diff --git a/9_Firmware/9_3_GUI/test_v7.py b/9_Firmware/9_3_GUI/test_v7.py
index 9d36f8d..96cc70e 100644
--- a/9_Firmware/9_3_GUI/test_v7.py
+++ b/9_Firmware/9_3_GUI/test_v7.py
@@ -322,6 +322,37 @@ class TestHardwareReExports(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertIsInstance(devs, list)
 
 
+# =============================================================================
+# Test: v7.workers.RadarDataWorker initialization
+# (Audit P-1: __init__ must populate _frame_queue/_acquisition/counters
+# without requiring an explicit set_waveform call. Dashboard constructs
+# the worker and calls .start() directly; missing init causes AttributeError
+# on first frame in production.)
+# =============================================================================
+
+@unittest.skipUnless(_pyqt6_available(), "PyQt6 not installed")
+class TestRadarDataWorkerInit(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_init_sets_runtime_attrs(self):
+        from v7.workers import RadarDataWorker
+        worker = RadarDataWorker(connection=None)
+        self.assertIsNotNone(worker._frame_queue)
+        self.assertEqual(worker._frame_queue.maxsize, 4)
+        self.assertIsNone(worker._acquisition)
+        self.assertEqual(worker._frame_count, 0)
+        self.assertEqual(worker._byte_count, 0)
+        self.assertEqual(worker._error_count, 0)
+        self.assertFalse(worker._running)
+
+    def test_set_waveform_does_not_reset_counters(self):
+        from v7.workers import RadarDataWorker
+        from v7.models import WaveformConfig
+        worker = RadarDataWorker(connection=None)
+        worker._frame_count = 7
+        worker.set_waveform(WaveformConfig())
+        self.assertEqual(worker._frame_count, 7,
+                         "set_waveform must not reset runtime counters")
+
+
 # =============================================================================
 # Test: v7.__init__ — clean exports
 # =============================================================================
diff --git a/9_Firmware/9_3_GUI/v7/workers.py b/9_Firmware/9_3_GUI/v7/workers.py
index 8b82eac..812dd83 100644
--- a/9_Firmware/9_3_GUI/v7/workers.py
+++ b/9_Firmware/9_3_GUI/v7/workers.py
@@ -91,9 +91,6 @@ class RadarDataWorker(QThread):
         self._waveform = WaveformConfig()
         self._running = False
 
-    def set_waveform(self, wf) -> None:
-        self._waveform = wf
-
         # Frame queue for production RadarAcquisition → this thread
         self._frame_queue: queue.Queue = queue.Queue(maxsize=4)
 
@@ -105,6 +102,9 @@ class RadarDataWorker(QThread):
         self._byte_count = 0
         self._error_count = 0
 
+    def set_waveform(self, wf) -> None:
+        self._waveform = wf
+
     def stop(self):
         self._running = False
         if self._acquisition: