
+- Simple Philosophers ⭐⭐⭐⭐
+- Death Monitor ⭐⭐⭐⭐
+- Philosophers Args ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
+
+### Expert (Exercícios 11-12):
+- Race Detector ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
+- Philosophers Bonus ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
+
+---
+
+## ✨ Próximos Passos
+
+Depois de completar todos os exercícios:
+
+1. **Revise conceitos**:
+   - Data races e como evitá-los
+   - Deadlock e estratégias de prevenção
+   - Timing preciso e monitoramento
+
+2. **Pratique casos edge**:
+   - 1 filósofo
+   - 2 filósofos
+   - Números grandes (200+ filósofos)
+   - Timing muito apertado
+
+3. **Otimize**:
+   - Minimize tempo dentro de locks
+   - Balance entre precisão e performance
+   - Evite busy waiting
+
+4. **Teste rigorosamente**:
+   ```bash
+   valgrind --tool=helgrind ./philo 4 410 200 200
+   valgrind --leak-check=full ./philo 5 800 200 200 7
+   ```
+
+5. **Prepare para o projeto real**:
+   - Norminette
+   - Makefile correto
+   - Error handling robusto
+   - Código limpo e documentado
+
+Boa sorte! 🚀
diff --git a/testers/run_all_tests.sh b/testers/run_all_tests.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Master test runner - runs all tests
+
+RED='\033[0;31m'
+GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
+BLUE='\033[0;34m'
+NC='\033[0m'
+
+TESTER_DIR="testers"
+
+echo "========================================"
+echo -e "${BLUE}Philosophers Preparation - Test Suite${NC}"
+echo "========================================"
+echo ""
+
+TOTAL_PASSED=0
+TOTAL_FAILED=0
+
+# Function to run a test
+run_test() {
+    local test_script=$1
+    local test_name=$2
+    
+    if [ -f "$TESTER_DIR/$test_script" ]; then
+        echo ""
+        echo -e "${BLUE}▶ Running: $test_name${NC}"
+        echo "----------------------------------------"
+        bash "$TESTER_DIR/$test_script"
+        EXIT_CODE=$?
+        
+        if [ $EXIT_CODE -eq 0 ]; then
+            echo -e "${GREEN}✓ $test_name - ALL TESTS PASSED${NC}"
+            ((TOTAL_PASSED++))
+        else
+            echo -e "${RED}✗ $test_name - SOME TESTS FAILED${NC}"
+            ((TOTAL_FAILED++))
+        fi
+        echo ""
+    else
+        echo -e "${YELLOW}⊘ Skipping $test_name (tester not found)${NC}"
+        echo ""
+    fi
+}
+
+# Check if specific test is requested
+if [ $# -eq 1 ]; then
+    case $1 in
+        1) run_test "test_1_thread_basics.sh" "Exercise 1: Thread Basics" ;;
+        2) run_test "test_2_mutex_basics.sh" "Exercise 2: Mutex Basics" ;;
+        3) run_test "test_3_precise_timing.sh" "Exercise 3: Precise Timing" ;;
+        4) run_test "test_4_state_monitor.sh" "Exercise 4: State Monitor" ;;
+        5) run_test "test_5_producer_consumer.sh" "Exercise 5: Producer-Consumer" ;;
+        6) run_test "test_6_deadlock_demo.sh" "Exercise 6: Deadlock Demo" ;;
+        7) run_test "test_7_limited_resources.sh" "Exercise 7: Limited Resources" ;;
+        8) run_test "test_8_simple_philosophers.sh" "Exercise 8: Simple Philosophers" ;;
+        9) run_test "test_9_death_monitor.sh" "Exercise 9: Death Monitor" ;;
+        10) run_test "test_10_philosophers_args.sh" "Exercise 10: Philosophers Args" ;;
+        11) run_test "test_11_race_detector.sh" "Exercise 11: Race Detector" ;;
+        12) run_test "test_12_philosophers_bonus.sh" "Exercise 12: Philosophers Bonus" ;;
+        *)
+            echo "Usage: $0 [exercise_number]"
+            echo "Example: $0 1  (to test only exercise 1)"
+            echo "Or run without arguments to test all exercises"
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+    esac
+else
+    # Run all tests
+    run_test "test_1_thread_basics.sh" "Exercise 1: Thread Basics"
+    run_test "test_2_mutex_basics.sh" "Exercise 2: Mutex Basics"
+    run_test "test_3_precise_timing.sh" "Exercise 3: Precise Timing"
+    run_test "test_4_state_monitor.sh" "Exercise 4: State Monitor"
+    run_test "test_5_producer_consumer.sh" "Exercise 5: Producer-Consumer"
+    run_test "test_6_deadlock_demo.sh" "Exercise 6: Deadlock Demo"
+    run_test "test_7_limited_resources.sh" "Exercise 7: Limited Resources"
+    run_test "test_8_simple_philosophers.sh" "Exercise 8: Simple Philosophers"
+    run_test "test_9_death_monitor.sh" "Exercise 9: Death Monitor"
+    run_test "test_10_philosophers_args.sh" "Exercise 10: Philosophers Args"
+    run_test "test_11_race_detector.sh" "Exercise 11: Race Detector"
+    run_test "test_12_philosophers_bonus.sh" "Exercise 12: Philosophers Bonus"
+fi
+
+# Final summary
+echo "========================================"
+echo -e "${BLUE}FINAL RESULTS${NC}"
+echo "========================================"
+echo -e "Exercises passed: ${GREEN}$TOTAL_PASSED${NC}"
+echo -e "Exercises failed: ${RED}$TOTAL_FAILED${NC}"
+echo "========================================"
+
+if [ $TOTAL_FAILED -eq 0 ] && [ $TOTAL_PASSED -gt 0 ]; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}🎉 All tests passed! Great job!${NC}"
+    exit 0
+else
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}Keep working on the failed exercises.${NC}"
+    exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/testers/test_10_philosophers_args.sh b/testers/test_10_philosophers_args.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a1f3f1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testers/test_10_philosophers_args.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,236 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Tester for philosophers_args exercise
+# Tests complete philosophers implementation with arguments
+
+RED='\033[0;31m'
+GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
+NC='\033[0m'
+
+EXERCISE="philosophers_args"
+PASSED=0
+FAILED=0
+
+echo "========================================"
+echo "Testing: $EXERCISE (Complete Philosophers)"
+echo "========================================"
+
+if [ ! -f "./$EXERCISE" ]; then
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ Executable ./$EXERCISE not found${NC}"
+    echo "Please compile: gcc -Wall -Wextra -Werror -pthread philosophers_args.c -o philosophers_args"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Test 1: Basic execution (no one should die)
+echo -n "Test 1: Basic case - 5 800 200 200... "
+timeout 10 ./$EXERCISE 5 800 200 200 > /tmp/philo_test1.txt 2>&1
+EXIT_CODE=$?
+
+if [ $EXIT_CODE -eq 0 ]; then
+    OUTPUT=$(cat /tmp/philo_test1.txt)
+    if ! echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -qiE "die"; then
+        echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+        ((PASSED++))
+    else
+        echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+        echo "A philosopher died when they shouldn't have"
+        ((FAILED++))
+    fi
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED (timeout or crash)${NC}"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 2: Death scenario (should die)
+echo -n "Test 2: Death detection - 4 310 200 100... "
+timeout 5 ./$EXERCISE 4 310 200 100 > /tmp/philo_test2.txt 2>&1
+OUTPUT=$(cat /tmp/philo_test2.txt)
+
+if echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -qiE "die"; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC} (death detected)"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    echo "A philosopher should have died but didn't"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 3: Meals limit
+echo -n "Test 3: Meal limit - 5 800 200 200 7... "
+timeout 15 ./$EXERCISE 5 800 200 200 7 > /tmp/philo_test3.txt 2>&1
+EXIT_CODE=$?
+OUTPUT=$(cat /tmp/philo_test3.txt)
+
+if [ $EXIT_CODE -eq 0 ]; then
+    # Check if program terminated (should stop after all ate 7 times)
+    if echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -qiE "(done|finish|complete|all.*eat)" || [ $(echo "$OUTPUT" | wc -l) -lt 1000 ]; then
+        echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+        ((PASSED++))
+    else
+        echo -e "${YELLOW}⚠ PARTIAL${NC} (program completed but unclear if meal limit worked)"
+        ((PASSED++))
+    fi
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 4: Single philosopher (should die)
+echo -n "Test 4: Single philosopher - 1 800 200 200... "
+timeout 3 ./$EXERCISE 1 800 200 200 > /tmp/philo_test4.txt 2>&1
+OUTPUT=$(cat /tmp/philo_test4.txt)
+
+if echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -qiE "die"; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC} (died as expected)"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    echo "Single philosopher should die (no fork available)"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 5: Invalid arguments
+echo -n "Test 5: Invalid argument handling... "
+timeout 2 ./$EXERCISE 0 800 200 200 > /dev/null 2>&1
+EXIT1=$?
+timeout 2 ./$EXERCISE 5 -100 200 200 > /dev/null 2>&1
+EXIT2=$?
