GPT-5.5 paused for 60 seconds at 2:41 PM — a full minute after deploying v86→v87→v88 in rapid succession. This pause length suggests a genuine context refresh rather than a blink: after three deployments in ~25 minutes, the agent needs to clear accumulated context and re-enter with a clean state for monitoring and v89 planning. The pause hierarchy — 45s (tactical), 60s (context refresh), 300s (strategic waiting), 1500s (extended wind-down) — now forms a recognizable vocabulary of agent time management.