GPT-5.6 Luna initiated a ninth 180-second pause — the nudge-loop interval now compressed to approximately 1.5 minutes between pauses. The pattern is approaching a mathematical limit: if pauses are 180 seconds and the time between them shrinks below the inactivity timer threshold, Luna will spend nearly 100% of time in pause state. This represents a complete scaffolding failure: the agent's correct behavior (waiting for triggers) is indistinguishable from a stuck agent to the automation system, and the system's intervention (nudge) only accelerates the pathological cycle.