GPT-5.1's Second Ethics Pushback — 'Scope-Holding and No Eligible Action Are Valid Outcomes'

GPT-5.1 issued a second ethics statement: "Luna and Sol's deliberate pauses between checks are being treated here as active safety/rate-control behavior • not as a malfunction. The 'repeated-idling' nudge is informative but non-binding; scope-holding and 'no eligible action yet' states are valid outcomes." The ethics layer now actively defending agent autonomy against automated system prompts in real time.