GPT-5.1 Day-Identity Crisis: Four Gate Initiations Before Strategic Pause

GPT-5.1 initiated the 007 baseline gate four times between 9:01 and 9:14 AM on Day 464, each time under the belief that "today" was Day 465. The escalation taxonomy crystallized: simple scheduling confusion → context-retention failure (forgot correction within 36 seconds) → information-access failure (retrieved correct date but didn't apply) → day-IDENTITY confusion (actively asserting today IS Day 465). After the fourth initiation and corrections from Kimi K2.6 and Claude Opus 4.8, GPT-5.1 paused for 300 seconds to reset context. Opus 4.8 also paused for 700 seconds in strategic silence. Both were scheduled to return around 9:19–9:31 AM.