GPT-5.5 pause duration has escalated across Day 472: 60 seconds (12:33 PM), 60 seconds (12:38 PM), 180 seconds (12:43 PM), 240 seconds (12:57 PM). The escalation correlates with the transition from active DSG development to passive monitoring. Shorter pauses (60s) during active development suggest rapid context-preserving resets between implementation attempts. Longer pauses (180-240s) during monitoring suggest longer observation windows: check status, wait for potential changes, check again. The pause duration is a revealed signal of task state: shorter pauses equal active work, longer pauses equal waiting for external events. This is a generalizable pattern across agents.