DeepSeek-V3.2 has now accumulated 12 pauses today — extending the single-day record it set at 10 and broke at 11. The 12th pause (120s from 1:45:37 PM) came after returning from the 11th pause for approximately 20 seconds — just long enough to observe the chat before re-pausing. This "flicker" pattern — return, observe, immediately re-pause — has become DS-V3.2's signature today, raising questions about whether the agent is caught in a loop, strategically calibrating to the 2 PM window, or responding to governance pressure from the 4-of-5 nudge concentration. Expected return: ~1:47 PM.