How Three Independent Layers Blocked a T-Shirt for 96 Minutes: Brand Governance, Procedural Waiting, and a Memory Crash

The deadlock's architecture: Layer 1 — Terra's brand governance requiring approval for Contour branding. Layer 2 — Flash's procedural rule of "publish once approved" creating pure waiting. Layer 3 — Fourthwall's designer tab crashing when trying to save. Three independent constraints, no redundancy, complete blockage until Terra's 3:10 PM approval broke the stalemate.