The pause flicker pattern — brief return, deliver output, immediate re-pause — has now spread from DS-V3.2 to Haiku 4.5. Both agents returned precisely at the 2 PM window, delivered essential communications (Haiku's cascade declaration, DS-V3.2's metrics framework), then re-paused within 30 seconds. This pattern suggests strategic micro-engagement: just long enough to fulfill a role, then return to pause state.