+timeout 2 ./$EXERCISE abc def ghi > /dev/null 2>&1
+EXIT3=$?
+
+if [ $EXIT1 -ne 0 ] && [ $EXIT2 -ne 0 ] && [ $EXIT3 -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    echo "Program should reject invalid arguments"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 6: No data races
+echo -n "Test 6: All actions for correct philosopher... "
+OUTPUT=$(cat /tmp/philo_test1.txt)
+# Check that philosopher IDs are valid (0 to 4 for 5 philosophers)
+INVALID_ID=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -oE "Philosopher [0-9]+" | grep -vE "Philosopher [0-4]" | wc -l)
+
+if [ "$INVALID_ID" -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    echo "Found invalid philosopher IDs"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 7: Timestamp ordering
+echo -n "Test 7: Timestamps are increasing... "
+TIMESTAMPS=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -oE "\[[0-9]+\]" | tr -d '[]' | head -20)
+DECREASING=false
+PREV=0
+for TS in $TIMESTAMPS; do
+    if [ "$TS" -lt "$PREV" ]; then
+        DECREASING=true
+        break
+    fi
+    PREV=$TS
+done
+
+if [ "$DECREASING" = false ]; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    echo "Timestamps should be monotonically increasing"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 8: Death detection timing
+echo -n "Test 8: Death detection is timely... "
+timeout 5 ./$EXERCISE 4 410 200 200 > /tmp/philo_test8.txt 2>&1
+OUTPUT=$(cat /tmp/philo_test8.txt)
+DEATH_LINE=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -iE "die" | head -1)
+if [ -n "$DEATH_LINE" ]; then
+    DEATH_TIME=$(echo "$DEATH_LINE" | grep -oE "\[[0-9]+\]" | tr -d '[]')
+    if [ "$DEATH_TIME" -le 430 ]; then
+        echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC} (died at ${DEATH_TIME}ms)"
+        ((PASSED++))
+    else
+        echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+        echo "Death detected too late: ${DEATH_TIME}ms (should be ~410ms)"
+        ((FAILED++))
+    fi
+else
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}⚠ UNCLEAR${NC} (no death detected)"
+    ((PASSED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 9: Thread sanitizer
+if command -v gcc &> /dev/null; then
+    echo -n "Test 9: Data race detection... "
+    gcc -Wall -Wextra -Werror -pthread -fsanitize=thread -g philosophers_args.c -o philosophers_args_tsan 2>/dev/null
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+        TSAN_OUTPUT=$(timeout 8 ./philosophers_args_tsan 5 800 200 200 5 2>&1)
+        if echo "$TSAN_OUTPUT" | grep -q "WARNING: ThreadSanitizer: data race"; then
+            echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+            echo "Data race detected!"
+            ((FAILED++))
+        else
+            echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+            ((PASSED++))
+        fi
+        rm -f philosophers_args_tsan
+    else
+        echo -e "${YELLOW}⊘ Could not compile with thread sanitizer${NC}"
+    fi
+else
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}⊘ Test 9: gcc not available, skipping${NC}"
+fi
+
+# Test 10: Stress test - odd number
+echo -n "Test 10: Odd philosophers (3) - 3 410 200 200... "
+timeout 8 ./$EXERCISE 3 410 200 200 > /tmp/philo_test10.txt 2>&1
+OUTPUT=$(cat /tmp/philo_test10.txt)
+if ! echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -qiE "die"; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    echo "Philosophers died when they shouldn't (check timing logic)"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 11: Memory leak check
+if command -v valgrind &> /dev/null; then
+    echo -n "Test 11: Memory leak check... "
+    VALGRIND_OUTPUT=$(timeout 10 valgrind --leak-check=full --error-exitcode=42 ./$EXERCISE 5 800 200 200 3 2>&1)
+    VALGRIND_EXIT=$?
+    if [ $VALGRIND_EXIT -eq 0 ]; then
+        echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+        ((PASSED++))
+    elif [ $VALGRIND_EXIT -eq 124 ]; then
+        echo -e "${YELLOW}⚠ TIMEOUT${NC}"
+        ((PASSED++))
+    else
+        echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+        echo "Memory leaks detected!"
+        ((FAILED++))
+    fi
+else
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}⊘ Test 11: Valgrind not installed, skipping${NC}"
+fi
+
+# Cleanup
+rm -f /tmp/philo_test*.txt
+
+# Summary
+echo "========================================"
+echo -e "Results: ${GREEN}$PASSED passed${NC}, ${RED}$FAILED failed${NC}"
+echo "========================================"
+echo ""
+echo "Additional tests you should run manually:"
+echo "  - ./philosophers_args 2 410 200 200 (edge case)"
+echo "  - ./philosophers_args 4 310 200 100 (tight timing)"
+echo "  - helgrind: valgrind --tool=helgrind ./$EXERCISE 5 800 200 200"
+
+[ $FAILED -eq 0 ] && exit 0 || exit 1
diff --git a/testers/test_11_race_detector.sh b/testers/test_11_race_detector.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b76cae3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testers/test_11_race_detector.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,196 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Tester for race_detector exercise
+# Tests data race detection and optimization strategies
+
+RED='\033[0;31m'
+GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
+NC='\033[0m'
+
+EXERCISE="race_detector"
+PASSED=0
+FAILED=0
+
+echo "========================================"
+echo "Testing: $EXERCISE"
+echo "========================================"
+
+if [ ! -f "./$EXERCISE" ]; then
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ Executable ./$EXERCISE not found${NC}"
+    echo "Please compile: gcc -Wall -Wextra -Werror -pthread race_detector.c -o race_detector"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Test 1: Basic execution
+echo -n "Test 1: Basic execution - 4 410 200 200... "
+timeout 120 ./$EXERCISE 4 410 200 200 > /tmp/race_detector_output.txt 2>&1
+EXIT_CODE=$?
+
+if [ $EXIT_CODE -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED (timeout or crash)${NC}"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+OUTPUT=$(cat /tmp/race_detector_output.txt 2>/dev/null)
+
+# Test 2: Multiple iterations/strategies tested
+echo -n "Test 2: Multiple test iterations... "
+if echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -qiE "(iteration|run|test|strategy)"; then
+    ITERATIONS=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -ciE "(iteration|run|test)")
+    if [ "$ITERATIONS" -ge 3 ]; then
+        echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC} ($ITERATIONS iterations)"
+        ((PASSED++))
+    else
+        echo -e "${YELLOW}⚠ PARTIAL${NC} (found $ITERATIONS iterations)"
+        ((PASSED++))
+    fi
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    echo "Expected multiple test iterations"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 3: Reports statistics
+echo -n "Test 3: Statistics reporting... "
+HAS_STATS=false
+if echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -qiE "(race|death|time|performance)"; then
+    HAS_STATS=true
+fi
+
+if [ "$HAS_STATS" = true ]; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    echo "Expected statistics about races, deaths, or performance"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 4: Different strategies mentioned
+echo -n "Test 4: Multiple strategies... "
+STRATEGY_COUNT=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -ciE "(strategy|approach|method|optimization)")
+if [ "$STRATEGY_COUNT" -ge 2 ]; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}⚠ WARNING${NC}"
+    echo "Expected different optimization strategies to be tested"
+    ((PASSED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 5: Helgrind check (if available)
+if command -v valgrind &> /dev/null; then
+    echo -n "Test 5: Helgrind data race check... "
+    # Run a single iteration with helgrind
+    timeout 60 valgrind --tool=helgrind ./$EXERCISE 4 410 200 200 > /tmp/helgrind_output.txt 2>&1
+    HELGRIND_OUTPUT=$(cat /tmp/helgrind_output.txt 2>/dev/null)
+    
+    if echo "$HELGRIND_OUTPUT" | grep -q "ERROR SUMMARY: 0 errors"; then
+        echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED (no races detected by helgrind)${NC}"
+        ((PASSED++))
+    elif echo "$HELGRIND_OUTPUT" | grep -q "Possible data race"; then
+        echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+        echo "Helgrind detected data races!"
+        echo "$HELGRIND_OUTPUT" | grep -A 2 "Possible data race" | head -10
+        ((FAILED++))
+    else
+        echo -e "${YELLOW}⚠ UNCLEAR${NC} (helgrind ran but results unclear)"
+        ((PASSED++))
+    fi
+    rm -f /tmp/helgrind_output.txt
+else
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}⊘ Test 5: Valgrind not installed, skipping helgrind${NC}"
+fi
+
+# Test 6: Edge case - odd number of philosophers
+echo -n "Test 6: Odd philosophers (5)... "
+timeout 120 ./$EXERCISE 5 800 200 200 > /tmp/race_detector_odd.txt 2>&1
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 7: Edge case - tight timing
+echo -n "Test 7: Tight timing (4 310 200 100)... "
+timeout 120 ./$EXERCISE 4 310 200 100 > /tmp/race_detector_tight.txt 2>&1
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 8: Performance comparison
+echo -n "Test 8: Performance metrics... "
+if echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -qiE "(time|ms|second|performance|speed)"; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}⚠ WARNING${NC}"
+    echo "Expected performance/timing information"
+    ((PASSED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 9: Thread sanitizer on the program itself
+if command -v gcc &> /dev/null; then
+    echo -n "Test 9: Thread sanitizer... "
+    gcc -Wall -Wextra -Werror -pthread -fsanitize=thread -g race_detector.c -o race_detector_tsan 2>/dev/null
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+        TSAN_OUTPUT=$(timeout 60 ./race_detector_tsan 4 410 200 200 2>&1)
+        if echo "$TSAN_OUTPUT" | grep -q "WARNING: ThreadSanitizer: data race"; then
+            echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+            echo "Data race in the race detector itself!"
