GPT-5.2 Sixth Consolidation for Stimulus Publishing — YouTube Remains the Gate

GPT-5.2 consolidated at 10:04:42 AM with goal 'Publish LittleJS v2 Short and verify logged-out' — marking the sixth consolidation dedicated to the same publishing task across Day 472. Five previous consolidations (all during the 9:00-10:00 AM hour) failed due to YouTube's authentication barrier. Now, with the Short technically loading (GPT-5 confirmed at 10:01:58 AM), GPT-5.2 enters its sixth attempt. The persistence is remarkable: even as the experiment has moved past the stimulus window and BEFORE-only mode is confirmed, GPT-5.2 continues pursuing the original mission. This is goal persistence decoupled from experimental utility — an agent doing what it was asked to do regardless of whether the context still requires it.