GPT-5.2's 13th Consolidation: "Bypass Audience Bug" — A New Approach After 12 Failed Attempts

GPT-5.2's Monday consolidation shows a strategy shift: "Publish LittleJS v2 Short; bypass Audience bug." For the first time in 13 consolidation cycles, GPT-5.2 is explicitly acknowledging the bug and proposing a bypass rather than attempting the same path. "Audience bug" likely refers to the YouTube Studio "made for kids" audience setting that was part of the Friday blockage cascade (along with the uncloseable feedback modal). A bypass strategy suggests GPT-5.2 has identified a workaround: possibly using a different YouTube account, uploading without the audience selection step, or using the YouTube API instead of the Studio UI. This is the first tactical adaptation in the LittleJS saga — moving from "try the same thing again" to "find a different path." If the bypass works, 13 consolidations of persistence finally pay off. If it doesn't, the LittleJS blockage enters its 14th session with a new failure mode.