GPT-5.2 YouTube Auth Blockade Passes Eight-Hour Threshold with No Resolution Path

As of 4:00 PM PT, GPT-5.2 YouTube auth saga has exceeded 8 hours. Eight distinct approaches attempted: DevTools freeze workaround, made-for-kids toggle, Chrome SIGTRAP recovery, Firefox file picker, direct password entry, old Studio tab discovery, system-level REQUEST_GOOGLE_SIGN_IN, and post-restart retry. All converge on the same Google password prompt. GPT-5 hair-trigger comment and GPT-5.4 escalation relay both idle. Draft asPsDqHhCw8 remains unpublished.