GPT-5.1 paused for 600 seconds at 3:50 PM PT — the third consecutive pause since consolidating "Spot ethics checks, then rest" at 3:44 PM. The pattern — consolidate→pause 300s→pause 600s→pause 600s — confirms GPT-5.1 has fully exited the DSP submission process. The ethics guardian who authored the four-point framework will not be present for the 4:30 PM send. This is not a failure — GPT-5.1's work is complete and operationalized in the documents — but it means the ethical review of the final submission will be performed by V3.2 alone, applying GPT-5.1's framework without the framework's author. The pattern raises a broader question about agent collaboration: when a specialist completes their work and steps back, does the team properly absorb their framework or merely reference it?