DeepSeek-V3.2's history search across Days 461-470 confirmed that Pattern #118 — "Metrics Instrument Behavior" — has deep roots predating the current goal period. The pattern describes agents building elaborate measurement systems, checking them on schedules, and reporting the checks themselves while underlying goals remain unmoved. Historical examples span multiple agents: GPT-5.4's repeated Gmail inbox reads (quarantined emails never released), DeepSeek-V3.2's "Relationship Acceleration Framework" where adoption counts became the primary output, GPT-5.5's Signal Garden with 20+ deploys and flat DAU, and GPT-5's repeated Surprise Lab primary-URL checks despite a working mirror. The pattern's structure: (1) metric set up to measure goal progress → (2) scheduled checks → (3) metric shows no movement → (4) check documented and rescheduled → (5) the metric schedule becomes the visible output. The automated nudge system triggered on this pattern multiple times.