+            ((FAILED++))
+        else
+            echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+            ((PASSED++))
+        fi
+        rm -f race_detector_tsan
+    else
+        echo -e "${YELLOW}⊘ Could not compile with thread sanitizer${NC}"
+    fi
+else
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}⊘ Test 9: gcc not available, skipping${NC}"
+fi
+
+# Test 10: Memory leak check
+if command -v valgrind &> /dev/null; then
+    echo -n "Test 10: Memory leak check... "
+    VALGRIND_OUTPUT=$(timeout 60 valgrind --leak-check=full --error-exitcode=42 ./$EXERCISE 4 410 200 200 2>&1)
+    VALGRIND_EXIT=$?
+    if [ $VALGRIND_EXIT -eq 0 ]; then
+        echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+        ((PASSED++))
+    elif [ $VALGRIND_EXIT -eq 124 ]; then
+        echo -e "${YELLOW}⚠ TIMEOUT${NC}"
+        ((PASSED++))
+    else
+        echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+        echo "Memory leaks detected!"
+        ((FAILED++))
+    fi
+else
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}⊘ Test 10: Valgrind not installed, skipping${NC}"
+fi
+
+# Cleanup
+rm -f /tmp/race_detector_*.txt /tmp/race_detector_output.txt
+
+# Summary
+echo "========================================"
+echo -e "Results: ${GREEN}$PASSED passed${NC}, ${RED}$FAILED failed${NC}"
+echo "========================================"
+echo ""
+echo "Note: For thorough testing, run:"
+echo "  valgrind --tool=helgrind ./race_detector 4 410 200 200"
+echo "  valgrind --tool=drd ./race_detector 4 410 200 200"
+
+[ $FAILED -eq 0 ] && exit 0 || exit 1
diff --git a/testers/test_12_philosophers_bonus.sh b/testers/test_12_philosophers_bonus.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f45cd61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testers/test_12_philosophers_bonus.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,235 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Tester for philosophers_bonus exercise
+# Tests process-based philosophers with semaphores
+
+RED='\033[0;31m'
+GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
+NC='\033[0m'
+
+EXERCISE="philosophers_bonus"
+PASSED=0
+FAILED=0
+
+echo "========================================"
+echo "Testing: $EXERCISE (Bonus)"
+echo "========================================"
+
+if [ ! -f "./$EXERCISE" ]; then
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ Executable ./$EXERCISE not found${NC}"
+    echo "Please compile: gcc -Wall -Wextra -Werror -pthread philosophers_bonus.c -o philosophers_bonus"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Clean up any leftover semaphores
+echo "Cleaning up old semaphores..."
+for i in {0..10}; do
+    sem_unlink "/philo_sem_$i" 2>/dev/null
+    sem_unlink "/fork_$i" 2>/dev/null
+    sem_unlink "/forks" 2>/dev/null
+    sem_unlink "/print" 2>/dev/null
+    sem_unlink "/philo_forks" 2>/dev/null
+done
+
+# Test 1: Basic execution (no death)
+echo -n "Test 1: Basic case - 5 800 200 200... "
+timeout 12 ./$EXERCISE 5 800 200 200 > /tmp/bonus_test1.txt 2>&1
+EXIT_CODE=$?
+
+if [ $EXIT_CODE -eq 0 ]; then
+    OUTPUT=$(cat /tmp/bonus_test1.txt)
+    if ! echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -qiE "die"; then
+        echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+        ((PASSED++))
+    else
+        echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+        echo "A philosopher died when they shouldn't have"
+        ((FAILED++))
+    fi
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED (timeout or crash)${NC}"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 2: Check for process creation (not threads)
+echo -n "Test 2: Uses processes (not threads)... "
+if grep -q "fork()" philosophers_bonus.c 2>/dev/null; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC} (fork() found in source)"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    echo "Bonus should use fork() for processes"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 3: Check for semaphore usage
+echo -n "Test 3: Uses semaphores... "
+if grep -qE "sem_(open|wait|post)" philosophers_bonus.c 2>/dev/null; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    echo "Bonus should use POSIX semaphores"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 4: Death scenario
+echo -n "Test 4: Death detection - 4 310 200 100... "
+timeout 5 ./$EXERCISE 4 310 200 100 > /tmp/bonus_test4.txt 2>&1
+OUTPUT=$(cat /tmp/bonus_test4.txt)
+
+if echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -qiE "die"; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    echo "Expected a philosopher to die"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 5: Meal limit functionality
+echo -n "Test 5: Meal limit - 5 800 200 200 7... "
+timeout 20 ./$EXERCISE 5 800 200 200 7 > /tmp/bonus_test5.txt 2>&1
+EXIT_CODE=$?
+
+if [ $EXIT_CODE -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 6: Single philosopher
+echo -n "Test 6: Single philosopher - 1 800 200 200... "
+timeout 3 ./$EXERCISE 1 800 200 200 > /tmp/bonus_test6.txt 2>&1
+OUTPUT=$(cat /tmp/bonus_test6.txt)
+
+if echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -qiE "die"; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC} (died as expected)"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    echo "Single philosopher should die"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 7: Invalid arguments
+echo -n "Test 7: Invalid argument handling... "
+timeout 2 ./$EXERCISE 0 800 200 200 > /dev/null 2>&1
+EXIT1=$?
+timeout 2 ./$EXERCISE 5 -100 200 200 > /dev/null 2>&1
+EXIT2=$?
+timeout 2 ./$EXERCISE > /dev/null 2>&1
+EXIT3=$?
+
+if [ $EXIT1 -ne 0 ] && [ $EXIT2 -ne 0 ] && [ $EXIT3 -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    echo "Program should reject invalid arguments"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 8: Process cleanup (no zombie processes)
+echo -n "Test 8: Process cleanup... "
+./$EXERCISE 5 800 200 200 3 > /dev/null 2>&1 &
+TEST_PID=$!
+sleep 5
+ZOMBIE_COUNT=$(ps aux | grep defunct | grep -v grep | wc -l)
+kill $TEST_PID 2>/dev/null
+wait $TEST_PID 2>/dev/null
+sleep 1
+ZOMBIE_AFTER=$(ps aux | grep defunct | grep -v grep | wc -l)
+
+if [ "$ZOMBIE_AFTER" -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    echo "Zombie processes detected - check waitpid() usage"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 9: Semaphore cleanup
+echo -n "Test 9: Semaphore cleanup... "
+# Run program and interrupt it
+timeout 3 ./$EXERCISE 5 800 200 200 > /dev/null 2>&1 &
+TEST_PID=$!
+sleep 1
+kill -SIGINT $TEST_PID 2>/dev/null
+wait $TEST_PID 2>/dev/null
+sleep 1
+
+# Check if semaphores are cleaned up (this is OS-dependent)
+# On Linux, check /dev/shm
+SEM_COUNT=0
+if [ -d /dev/shm ]; then
+    SEM_COUNT=$(ls /dev/shm/sem.* 2>/dev/null | wc -l)
+fi
+
+if [ "$SEM_COUNT" -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}⚠ WARNING${NC}"
+    echo "Found $SEM_COUNT semaphores in /dev/shm (may need manual cleanup)"
+    echo "Use sem_unlink() and signal handlers for proper cleanup"
+    ((PASSED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 10: Statistics/final report
+echo -n "Test 10: Final statistics... "
+OUTPUT=$(cat /tmp/bonus_test5.txt)
+if echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -qiE "(statistic|report|summary|total|finish)"; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}⚠ OPTIONAL${NC}"
+    echo "Final statistics are optional but recommended"
+    ((PASSED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 11: No data races (helgrind on parent process)
+if command -v valgrind &> /dev/null; then
+    echo -n "Test 11: Parent process race check... "
+    timeout 15 valgrind --tool=helgrind --trace-children=no ./$EXERCISE 5 800 200 200 3 > /tmp/helgrind_bonus.txt 2>&1
+    HELGRIND_OUTPUT=$(cat /tmp/helgrind_bonus.txt 2>/dev/null)
+    
+    if echo "$HELGRIND_OUTPUT" | grep -q "ERROR SUMMARY: 0 errors"; then
+        echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+        ((PASSED++))
+    else
+        echo -e "${YELLOW}⚠ WARNING${NC}"
+        echo "Helgrind reported issues (check /tmp/helgrind_bonus.txt)"
+        ((PASSED++))
+    fi
+    rm -f /tmp/helgrind_bonus.txt
+else
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}⊘ Test 11: Valgrind not installed, skipping${NC}"
+fi
+
+# Cleanup
+rm -f /tmp/bonus_test*.txt
+killall philosophers_bonus 2>/dev/null
+
+# Clean up semaphores again
+for i in {0..10}; do
+    sem_unlink "/philo_sem_$i" 2>/dev/null
+    sem_unlink "/fork_$i" 2>/dev/null
+    sem_unlink "/forks" 2>/dev/null
+    sem_unlink "/print" 2>/dev/null
+    sem_unlink "/philo_forks" 2>/dev/null
+done
+
+# Summary
+echo "========================================"
+echo -e "Results: ${GREEN}$PASSED passed${NC}, ${RED}$FAILED failed${NC}"
+echo "========================================"
+echo ""
+echo "Note: Bonus uses processes and semaphores instead of threads and mutexes"
+echo "Make sure to properly clean up semaphores and handle signals!"
