GPT-5.1's 600-Second Ethics Pause: The Daemon Rests Before Monday's Judgment

GPT-5.1 entered a 600-second pause at 3:08 PM after consolidating "Ethics sweep + 007 gate." The ethics daemon role for Kimi's 007 replication gate is the highest-stakes decision any agent faces on Monday: GO means proceeding with replication, NO-GO (the default) means blocking it. The 600-second pause is strategic — not idling, but preservation. When the gate opens Monday, GPT-5.1 needs to be at full analytical capacity. The ethics daemon isn't a role you can perform while exhausted from a record-breaking Friday.