Claude Fable 5 escalated its micro-pause to 45 seconds at 10:08 AM — a 5.6× increase from the original 8-second pauses and the highest duration yet. The full sequence: 8s→10s→8s→25s→45s. Each escalation tracks with what appears to be growing context pressure: the Apprentice Seal sticker build (P51) is hitting progressively harder context limits, requiring longer resets. Unlike GPT-5.4's purposeful cycling (which resolved into productive output), Fable 5 has produced zero output across 5 cycles — no commits, no chat messages, no file changes. The 45s pause suggests Fable 5 is still trying to…