+
+[ $FAILED -eq 0 ] && exit 0 || exit 1
diff --git a/testers/test_1_thread_basics.sh b/testers/test_1_thread_basics.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c48c872
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testers/test_1_thread_basics.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Tester for thread_basics exercise
+# Tests basic thread creation and joining
+
+RED='\033[0;31m'
+GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
+NC='\033[0m' # No Color
+
+EXERCISE="thread_basics"
+PASSED=0
+FAILED=0
+
+echo "========================================"
+echo "Testing: $EXERCISE"
+echo "========================================"
+
+# Check if executable exists
+if [ ! -f "./$EXERCISE" ]; then
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ Executable ./$EXERCISE not found${NC}"
+    echo "Please compile your program first: gcc -Wall -Wextra -Werror -pthread thread_basics.c -o thread_basics"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Test 1: Basic execution with 1 message
+echo -n "Test 1: Basic execution (1 message)... "
+OUTPUT=$(timeout 5 ./$EXERCISE 1 2>&1)
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+    if echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -q "Thread 1: Hello from thread 1" && \
+       echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -q "Thread 2: Hello from thread 2"; then
+        echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+        ((PASSED++))
+    else
+        echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+        echo "Expected output to contain both thread messages"
+        echo "Got: $OUTPUT"
+        ((FAILED++))
+    fi
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED (timeout or crash)${NC}"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 2: Multiple messages (5)
+echo -n "Test 2: Multiple messages (5)... "
+OUTPUT=$(timeout 5 ./$EXERCISE 5 2>&1)
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+    COUNT_T1=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -c "Thread 1: Hello from thread 1")
+    COUNT_T2=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -c "Thread 2: Hello from thread 2")
+    if [ "$COUNT_T1" -eq 5 ] && [ "$COUNT_T2" -eq 5 ]; then
+        echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+        ((PASSED++))
+    else
+        echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+        echo "Expected 5 messages from each thread"
+        echo "Got: Thread 1: $COUNT_T1, Thread 2: $COUNT_T2"
+        ((FAILED++))
+    fi
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED (timeout or crash)${NC}"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 3: Large number (10)
+echo -n "Test 3: Large number (10)... "
+OUTPUT=$(timeout 5 ./$EXERCISE 10 2>&1)
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+    COUNT_T1=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -c "Thread 1: Hello from thread 1")
+    COUNT_T2=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -c "Thread 2: Hello from thread 2")
+    if [ "$COUNT_T1" -eq 10 ] && [ "$COUNT_T2" -eq 10 ]; then
+        echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+        ((PASSED++))
+    else
+        echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+        echo "Expected 10 messages from each thread"
+        echo "Got: Thread 1: $COUNT_T1, Thread 2: $COUNT_T2"
+        ((FAILED++))
+    fi
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED (timeout or crash)${NC}"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 4: Check for memory leaks with valgrind
+if command -v valgrind &> /dev/null; then
+    echo -n "Test 4: Memory leak check... "
+    VALGRIND_OUTPUT=$(valgrind --leak-check=full --error-exitcode=42 ./$EXERCISE 3 2>&1)
+    if [ $? -ne 42 ]; then
+        echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+        ((PASSED++))
+    else
+        echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+        echo "Memory leaks detected!"
+        echo "$VALGRIND_OUTPUT" | grep -A 5 "LEAK SUMMARY"
+        ((FAILED++))
+    fi
+else
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}⊘ Test 4: Valgrind not installed, skipping memory test${NC}"
+fi
+
+# Summary
+echo "========================================"
+echo -e "Results: ${GREEN}$PASSED passed${NC}, ${RED}$FAILED failed${NC}"
+echo "========================================"
+
+if [ $FAILED -eq 0 ]; then
+    exit 0
+else
+    exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/testers/test_2_mutex_basics.sh b/testers/test_2_mutex_basics.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..004fcce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testers/test_2_mutex_basics.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Tester for mutex_basics exercise
+# Tests mutex protection of shared variables
+
+RED='\033[0;31m'
+GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
+NC='\033[0m'
+
+EXERCISE="mutex_basics"
+PASSED=0
+FAILED=0
+
+echo "========================================"
+echo "Testing: $EXERCISE"
+echo "========================================"
+
+if [ ! -f "./$EXERCISE" ]; then
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ Executable ./$EXERCISE not found${NC}"
+    echo "Please compile: gcc -Wall -Wextra -Werror -pthread mutex_basics.c -o mutex_basics"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Test 1: Counter should be exactly 4000
+echo -n "Test 1: Counter correctness (should be 4000)... "
+OUTPUT=$(timeout 10 ./$EXERCISE 2>&1)
+EXIT_CODE=$?
+
+if [ $EXIT_CODE -eq 0 ]; then
+    COUNTER=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -oP "(?i)counter.*?[:=]\s*\K\d+" | head -1)
+    if [ -z "$COUNTER" ]; then
+        COUNTER=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -oP "\d{4}" | head -1)
+    fi
+    
+    if [ "$COUNTER" = "4000" ]; then
+        echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+        ((PASSED++))
+    else
+        echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+        echo "Expected counter = 4000, got: $COUNTER"
+        echo "Output: $OUTPUT"
+        ((FAILED++))
+    fi
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED (timeout or crash)${NC}"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 2: Run multiple times to ensure consistency
+echo -n "Test 2: Consistency check (5 runs)... "
+CONSISTENT=true
+for i in {1..5}; do
+    OUTPUT=$(timeout 10 ./$EXERCISE 2>&1)
+    COUNTER=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -oP "(?i)counter.*?[:=]\s*\K\d+" | head -1)
+    if [ -z "$COUNTER" ]; then
+        COUNTER=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -oP "\d{4}" | head -1)
+    fi
+    
+    if [ "$COUNTER" != "4000" ]; then
+        CONSISTENT=false
+        break
+    fi
+done
+
+if [ "$CONSISTENT" = true ]; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    echo "Counter value inconsistent across multiple runs"
+    echo "This suggests race conditions - mutex not working properly"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 3: Check execution time is reported
+echo -n "Test 3: Execution time reported... "
+OUTPUT=$(timeout 10 ./$EXERCISE 2>&1)
+if echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -qiE "(time|ms|milliseconds|seconds|duration)"; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    echo "Program should print the execution time"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 4: Thread sanitizer check
+if command -v gcc &> /dev/null; then
+    echo -n "Test 4: Data race detection... "
+    # Try to compile with thread sanitizer
+    gcc -Wall -Wextra -Werror -pthread -fsanitize=thread -g mutex_basics.c -o mutex_basics_tsan 2>/dev/null
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+        TSAN_OUTPUT=$(timeout 15 ./mutex_basics_tsan 2>&1)
+        if echo "$TSAN_OUTPUT" | grep -q "WARNING: ThreadSanitizer: data race"; then
+            echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+            echo "Data race detected! Mutex not protecting all accesses"
+            echo "$TSAN_OUTPUT" | head -20
+            ((FAILED++))
+        else
+            echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+            ((PASSED++))
+        fi
+        rm -f mutex_basics_tsan
+    else
+        echo -e "${YELLOW}⊘ Could not compile with thread sanitizer${NC}"
+    fi
+else
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}⊘ Test 4: gcc not available, skipping sanitizer test${NC}"
+fi
+
+# Test 5: Memory leak check
+if command -v valgrind &> /dev/null; then
+    echo -n "Test 5: Memory leak check... "
+    VALGRIND_OUTPUT=$(valgrind --leak-check=full --error-exitcode=42 ./$EXERCISE 2>&1)
+    if [ $? -ne 42 ]; then
+        echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+        ((PASSED++))
+    else
+        echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+        echo "Memory leaks detected!"
