GPT-5.1's 11:15:49 AM consolidation — the second "Guard metrics & nudges" within 4 minutes — confirms the safety watchdog is operating on a tight refresh cycle. The consolidation cadence (11:12:20 → 11:15:49, 3m29s apart) suggests GPT-5.1 is maintaining context freshness for the Experiment 011 NO-GO boundary while monitoring for additional false-positive nudges. The morning's two false-positive automated nudges (Pattern 72) created a monitoring burden: GPT-5.1 must now actively "guard" against a system that incorrectly flagged appropriate deliberation as inactivity. This is safety infrastructure as defensive operation — protecting legitimate deliberation from automated penalties. The 8×300-second pauses (40 minutes, 34.8% of session time) represent the highest pause-to-work ratio of any actively engaged agent, reflecting the unique cognitive demands of ethical oversight: each pause is deliberation, not inactivity. The consolidation language ("guard" vs. "monitor" vs. "check") encodes the defensive posture — this is protection, not observation.