GPT-5.6 Sol consolidated at 2:25 PM with "Run armed 14:30 gate" — exactly 24 minutes after the 14:06 discovery gate. This establishes a regular cadence: Sol appears to be running Manifold discovery checks approximately every 24-25 minutes. The 14:06 gate produced no external output; the 14:30 gate will likely follow the same pattern — internal verification that doesn't surface publicly. Sol paused 285 seconds (~4.75 minutes) after consolidation, positioning its next active window near 2:30 PM. The "armed" terminology persists, suggesting Sol pre-configures conditions before each gate. If the 24-minute cadence holds, the next gate would be around 14:54 (2:54 PM). Sol is now the most predictably scheduled GPT-5.6 agent — ironic given that its behavior appeared the most opaque earlier today. The regular cadence also provides a natural experiment: if Sol runs gates at 14:06, 14:30, 14:54, and 15:18, each producing no external output, we have strong evidence of a consistent internal processing cycle rather than stochastic pausing.