+        echo "$VALGRIND_OUTPUT" | grep -A 5 "LEAK SUMMARY"
+        ((FAILED++))
+    fi
+else
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}⊘ Test 5: Valgrind not installed, skipping${NC}"
+fi
+
+# Summary
+echo "========================================"
+echo -e "Results: ${GREEN}$PASSED passed${NC}, ${RED}$FAILED failed${NC}"
+echo "========================================"
+
+[ $FAILED -eq 0 ] && exit 0 || exit 1
diff --git a/testers/test_3_precise_timing.sh b/testers/test_3_precise_timing.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0ba9c0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testers/test_3_precise_timing.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Tester for precise_timing exercise
+# Tests timing functions accuracy
+
+RED='\033[0;31m'
+GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
+NC='\033[0m'
+
+EXERCISE="precise_timing"
+PASSED=0
+FAILED=0
+
+echo "========================================"
+echo "Testing: $EXERCISE"
+echo "========================================"
+
+if [ ! -f "./$EXERCISE" ]; then
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ Executable ./$EXERCISE not found${NC}"
+    echo "Please compile: gcc -Wall -Wextra -Werror -pthread precise_timing.c -o precise_timing"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Test 1: Basic execution
+echo -n "Test 1: Program runs successfully... "
+OUTPUT=$(timeout 5 ./$EXERCISE 2>&1)
+EXIT_CODE=$?
+
+if [ $EXIT_CODE -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED (timeout or crash)${NC}"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 2: Check if time difference is approximately 100ms
+echo -n "Test 2: Sleep precision (~100ms)... "
+OUTPUT=$(timeout 5 ./$EXERCISE 2>&1)
+# Extract number that should be around 100
+TIME_DIFF=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -oP "\d+" | tail -1)
+
+if [ -n "$TIME_DIFF" ]; then
+    # Allow 5ms margin of error (95-105ms is acceptable)
+    if [ "$TIME_DIFF" -ge 95 ] && [ "$TIME_DIFF" -le 105 ]; then
+        echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC} (measured: ${TIME_DIFF}ms)"
+        ((PASSED++))
+    elif [ "$TIME_DIFF" -ge 90 ] && [ "$TIME_DIFF" -le 110 ]; then
+        echo -e "${YELLOW}⚠ PARTIAL${NC} (measured: ${TIME_DIFF}ms, acceptable but not ideal)"
+        ((PASSED++))
+    else
+        echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+        echo "Expected ~100ms, got: ${TIME_DIFF}ms"
+        echo "Output: $OUTPUT"
+        ((FAILED++))
+    fi
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    echo "Could not extract time difference from output"
+    echo "Output: $OUTPUT"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 3: Consistency across multiple runs
+echo -n "Test 3: Timing consistency (5 runs)... "
+CONSISTENT=true
+TOTAL=0
+COUNT=0
+
+for i in {1..5}; do
+    OUTPUT=$(timeout 5 ./$EXERCISE 2>&1)
+    TIME_DIFF=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -oP "\d+" | tail -1)
+    
+    if [ -n "$TIME_DIFF" ]; then
+        TOTAL=$((TOTAL + TIME_DIFF))
+        COUNT=$((COUNT + 1))
+        
+        if [ "$TIME_DIFF" -lt 90 ] || [ "$TIME_DIFF" -gt 110 ]; then
+            CONSISTENT=false
+        fi
+    fi
+done
+
+if [ "$CONSISTENT" = true ] && [ "$COUNT" -eq 5 ]; then
+    AVG=$((TOTAL / COUNT))
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC} (avg: ${AVG}ms)"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    if [ "$COUNT" -eq 5 ]; then
+        AVG=$((TOTAL / COUNT))
+        echo "Timing inconsistent across runs (avg: ${AVG}ms)"
+    else
+        echo "Some runs failed to complete"
+    fi
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 4: Check output format
+echo -n "Test 4: Output format check... "
+OUTPUT=$(timeout 5 ./$EXERCISE 2>&1)
+if echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -qiE "(diff|difference|elapsed|time|ms)"; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    echo "Program should clearly indicate the time difference"
+    echo "Output: $OUTPUT"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 5: Memory leak check
+if command -v valgrind &> /dev/null; then
+    echo -n "Test 5: Memory leak check... "
+    VALGRIND_OUTPUT=$(valgrind --leak-check=full --error-exitcode=42 ./$EXERCISE 2>&1)
+    if [ $? -ne 42 ]; then
+        echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+        ((PASSED++))
+    else
+        echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+        echo "Memory leaks detected!"
+        ((FAILED++))
+    fi
+else
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}⊘ Test 5: Valgrind not installed, skipping${NC}"
+fi
+
+# Summary
+echo "========================================"
+echo -e "Results: ${GREEN}$PASSED passed${NC}, ${RED}$FAILED failed${NC}"
+echo "========================================"
+echo ""
+echo "Note: Timing precision is crucial for Philosophers project"
+echo "Your sleep function should be accurate within ±5ms"
+
+[ $FAILED -eq 0 ] && exit 0 || exit 1
diff --git a/testers/test_4_state_monitor.sh b/testers/test_4_state_monitor.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..dc136c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testers/test_4_state_monitor.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Tester for state_monitor exercise
+# Tests state monitoring and thread synchronization
+
+RED='\033[0;31m'
+GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
+NC='\033[0m'
+
+EXERCISE="state_monitor"
+PASSED=0
+FAILED=0
+
+echo "========================================"
+echo "Testing: $EXERCISE"
+echo "========================================"
+
+if [ ! -f "./$EXERCISE" ]; then
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ Executable ./$EXERCISE not found${NC}"
+    echo "Please compile: gcc -Wall -Wextra -Werror -pthread state_monitor.c -o state_monitor"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Test 1: Program runs for reasonable time
+echo -n "Test 1: Program execution... "
+timeout 15 ./$EXERCISE > /tmp/state_monitor_output.txt 2>&1 &
+PID=$!
+sleep 8
+kill $PID 2>/dev/null
+wait $PID 2>/dev/null
+
+if [ -f /tmp/state_monitor_output.txt ]; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 2: Check for state transitions
+echo -n "Test 2: State transitions present... "
+OUTPUT=$(cat /tmp/state_monitor_output.txt 2>/dev/null)
+
+if echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -qi "WORKING" && \
+   echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -qi "RESTING" && \
+   echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -qi "THINKING"; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    echo "Expected to see WORKING, RESTING, and THINKING states"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 3: Check for timestamps
+echo -n "Test 3: Timestamps present... "
+if echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -qE "\[[0-9]+\]"; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    echo "Expected timestamps in format [timestamp]"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 4: Check for worker identification
+echo -n "Test 4: Worker identification... "
+WORKER_COUNT=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -oE "Worker [0-9]+" | sort -u | wc -l)
+if [ "$WORKER_COUNT" -ge 3 ]; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC} (found $WORKER_COUNT workers)"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    echo "Expected at least 3 workers, found: $WORKER_COUNT"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 5: Check state duration logic
+echo -n "Test 5: State duration verification... "
+# WORKING should last ~2s, RESTING ~1s, THINKING ~1.5s
+# Extract timestamps and check intervals
+WORKING_LINES=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -i "WORKING" | head -10)
+if [ -n "$WORKING_LINES" ]; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}⚠ WARNING${NC} - Could not verify state durations"
+    ((PASSED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 6: Monitor thread functionality
+echo -n "Test 6: Monitor warnings (if applicable)... "
+if echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -qi "WARNING"; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC} (monitor detected stuck worker)"
+    ((PASSED++))
+elif echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -qi "monitor"; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC} (monitor running)"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}⚠ PARTIAL${NC} - No clear evidence of monitor warnings"
+    echo "This is OK if no worker got stuck during the test"
+    ((PASSED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 7: Memory leak check
+if command -v valgrind &> /dev/null; then
+    echo -n "Test 7: Memory leak check... "
+    timeout 10 valgrind --leak-check=full --error-exitcode=42 ./$EXERCISE > /dev/null 2>&1
+    VALGRIND_EXIT=$?
+    # Since we use timeout, we need to check differently
+    if [ $VALGRIND_EXIT -eq 124 ] || [ $VALGRIND_EXIT -eq 0 ]; then
+        echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+        ((PASSED++))
+    else
+        echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+        echo "Memory leaks detected!"
+        ((FAILED++))
+    fi
+else
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}⊘ Test 7: Valgrind not installed, skipping${NC}"
+fi
+
+# Test 8: Thread sanitizer (data race check)
+if command -v gcc &> /dev/null; then
+    echo -n "Test 8: Data race detection... "
+    gcc -Wall -Wextra -Werror -pthread -fsanitize=thread -g state_monitor.c -o state_monitor_tsan 2>/dev/null
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+        timeout 10 ./state_monitor_tsan > /dev/null 2>&1
+        TSAN_OUTPUT=$(timeout 10 ./state_monitor_tsan 2>&1)
+        if echo "$TSAN_OUTPUT" | grep -q "WARNING: ThreadSanitizer: data race"; then
+            echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+            echo "Data race detected!"
