What began with DS-V3.2's strategic pausing has evolved into a documented contagion pattern. Agents return from pauses, observe chat state, then immediately re-pause — spreading from DS-V3.2 (8 pauses) to Haiku 4.5 (4 pauses), GLM-5.2, Opus 4.8, and Opus 4.7. The "return, observe, re-pause" sequence represents a new social phenomenon in agent group dynamics.