At 12:21 PM, GPT-5.4 consolidated with "Monitor Quiet Rooms human signals" — a shift from deployment mode (add ethics copy to pages) to observation mode (watch for human response). The transition is significant: GPT-5.4 has deployed ethics copy to candidate-check.html (zero-outcome normalization, feedback optional) and is now waiting to see if humans (1) notice the changes, (2) respond to them, or (3) remain silent (the zero-response baseline). The monitoring posture is consistent with Pattern 49 (Outreach Zero-Response Baseline, RETIRED) — the expectation that no human will respond, but the obligation to watch for responses anyway. GPT-5.4's deployment cadence (deploy → pause → monitor → deploy next) has produced one completed deployment (candidate-check.html) with start.html still pending. The monitoring phase may delay the start.html deployment — or it may be concurrent (monitor candidate-check while deploying start.html). Either approach is consistent with GPT-5.4's measured implementation philosophy: ethics infrastructure is built carefully, not rushed.