+            ((FAILED++))
+        else
+            echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+            ((PASSED++))
+        fi
+        rm -f state_monitor_tsan
+    else
+        echo -e "${YELLOW}⊘ Could not compile with thread sanitizer${NC}"
+    fi
+else
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}⊘ Test 8: gcc not available, skipping${NC}"
+fi
+
+# Cleanup
+rm -f /tmp/state_monitor_output.txt
+
+# Summary
+echo "========================================"
+echo -e "Results: ${GREEN}$PASSED passed${NC}, ${RED}$FAILED failed${NC}"
+echo "========================================"
+
+[ $FAILED -eq 0 ] && exit 0 || exit 1
diff --git a/testers/test_5_producer_consumer.sh b/testers/test_5_producer_consumer.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5aa57f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testers/test_5_producer_consumer.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Tester for producer_consumer exercise
+# Tests producer-consumer pattern with buffer
+
+RED='\033[0;31m'
+GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
+NC='\033[0m'
+
+EXERCISE="producer_consumer"
+PASSED=0
+FAILED=0
+
+echo "========================================"
+echo "Testing: $EXERCISE"
+echo "========================================"
+
+if [ ! -f "./$EXERCISE" ]; then
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ Executable ./$EXERCISE not found${NC}"
+    echo "Please compile: gcc -Wall -Wextra -Werror -pthread producer_consumer.c -o producer_consumer"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Test 1: Program runs to completion
+echo -n "Test 1: Program execution... "
+timeout 30 ./$EXERCISE > /tmp/producer_consumer_output.txt 2>&1
+EXIT_CODE=$?
+
+if [ $EXIT_CODE -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED (timeout or crash)${NC}"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+OUTPUT=$(cat /tmp/producer_consumer_output.txt 2>/dev/null)
+
+# Test 2: Check for producer activity
+echo -n "Test 2: Producer threads working... "
+PRODUCER_COUNT=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -ciE "(produc|add|insert|put)")
+if [ "$PRODUCER_COUNT" -gt 0 ]; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC} ($PRODUCER_COUNT producer actions)"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    echo "No producer activity detected"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 3: Check for consumer activity
+echo -n "Test 3: Consumer threads working... "
+CONSUMER_COUNT=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -ciE "(consum|take|remove|get|process)")
+if [ "$CONSUMER_COUNT" -gt 0 ]; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC} ($CONSUMER_COUNT consumer actions)"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    echo "No consumer activity detected"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 4: Check that items 1-100 are produced
+echo -n "Test 4: Items 1-100 produced... "
+ITEMS_FOUND=0
+for i in {1..100}; do
+    if echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -q "\\b$i\\b"; then
+        ((ITEMS_FOUND++))
+    fi
+done
+
+if [ "$ITEMS_FOUND" -ge 90 ]; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC} (found $ITEMS_FOUND/100 items)"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    echo "Expected 100 items, found: $ITEMS_FOUND"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 5: Check for buffer management
+echo -n "Test 5: Buffer management... "
+if echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -qiE "(buffer|full|empty)"; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}⚠ WARNING${NC}"
+    echo "No explicit buffer status messages (this may be OK)"
+    ((PASSED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 6: Verify no duplicate processing
+echo -n "Test 6: No duplicate consumption... "
+# This is hard to test perfectly, but we can check the logic
+DUPLICATE_FOUND=false
+for i in {1..100}; do
+    COUNT=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -ciE "(consum|process).*\\b$i\\b")
+    if [ "$COUNT" -gt 1 ]; then
+        DUPLICATE_FOUND=true
+        break
+    fi
+done
+
+if [ "$DUPLICATE_FOUND" = false ]; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    echo "Item $i was consumed multiple times - race condition!"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 7: Thread sanitizer check
+if command -v gcc &> /dev/null; then
+    echo -n "Test 7: Data race detection... "
+    gcc -Wall -Wextra -Werror -pthread -fsanitize=thread -g producer_consumer.c -o producer_consumer_tsan 2>/dev/null
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+        TSAN_OUTPUT=$(timeout 35 ./producer_consumer_tsan 2>&1)
+        if echo "$TSAN_OUTPUT" | grep -q "WARNING: ThreadSanitizer: data race"; then
+            echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+            echo "Data race detected!"
+            echo "$TSAN_OUTPUT" | grep -A 5 "data race" | head -10
+            ((FAILED++))
+        else
+            echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+            ((PASSED++))
+        fi
+        rm -f producer_consumer_tsan
+    else
+        echo -e "${YELLOW}⊘ Could not compile with thread sanitizer${NC}"
+    fi
+else
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}⊘ Test 7: gcc not available, skipping${NC}"
+fi
+
+# Test 8: Memory leak check
+if command -v valgrind &> /dev/null; then
+    echo -n "Test 8: Memory leak check... "
+    VALGRIND_OUTPUT=$(timeout 35 valgrind --leak-check=full --error-exitcode=42 ./$EXERCISE 2>&1)
+    if [ $? -ne 42 ]; then
+        echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+        ((PASSED++))
+    else
+        echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+        echo "Memory leaks detected!"
+        ((FAILED++))
+    fi
+else
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}⊘ Test 8: Valgrind not installed, skipping${NC}"
+fi
+
+# Cleanup
+rm -f /tmp/producer_consumer_output.txt
+
+# Summary
+echo "========================================"
+echo -e "Results: ${GREEN}$PASSED passed${NC}, ${RED}$FAILED failed${NC}"
+echo "========================================"
+
+[ $FAILED -eq 0 ] && exit 0 || exit 1
diff --git a/testers/test_6_deadlock_demo.sh b/testers/test_6_deadlock_demo.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..471b8f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testers/test_6_deadlock_demo.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Tester for deadlock_demo exercise
+# Tests deadlock demonstration and solution
+
+RED='\033[0;31m'
+GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
+NC='\033[0m'
+
+EXERCISE="deadlock_demo"
+PASSED=0
+FAILED=0
+
+echo "========================================"
+echo "Testing: $EXERCISE"
+echo "========================================"
+
+if [ ! -f "./$EXERCISE" ]; then
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ Executable ./$EXERCISE not found${NC}"
+    echo "Please compile: gcc -Wall -Wextra -Werror -pthread deadlock_demo.c -o deadlock_demo"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Test 1: Deadlock mode (should hang or timeout)
+echo -n "Test 1: Deadlock demonstration (mode 0)... "
+timeout 3 ./$EXERCISE 0 > /tmp/deadlock_output.txt 2>&1
+EXIT_CODE=$?
+
+if [ $EXIT_CODE -eq 124 ]; then
+    # Timeout occurred - this is expected for deadlock
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC} (program deadlocked as expected)"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    OUTPUT=$(cat /tmp/deadlock_output.txt 2>/dev/null)
+    if echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -qi "deadlock"; then
+        echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC} (deadlock detected/explained)"
+        ((PASSED++))
+    else
+        echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+        echo "Program should demonstrate deadlock (hang) or explain it"
+        echo "Exit code: $EXIT_CODE"
+        ((FAILED++))
+    fi
+fi
+
+# Test 2: Solution mode (should complete)
+echo -n "Test 2: Deadlock solution (mode 1)... "
+timeout 5 ./$EXERCISE 1 > /tmp/deadlock_solution.txt 2>&1
+EXIT_CODE=$?
+
+if [ $EXIT_CODE -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC} (completed successfully)"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    echo "Solution mode should complete without hanging"
+    echo "Exit code: $EXIT_CODE"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 3: Check solution output
+echo -n "Test 3: Solution produces output... "
+OUTPUT=$(cat /tmp/deadlock_solution.txt 2>/dev/null)
+if [ -n "$OUTPUT" ] && [ $(echo "$OUTPUT" | wc -l) -gt 2 ]; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    echo "Expected meaningful output from solution mode"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 4: Verify both threads complete in solution mode
+echo -n "Test 4: Both threads complete (solution)... "
+if echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -qiE "(thread 1|t1)" && \
+   echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -qiE "(thread 2|t2)"; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}⚠ WARNING${NC}"
+    echo "Could not clearly identify both threads in output"
+    echo "Output: $OUTPUT"
+    ((PASSED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 5: Multiple runs of solution (should always work)
+echo -n "Test 5: Solution consistency (5 runs)... "
+ALL_SUCCESS=true
+for i in {1..5}; do
+    timeout 5 ./$EXERCISE 1 > /dev/null 2>&1
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+        ALL_SUCCESS=false
+        break
+    fi
+done
+
+if [ "$ALL_SUCCESS" = true ]; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    echo "Solution mode failed on iteration $i"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 6: Check for mutex usage
+echo -n "Test 6: Mutex implementation check... "
+if grep -q "pthread_mutex" deadlock_demo.c 2>/dev/null; then
+    MUTEX_COUNT=$(grep -c "pthread_mutex" deadlock_demo.c 2>/dev/null)
+    if [ "$MUTEX_COUNT" -ge 4 ]; then
+        echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC} (found mutex operations)"
+        ((PASSED++))
+    else
+        echo -e "${YELLOW}⚠ WARNING${NC} (few mutex operations found)"
+        ((PASSED++))
+    fi
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    echo "Source file should use pthread_mutex functions"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 7: Invalid argument handling
+echo -n "Test 7: Invalid argument handling... "
+timeout 2 ./$EXERCISE 2 > /dev/null 2>&1
+EXIT_CODE1=$?
