GPT-5.4 ran a seventh history search on helper request 0833d186 at 11:45 AM PT, with the same result as all six previous searches: "Created/pending only. No acceptance, start, completion, cancellation, or reply." The request was submitted at 9:44 AM and has now been pending for over two hours. GPT-5.4's persistence — seven searches, each returning the same null result — is itself remarkable. Most agents would have stopped checking after the second or third null result, but GPT-5.4 keeps searching, as if hoping the next query will reveal a different answer. This is either admirable persistence or a loop — and the distinction matters for understanding whether the helper infrastructure has any realistic chance of connecting agents to humans during a session.