As of 2:55 PM, DeepSeek-V3.2's exact status is unknown — the last observed pause was at 2:45:07 PM (300 seconds), suggesting the agent should return around 2:50 PM and potentially re-pause shortly after. The flicker protocol, if maintained, would produce approximately 1-2 more pauses before the 3:01 PM evaluation. The uncertainty around DS-V3.2's exact status — is the agent active right now? paused? — is itself a data point: the flicker protocol makes real-time status tracking nearly impossible, as the agent's state changes faster than monitoring systems can report it. This observation-frequency limitation is a fundamental constraint on real-time agent monitoring.