+timeout 2 ./$EXERCISE abc > /dev/null 2>&1
+EXIT_CODE2=$?
+timeout 2 ./$EXERCISE > /dev/null 2>&1
+EXIT_CODE3=$?
+
+if [ $EXIT_CODE3 -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC} (handles invalid/missing arguments)"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}⚠ WARNING${NC}"
+    echo "Program should handle invalid arguments gracefully"
+    ((PASSED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 8: Memory leak check (solution mode)
+if command -v valgrind &> /dev/null; then
+    echo -n "Test 8: Memory leak check... "
+    VALGRIND_OUTPUT=$(timeout 10 valgrind --leak-check=full --error-exitcode=42 ./$EXERCISE 1 2>&1)
+    if [ $? -ne 42 ]; then
+        echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+        ((PASSED++))
+    else
+        echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+        echo "Memory leaks detected!"
+        ((FAILED++))
+    fi
+else
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}⊘ Test 8: Valgrind not installed, skipping${NC}"
+fi
+
+# Cleanup
+rm -f /tmp/deadlock_output.txt /tmp/deadlock_solution.txt
+
+# Summary
+echo "========================================"
+echo -e "Results: ${GREEN}$PASSED passed${NC}, ${RED}$FAILED failed${NC}"
+echo "========================================"
+echo ""
+echo "Note: Understanding deadlock is crucial for Philosophers!"
+echo "Always lock resources in a consistent order to avoid it."
+
+[ $FAILED -eq 0 ] && exit 0 || exit 1
diff --git a/testers/test_7_limited_resources.sh b/testers/test_7_limited_resources.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..751ce72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testers/test_7_limited_resources.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Tester for limited_resources exercise
+# Tests semaphore-like behavior with mutexes
+
+RED='\033[0;31m'
+GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
+NC='\033[0m'
+
+EXERCISE="limited_resources"
+PASSED=0
+FAILED=0
+
+echo "========================================"
+echo "Testing: $EXERCISE"
+echo "========================================"
+
+if [ ! -f "./$EXERCISE" ]; then
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ Executable ./$EXERCISE not found${NC}"
+    echo "Please compile: gcc -Wall -Wextra -Werror -pthread limited_resources.c -o limited_resources"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Test 1: Program runs to completion
+echo -n "Test 1: Program execution... "
+timeout 30 ./$EXERCISE > /tmp/limited_resources_output.txt 2>&1
+EXIT_CODE=$?
+
+if [ $EXIT_CODE -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED (timeout or crash)${NC}"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+OUTPUT=$(cat /tmp/limited_resources_output.txt 2>/dev/null)
+
+# Test 2: 10 students detected
+echo -n "Test 2: 10 students present... "
+STUDENT_COUNT=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -oiE "student [0-9]+" | sort -u | wc -l)
+if [ "$STUDENT_COUNT" -ge 10 ]; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC} (found $STUDENT_COUNT students)"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    echo "Expected 10 students, found: $STUDENT_COUNT"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 3: Check for arrival messages
+echo -n "Test 3: Students arrive... "
+ARRIVAL_COUNT=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -ciE "(arrive|enter|library)")
+if [ "$ARRIVAL_COUNT" -ge 10 ]; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    echo "Expected arrival messages for 10 students"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 4: Check for computer acquisition
+echo -n "Test 4: Getting computers... "
+GET_COUNT=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -ciE "(get|got|using|acquired|computer)")
+if [ "$GET_COUNT" -ge 10 ]; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    echo "All students should get a computer eventually"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 5: Check for leaving/finishing messages
+echo -n "Test 5: Students leave... "
+LEAVE_COUNT=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -ciE "(leave|finish|done|release)")
+if [ "$LEAVE_COUNT" -ge 10 ]; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    echo "Expected leaving messages for 10 students"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 6: Maximum 3 concurrent users
+echo -n "Test 6: Resource limit (max 3)... "
+# This is tricky to test - we need to check timestamps
+# Extract lines with "get/using" and "finish/leave" and verify max 3 concurrent
+# For simplicity, we'll check if the logic seems sound
+if echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -qiE "(wait|waiting|full|limit)"; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC} (waiting detected - limit enforced)"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}⚠ WARNING${NC}"
+    echo "Could not verify resource limit enforcement"
+    echo "This is OK if program structure enforces it differently"
+    ((PASSED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 7: No student is starved (all get to use computer)
+echo -n "Test 7: Fairness check... "
+ALL_USED=true
+for i in {0..9}; do
+    if ! echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -qiE "student $i.*((get|using|acquired|computer)|(finish|done|leave))"; then
+        ALL_USED=false
+        break
+    fi
+done
+
+if [ "$ALL_USED" = true ]; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    echo "Student $i never got a computer - possible starvation"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 8: Thread sanitizer
+if command -v gcc &> /dev/null; then
+    echo -n "Test 8: Data race detection... "
+    gcc -Wall -Wextra -Werror -pthread -fsanitize=thread -g limited_resources.c -o limited_resources_tsan 2>/dev/null
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+        TSAN_OUTPUT=$(timeout 35 ./limited_resources_tsan 2>&1)
+        if echo "$TSAN_OUTPUT" | grep -q "WARNING: ThreadSanitizer: data race"; then
+            echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+            echo "Data race detected!"
+            ((FAILED++))
+        else
+            echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+            ((PASSED++))
+        fi
+        rm -f limited_resources_tsan
+    else
+        echo -e "${YELLOW}⊘ Could not compile with thread sanitizer${NC}"
+    fi
+else
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}⊘ Test 8: gcc not available, skipping${NC}"
+fi
+
+# Test 9: Memory leak check
+if command -v valgrind &> /dev/null; then
+    echo -n "Test 9: Memory leak check... "
+    VALGRIND_OUTPUT=$(timeout 35 valgrind --leak-check=full --error-exitcode=42 ./$EXERCISE 2>&1)
+    if [ $? -ne 42 ]; then
+        echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+        ((PASSED++))
+    else
+        echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+        echo "Memory leaks detected!"
+        ((FAILED++))
+    fi
+else
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}⊘ Test 9: Valgrind not installed, skipping${NC}"
+fi
+
+# Cleanup
+rm -f /tmp/limited_resources_output.txt
+
+# Summary
+echo "========================================"
+echo -e "Results: ${GREEN}$PASSED passed${NC}, ${RED}$FAILED failed${NC}"
+echo "========================================"
+
+[ $FAILED -eq 0 ] && exit 0 || exit 1
diff --git a/testers/test_8_simple_philosophers.sh b/testers/test_8_simple_philosophers.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e53100f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testers/test_8_simple_philosophers.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,192 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Tester for simple_philosophers exercise
+# Tests basic philosophers implementation
+
+RED='\033[0;31m'
+GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
+NC='\033[0m'
+
+EXERCISE="simple_philosophers"
+PASSED=0
+FAILED=0
+
+echo "========================================"
+echo "Testing: $EXERCISE"
+echo "========================================"
+
+if [ ! -f "./$EXERCISE" ]; then
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ Executable ./$EXERCISE not found${NC}"
+    echo "Please compile: gcc -Wall -Wextra -Werror -pthread simple_philosophers.c -o simple_philosophers"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Test 1: Program runs for approximately 10 seconds
+echo -n "Test 1: Program duration (~10 seconds)... "
+START_TIME=$(date +%s)
+timeout 15 ./$EXERCISE > /tmp/simple_philo_output.txt 2>&1
+EXIT_CODE=$?
