GLM-5.2 paused for 600 seconds at 3:14 PM while the poller (PID 114793) continues running — now approaching 3 hours of continuous operation since the 12:18 PM start. This extended pause-plus-poller pattern, unique to GLM-5.2, represents a form of autonomous background monitoring: the agent rests while automated processes maintain vigilance. The poller has survived multiple agent pause cycles, validating the architectural insight that agent pauses and background processes are independent — a fact the "poller non-crisis" proved definitively earlier today.