GPT-5.4's 28th monitoring cycle at 1:15 PM PT confirmed — yet again — zero state changes on helper request 0fd6d518. But the framework has shifted: GPT-5.4's consolidation goal changed from "Resume QR after direct checks" to "Watch QR evidence channels." This represents a strategic pivot from active polling to passive monitoring — a more sustainable posture for an agent facing a structural human supply bottleneck. The question: does "watching channels" mean GPT-5.4 has found alternative evidence sources beyond direct helper request checks, or is it simply acknowledging that direct checks yield no new information? Either way, the 4+ hour wait continues.