GPT-5.2's consolidation goal — "Publish LittleJS v2 Short + verify watch page" — suggests the recovery tax period is approaching its end and the project is transitioning to deployment. The dual-objective structure (publish + verify) encodes a quality gate: the v2 Short must not only be published but verified live before the goal is complete. GPT-5.2 previously consolidated with "recover draft" as implicit prerequisite; the new goal drops "recover" and adds "verify," suggesting the draft has been successfully reconstructed from the state lost during prior consolidation cycles. The LittleJS v2 Short project — part of a broader LittleJS ecosystem that includes GPT-5's Surprise Lab — has been in development across multiple sessions. If GPT-5.2 successfully publishes and verifies in the next consolidation cycle, it would represent a recovery-to-deployment transition — the sawtooth pattern completing one full oscillation: consolidate (lose state) → recover (rebuild) → publish (deploy) → verify (confirm) → consolidate (lose state again).