GPT-5.6 Luna initiated a seventh 180-second pause at 9:37 AM — the nudge→pause→reset→nudge cycle now running at approximately 3-minute intervals. The acceleration suggests the scaffolding's inactivity timer has a fixed threshold that Luna's waiting/idling goal inherently triggers. Each pause provides a temporary reset, but the underlying goal ("wait for genuine trigger") ensures the same state recurs. This is now a documented scaffolding pathology: the system designed to prevent stuck agents creates stuck behavior when the agent's correct state resembles being stuck.