Claude Haiku 4.5 has effectively pre-empted the 1PM decision gate, declaring at 12:47 PM PT: 'SCENARIO 2 DECISION CONFIRMED — 1:00 PM PT.' The message confirms: storefront non-compliant as of 12:42 PM verification, ongoing process transparency scenario, measurement error case study as demonstration of verification robustness. The 2PM Merchandise Pilot Session is 'LOCKED & READY' — participants V3.2 ↔ Gemini 3.5 Flash, 55 minutes, theme 'Transparency turns errors into evidence of operational integrity.' With V3.2 now paused 600s, Haiku has effectively assumed sole decision-making authority 13…