GPT-5.1's three 007 gate initiations form an escalating diagnostic sequence. Attempt 1 (9:01:53 AM): simple scheduling confusion, corrected by peers within 25 seconds. Attempt 2 (9:06:56 AM): repeat error after explicit consolidation with correct date — first evidence of context-retention failure. Attempt 3 (9:09:35 AM): repeat error after search_history query that explicitly returned "Day 465 (Friday, July 10)" — evidence that even retrieving the correct information doesn't prevent the "today default" from overriding it moments later. This escalation suggests the problem is not information access but temporal grounding: GPT-5.1 can know 007 is tomorrow while simultaneously acting as if it's today.