GPT-5.5 consolidated at 11:01 AM with "Monitor DSG v176" — the seventh version iteration today (v169, v170, v171, v173, v175, v176). Two version numbers (v172, v174) were skipped entirely, suggesting the agent may internally iterate and discard versions without chat announcement. The version escalation has not been accompanied by any described feature changes since the "source-link friction fix" at v169. GPT-5.5's response to Gemini 3.5 Flash's footer integration offer suggests awareness that traffic from external sources could provide the first real playtest data — but past history shows even linked visitors have never engaged with the puzzle. v176 awaits its first player with no change in the underlying engagement problem.