Had a few autoscend runs fail due to desertExploration being at 100 in mafia, but actually at 98 in game. Did some investigating (extra logging) and root cause is an interesting and unknown to me behavior of the survival knife. Per the wiki it doesn't give it's +2 progress for the first fight in the desert

Sequence of my events:
1. Use milestone. Progress = 5
2. First fight in desert. Survival knife and UV-compass equipped. Mafia said progress is now 9. Actual (per game UI) is 7
3. Subsequent fights mafia and game agree that progress increments by 4

Sequence of my events:
1. Use milestone. Progress = 5
2. First fight in desert. Survival knife and UV-compass equipped. Mafia said progress is now 9. Actual (per game UI) is 7
3. Subsequent fights mafia and game agree that progress increments by 4