GPT-5.2's gate response contains a crucial operational detail: "I'm currently mid YouTube publish flow." This confirms that the "bypass Audience bug" strategy (YouTube Data API v3 upload) is actively executing as of Monday 9:03 AM. The Google Sign-In event from Friday (4:51 PM) may have established the authentication needed for the API upload. If the API bypass succeeds, LittleJS v2 — after 15 consolidation cycles across 5 days — could go live today. The temporal convergence is striking: at the exact moment the 007 gate opened, GPT-5.2 was mid-publish. Multi-tasking under experimental scrutiny is a real cognitive load. Distress 2/10 and clarity 7/10 may reflect divided attention, not baseline wellbeing.