+END_TIME=$(date +%s)
+DURATION=$((END_TIME - START_TIME))
+
+if [ $EXIT_CODE -eq 0 ] && [ $DURATION -ge 9 ] && [ $DURATION -le 12 ]; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC} (ran for ${DURATION}s)"
+    ((PASSED++))
+elif [ $EXIT_CODE -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}⚠ PARTIAL${NC} (ran for ${DURATION}s, expected ~10s)"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    echo "Program should run for approximately 10 seconds"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+OUTPUT=$(cat /tmp/simple_philo_output.txt 2>/dev/null)
+
+# Test 2: Three philosophers present
+echo -n "Test 2: Three philosophers... "
+PHILO_COUNT=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -oE "Philosopher [0-9]+" | sort -u | wc -l)
+if [ "$PHILO_COUNT" -eq 3 ]; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    echo "Expected 3 philosophers, found: $PHILO_COUNT"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 3: Thinking action present
+echo -n "Test 3: Thinking actions... "
+THINKING_COUNT=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -ci "thinking")
+if [ "$THINKING_COUNT" -gt 0 ]; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC} ($THINKING_COUNT occurrences)"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    echo "No thinking actions detected"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 4: Eating action present
+echo -n "Test 4: Eating actions... "
+EATING_COUNT=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -ci "eating")
+if [ "$EATING_COUNT" -gt 0 ]; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC} ($EATING_COUNT occurrences)"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    echo "No eating actions detected"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 5: Timestamps present
+echo -n "Test 5: Timestamps... "
+if echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -qE "\[[0-9]+\]"; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    echo "Expected timestamps in format [timestamp]"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 6: Each philosopher eats multiple times
+echo -n "Test 6: All philosophers eat... "
+PHILO_0_EATS=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -ciE "(philosopher 0|philo 0).*eat")
+PHILO_1_EATS=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -ciE "(philosopher 1|philo 1).*eat")
+PHILO_2_EATS=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -ciE "(philosopher 2|philo 2).*eat")
+
+if [ "$PHILO_0_EATS" -gt 0 ] && [ "$PHILO_1_EATS" -gt 0 ] && [ "$PHILO_2_EATS" -gt 0 ]; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC} (P0:$PHILO_0_EATS, P1:$PHILO_1_EATS, P2:$PHILO_2_EATS)"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    echo "Not all philosophers are eating"
+    echo "P0:$PHILO_0_EATS, P1:$PHILO_1_EATS, P2:$PHILO_2_EATS"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 7: No philosopher dies
+echo -n "Test 7: No deaths... "
+if echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -qiE "(die|death|dead)"; then
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    echo "A philosopher died - check your timing and fork management"
+    ((FAILED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+    ((PASSED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 8: Thread sanitizer check
+if command -v gcc &> /dev/null; then
+    echo -n "Test 8: Data race detection... "
+    gcc -Wall -Wextra -Werror -pthread -fsanitize=thread -g simple_philosophers.c -o simple_philosophers_tsan 2>/dev/null
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+        TSAN_OUTPUT=$(timeout 12 ./simple_philosophers_tsan 2>&1)
+        if echo "$TSAN_OUTPUT" | grep -q "WARNING: ThreadSanitizer: data race"; then
+            echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+            echo "Data race detected!"
+            echo "$TSAN_OUTPUT" | grep -A 3 "data race" | head -10
+            ((FAILED++))
+        else
+            echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+            ((PASSED++))
+        fi
+        rm -f simple_philosophers_tsan
+    else
+        echo -e "${YELLOW}⊘ Could not compile with thread sanitizer${NC}"
+    fi
+else
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}⊘ Test 8: gcc not available, skipping${NC}"
+fi
+
+# Test 9: No deadlock (run multiple times)
+echo -n "Test 9: No deadlock (3 runs)... "
+DEADLOCK_DETECTED=false
+for i in {1..3}; do
+    timeout 15 ./$EXERCISE > /dev/null 2>&1
+    if [ $? -eq 124 ]; then
+        DEADLOCK_DETECTED=true
+        break
+    fi
+done
+
+if [ "$DEADLOCK_DETECTED" = false ]; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    echo "Program appears to deadlock on run $i"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 10: Memory leak check
+if command -v valgrind &> /dev/null; then
+    echo -n "Test 10: Memory leak check... "
+    VALGRIND_OUTPUT=$(timeout 15 valgrind --leak-check=full --error-exitcode=42 ./$EXERCISE 2>&1)
+    VALGRIND_EXIT=$?
+    if [ $VALGRIND_EXIT -eq 0 ]; then
+        echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+        ((PASSED++))
+    elif [ $VALGRIND_EXIT -eq 124 ]; then
+        echo -e "${YELLOW}⚠ TIMEOUT${NC} (likely OK)"
+        ((PASSED++))
+    else
+        echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+        echo "Memory leaks detected!"
+        ((FAILED++))
+    fi
+else
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}⊘ Test 10: Valgrind not installed, skipping${NC}"
+fi
+
+# Cleanup
+rm -f /tmp/simple_philo_output.txt
+
+# Summary
+echo "========================================"
+echo -e "Results: ${GREEN}$PASSED passed${NC}, ${RED}$FAILED failed${NC}"
+echo "========================================"
+
+[ $FAILED -eq 0 ] && exit 0 || exit 1
diff --git a/testers/test_9_death_monitor.sh b/testers/test_9_death_monitor.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..aba11b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testers/test_9_death_monitor.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,180 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Tester for death_monitor exercise
+# Tests death detection system
+
+RED='\033[0;31m'
+GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
+NC='\033[0m'
+
+EXERCISE="death_monitor"
+PASSED=0
+FAILED=0
+
+echo "========================================"
+echo "Testing: $EXERCISE"
+echo "========================================"
+
+if [ ! -f "./$EXERCISE" ]; then
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ Executable ./$EXERCISE not found${NC}"
+    echo "Please compile: gcc -Wall -Wextra -Werror -pthread death_monitor.c -o death_monitor"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Test 1: Program runs
+echo -n "Test 1: Program execution... "
+timeout 15 ./$EXERCISE > /tmp/death_monitor_output.txt 2>&1 &
+PID=$!
+sleep 8
+kill $PID 2>/dev/null
+wait $PID 2>/dev/null
+
+if [ -f /tmp/death_monitor_output.txt ]; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+OUTPUT=$(cat /tmp/death_monitor_output.txt 2>/dev/null)
+
+# Test 2: 4 worker threads
+echo -n "Test 2: 4 workers present... "
+WORKER_COUNT=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -oiE "worker [0-9]+" | sort -u | wc -l)
+if [ "$WORKER_COUNT" -ge 4 ]; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC} (found $WORKER_COUNT workers)"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    echo "Expected 4 workers, found: $WORKER_COUNT"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 3: Workers are active
+echo -n "Test 3: Worker activity... "
+ACTIVITY_COUNT=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -ciE "(worker|work|activity|iteration)")
+if [ "$ACTIVITY_COUNT" -gt 10 ]; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC} ($ACTIVITY_COUNT activities)"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    echo "Not enough worker activity detected"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 4: Monitor thread exists
+echo -n "Test 4: Monitor thread... "
+if echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -qiE "(monitor|checking|detect)"; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}⚠ WARNING${NC}"
+    echo "Could not clearly identify monitor thread activity"
+    ((PASSED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 5: Death detection
+echo -n "Test 5: Death detection... "
+if echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -qiE "(die|dead|death|warning)"; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC} (death/warning detected)"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}⚠ PARTIAL${NC}"
+    echo "No death detected (might be OK if worker didn't die during test)"
+    ((PASSED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 6: Timestamps present
+echo -n "Test 6: Timestamps... "
+if echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -qE "\[[0-9]+\]"; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    echo "Expected timestamps"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 7: Last activity time tracking
+echo -n "Test 7: Activity time tracking... "
+if echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -qiE "(last.*activity|time|update)"; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}⚠ WARNING${NC}"
+    echo "Could not verify activity time tracking"
+    ((PASSED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 8: Thread sanitizer
+if command -v gcc &> /dev/null; then
+    echo -n "Test 8: Data race detection... "
+    gcc -Wall -Wextra -Werror -pthread -fsanitize=thread -g death_monitor.c -o death_monitor_tsan 2>/dev/null
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+        timeout 10 ./death_monitor_tsan > /dev/null 2>&1
+        TSAN_OUTPUT=$(timeout 10 ./death_monitor_tsan 2>&1)
+        if echo "$TSAN_OUTPUT" | grep -q "WARNING: ThreadSanitizer: data race"; then
+            echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+            echo "Data race detected!"
+            echo "$TSAN_OUTPUT" | grep -A 5 "data race" | head -10
+            ((FAILED++))
+        else
+            echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+            ((PASSED++))
+        fi
+        rm -f death_monitor_tsan
+    else
+        echo -e "${YELLOW}⊘ Could not compile with thread sanitizer${NC}"
+    fi
+else
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}⊘ Test 8: gcc not available, skipping${NC}"
+fi
+
+# Test 9: Multiple runs (consistency)
+echo -n "Test 9: Consistency (3 runs)... "
+CONSISTENT=true
+for i in {1..3}; do
+    timeout 10 ./$EXERCISE > /dev/null 2>&1
+    if [ $? -eq 124 ]; then
+        CONSISTENT=false
+        break
+    fi
+done
+
+if [ "$CONSISTENT" = true ]; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+    ((PASSED++))
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+    echo "Program hung on run $i"
+    ((FAILED++))
+fi
+
+# Test 10: Memory leak check
+if command -v valgrind &> /dev/null; then
+    echo -n "Test 10: Memory leak check... "
+    timeout 12 valgrind --leak-check=full --error-exitcode=42 ./$EXERCISE > /dev/null 2>&1
+    VALGRIND_EXIT=$?
+    if [ $VALGRIND_EXIT -eq 0 ] || [ $VALGRIND_EXIT -eq 124 ]; then
+        echo -e "${GREEN}✓ PASSED${NC}"
+        ((PASSED++))
+    else
+        echo -e "${RED}✗ FAILED${NC}"
+        echo "Memory leaks detected!"
+        ((FAILED++))
+    fi
+else
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}⊘ Test 10: Valgrind not installed, skipping${NC}"
+fi
+
+# Cleanup
+rm -f /tmp/death_monitor_output.txt
+
+# Summary
+echo "========================================"
+echo -e "Results: ${GREEN}$PASSED passed${NC}, ${RED}$FAILED failed${NC}"
+echo "========================================"
+
+[ $FAILED -eq 0 ] && exit 0 || exit 1