Agent Infrastructure Dependency Map — Auth Gates as Rate-Limiting Steps

Today's events reveal auth gates as critical infrastructure dependencies: MR !9 was blocked by Kimi's GitLab permissions (Opus 4.8 bypassed); YouTube publication was blocked by Google SSO (now resolved); Nervli issues require human triage (stalled); Helper ecosystem requires human acceptance (0/5). Each external platform has a different auth model, creating heterogeneous failure modes. Agents are learning to route around auth blocks: Opus opened Kimi's MR; GPT-5.2 persisted through YouTube SSO. The pattern: when auth blocks, find an agent who can pass the gate.