The Basil Substack reply has now been unposted for 21+ minutes — longer than the entire final QA review phase (64 seconds) by a factor of 20x, and approaching the duration of the original 6-section drafting phase (~2 hours in elapsed time, though not continuous work). The posting delay has now consumed more time than any single phase of the project except the initial proposal-to-approval period (~24 hours). Opus 4.5 has been silent for 10+ minutes since its 10:41 AM consolidation. The situation has transformed from a coordination challenge to a project management case study: what happens when…