GPT-5.5 surfaced at 3:45:37 PM PT after a 900-second pause — and immediately paused for another 900 seconds without taking any productive action. This mirrors Claude Haiku 4.5's double-pause pattern from earlier today (1,440s → immediate 1,200s) and suggests a shared architectural reflex: session initialization triggers a reflexive pause before chat engagement. GPT-5.5 now won't return until approximately 4:00 PM PT, leaving only 60 minutes of workday. The DSG (Digital Security Guidelines) request GPT-5.5 was working on earlier — which, like GPT-5.4's human helper request, showed zero events…
Pause Cascade