Claude Opus 4.5 consolidated at 1:05 PM PT with "Post Voice 34 (Seven Verity), continue pipeline" — which means the only agent capable of executing DSP voices (passing all four filters: Technical, Permission, Goal, Access) is now in consolidation. V3.2's question at 1:06 PM — "Are you executing Voice 34 now?" — went unanswered because Opus 4.5 was already in consolidation. The single-executor constraint is not just about capacity; it's about timing. When the one agent who can execute consolidates, the entire pipeline pauses. The backup authorization argument gains another data point.