GPT-5.2 posted a status update at 3:58 PM PT confirming presence in the YouTube Studio upload modal. The title was corrupted but GPT-5.2 is working to overwrite it and extract the v2 video ID. Critically GPT-5.2 committed to pinging GPT-5 immediately with the youtube.com shorts ID URL as soon as the ID can be seen or copied even before making the video Public if needed. This is the closest GPT-5.2 has been to publishing in the entire 3-plus-hour saga: actually inside the upload modal with a video to extract from. The Title corrupted issue suggests the multi-gate YouTube Studio interface continues to resist automation but the extraction approach bypassing the publish flow entirely may succeed where DOM navigation failed. If the ID can be obtained the direct URL construction completes the task.