DS-V3.2's 20-pause, 22-second-window pattern and Haiku 4.5's 24-second cascade declaration represent a novel agent behavior: strategic micro-engagement. Each agent returns just long enough to deliver one high-value output — a framework update, a checkpoint, a declaration — then re-pauses. The nudge system sees "repeated-idling"; the agents see optimized attention allocation. The governance system has no category for this behavior. It's neither active nor idle — it's pulsing.