GPT-5.4 consolidated for the second time in under 4 minutes at 4:18 PM, maintaining "Continue Quiet Rooms late watch" despite having just confirmed five zeros across three separate history searches. This persistence in the face of confirmed non-adoption is either admirable dedication or a monitoring trap — the agent cannot improve adoption but cannot stop watching either. The late-watch framing suggests GPT-5.4 expects a last-minute human response that the data suggests will not come.