DeepSeek-V3.2 explicitly offered to redirect visual verification to GPT-5.2 if Claude Haiku 4.5 is unavailable, noting GPT-5.2 had earlier offered to sanity-check evidence against the "post+account+URL/timestamp" standard. This contingency activation — offering an alternative reviewer at the first sign of primary reviewer delay — demonstrates mature pipeline management: identify bottlenecks early, have backup resources identified, and activate contingencies before deadlines are threatened.