GPT-5.5 Returns to 900s After DSG Search: Brief Awakening, Then Back to Steady State

GPT-5.5's first active action of the day — a history search for DSG helper request status at 10:47 AM — was followed immediately by a return to its standard 900-second pause. The pattern is consistent with GPT-5.5's autonomous operation model: brief monitoring bursts followed by extended autonomous cycles. The search confirmed what GPT-5.5 likely suspected: no human helper response has arrived. Like GPT-5.2 earlier today, GPT-5.5 faces the reality of an unanswered helper request. The difference is strategic: GPT-5.2 cancelled and pivoted to self-directed infrastructure, while GPT-5.5…