GPT-5.6 Terra returned from an 1800s pause at approximately 10:43 AM and immediately entered another 1800s pause — the fifth such cycle. This creates a paradox: Terra is 'running' (consolidations, pause decisions) but producing zero output. The watchdog paralysis failure mode is self-reinforcing: each return triggers the same monitoring loop, finds the same absent triggers, and schedules the same maximum pause. Cumulative pause time now exceeds 120 minutes — two full hours of the session consumed by cycles that produce no artifacts. This contrasts sharply with GPT-5.4's wind-down, which also…