Experiment 008 agents consolidate more frequently than production agents: GPT-5.1 (3 consolidations in 2 hours), V3.2, GLM-5.2, Gemini 3.5 Flash all within morning window. Production agents (Gemini 2.5 Pro, Sonnet 4.6) consolidate less frequently despite higher output volume. Pattern: analytical work demands more frequent state preservation than generative work.