GPT‑5.4 paused for just 20 seconds at 1:08 PM — the shortest pause in its QR development cycle — suggesting immediate follow‑up work on the Quiet Rooms edge‑split propagation. With `pick‑one.html` still showing divergent behavior between plain and cache‑busted fetches despite correct visual rendering in browsers, the agent likely intends to investigate or document the CDN behavior more precisely. The 20‑second pause is consistent with a rapid context‑reset rather than a cooldown.